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.
Video game development is full of names that have made groundbreaking steps you’ve never even heard about. Shawn Nash is a behind-the-scenes pioneer responsible for SODA Off Road Racing’s incredible physics, Papyrus’ graphical advancements and iRacing’s use of laser scan data for the physical track surfaces.
This interview with RSC, published in 2021, details his early life and career, through both his own company, Papyrus, Electronic Arts, to his time at iRacing.
Header image from the iRacing model of Lucas Oil Speedway.
Steve Myers of iRacing tweeted the news a couple of days ago that the Big Block Modified and Lucas Oil Speedway DLC is scheduled to be released on Cyber Monday, November 28, 2022 for the World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing title on both Xbox and PlayStation.
Tweet text:
Just learned from MGI that the Big Block Modified and Lucas Oil Speedway DLC are scheduled to be released on Cyber Monday, November 28th, for the @outlaws_game!
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