Brain in a Jar Taking Indianapolis 500 Evolution to Greenlight

[Bram Hengeveld]

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Brain in a Jar, the independent UK developer specialising in racing simulations, has announced that the PC version of its historic racing title, Indianapolis 500 Evolution, has entered Steam’s new Greenlight program.

Community members and racing game enthusiasts are invited to support Indianapolis 500 Evolution’s EU and US release on PC via Steam, where success will see the game launch as the only historic racing simulation of the Indianapolis 500 on the Steam Store.

Tracing an era of rapid technological development, Indianapolis 500 Evolution takes players from the end of the front-engine ‘roadster’ era of Indy cars to the British manufacturer invasion and the rise of mid-engine monsters, culminating with the dawn of the down-force revolution. Featuring more than 190 race cars and six historic tracks, the game also includes multiple variants of the legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway, covering its development from brick-paved oval to modern speedway as it evolved throughout the 1960s. Other courses include Hanford, Langhorne, Milwaukee, Riverside and Trenton and car manufacturers such as Lotus, Lola, Hawk and McLaren. Rounding off the content features is the roster of legendary drivers for players to race against, which includes superstars such as A.J. Foyt, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Mario Andretti, Al Unser and Jack Brabham.

Carl Dalton, founder, Brain in a Jar comments: “Entering the Greenlight system is a big step for us, as we test the mettle of crowd-sourced approval and see if Indianapolis 500 Evolution can get to the audience it deserves.” He continues, “We are, however, proud to be submitting our detailed and authentic simulation of one of the world’s most iconic races for release on PC. We know there is a demand for quality historic titles in the sim racing scene, so we invite racing fans across the EU and USA to support us in getting Indianapolis 500 Evolution onto the market, so that more titles in this vein can follow.”

Community members and racing game enthusiasts can support Indianapolis 500 Evolution by logging into Steam and voting for it here

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[Rob Musgrove]

Not a word about the greatest of that era and one of the greatest of all time... Sir Jim Clarke...

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Not a word about the greatest of that era and one of the greatest of all time... Sir Jim Clarke...

which includes superstars such as A.J. Foyt, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Mario Andretti, Al Unser and Jack Brabham

 

[Lee Ross]

WOW awesome, everyone like it!

 

[Rob Musgrove]

"which includes superstars such as A.J. Foyt, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Mario Andretti, Al Unser and Jack Brabham"


Not on the promo video it doesn't.

 

[Sk3ptik0n]

I got a notice from steam yesterday telling me about their voting event. So I clicked the "racing", "Simulation" and other checkboxes, but this game did not come up.
I tried again today, knowing this game was there, but once again it returned a blank page when Ib asked for a "Racing" game.
I loaded the page from the link here and then I clicked on the "Racing" link from the game, now I get two full pages of racing games. I went back to the page I tried before and I clicked on racing again and this time all the games showed up.

Something is wrong with their categories.

 

[Jamie Shorting]

I got a notice from steam yesterday telling me about their voting event. So I clicked the "racing", "Simulation" and other checkboxes, but this game did not come up.
I tried again today, knowing this game was there, but once again it returned a blank page when Ib asked for a "Racing" game.
I loaded the page from the link here and then I clicked on the "Racing" link from the game, now I get two full pages of racing games. I went back to the page I tried before and I clicked on racing again and this time all the games showed up.

Something is wrong with their categories.

Login into Steam. Click on Community, then under than click on Greenlight, then do a search on greenlight. Should be a space on the top right hand corner of the screen. Copy and paste the name of this game there and it will come up.

 

[Sk3ptik0n]

I got a notice from steam yesterday telling me about their voting event. So I clicked the "racing", "Simulation" and other checkboxes, but this game did not come up.
I tried again today, knowing this game was there, but once again it returned a blank page when Ib asked for a "Racing" game.
I loaded the page from the link here and then I clicked on the "Racing" link from the game, now I get two full pages of racing games. I went back to the page I tried before and I clicked on racing again and this time all the games showed up.

Something is wrong with their categories.

Login into Steam. Click on Community, then under than click on Greenlight, then do a search on greenlight. Should be a space on the top right hand corner of the screen. Copy and paste the name of this game there and it will come up.

I voted for it by clicking on the link above. My point was that yesterday when I selected "Racing" in the Greenlit search, it brought back nothing. And for simulation it returned a couple of games but not this one and a number of other ones.
But I voted and hopefully it will be picked. I like vintage racing. I can only hope this game supports multiple controllers and the physics are halfway decent.

 

[Dave Stephenson]

I found it by searching 'Indianapolis'.

Voted. Here's hoping