BATracer is a free browser based webgame similar to some online management games. It was originally started in 2000 but it was only released in its current form in 2006.
It simulates races with registered users racing instead of the usual driver line-up.

About

BATracer is a free browser-based racing manager game unlike any other! You play as the driver, and get to setup your car, work with your team mates, share data and determine strategies. The detail in the race results and race replay is staggering, with graphs and maps all served from a browser with no need for plugins.

F1, BTCC and Indycars are the current carsets with more being added. Cars and helmets can be painted either using the built in selector or by uploading a custom image. Public or private custom games supported.

This game is based around fun and accessibility rather than overloading the player with stats. However, at the same time a deep race simulation lurks underneath. Highly popular community with both hard core and casual players.

Genres

BATRacer currently has 6 different racing series in which users can compete:

V8's

F1 2002

F1 2006

A1 GP

Generic Champcar Championship

Generic BTCC Championship

Stats

BATracer has over 30,000 registered users.

Users have completed almost 8,000 seasons, over 100,000 races and over 9,000,000 laps.

History

2006 - BATracer released to public as free-to-play webgame.

2005 - Development of BATracer v3 restarted, this time as a conversion on the existing platform and now numbered v4.

2004 - Attempt to restart development with a rewrite (BARracer v3) for another platform abandoned after it emerges the current code is now too complicated for this to be an easy task.

2003 - Game made available online, now known as BATracer v2. Over 1,000,000 hits in first week and several thousand users, but game dropped after web serving system proves unstable.

2002 - Game ported over to a separate platform for testing of a new web serving system. 90% new code.

2001 - Game in playable state, and to be named Jordan GP after an agreement with the Jordan F1 team. But Freeloader.com axed before game made public.

2000 - Initial concept developed for Pure Entertainment in London, UK on their Freeloader.com website.

Fansites

Recently people started to create special websites dedicated to BATracer. Most of these pages are only a description of a certain team or person's results and stats. While others contribute something useful to the overall game experience like “Batcamp” or “BATracer Liveries”. Batcamp allows users to store race-winning setups for future use or to form teams and share setups with other BATracer players.

External links

BATracer Official Site

Official Forum

Secondary Forum

Batcamp