Better known today as the developer of Skyrim and Fallout, Bethesda once had a well-respected racing game franchise and were deep into development of a licensed Skip Barber Racing title that never released.
As a direct ancestor of iRacing, the ‘Grand Prix Legends engine’ had multiple stock car racing false starts, before eventually releasing as NASCAR Racing 4. The original NASCAR 3, cancelled and replaced by one that used NASCAR 2’s engine, is barely remembered.
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Broadsword
Originally working on the PC conversion of Wipeout for Psygnosis, Broadsword are most-known for Spirit of Speed 1937, a title that suffered greatly due to the original publisher being purchased and then ultimately was released too early under pressure from the new owner.
They went on to release a Paris-Dakar Rally title for PlayStation, but shut down a few years later.
SOS is a simulation of pre-war motor racing and included 15 vehicles and nine tracks selected from the period.
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