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?
Used for the 1989 and 1990 seasons the McLaren MP4/5 was a highly successful car that ended up with 27 poles, 16 wins, two drivers titles and two constructors titles. Powered by the Honda RA109-E V10, it was improved throughout 1989 and designated MP4/5B for 1990.
The McLaren MP4/5B variation was included as historic content in F1 2019.
Added as historic content to F1 2020.