Video game development is rarely about one man, but if it was, then Terence Groening should certainly get a mention for his contributions to the genre as the man responsible for the physics of Sportscar GT, EA’s PC F1 and NASCAR games of the early 2000’s, rFactor, rFactor 2 and every title and rFpro simulator that spawned from ISI’s engine.
This interview with RSC details his early life and career, through to him joining iRacing in 2021.
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?
A new patch has been deployed for TT Isle of Man 3 that fixes and tweaks a number of things as can be seen in the changelogs below.
PC:
– Advanced slipstream tuning.
– Fixed AI Rider’s pit stop during the official TT event.
– Improved calculation of AI times during qualifications.
– Leaderboards scrolling fix (“Show Top” function now works as expected).
– New TT-specific leaderboard added, now including two leaderboards, one for best times and one for total session times.
– Added TT option for custom race and lobby creation.
– New checks added to prevent the upload of fake times.
– Fix on some track collisions.
– Fix on some occasional crashes.
– Fix on crashes connected to Fanatec wheels.
– Life cycle update for tyres at Level 5 (SBK and SSP).
PS5/PS4:
– Advanced slipstream tuning
– Fixed AI Rider’s pit stop during the official TT event
– Improved calculation of AI times during qualifications
– Leaderboards scrolling fix (“Show Top” function now works as expected)
– New TT-specific leaderboard added, including two sections, one for best times and one for total session times
– Added TT option for custom race and lobby creation
– New checks added to prevent the upload of fake times
– Fix on some track collisions
– Fix on some occasional crashes
– Fix on crashes connected to Fanatec wheels
– Life cycle update for tyres at Level 5 (SBK and SSP)
– Replay camera fix
– Fix on rare crashes affecting tutorial, POI events, replay and leaderboards
– Limbo rotation fix
– Honda pit stop animation fix
– Kw to Hp conversion fix
– Manual transmission fix
XONE/XSeries:
– Advanced slipstream tuning
– Fixed AI Rider’s pit stop during the official TT event
– Improved calculation of AI times during qualifications
– Leaderboards scrolling fix (“Show Top” function now works as expected)
– New TT-specific leaderboard added, including two sections, one for best times and one for total session times
– Added TT option for custom race and lobby creation
– New checks added to prevent the upload of fake times
– Fix on some track collisions
– Fix on some occasional crashes
– Fix on crashes connected to Fanatec wheels
– Life cycle update for tyres at Level 5 (SBK and SSP)
– Replay camera fix
– Fix on rare crashes affecting tutorial, POI events, replay and leaderboards
– Limbo rotation fix
– Honda pit stop animation fix
– Kw to Hp conversion fix
– Manual transmission fix
– Map zoom and navigation are now locked, when message boxes are displayed
– Photo mode free camera settings reset fix
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