5/5/2023 0 Comments Rfactor 2 v8 supercars 2015![]() ![]() This was followed by Dick Johnson V8 Challenge, released for Windows in December 1999. Players took part in a series of races around the Mount Panorama Circuit, with prize money being used to upgrade the car or change the team manager and pit crew. The game included a Holden Commodore-based and a Ford Falcon-based car, with the Holden Racing Team's 1996 livery being used on one of the Commodore-based cars. The game was endorsed by the Holden Racing Team, and its drivers from the 1995 Bathurst 1000- Peter Brock, Tomas Mezera, Craig Lowndes and Greg Murphy-were featured in the game, along with cut scenes from the race. It featured real-life video from the Mount Panorama Circuit with the virtual cars superimposed over the top. Touring Car Champions, released by Torus Games and Virtual Sports Interactive for Windows in June 1997, was the first game to be based on Australian touring car racing. In 2017, Supercars launched an esports competition, now known as the Supercars Eseries, using Forza Motorsport 6 and Forza Motorsport 7 until 2018 and iRacing from 2019. ![]() From 2011 to 2014, an online championship sanctioned by Supercars was contested on iRacing. Several of these games were officially licensed by Supercars. “This is a good way into Christmas with Xbox so I was immediately on the phone to John and that’s how it started which was in August.There have been numerous video games which have included the drivers, teams, cars and circuits from the Supercars Championship, the leading touring car category in Australia. “Because I put the wildcard package together for Triple Eight with Priaulx and Ekstrom this was an opportunity that came out of nowhere with Marcos coming back early. “At the start it was my idea to talk to John Crennan when I knew the wildcard thing was coming up,” Skaife told Skaife masterminded the Xbox sponsorship package for the #66 DJR Ford which saw Ambrose have an exploratory run back in V8 Supercars ahead of his full assault for DJR Team Penske from next year. “Xbox for us is really the home of racing and providing those great experiences. “We really connected with our fans and we wanted to make sure we continued on with that. ![]() “We had such a great success with Bathurst last year,” Bowman said. That campaign promoted its then soon-to-be-released Forza 5 console which gained widespread publicity with the car claiming a top 10 finish at Mount Panorama. The DJR wildcard sponsorship came after Xbox funded a wildcard entry for Triple Eight which ran internationals, Andy Priaulx and Mattias Ekstrom at Bathurst last year. Long-time Xbox brand ambassador Mark Skaife expects to be central to any future plans the Microsoft-owned gaming giant is cultivating in V8 Supercars. “We only committed to do Sydney, but we are keeping our options open,” Bowman said.ĭJR Team Penske is expected to rotate through several primary sponsors for its single-car entry next season, mirroring the model more commonly seen in NASCAR and Ind圜ar. Leading Microsoft gaming brand Xbox is exploring further opportunities in V8 Supercars.Īfter one-off backing for Marcos Ambrose’s V8 Supercars return as a wildcard entry for the recent Sydney NRMA 500, Xbox is keeping its options open for future sponsorship in the category.Īlan Bowman, Microsoft’s Asian regional vice president for retail sales and marketing, confirmed the deal did not stretch beyond the Sydney event. Xbox exploring future possibilities after its one-off experiences at Bathurst in 2013 and the Sydney 500 earlier this month ![]()
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