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?
Originally working in military simulator design, this Michigan-based studio developed Zone Raiders for Virgin Interactive before moving to Electronic Arts for publishing their second PC title, Sports Car GT, when Westwood Studios (their SCGT development partner) was acquired by the software giant.
Known primarily for their mod-friendly SCGT and rFactor racing platforms, ISI also developed Formula One and NASCAR titles on PC for Electronic Arts, but perhaps their lasting contribution to the genre was the licensing of the isiMotor engine that allowed studios such as 2Pez, Blimey! Games, KW Studios, Motorsport Games, Reiza Studios, SIMBIN Studios, Slightly Mad Studios, The Sim Factory, Tiburon and rFactor 2‘s ongoing developer Studio 397 to begin with or release on an evolution of their software.
Another fork of the isiMotor engine, rFpro, continues to be developed and is used by a wide array of automotive companies for both road and motorsport simulation.
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Sector3 today released an update for their Raceroom service. It fixes a small number of issues you can read about below.
Update details:
Download size = 530MB
Client version = 0.9.3.012
Client BuildID = 7009920
Changelog:
VR – Disabled fly-by cameras as background of menus to prevent motion sickness
Prevented the Pause keybind from being available initially on garage menu
DTM 2020 – Fixed DRS / Aero issues, smoother gearchanges, improvements to default car setup
Tatuus F4 – Tweaks to default car setup for increased stability
Nordschleife 24H – AI improvements
Zandvoort – Extended the pitwall at the exit of the pitlane to prevent an exploit
RRE/R3E is a free-to-play racing simulator that allows sim racers to race a variation of cars and tracks from all around the world.