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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.

Asobo, known today as the Microsoft Flight Simulator developer, created groundbreaking technology for large scale maps that was intended to be used in a high quality rally raid title. It was never released and ended up as FUEL, a post-apocalyptic open-world racing game. What happened?

 

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A new major build and a number of hotfixes have been deployed for TrackDayR that brings in the new tire model, physics, UI, rider model, two tracks and five bikes.

Major build changelog 1.0.101.85

– NEW UI & UX (almost fully playable with gamepad)
– NEW RIDER MODEL
– NEW EXPERIMENTAL IN-GAME BIKE MOD TOOL
– NEW REPLAY CORE SYSTEM
– NEW RUTS SIMULATION PHYSICS
– IMPROVED SUSPENSION ALGORITHM
– NEW TYRE IMPACT ABSORPTION
– PHYSICAL TERRAIN
– NEW SEPARATED MASSES SIMULATION
– NEW DRAG CALCULATION (Based on the bike surface)
– NEW GYRO EFFECT IN AIR
– IMPROVED RIDER/BIKE MASSES INFLUENCE
– IMPROVED TYRES PHYSICS ALGORITHM
– REVOLUTIONED AIR PHYSICS
– NEW RIDERS ANIMATION (based on a totally new cinematic system)
– NEW SEPARETED BRAKE REGULATION (Removed combined brakes)
– NEW DYNAMIC CoG CALCULATION
– NEW SCRUB SYSTEM
– NEW WHIP SYSTEM
– NEW WHEELIE HELP

Changelog 1.0.101.90

– Fixed sideways fall bug in wheelies
– Worked on balance management in wheelies (wheelie assist OFF)
– Fixed “no sounds” on multyplayer mode
– Improved engine – The engine response is more sensitive now

Changelog 1.0.101.109

– Solved “no power” response during wheelies
– Improved wheelie balance point
– bugfix audio positioning in multyplayer
– Dust trail VFX optimization
– Bugfix the front suspension make accelerating the bike during stoppies
– Improved weeling jerk management in race attitude to have less sudden wheelies
– Improved turning on wheelie
– Bugfix bike not stopped on spawn point

Changelog 1.0.101.113

– New Dust FX
– Erosion cycle optimization to try to increase game performance
– Hotfix an audio error generating lag
– Timeattack bugfixing
– Fixed Mud Resistance on all the tracks
– Updated WWISE audio engine
– Added automatic encryption and automatic conversion for helmet files as well
– Fix eyebrows visible behind visor
– Added a log that prints out the list of tracks loaded at startup to debug any track loading errors

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