rFactor Website Updated for rFactor 2, New Car Models

Earlier this month, Image Space Incorporated updated its official rFactor website to include separate pages for its upcoming sequel, rFactor 2, which is now tentatively dated as “TBA 2011″. ISI has been lightly dishing details over the past year on rFactor 2. ISI had most recently provided a weather changing video and a developer Q & [...]

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New Tire Models in rFactor 2 Videos

In what may become dubbed the year of the new tire model, Image Space Incorporated is looking to add a little competition to iRacing 2.0′s new tire model this year. ISI is aiming to accurately model the heat, wear, deformation and performance changes a tire undergoes in rFactor 2. In the above video, tires visibly form [...]

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BSIM gives the SC430 retribution.

When you see the street version of this car on the road, you can’t help but cringe. The SC430 looks like a novelty bath tub that copulated with a set of wheels. The car is great if you like to go 80mph, so long as you have a rubber ducky buckled shotgun and your cabin [...]

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NSX for RFactor 2

If U.S. financial institutions updated us on their progress like the Belgian Sim Racers, there wouldn’t be this much angst in the stock market. The latest template of the BSR Honda NSX for the WSGT series have been released. The renders and attention to detail are sure to please any sim racer, and if called [...]

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Gjon Camaj gives us a sense of time

It seems hard to believe, but Rfactor 2 does operate in relative time. Off Camaj’s twitter: “We have not release date in mind yet. There is enough work for the remainder of the year however.” By work, I am going to assume he meant the developmental aspect of the game if everything goes according to [...]

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Throwing is not allowed in Rfactor 2

It’s a message to you hooligans in the stands, letting you know that the next iteration of Rfactor will provide a clean environment with crisp lines and high contrast. It is also the reason why the stands are vacant. With the ruckus out of the way, let’s take a moment to enjoy the sunset and [...]

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Rfactor 2 shadows by the dozen

Dusk. Dynamic Shadows. All Around Awesomeness. These have to be the best screenshots to date, giving it a GT5 aura in terms of aesthetics. The amount of contrast exhibited is going to really help drivers gauge perspective. If game play resembles this even slightly, it looks like more than few people who were turned off [...]

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Rfactor 2 car and track unite!

Gjon Camaj is enjoying Spa Francorcham and we couldn’t be happier. In his third screenshot of the track, Camaj has given us the holy grail of screenshots that incorporates both the car and track. The track is stunning and the car model looks even more detailed than the Panoz Roadster that was released earlier. Chrome [...]

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Fog we can all live with

As an Rfactor fan I, along with many others, have longed for weather effects. ISI has listened to our voices by giving us a teaser of Spa Francorcham with fog! Just like an episode of LOST, we have received an answer to one question, but many more questions are derived from it. 1.Are these weather [...]

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First Rfactor 2 car is exposed in roadster form for metaphorical enjoyment

The Panoz Roadster is the first Rfactor 2 screenshot of a car released by ISI. Compared to cars in Rfactor, the car already looks exponentially better in its developmental stage. The reflections finally give us a sense that the car was painted in something other than matte . With details and reflections showing the true [...]

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