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.
Shortly after the release of Grand Prix Legends the sim racing community looked forward to another title that promised to offer a similar insight into historic racing. Trans-Am Racing ’68-’72 ultimately never released, a victim of a publishers shady dealings, but as a part of my research I uncovered a VHS of a never-released trailer for the game. Watch the trailer and read about what sim racing missed out on.
Polyphony Digital have released an update for GT7 that fixes a small number of issues, adds a few races and five new vehicles, including the Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm ’20…
…Bugatti Chiron ’16…
…Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray ’20…
…Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo…
…and Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST205) ’95:
The Celica is my favorite car of the update, and takes me back to the days in the arcade playing SEGA Rally before the Saturn console.
Release notes:
Main Features
1. Cars
- The following five new cars have been added:
・ Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm ’20
・ Bugatti Chiron ’16
・ Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray ’20
・ Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo
・Toyota Celica GT-FOUR Rally Car (ST205) ’95 (available for purchase at Legend Cars from December 15)The Ferrari Vision Gran Turismo will be available for purchase at Brand Central from December 23. Players who answered correctly the Day 4 question of the World Finals Viewers Gift campaign will gain early access on December 15.
2. Café
- The following two Extra Menus have been added:
・Extra Menu No. 14: Collection: Straight-Six BMWs (Collector Level 37 and above).
・Extra Menu No. 15: Collection: Bugatti (Collector Level 43 and above).The new Menu Books and Extra Menus will appear after clearing Menu Book No. 39 (Championship: World GT Series) and having watched the ending.
3. World Circuits
- The following new events have been added to World Circuits:
・Nürburgring
- European Clubman Cup 600
・Mount Panorama Racing Circuit
- American Clubman Cup 700
・Monza Circuit
- Hypercar Parade4. Scapes
- Norway has been added as featured Curations in Scapes.
Other Improvements and Adjustments1. Multiplayer
- We addressed an issue in which “Quitting the race might affect your ratings” would be incorrectly displayed when leaving a Lobby.
- We fixed an issue in which repeatedly racing without leaving the room in Lobby would cause the game’s performance to drop.2. Steering Controllers
- We fixed an issue in which fitting the BMW M2 Competition ’18 with a Fully Customizable Manual Transmission would cause the clutch pedal on steering controllers to stop responding.3. Sound
- We repaired an issue where the sound of the player’s own engine would not play correctly.4. Others
- Various other issues have been addressed.
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