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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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Saber, Milestone And Plaion Parent, Embracer, Reduces Debt To $1.4 Billion

Tim Wheatley - Dev News | Nov 17, 2023

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Embracer, the parent company of Milestone, Plaion and Saber, has announced that the ongoing restructuring and layoffs totaling 904 people has reduced their debt to $1.4 billion. They have improved 31% in a year, with a 13% rise in net sales, too.

The company has reviewed upcoming games, projects under Plaion and Saber affected, and while nothing is mentioned of Milestone I think anyone reporting news will have noticed a significant reduction in product support and marketing. A clear example would be the re-born Superbike “franchise” that was announced, released, barely patched and abandoned (one title isn’t a franchise) back in 2022.

The company warned more layoffs and cost reductions should be expected.

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Sarch Nov 17, 2023 #1

That's such an extraordinary amount of money... Just insane. Feel so sorry for all the studios who got shut down. The only people who got any benefit out of those deals will be the owners. Rich folks getting richer off the backs of the ordinary worker.

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Pistu Nov 18, 2023 #2

Isn't Plaion the publisher for GTRevival? I hope this doesn't affect the developement too much.

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Aston Nov 18, 2023 #3

Good Lord. They apparently got into this predicament by a 2 billion dollar deal with (notably Saudi-funded) Savvy Games Group falling through. Wonder what the idea was there.

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Sarch Nov 18, 2023 #4

Which means they spent the money before they had it, I guess?

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