Sim Racing since its inception.

It was in 1989 that a bunch or coders gave us Indianapolis 500. It was a step up from Space Invaders but not by much. This is a must-see..
However for race car fans who would have thought it even possible you could tear around Indy with a bunch or pixels. Check this out..

Papyrus now had the basics down and it wasn't too long before The NASCAR Racing series of titles came through giving us both spectacular graphical and audio improvements along with Microsoft's Windows own improvements to their operating system. Everything was rapidly growing in not only the software side but also hardware was developing at mega pace.
The Papyrus company was eventually swallowed up by the gaming monsters who at that time saw sim racing as purely "computer gaming" and those in the sim racing industry struggled to keep afloat. Thanks to the millions of fans and a lot of clever DIY sim racers sim racing has made it back to the top and along with it created new industries in the manufacture of dedicated hardware, heck Batman, you can even buy a pair of sim racing driving booties.
F1 will be performing their show at Spa-Francorchamps next weekend and for a little taste of what our favourite pinky, Esteban Ocon will be up against check this awesome sim racing video capture. This is footage from the actual "game"' soon to be available from Codemasters.
It has been just 28 years since those clunky old days or Indianapolis 500 which to me, I remember well. The scary thing is where will sim racing be in another 28 years? Check this out full screen and hang on to your chair for a wild ride..