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.
British game studio founded by the legendary David Braben, famous for creating Elite (a space-trading game that was one of the first computer games to use wire-frame 3D graphics with hidden-line removal). Now recognized as a developer of Elite: Dangerous (another space game) and a series of successful management games including Rollercoaster Tycoon, Planet Coaster, Jurassic World Evolution, Planet Zoo and F1 Manager.
F1M 22 is a management (non-driving) simulation allowing the player to take ownership of managing all aspects of a 2022 F1 racing team.