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.
Video game development is full of names that have made groundbreaking steps you’ve never even heard about. Shawn Nash is a behind-the-scenes pioneer responsible for SODA Off Road Racing’s incredible physics, Papyrus’ graphical advancements and iRacing’s use of laser scan data for the physical track surfaces.
This interview with RSC, published in 2021, details his early life and career, through both his own company, Papyrus, Electronic Arts, to his time at iRacing.
The KTM X-Bow (pronounced crossbow) is an ultra-light sports car for road and GT4 class race use, produced by Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM. Powered by a two-liter Audi TFSI engine, it was their first car and launched at the Geneva Motor Show in 2008 and is built by Reiter Engineering.
Released as DLC for Assetto Corsa Competizione July, 2020:
Released for free by KTM for Assetto Corsa July, 2020 (archive download link):