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.
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.
Original Fire, developer of the amazing Circuit Superstars, has teased and then opened their new ‘Karting Superstars’ title for Steam wishlisting. While their previous title has a top-down viewpoint it appears this one defaults to chase view… Cockpit next time?
What Karting Superstars offers
– Tactile physics model that feels accessible while presenting a high-skill ceiling for you to explore.
– Kart & driver customization to look absolutely incredible on the race track.
– Race against up to 12 players from around the globe in online multiplayer.
– Practice and score your best times across a variety of tracks in Time Trials. Put your name on global leaderboards and drive with the ghosts of your friends or the world’s best.
– Compete against a dynamic AI difficulty that can grow with you. The sky is not even the limit!
– Compete with AI drivers in race events and tournaments of your own design in Kartcore mode.
– Race versus global ghosts that let you see how players around the world are tackling each track. You can also learn your friends best tactics!
– Re-watch your races, see your epic overtakes or study your racing lines and those of your opponents using Replays.
– Use replay cameras to watch your races from different angles and record epic moments to share.What Karting Superstars doesn’t offer
– Split screen multiplayer
– Ability to spectate live races
– A career mode
– Multiple types of karts
– Kart performance upgrades
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Gameplay footage posted on social media:
View this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/snN_lQqhTUU and please consider subscribing to RSC’s main channel.
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