Video game development is full of names that have made groundbreaking steps you’ve never even heard about. Shawn Nash is a behind-the-scenes pioneer responsible for SODA Off Road Racing’s incredible physics, Papyrus’ graphical advancements and iRacing’s use of laser scan data for the physical track surfaces.
This interview with RSC, published in 2021, details his early life and career, through both his own company, Papyrus, Electronic Arts, to his time at iRacing.
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.
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Burnout Drag Racing Sim Patch 4 (1.22) Fixes Center Of Gravity Bug
Tim Wheatley - Game News | Jul 3, 1998
0 CommentsA fourth patch for the Bethesda Burnout Drag Racing sim has been released and can be found on the downloads page. Grab the hardware version if you want to update for 3DFX support.
Here are the changes listed in the readme file:
1) Fixed a problem with the cars center of gravity that appeared as a new bug in version 1.21.
2) Fixed a rev limiting problem with the Two Step.
3) Changed the Line Lock back to the way it was in version 1.20. The 1.21 implementation needs more work.
4) Fixed some sound bugs that occur during network games.
5) Fixed a bug that wouldn’t allow you to exit the game after racing in a network event under certain circumstances.
6) Made some changes in the network code to fix some other problems.
7) Updated Network Version checking for game compatibility. You must be running the same version of Burnout as the Host machine.
8) Fixed a bug in the driver stats update during network races.
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