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.
iRacing have posted a video showing an onboard lap of the Chicago Street Circuit that will be raced for real this weekend. It’s somewhat strange to see, having lived in downtown Chicago for a couple of years while I worked for iRacing, to see Grant Park and the Chicago skyline recreated within a racing sim.
The circuit did of course appear a while ago in iRacing, but the 2023 real-world layout has changes to turn 4, 10, 11 and pit entry/exit.
View this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nGX55-fDwdc and please consider subscribing to RSC’s main channel.
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