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.
Asobo, known today as the Microsoft Flight Simulator developer, created groundbreaking technology for large scale maps that was intended to be used in a high quality rally raid title. It was never released and ended up as FUEL, a post-apocalyptic open-world racing game. What happened?
I’d been at iRacing for a couple of years when I was given the opportunity to head to Long Beach and help scan the street circuit. This was way back in April, 2007, and I would be flying back the day before my wedding.
I think it probably cost a huge amount to perform this scan. Every night the police would sit at either side of the street being scanned and block the road for us. During the day when we couldn’t scan I explored the area on foot, enjoyed the weather, and took plenty of photos.
The image below shows the entry to the fountain that according to Greg Hill will be animated before release. I’m not sure what the reason was behind this track taking so long to be completed, but I’m really happy it’s getting closer…
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