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.
RSC contains a database of 153 developers, 468 software titles, 374 cars, 42 bikes, 242 tracks and more...Emerson Fittipaldi had four wins in the Chevrolet-powered Penske PC-21 during the 1992 season, but the car was considered quite uncompetitive in 1992 and 1993 compared to the Lola T92-00 and T93-00.
Ayrton Senna tested the Penske PC-21 on December 20, 1992 after his 1993 McLaren contract negotiations stalled. He ultimately never raced it.
First seen in sim racing with ICR1 (1993).
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I’m a big fan of KartKraft, always have been. The video below, posted back in 2019, shows a few races in the Early Access build of the time against the AI on Atlanta Motorsport Park, a track that I licensed personally and visited myself to survey so it could be built for rFactor 2. The potential of this title was something I recognized long before Motorsport Games owned either it or rFactor 2, and my god if it isn’t disappointing to see nothing happening with it right now.
I think about KartKraft often and decided to reach out to Motorsport Games this week to ask if KartKraft is ever going to get any attention, because the last tweet from the Twitter account is still what I posted back in December when I had pushed my way onto the KK team and wanted to try to make a difference (I ended up leaving the company shortly afterwards). Here is what they had to say:
“We plan to bring some updates to KartKraft but as of right now our Australia studio is focusing all efforts on the upcoming INDYCAR title.”
While the statement may seem obvious, I like the fact that they gave me a response. INDYCAR 23 was delayed on an earnings call back in March and it’s hard to know just how long and in what way this limits what they could do for KartKraft in the meantime. I’ll keep my fingers crossed like a KartKraft driver model’s arms at full steering lock…
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KK is a karting simulator with a variety of kart classes and karting tracks from around the world.
