AMA Superbike to Debut for Media at Daytona for Bike Week

Motorsims today announced that their first title, AMA Superbike, will be displayed during Bike Week at Daytona. We will see a multiplayer event to showcase the title.

Buried deep within the press release is confirmation that Motorsims will also develop AMA National Motocross and AMA Grand National Dirt Track Racing titles.

Press release:

“MOTORSPORT SIMULATIONS DEBUT AMA SUPERBIKE GAME AT DAYTONA BIKEWEEK”
Racing Simulation Company To Demo New AMA Superbike Computer Game At AMA’s Season Opening Round In Daytona Beach, Florida

Las Colinas, TX (Feb. 22, 1999) — Motorsport Simulations (Motorsims) today announced that the company’s first title – AMA Superbike – will make its debut at Bike Week, the annual motorcyclist gathering at Daytona Beach in Daytona, FL. Motorsims plan a special media reception for the game at the week-long festival of motorcycle events and entertainments, which draws over 300,000 motorcycle enthusiasts annually. A number of leading AMA riders – including broadcaster, analyst and former AMA Champion David Sadowski – will race against each other in computer competition to highlight Motorsport Simulations plans to offer gamers the best in authentic simulation and online multiplayer racing.

“Bike Week is the perfect event for us to launch our AMA Superbike title. Motorsims is an active participant in the racing community and we want diehard racing enthusiasts to be the first to enjoy our exciting simulation of the AMA Superbike experience. We look forward to introducing friends old and new to the new standard in racing simulation at this world-famous racing event,” notes founder and Chairman Bob McCarthy.

“I’m pleased to be part of the Motorsims racing team,” adds broadcaster and former AMA champ David Sadowski. “The Motorsims guys have the passion for racing that it takes to be a winner. Anyone who’s ever wanted to race in a competitive, officially sanctioned event will want to check out AMA Superbike.”

Motorsims was founded by Internet gaming veteran Bob McCarthy to offer racing enthusiasts state-of-the-art simulation games and online competition in a number of popular racing categories. The company has partnered with a number of leading motorsport personalities, broadcasters, racers and sanctioning bodies, including the AMA and the Sports Car Club of America. The AMA is the largest motorcycle racing sanctioning body in the world with more than 80 national-level racing events all over the United States. Motorsport Simulations will develop and publish computer games based on a number of AMA sanctioned properties, including AMA National Motocross, AMA Grand National Dirt Track Racing and AMA Superbike.

Motorsport Simulations plans to release the Internet version of AMA Superbike, the first AMA licensed title, in the spring of 1999. This and subsequent games will be available as a standalone retail product, in addition to being playable online via Motorsport Simulations exclusive Internet racing community. This community will be built upon Motorsport Simulations’ proprietary client server technology that can manage multiple racing arenas simultaneously.

Company founder Bob McCarthy was the chairman of Interactive Creations, the developer and publisher of the popular online aviation simulation Warbirds, and prior to that was a founder of Concentric Networks, a company that provides Internet Protocol-based network services for businesses and consumers. With his background, McCarthy brings to Motorsport Simulations a wealth of experience and understanding of simulations and the online gaming market. He is joined at Motorsport Simulations by a team of motorsport enthusiasts and a number of former Warbirds’ veterans.

About Motorsport Simulations

Headquartered in Las Colinas, TX, Motorsport Simulations was founded by Bob McCarthy. The company offers motorsport enthusiasts the opportunity to experience authentic competitive motorsport racing through first-class computer simulations. Motorsport Simulations has alliances with a number of leading personalities in the racing world. These alliances include Pat Patterson, publisher of the authoritative facts-and-figures guidebook Pat Patterson’s Guide To Racing; Dave Despain, a noted racing analyst and Speedvision broadcaster; Chet Burks, Executive Producer of Chet Burks productions, which produces popular motorsport racing events for a number of media outlets; David Sadowski, a current racing analyst and former AMA racer; and Lance Holst, former AMA race team manager and current Roadracing Editor at Motorcycle Performance magazine and riding instructor at the STAR Motorcycle School.

About The American Motorcyclist Association

The American Motorcyclist Association is a 232,000-member non-profit organization. Established in 1924, the Association’s purpose is to pursue, protect and promote the interests of motorcyclists, while serving the needs of its members. For more information, visit the AMA Web site at http://www.ama-cycle.org.