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.
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.
First seen with Geoff Crammond’s Formula One Grand Prix in 1992, the 1991 Williams FW14 was a technologically advanced but temperamental car that scored seven wins. For 1992 it was overweight but added active suspension (FW14B), dominating both championships that year with 15 poles and 10 wins.
The Williams-Renault FW14B was one of the historic cars in F1 2017.
The Williams-Renault FW14B was one of the historic cars in F1 2019:
Added as historic content to F1 2020.