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...Charlotte Motor Speedway, formerly Lowe’s Motor Speedway, is a motorsports complex built in 1959 by Bruton Smith located in Concord, North Carolina, United States.
First seen in sim racing with NASCAR Racing (1994).
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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GPL is a simulation of the 1967 Formula One World Championship. It includes 11 tracks (10 from the real-life schedule) and allows the player to choose from seven period cars.
Four-Wheel-Drift.pdf
An expansion to the Grand Prix Legends manual, this booklet by Steve Smith is essential reading to go in-depth on what the simulation had to offer in terms of setup and difficulty as well as general atmosphere.
GPL_Manual.pdf
The official manual for Grand Prix Legends written by Steve Vandergriff.
paintkit_template.zip
GPLDEMOEU.zip
This European demo featured Monza instead of Watkins Glen.
