rFactor (1 & 2) were originally developed by ISI (renamed Studio 397 in 2016) in Michigan. Motorsport Games bought the developer in 2021.

I hope the official Indycar goes back to iRacing. It's a solid platform and they do most things right.

Generally I'm not a fan of all this "licensing". Too much licensing stifles innovation.

Ignore the guy you replied too. Austin is a freelance QA tester for racing games i.e. a literal expert studios pay to tell them if the game is objectively good or not. He's been employed by many different studios and he's criticised his own employers time and time again. He's literally lost jobs by openly criticising his own employers. He's not a biased party, he cares about racing games being as good as possible. He was QA for Project Cars 2. He's an industry insider, so alot more trustworthy then random internet commenters with literally zero qualifications or connection to the games industry. I'm going to believe him over anonymous people. People only spread lies about Austin because he dislikes iRacing and has pointed out its many flaws. iRacing banned him for this, because it's literally against their terms and services to say ANYTHING negative about their game.

People paying hundreds a year playing iRacing don't like it being pointed out that it's barely a "simulation".

Austin provided empirical facts that prove Motorsport Games is a scam. They don't pay employees. They spend all their money on private expenses and expensive offices they don't need. They exist solely to scam investors out of money to continue paying their executives millions of dollars while not compensating their employees and paying Russian studios using stolen code to make cheap games. It's fraud. Austin provides all the receipts in his video. Just look up his name Austin Ogonoski and Motorsport Games and you'll find the video, it's only 12 minutes long or something, so it won't take much time to watch. Motorsport Games also lied about the features and content of their Nascar game, which was the worst Nascar game made probably ever, and was unplayable in many cases, and acted purely as a cash grab. They are an immoral, fraudulent company, and any game they make will be no better then a mobile game.

Assetto Corsa and rFactor 2 are considered full sim racing genre. It isn't fair to compare them to the F1 games, Forza or Gran Turismo which are considered Simcades, a mix between sim and arcade. They are going for different target markets. Full sim genre are something even racing pros can use and be relatively happy with.

Simcades are also designed to be fully playable with controllers and while full sims can be played on them, they require a more lot of tweaking and customization of the controls to get right and much more accuracy from the player.

And guess who owns rFactor 2? Motorsport Games who owns the developer Studio 321 does. The IndyCar game was planned to use the really well received rFactor 2 engine.

Wasn't aware Studio 321, who handles the very well received rFactor 2 and owned by Motorsports Games, is a bad creator.

The question wasn't literal scam, the question was financial fraud, of which my moneys on the vast majority, if not all… Accountants and lawyers exist for a reason.

Okay, he failed to disclose a CoI, thanks.
(I guess you are not owning up 100% to what your interest in the industry are either).

But are there any truth to the allegations?

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Broccoliface, the allegations were made by an individual known as Austin Ogonoski, who suggested that the owner of the company was engaging in dubious financial moves.

However, when producing those videos, Austin failed to disclose that he had a financial conflict of interest of his own. Austin is an employee of a rival game development studio that is currently developing it's own sim racing game and has expressed interest in owning some of the licences that Motorsport Games held onto.

I bet Indycar will land officially on iRacing again ; let the Pro take care of it…

Kind of a big difference between a company that wants profit and a literal scam. One usually involves over charging (not illegal or even unethical, unless you’re talking about insulin) and one usually involves things like ponzi schemes, money laundering, fake books, grossly deceiving customers, etc. Don’t let healthy cynicism get in the way of common sense.

Then why comment if you have no idea?

PS, not to discredit Motorsport Games in any way shape or form, I have no idea, just wouldn't surprise me.

Mate, what isn't? The only difference between a corporate enterprise known as fraudulent, and one that isn't, is the bit about being known.

Wasn't Motorsport Games outed as some financial fraud enterprise a few years back?

Meanwhile you can pick up the DALLARA IR18 on rFactor 2 for a few dollars and find modded content to run a season if you're really put out by this news…

Hope this streamlining of the business means more focus on 397.