Papyrus Extend CART License

According to GameCenter, Papyrus have extended their CART licensing agreement and should ship a new CART Racing title in Spring, 1999.

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Papyrus Design Group, a division of Sierra On-Line, recently extended its licensing agreement with CART (Championship Auto Racing Teams). Having secured the right to use the CART name and logos through the year 2003, Papyrus will develop a new CART sim (so far unnamed), scheduled for release in spring 1999.

Besides the recently released CART Racing (originally titled IndyCar Racing II), Papyrus has produced the NASCAR series and is currently at work on NASCAR Racing 3 and Grand Prix Legends.

The current CART Racing covers the same ground as the 1995 CART World Series Championship, using the same courses (in locales such as the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Japan), cars, drivers (such as Al Unser Jr., Bobby Rahal, and Paul Tracy), sponsors, and even billboards. The cars resemble actual CART racers, which have 850-horsepower engines and can attain speeds of more than 200 miles per hour.

To whet the road-hungry appetites of sim racers, Sierra is selling CART Racing for a suggested price of $29.95, and is even throwing in a $10 mail-in rebate with the games currently being shipped.