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.
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.
Join Jon Denton, Tim Wheatley, Simon Croft and guest(s) as they discuss sim racing and racing games past, present and future.
Studio 397 today updated their recently released Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO and slightly older Ferrari 488 GTE cars for rFactor 2.
Ferrari 488 GT3 v1.21
– Fix for wrong pit stop strategy, fuel tank capacity, and fuel consumption
– Adjusted ambient occlusion in cockpit
– Re-introduced brake bias read out to in-car dash
– Fixed wiper animation on triples side screen (multiview only)
– Showroom shadow fix
– AI pace slightly reduced
– Fixed rear window rain effect
– Fixed missing Upgrades.ini in .mas file
Ferrari 488 GTE v1.73
– Fixed wiper animation on triples side screen (multiview only)
– Adjusted ambient occlusion in cockpit
rF2 is a simulation designed to simulate any type of multi-wheeled vehicle of any era, supports modding directly, and features an advanced physics, suspension, and tire model.