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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I had a few questions prior to purchasing that I tried to answer with this video for the sake of others.
– Is the game good? Yes.
– Is the F1 content good? Yes.
– Is there a full F2 championship in career mode? No.
– How is F2 used in career mode? With just 3 scenarios that never change.
– Can you pick any F1 team after F2? Yes, regardless of how you perform in F2.
– Does the storyline continue into F1? Not in any useful way.
– Do the storyline characters replace F1 drivers? Yes, so you lose real drivers.
– Can you do a full F2 championship? Yes, but not in career mode.
– Can you skip F2 in career mode? Yes.
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