Better known today as the developer of Skyrim and Fallout, Bethesda once had a well-respected racing game franchise and were deep into development of a licensed Skip Barber Racing title that never released.
Originally known as Papyrus Design, the legendary Massachusetts-based software studio developed highly-regarded simulation titles and published with Electronic Arts, Virgin Interactive and Sierra before their shutdown by Vivendi, owners of Sierra, in 2004.
Co-founded by arguably the father of the modern racing simulation, David Kaemmer, the studio created NASCAR and IndyCar titles that consistently pushed the genre forwards.
Their groundbreaking Grand Prix Legends game engine was used in three NASCAR titles between 2001-2003, evolving to become iRacing after Kaemmer re-acquired former Papyrus assets for his new company.
Join Jon Denton, Tim Wheatley, Simon Croft and guest(s) as they discuss sim racing and racing games past, present and future.
naspatch.exe_.zip
N2PAT2.zip
This official update to version 1.03 from 1.02 fixes issues with race saves, AI, car setup limitations, pace lap cheating, allows 4-bit Rendition graphics and increases the multiplayer grid size to 39. It also corrects a number of issues introduced by the 1.02 patch such as the twitching joystick input and a green hue at nighttime Charlotte.
N2PAT1.zip
This official update to version 1.03 from 1.01 fixes issues with race saves, AI, car setup limitations, pace lap cheating, allows 4-bit Rendition graphics and increases the multiplayer grid size to 39. It also corrects a number of issues introduced by the 1.01 patch such as incorrect standings.
N2PAT0.zip
This official update to version 1.03 from 1.00 fixes issues with race saves, AI, car setup limitations, pace lap cheating, allows 4-bit Rendition graphics and increases the multiplayer grid size to 39. It also corrects a number of issues introduced by the 1.01 and 1.02 patches.
newmanhaas.zip
GPM2.zip
This patch updated GPM2 with a complete rewrite, making it incompatible with Windows 3.1 but fully supportive of Windows 95.