Video game development is rarely about one man, but if it was, then Terence Groening should certainly get a mention for his contributions to the genre as the man responsible for the physics of Sportscar GT, EA’s PC F1 and NASCAR games of the early 2000’s, rFactor, rFactor 2 and every title and rFpro simulator that spawned from ISI’s engine.
This interview with RSC details his early life and career, through to him joining iRacing in 2021.
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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Codemasters today released their v1.13 Patch that adds the Saudi Arabian Jeddah street circuit to F1 2021 (see separate post for track info, screens and hotlap video). The update also fixes a number of eSports problems such as some drivers having colder tires exiting the pits based on how far they drove from their pit box.
I quite like that they have added the option to disable driver changes in career mode, too. For me, this is something I’d prefer. It’s just wrong seeing Hamilton in a Red Bull.
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Jeddah has been added to the game
Added option to enable or disable Pit Lane Tyre Temperature simulation so cars that box closer to the pit lane entrance are not disadvantaged by colder tyres as they exit the pit lane.
2021 Red Bull has been reverted to their traditional livery with a visual update to closer match the real season
Added option to disable driver moves in career
Equal performance has been added to Grand Prix mode using F1 2021 carsOnline
Users kicked from a session due to the timer running out are no longer banned from the session
Host-spectators will now correctly see the race starts lights go out at the same time as racersGeneral
Addressed an issue where the “Advance” button could disappear from a career save
R&D progress history screen now looks correct with the increased number of available tracks
Victory VO can now correctly be previewed within the item store
Addressed an issue where users could go out of world in photo mode on Imola
Fanatec CSL DD pedals now have the correct brake and throttle thresholds
DRS white line has been adjusted on Imola to match the activation point
General stability improvements
Various minor fixes
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