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.
If you ever played Papyrus’ seminal Grand Prix Legends then you’ve read his name. Rich began working as a tester on NASCAR Racing (1994) and was with Papyrus at the end. In this interview, published in 2022, we discuss his time at the legendary studio and the design of Grand Prix Legends, including initial feelings of hurt at not being asked to join iRacing.
Header image of Bahrain from Codemasters F1 franchise.
Announced today via the release of the Le Mans Virtual schedule, Bahrain International Circuit (also known as Sakhir) will be coming to rFactor 2 in time for the scheduled race date of September 17, 2022, but was announced for in the post public release with the 2022 Q4 update due in November. The track is being built from laser scan data.
I don’t currently cover esports, events, etc, so that’s all I’ve got. Check out their news item linked above if you want to read about Le Mans Virtual.
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