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.
RSC contains a database of 153 developers, 468 software titles, 374 cars, 42 bikes, 242 tracks and more...Legendary British game developer whose career spanned a 20 year period and included groundbreaking simulations of Formula Three and Formula One, including arguably the first ever racing sim: Revs (1984).
Most famous for his Grand Prix series that were published under the MicroProse label until 2000, his career unceremoniously ended when his studio was shut down by Infogrames and the Xbox version of Grand Prix 4 cancelled just prior to release.
RSC Podcast Episode 7 – Management Simulations, F1 Managers, Always Used To Be Better?Join Jon Denton, Tim Wheatley, Simon Croft and guest(s) as they discuss sim racing and racing games past, present and future.
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Studio 397 have pushed a few updates to their tracks, including the 2020 version of Le Mans seen by viewers of the recent Le Mans Virtual race. (Release notes can be seen below screenshots).
Le Mans 2018/2020 v2.51
Added 2020 advertisements
Adjusted LODs on brake markers
Improved grass colour
Added some adjustments to run off road coloursBerlin FE 2020 v1.07
More accurate racesurface
Added night-lighting
Fixed various collision issuesSilverstone v2.10
Fixed floating pit-out lights on old pit exit
Fixed various object popping issues
Fixed minor road gaps
Some Curb Adjustments for accuracy at Club & Copse
Slight tweaks to colour balance
Added Endurance layout with extra trackside lighting for nighttime racingNew York FE 2020 v1.05
Fixed minor camera activation issue
rF2 is a simulation designed to simulate any type of multi-wheeled vehicle of any era, supports modding directly, and features an advanced physics, suspension, and tire model.
