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.
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.
iRacing have today posted a YouTube video (embed below) that details some updates coming to cars in both the GT3 and LMP2 classes with the next build. The changes noted include:
– Will come with the BMW M Hybrid V8
– New damage model on all GT3s and Dallara LMP2
– Physics re-work in collaboration with GT3 drivers
– New tire model has “more refined feel and clearly defined limit”
– Updated iRacing default setups will be released (old iRacing/personal setups may fail tech)
– Tire management will be a thing, as will tire fall-off
– Brake pad options re-worked
– Nurburgring Nordschleife rule packages coming, giving ride-height limits
– Tire changes and refuelling can now happen together
– LMP2 can now drive over kerbs
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