Video game development is full of names that have made groundbreaking steps you’ve never even heard about. Shawn Nash is a behind-the-scenes pioneer responsible for SODA Off Road Racing’s incredible physics, Papyrus’ graphical advancements and iRacing’s use of laser scan data for the physical track surfaces.
This interview with RSC, published in 2021, details his early life and career, through both his own company, Papyrus, Electronic Arts, to his time at iRacing.
If you ever played Papyrus’ seminal Grand Prix Legends then you’ve read his name. Rich began working as a tester on NASCAR Racing (1994) and was with Papyrus at the end. In this interview, published in 2022, we discuss his time at the legendary studio and the design of Grand Prix Legends, including initial feelings of hurt at not being asked to join iRacing.
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DIRT 5 Complete Car List Announced, Releases November 6, 2020
Tim Wheatley - Game News | Oct 21, 2020
0 CommentsWhile it may not be graded as a top-level simulation, I’m perfectly willing to accept that DIRT 5 might meet the criteria to be considered a sim. It certainly contains a number of real-world vehicles, so if it has some real-world tracks and the basics of vehicle and real-world racing series simulation, why not? We shouldn’t forget how much DIRT 4 surprised us…
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