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.
As a direct ancestor of iRacing, the ‘Grand Prix Legends engine’ had multiple stock car racing false starts, before eventually releasing as NASCAR Racing 4. The original NASCAR 3, cancelled and replaced by one that used NASCAR 2’s engine, is barely remembered.
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Hot the heels of iRacing announcing the BMW M4 GT3 comes this announcement from Fanatec. It’s almost as if it was planned this way, eh?
Here is a comparison between the iRacing and Fanatec models:
You can read more at bmw.fanatec.com, but here are the features listings:
– Official BMW Motorsport product
– Multi-layer (8 layers) full carbon fibre body
– Meets rigorous environmental condition specifications for shock and vibration, IP65 rating (dust and water resistance)
– RGB LED-backlit front buttons (colour-adjustable and dimmable, interchangeable caps)
– Customisable via FanaLab
– Two custom-designed, 12-step thumb encoders with Hall sensors
– Dual-action (push/pull) magnetic shifter paddles
– Fanatec QR2: all-new quick release allows operation in the 2022 BMW M4 GT3 race car
– Communicates with 2022 BMW M4 GT3 via CAN bus
– 310 mm diameter
– Designed and developed in Bavaria by Fanatec and BMW Motorsport
– Rubber hand grips molded over carbon fibre structure
– 14 push buttons (12 front-facing, 2 rear-facing) with 700 g activation force
– 1” OLED display
– Three backlit 12-position rotary switches with encoder functionality
– 4-way D-pad under the BMW logo
– Two dual-Hall sensor clutch paddles
– New-generation firmware, upgradeable via integrated USB-C port
– Compatible with Windows PC
– Compatible with all PS4 and PS5 systems when connected to a PlayStation-licensed wheel base
– 1400 g (approx)
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