Video game development is rarely about one man, but if it was, then Terence Groening should certainly get a mention for his contributions to the genre as the man responsible for the physics of Sportscar GT, EA’s PC F1 and NASCAR games of the early 2000’s, rFactor, rFactor 2 and every title and rFpro simulator that spawned from ISI’s engine.
This interview with RSC details his early life and career, through to him joining iRacing in 2021.
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?
The 1994 McLaren MP4/9 was without the active suspension, power-assisted brakes, ABS traction control and Honda engines of the previous seasons MP4/8, and ultimately is considered an unsuccessful car. For the first time since 1980 McLaren failed to win a race, and this was mainly down to the Peugeot A4/A6 V10 engine and its chronic unreliability.
First seen in sim racing with GP2 (1996).