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.
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.
The Alpine marque was relaunched with the 2017 introduction of the new Alpine A110. The GT4 version is an evolution of the Alpine A110 Cup car and was built by Signatech. It uses the same 1.8-litre turbo-four as the road car.
Alpine A110 GT4 version was released as DLC for Assetto Corsa Competizione in July, 2020: