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.
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.
First seen in sim racing with IndyCar Racing (1993). This car with the #1 Lola of Michael Andretti was the cover image on the 1.0 release for IndyCar Racing, but was later replaced by the #16 ALUMAX/AMAX livery Penske PC-21 of Stefan Johansson: