Asobo, known today as the Microsoft Flight Simulator developer, created groundbreaking technology for large scale maps that was intended to be used in a high quality rally raid title. It was never released and ended up as FUEL, a post-apocalyptic open-world racing game. What happened?
Originally working in military simulator design, this Michigan-based studio developed Zone Raiders for Virgin Interactive before moving to Electronic Arts for publishing their second PC title, Sports Car GT, when Westwood Studios (their SCGT development partner) was acquired by the software giant.
Known primarily for their mod-friendly SCGT and rFactor racing platforms, ISI also developed Formula One and NASCAR titles on PC for Electronic Arts, but perhaps their lasting contribution to the genre was the licensing of the isiMotor engine that allowed studios such as 2Pez, Blimey! Games, KW Studios, Motorsport Games, Reiza Studios, SIMBIN Studios, Slightly Mad Studios, The Sim Factory, Tiburon and rFactor 2‘s ongoing developer Studio 397 to begin with or release on an evolution of their software.
Another fork of the isiMotor engine, rFpro, continues to be developed and is used by a wide array of automotive companies for both road and motorsport simulation.
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Saber Porto have posted on social media some text suggesting that the remaining DLC shown on the image below scheduled for 2023 will be released in a single update. It’s difficult to know how to take this, but obviously preparing and releasing a single patch does reduce workload, even when the sum of the whole is the same as the individual parts would have been when released bit by bit…
I’m personally waiting on replays and photo mode to do a little bit more Dakar Desert Rally racing, so I really hope this isn’t adding much of a delay to the features overall.
Tweet text:
To ensure the quality of our upcoming content, we’re changing our upcoming release schedule and plan to make all the remaining content on the 2023 Roadmap available as part of one big update.
Expect news on the release timing this Summer!