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.
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.
PC version had two cars, 4 tracks that were secrets and can be found on the CD. Toyota Celica GT4 WRC, Millennium 5 Rallye and four fictional tracks.
Running on Windows 10
Install from CD (I selected not to install DX6 but allowed the Indeo video drivers to install), install the 1.5 patch (needs XP compatibility set to find CMR installation), then run using Rally.exe (using Windows 98/Me compatibility) being patient to the fact that it took a clear 10 seconds for the Rally.exe window to appear in my taskbar. Note that you will not see the intros because you are skipping them by using Rally.exe instead of Game.exe.