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.
ICR2 is a simulation of the 1995 IndyCar Series. It featured 15 tracks and a selection of chassis and engines.
Re-released as CART Racing.
Join Jon Denton, Tim Wheatley, Simon Croft and guest(s) as they discuss sim racing and racing games past, present and future.
EA have posted a news item that includes release notes for the 1.05 patch with a date of July 3, 2023.
Issues with red flags and equal performance in two player career highlight.
Build notes:
– Fixed an issue where Two Player Career was incorrectly using equal performance instead of realistic performance
– Fixed an issue where Safety Car and Formation Lap were disabled in 25% short race distances
– Fixed an issue where players could be removed from Multiplayer lobbies when interacting with some system menus
– Fixed an issue where some players could experience FPS drops at night races
– Fixed an issue where cars would incorrectly collide when the setting ‘Collisions off for first lap only’ was enabled
– Fixed an issue where the game would crash with an additional career F2 save active
– Fixed an issue where finishing positions would be incorrect after a Red Flag
– Fixed an issue where TrueForce was not applied for Logitech wheels on Playstation and PC
– Fixed an issue where the car would hit a wall driving out of the 11th garage at Monaco causing damage
– Fixed an issue where switching between ‘Performance’ and ‘Quality’ graphics modes caused FPS issues on Xbox Series X
– Fixed an issue when an F1 World goal expires while a bonus goal is active resulting in an error message
– Corrected the ‘Renault Driver Academy’ to the ‘Alpine Driver Academy’ in Single Player Career
– Fixed an issue where, with certain settings enabled, the Virtual Rear View Mirror would be present when looking backwards
– Fixed an issue where sponsors decals would not appear on race suits and helmets in My Team
– Fixed an issue where players were getting stuck on the grid in Chapter 7 in Braking Point
– Fixed an issue where the strategy change after damage wouldn’t appear on the Voice Command display
– General Stability Improvements
– Various Minor Fixes
Announced October, 2019 with the extension of the F1 license until 2025. Developed and published by Codemasters, it will be the sixteenth title in the Formula One series developed by the studio.