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.
As a direct ancestor of iRacing, the ‘Grand Prix Legends engine’ had multiple stock car racing false starts, before eventually releasing as NASCAR Racing 4. The original NASCAR 3, cancelled and replaced by one that used NASCAR 2’s engine, is barely remembered.
The 2019 Renault RS19 was a midfield car that disappointed, scoring less than half the points during the first 12 races than they had the year before. Daniel Ricciardo joined the team from the more competitive Red Bull and this made their struggles all-the-more noticable. Best finish was a fourth-place in Italy.
First seen in sim racing in F1 2019: