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.
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.
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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.
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