IndyCar Season Review: All Posts, One Place

By Dec 5, 2013, 9:00 AM EST
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Over the last month and a half since the 2013 IndyCar Series season wrapped at Auto Club Speedway, we’ve had a plethora of posts here on MotorSportsTalk looking back at the 19 races, drivers, teams and story lines. However, we would expect that you probably have missed one here or there.

Well never fear, because here’s a comprehensive content recap of all posts from my MST colleague Chris Estrada and yours truly since the checkered flag at Fontana. Enjoy!

SEASON FEATURES

FONTANA POST-RACE POSTS

DRIVER REVIEWS

1.  Scott Dixon
2.  Helio Castroneves
3.  Simon Pagenaud
4.  Will Power
5.  Marco Andretti
6.  Justin Wilson
7.  Ryan Hunter-Reay
8.  James Hinchcliffe
9.  Charlie Kimball
10. Dario Franchitti
11. Tony Kanaan
12. Sebastien Bourdais
13. Simona de Silvestro
14. Josef Newgarden
15. E.J. Viso
16. Ed Carpenter
17. Takuma Sato
18. Graham Rahal
19. James Jakes
20. Tristan Vautier
21. Sebastian Saavedra
22. Oriol Servia
23. Mike Conway
24. Alex Tagliani
25. JR Hildebrand
26. Ryan Briscoe
27. AJ Allmendinger
29. Ana Beatriz
28-39. All the rest

IndyCar disappointed by delay of video game but aiming to launch at start of 2024

By Mar 27, 2023, 3:00 PM EDT
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An IndyCar executive said there is “absolutely” disappointment that its long-awaited video game recently was delayed beyond its target date, but the series remains optimistic about the new title.

“Well, I don’t know how quick it will be, but the whole situation is important to us,” Penske Entertainment president and CEO Mark Miles said during a news conference Monday morning to announce IndyCar’s NTT title sponsorship. “Motorsport Games has spent a lot of money, a lot of effort to create an IndyCar title. What we’ve seen of that effort, which is not completely obvious, is very reassuring.

“I think it’s going to be outstanding. That’s our shared objective, that when it is released, it’s just widely accepted. A great credit both to IndyCar racing, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, something that our fans love.”

In June 2021, IndyCar announced a new partnership with Motorsport Games to create and distribute an IndyCar video game for the PC and Xbox and PlayStation consoles in 2023.

But during an earnings call last week, Motorsport Games said the IndyCar game had been delayed to 2024 to ensure high quality.

Somewhat compounding the delay is that IndyCar’s license for iRacing expired after the end of the 2022 season because of its exclusive agreement with Motorsport Games.

That’s resulted in significant changes for IndyCar on iRacing, which had provided a high-profile way for the series to stay visible during its 2020 shutdown from the pandemic. (Players still can race an unbranded car but don’t race on current IndyCar tracks, nor can they stream).

That’s helped ratchet up the attention on having a video game outlet for IndyCar.

“I wish we had an IndyCar title 10 years ago,” said Miles, who has been working with the organization since 2013. “We’ve been close, but we’ve had these I think speed bumps.”

IndyCar is hopeful the Motorsports Game edition will be ready at the start of 2024. Miles hinted that beta versions could be unveiled to reporters ahead of the time “to begin to show the progress in a narrow way to make sure we’ve got it right, to test the progress so that we’re ready when they’re ready.”

It’s been nearly 18 years since the release of the most recent IndyCar video game for console or PC.

“(We) better get it right,” Miles said. “It’s something we’re very close to and continue to think about what it is to make sure we get it over the line in due course.”