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.
RSC contains a database of 153 developers, 468 software titles, 374 cars, 42 bikes, 242 tracks and more...Legendary British game developer whose career spanned a 20 year period and included groundbreaking simulations of Formula Three and Formula One, including arguably the first ever racing sim: Revs (1984).
Most famous for his Grand Prix series that were published under the MicroProse label until 2000, his career unceremoniously ended when his studio was shut down by Infogrames and the Xbox version of Grand Prix 4 cancelled just prior to release.
RSC Podcast Episode 7 – Management Simulations, F1 Managers, Always Used To Be Better?Join Jon Denton, Tim Wheatley, Simon Croft and guest(s) as they discuss sim racing and racing games past, present and future.
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This is my first hardware related post on RSC since maybe 2005, so be gentle. Between 2005-2019 I worked for sim developers and really only paid attention to my own setup. I’m unfamiliar with a lot of what is out there so can only really start off by giving direct information from the hardware manufacturer. You can see that below. This is the link to the wheel on their Web site.
Listed features:
Perfect for rally racing and officially licensed by WRC
A connected Fanatec wheel base will become compatible with the Xbox One and New Generation Xbox due to integration of the Xbox One-specific electronics into the wheel
Plug & Play: Ready to use right away without any assembly required
Realistic size (300 mm diameter)
New tool-free Simplified Quick Release Adapter design:
Improved ease of use (no clamping bolt required) and durability
Exchangeable, supports ClubSport Quick Release Adapter*
Avoids any play in the QR system
Very low steering wheel weight of only 1092 g (with Simplified QRA) for fast acceleration and fidelity (1280 g with ClubSport QRA).
Integrated RevStripe™, which is a combined centre stripe and a ‘Rev’ meter, using a multi-colour LED
Three-digit LED display smoothly integrated into the wheel rim below the RevStripe™, featuring telemetry data speed or gears to be displayed by compatible games or third-party software
Wheel rim covered with genuine Alcantara® and an eye-catching orange cross-stitched seam
Orange shifter paddles:
Durable metal construction
Well-defined, Snapdome™-activated “click” feeling
Removable paddles for using wheel in combination with ClubSport Static Shifter Paddles
Brushed aluminium spokes with fibre-reinforced back cover
Xbox One button layout, interchangeable with the included Racing Style buttons
4-way direction pad with push button
Tuning functions with LED display to adjust settings independent from the game and during gameplay (see description of compatible wheel base/racing wheel for details)
Compatibility:
PODIUM Wheel Base DD1 (Low Torque Mode only*)
PODIUM Wheel Base DD2 (Low Torque Mode only*)
PODIUM Wheel Base DD1 PS4™ (Low Torque Mode only*)
ClubSport Wheel Base V2
ClubSport Wheel Base V2.5
CSL Elite Wheel Base V1
CSL Elite Wheel Base V1.1
CSL Elite Wheel Base + – officially licensed for PS4™Xbox One® and New Generation Xbox: if connected with this steering wheel, the above mentioned wheel bases will be compatible with Xbox One and New Generation Xbox consoles (including Xbox Series X).
PC and other Platforms: The specifications of the compatible wheel bases will remain unchanged.
The functionality of this product on Xbox One or PS4/PS5 can be limited by the capabilities of the console (subject to firmware/OS changes and developer support). The full functionality can only be guaranteed on PC; this is also game-dependent.
