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.
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Studio 397 yesterday updated their Formula E content with updates to the New York E-Prix, Hong Kong E-Prix, Berlin E-Prix and Lester Electric Docks test circuit, plus the Gen2 Formula E car.
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Gen2 Formula E Car v1.37
Updated liveries based on manufacturer feedback
Hong Kong E-Prix v1.83
Fixed: Pit official SCN error.
Fixed: Cut Detection Issues.
Fixed: Minor Material Updates to Road Surfaces.
Fixed: Various material errors.
Minor Advertisement Updates.
Berlin E-Prix v1.25
Fixed :Closed terrain gaps, new rrbins, fixed lines mapping.
Fixed: Hat collision on two objects.
Fixed: Pitworker animation.
Fixed: irradSpecular and refmap texture flag issues.
Fixed: Cut Detection Issues.
Fixed: Minor Material Updates to Road Surfaces.
Moved Atmospherics to GDB file.
Minor Advertisement Updates.
New York E-Prix v1.19
Fixed: Pit officials animation update
Fixed: irradSpecular and refmap texture flag issues
Fixed: Set atmospherics
Fixed: Cut Detection Issues
Fixed: Minor Material Updates to Road Surfaces
Reduced bumpiness in TDF
Rdt balancing
More safe cut settings
Minor Advertisement Updates
Formula E Test Track v2.19
Fixed: Much stricter track cut detection.
Fixed: Camera at SF not able to see down pitlane.
Fixed: various collision issues.
Fixed: Start light issue.
Fixed: Wall shadow issues.
Regenerated RRBIN.
FE Advertisement updates.
Adjusted default session times.
Updated Crowds.
Added Digital Flags.
Road Material updates.
Reworked barriers around chicanes.
Tightened up T1 Chicane.
Revised Cut Corridors.
Updated Advertisements.
Replaced Tyre Stacks with TecPro.
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.