rFactor (2005) is a computer racing simulator, designed with the ability to run any type of four-wheeled vehicle from street cars to open wheel cars of any era. rFactor aimed to be the most accurate race simulator of its time. Released in November 2005, rFactor did not have much competition in this market; however it featured many technical advances in tire modeling, complex aerodynamics and a 15 degrees of freedom physics engine.
rFactor was developed by Image Space Incorporated (ISI), which has been developing simulators since the early 1990s for both commercial and military purposes. The isiMotor2 on which the game is based is a direct successor to the engine used in previous titles developed by ISI, most notably F1 Challenge ’99-’02, released through EA Sports. The isiMotor2 engine was also used in many Simbin games, including GT Legends, the GTR series and the Race series. A modified version of this engine was utilized by The Sim Factory for ARCA Sim Racing. A special version of rFactor was available for business application, for example for event simulators or promotion.
Here’s a clean spinner that I made to be able to make screenshots of our skins from within rFactor itself. It will make your rFactor home screen a lot cleaner. This is what it looks like. EDIT: A lot of…
Third strike for defending champion Verdegaal. With a commanding win at Vanport, Verdegaal leapfrogs over Király to the top of the leaderboard. Fastest race lap made the difference with Király, who secured a solid second place, but still had to…
Just before the 4th VRL Summer Trophy team Simracing For Holland presented three cars for the team: Király and Verdegaal take part with the light and agile Lotus Elan, Filip Verbert drives the beautiful Austin Healy, and Offermans and Nieuwenhof…
It’s no secret that defending VRL champion Robin Verdegaal had some hard luck in the first two rounds of the Winter Trophy at Silverstone and the Nurburgring. Even though he drove three fastest laps in four races, pitlane still buzzed…
At the Nurburgring VRL Winter Trophy F3 race youngsters Jeffrey Rietveld and Martin de Graaf took the top spots in the race weekend. SFH driver Király won the first race, but had to settle for fourth in the second race,…
With strong laptimes in the practice towards the race at Silverstone, Király proved to be a candidate for the victory. But teammate Verdegaal wasn’t going to make his race an easy one. Both drivers dominated the field in the opening…
In the VRL Summer Trophy, Robin Verdegaal entered the last race at Monza with a 14 pts lead over Martin de Graaf. Starting from pole position, gaining extra championship points, his chances were strong even before the flag dropped. In a five-way…
Under Mount Fuji’s shadow, Rickard Hellsten and Wilfred van den Brink battled it out for the win in a tense GT1 thriller. Tension built up when SFH driver van den Brink closed a large gap to class leader Hellsten, and…
Decision time at Donington. With two races to go the fight for the championship is as close as it can get with only two points between Robin Verdegaal and rookie surprise Martin de Graaf. The narrow winding track of Donington…
This week the VRL Summer Trophy moved to FIA GT. No less than 29 drivers had been able to get their sponsoring budget together for a race on the classic Belgian track. Part of the field had taken part in…