Despite some recent controversies regarding Roger Penske and the potential conflict of interest that occurs when a team owner also owns the series in which it races, the IndyCar Series is doing OK right now. I’m in no position to determine if its popularity is actually rising or not on an international scale, but at least within the racing community, it seems the series is getting its just due after years of being compared unfavorably to Formula 1, its European — and much more popular — open-wheel counterpart. But, even with some exciting things happening within the series, there remains one avenue in which IndyCar is grossly underrepresented: Video games.
A few years ago, the IndyCar Series announced that Motorsports Games — the developer behind the most recent NASCAR Heat games and rFactor 2 — was developing an IndyCar-centric game. Unfortunately, development on the game was later suspended.
