Line #6 VideoGame/RFactor

Context VideoGame / RFactor

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1	[[quoteright:450:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RFactor.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:450:That's quite a garage.]]
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4	''[=RFactor=]'' (''Race Factor'') is a driving sim by Image Space Inc. (ISI), released in 2005. ''[=RFactor=]'' was deliberately designed to attract [[GameMod modifications]], and was marketed with the tagline 'Customise Control Connect'.
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6	''[=RFactor=]'' was released at a time when the PC driving sim market was in limbo after ''NASCAR Racing 2003'' was withdrawn from the market. Despite being a stock car sim, ''N2003'' had become popular for modding many other types of car due to its realistic physics engine. These mods were forcibly halted by ''N2003'''s developers, Papyrus, buying the rights to the ''N2003'' code for use on the ''VideoGame/{{iRacing}}'' program (then in development). Thus, ''[=RFactor=]'' had a ready audience of online racers and modders willing to shift to the new sim.
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8	In its initial release, ''[=RFactor=]'' had only five tracks and two classes of vehicle: open wheel formula cars and touring/stock cars. Given the ease of modification, this number has now snowballed to hundreds of cars and tracks, covering most forms of motorsport (and even stretching to ''boat'' racing), and the sim can make a claim to be the most diverse driving game available.
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11	!!The game features examples of these tropes :
12	* CoolCar: Where to start: UsefulNotes/FormulaOne cars, Porsche 917, Group B Lancia, [=McLaren MP4/4=], speedway configured Champ Car, Pikes Peak cars, Ferrari GTO, Shelby Cobra, Baja racers, BMW M1 etc...
13	* GameMod: Thousands of them.
14	* JokeCharacter: Lawnmower racing?
15	* LevelEditor: Plenty of free aftermarket ones, including track creators.
16	* WackyRacing: Radio-controlled cars, off-road racers, soapbox derby cars... That would put ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' to shame.
17	* WideOpenSandbox: Since the sim can load tracks that are a plain road with no scenery at all and car stats can be altered using text files, pretty much anything goes.

Context VideoGame / RFactor