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.
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.
This morning IGN published an article containing the first pieces of decent information that we’ve been looking forward to. Sim racing really needs a full NASCAR schedule for a decent price, and I am very hopeful those rFactor 2 physics will come through on this one…
Here are the main bits of information:
– Not a continuation of the NASCAR Heat series.
– They’ve switched from Unity to Unreal for their engine.
– Studio 397’s in-house physics will be used along with Unreal for graphics.
– Enough times saying “NASCAR 21” to say that’s likely the product name.
– In-game paint booth.
– Motosport Games are aware of the pressure to deliver.
– No release date. More info in coming months.
The screenshots from the article can be seen below. The graphics look decent enough. The only major flaw I can see is on the Mustang image the windscreen doesn’t have the glass opacity set correctly so seems to be glowing white. Standard stuff for a title in-development. You can read more in the IGN article.
No replies yet
Loading new replies...
Join the full discussion at the Race Sim Central Community Forums →