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Richard Yasi on Grand Prix Legends, Papyrus, and The Final Days of a Studio

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.

NASCAR Racing 3: The Sim That Never Was

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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F1 2021 v1.16 Patch Released

Tim Wheatley - Game News | Feb 23, 2022

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Codemasters have released another update for last years licensed F1 title, fixing some issues for multiplayer qualifying as well as what seem to be some ‘quality of life’ fixes for offline racers.

V1.16 Patch Notes:

Online

Addressed an issue where re-joining a qualifying session would result in the session timer being reset for that user.
Addressed an issue where host and client could struggle to get into the same league event if they previously declined to proceed to the next session.

General

Ghosting can now be disabled in Two-Player Career.
Penalties given for collisions under the Safety Car will be more fairly distributed.
Resolved a crash when attempting to back out from the Official F1® 2021 Championship and attempting to re-enter on consoles.
Resolved a crash when selecting a salary with your current team having cancelled negotiations with them previously.
Previous simulation settings in Grand Prix will now be remembered when starting a new Grand Prix event.
General stability improvements.
Various minor fixes.

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