rFactor on Steam Greenlight

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Vote for rFactor on Steam Greenlight

 

Image Space Incorporated needs your help getting rFactor released on the Steam Platform. The title is now listed on Steam’s Greenlight service. Steam Greenlight is a system that enlists the community’s help in picking new products to be released on Steam. This is the first step towards publishing rFactor via Steam and introducing the rfactor 1 simulation to a wider audience.

 

Make sure you put in your vote by rating it up using the Yes button. Bringing rFactor to the Steam platform may result in a bigger rFactor racing community, with more online players and more content. Furthermore, it could result in a better and very needed auto update feature.

 

Vote for rFactor here

 

 

rFactor Listed Features

 

Physics

 

• Updated 15 degrees of freedom physics engine
  
• Advanced tire modeling
  
• Support for 4-link rear suspension
  
• Engine boost modeling
  
• Complex aerodynamics
  
• Head physics, cockpit vibrations, detailed bump modeling
  
• All-new track-specific terrain data file system
  

 

Graphics/Sound

 

• DX9 advanced graphics engine
  
• Real-time day/night transitions
  
• Projected headlights for nighttime driving
  
• Adjust player and opponent volume ratio
  
• See the apex with the Look Ahead slider
  
• Adjust your seat and mirror while in the driver’s seat
  
• Updating real-time scoring towers
  
• Expanded and enhanced gauge and LCD features for vehicle cockpits
  
• Improved loading times
  
• Updated sound engine
  
• Changing engine sounds based on upgraded vehicle performance
  

 

Gameplay

 

• Career mode with upgrades that affect the vehicle’s appearance, performance, and sound
  
• Define AI opponent types, strength and aggression
  
• Races can be lap based, time based or both
  
• Vehicle upgrade system
  
• Vehicle economy including mileage
  
• Ambient and track temperature changes throughout the race
  
• More configurable keys than you can shake a stick at
  
• Multiple Racing Series with vehicle and circuit filters
  
• Grid editing
  

 

Camera/Replays

 

• Full-screen monitor and ability to rewind
  
• Freely move camera from any position including the ever famous exclusive ISI Swingman
  
• Spectator mode
  
• Greatly enhanced replay system including clip splicing
  
• Move, duplicate or delete replay clips while assigning camera movements to each
  
• Export replays to AVI files defining compression and size options
  

 

Multiplayer

 

• Completely new multiplayer engine
  
• Built in race statistics reporting to web based RaceCast system
  
• Built in friends list
  
• Server bookmarks
  
• Dedicated server, including single click option
  
• Native voting system
  
• Add AI to multiplayer games
  
• Built in IRC chat
  
• Boot and ban player lists that can be passed around
  
• Security checks to combat potential cheating
  

 

Open Architecture

 

• Extensive support for modders
  
• Easy to use customizable multi-language support
  
• Define a league schedule
  
• Rules to simulate different types of racing
  
• Completely customize your controller
  
• Drop in new vehicle liveries
  

 

Vehicles

 

• 2006 Formula IS – High Performance Open Wheel (Video)
  
• 2005 Hammer – Full Bodied GT
  
• 2005 Howston – Full Bodied GT
  
• National Stock Car – Stock Car
  
• Panoz – Full Bodied GT
  
• 2005 Rayzor – Rally Turbo
  
• 2006 rF3 – Quick and Nimble Open Wheel
  
• 2005 Rhez – Small FWD Sport Compact
  
• 2006 Rhez – Small FWD Sport Compact
  
• 2005 rTrainer – Low Speed Open Wheel
  
• 2005 Venom – Rally
  
• 2005 ZR – Affordable High-Performance Sedan
  

 

Circuits

 

• Barcelona – Permanent Road Course
  
• Brianza – Permanent Road Course
  
• Essington Park – Permanent Road Course
  
• Jacksonville Speedway – High Banked Superspeedway
  
• Jiading – Permanent Road Course
  
• Joesville Speedway – Paved Short Track
  
• Lienz Festival – Country Roads (Video)
  
• Mills Metropark – Permanent Road Course with two layouts
  
• Montreal – Permanent Road Course
  
• Northamptonshire – Permanent Road Course
  
• Nuerburg – Permanent Road Course
  
• Orchard Lake – Banked Tri-Oval with Infield Road Course
  
• Sardian Heights – Street Circuit with two layouts
  
• Toban Raceway Park – Permanent Road Course with four layouts
  

 

Runs Best With

 

• 3.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon II x2 or better
  
• 4GB RAM or more
  
• nVidia 250 GTS or ATI/AMD 4870 or better
  
• 512MB Video Memory or more
  
• Microsoft Windows Vista 64bit, Windows 7 64bit
  
• DirectX 9.0c (included with installer)
  
• 2008 C++ SP1 Runtimes (included with installer)
  
• 4GB Hard Drive Space or more
  
• Internet Connection
  
• Steering wheel and pedals
  

 

System Requirements

 

• 1.4 GHz processor
  
• PC Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP, XP 64-bit, Vista, 7 (will NOT run in Windows 95 or Windows
  
• 98 first edition)
  
• 512 MB RAM
  
• Geforce4 4200 or Radeon 9200
  
• 128 MB video RAM
  
• DirectX 9.0c
  
• 2.0 GB of hard drive space for installation
  
• Internet connection required for system activation, enabled network adapter required for gameplay
  

 

Official Webpage – http://rfactor.net/

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rFactor - Now Available On Steam

 

 

Image Space Incorporated has added the first of their titles to Steam, making their rFactor simulation available on the popular platform.

 

ISI is the latest sim developer to join the Steam trend, being the last of the major sim players to join Valves’ extremely popular platform.

 

While the studios’ current rFactor 2 title isn’t available on Steam yet, rFactor is testing the waters as the long-running sim is now available for 19,54€, a 15% reduction of the regular 22,99€ price.

 

Originally released ten years ago, rFactor is a modding friendly simulation that is backed by a wide range of community-made mods & tracks with new ones still being developed today.

 

Included Cars

 

• 2006 Formula IS – High Performance Open Wheel
  
• 2005 Hammer – Full Bodied GT
  
• 2005 Howston – Full Bodied GT
  
• National Stock Car – Stock Car
  
• Panoz – Full Bodied GT
  
• 2005 Rayzor – Rally Turbo
  
• 2006 rF3 – Quick and Nimble Open Wheel
  
• 2005 Rhez – Small FWD Sport Compact
  
• 2006 Rhez – Small FWD Sport Compact
  
• 2005 rTrainer – Low Speed Open Wheel
  
• 2005 Venom – Rally
  
• 2005 ZR – Affordable High Performance Sedan

 

Included Tracks

 

• Bama Super Speedway – High Banked Superspeedway
  
• Barcelona – Permanent Road Course
  
• Brianza – Permanent Road Course
  
• Essington Park – Permanent Road Course
  
• Euroring – Permanent Road Course
  
• Jacksonville Speedway – High Banked Superspeedway
  
• Jiading – Permanent Road Course
  
• Joesville Speedway – Paved Short Track
  
• Lienz Festival – Country Roads
  
• Mills Metropark – Road Course with two layouts
  
• Montreal – Permanent Road Course
  
• Northamptonshire – Permanent Road Course
  
• Nuerburg – Permanent Road Course
  
• Orchard Lake – Banked Tri-Oval with Infield Road Course
  
• Sardian Heights – Street Circuit with two layouts
  
• Toban Raceway Park – Permanent Road Course with four layouts