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.
I’m so excited for this title. The graphics look stunning and the map looks like it’ll be an incredibly interesting drive. The trailer clearly shows an array of environments from Saudi Arabia like dunes, brush desert, mountains, snowy peaks, ancient ruins, small towns, beaches, oasis’, docks, lighthouses and even distant city scapes. All this, and you can see animals, helicopters and a number of other items that will hopefully bring these locations to life (as much as a desert environment can be).
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