Shortly after the release of Grand Prix Legends the sim racing community looked forward to another title that promised to offer a similar insight into historic racing. Trans-Am Racing ’68-’72 ultimately never released, a victim of a publishers shady dealings, but as a part of my research I uncovered a VHS of a never-released trailer for the game. Watch the trailer and read about what sim racing missed out on.
Video game development is full of names that have made groundbreaking steps you’ve never even heard about. Shawn Nash is a behind-the-scenes pioneer responsible for SODA Off Road Racing’s incredible physics, Papyrus’ graphical advancements and iRacing’s use of laser scan data for the physical track surfaces.
This interview with RSC, published in 2021, details his early life and career, through both his own company, Papyrus, Electronic Arts, to his time at iRacing.
The 2008 McLaren MP4-23 was an ultimately successful car that took six wins and the championship for Lewis Hamilton who (at the time) was the youngest ever to win the title. Powered by the Mercedes-Benz FO 108V V8 it featured a longer wheelbase and several major aero revisions from the previous seasons MP4-22. It finished second in the constructors championship to Ferrari, who looked set to win the drivers title until the final corner of the final race, when Hamilton made the pass to win the title by one point over Felipe Massa.
The McLaren MP4-23 was included as historic content in F1 2019.
Added as historic content to F1 2020.