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.
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Grand Prix 2, released in the American market as Grand Prix II, is a racing simulator released by MicroProse in 1996. It was made under an official FIA license for the 1994 Formula One season, with all of the circuits, teams, drivers and cars.
It had 3D texture mapping and SVGA graphics, as well as an early 3D physics engine. Grand Prix 2 is recognized as one of the definitive racing simulations of its era.
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This software runs without issue in DOSBOX (a DOS emulator).
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