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.
Asobo, known today as the Microsoft Flight Simulator developer, created groundbreaking technology for large scale maps that was intended to be used in a high quality rally raid title. It was never released and ended up as FUEL, a post-apocalyptic open-world racing game. What happened?
I went back and forth on whether to actually bother covering this title at this point, but after nearly four years of delays and/or gaps in communication I figured I might as well catalogue things from this point.
Shortly before Christmas there was a vague Instagram post about being more communicative (which I found ironic considering it wasn’t posted on either Facebook or Twitter). But, credit where it’s due, they did create the Discord server they said they would and yesterday updated all their social media with the link:
Hey! Sorry we have been quiet for so long and the inconsistent activity on our social channels (when we were more active). At SimBin we are just as anxious to share all our progress on GTR3, as you are to hear it!
This past year we have been directing all our resources and attention internally with the goal of releasing GTR3 in the best state possible. Finally after all this time working on GTR3, we are close to releasing a lot more information. We also have some huge news lined up to share with you soon! However, we do have to ask for you to wait just a little longer, but it will be worth it!
We do have some exciting news to share today!To prove that we are back for good this time around we are opening our official Discord! Which means we can never lock ourselves away to tinker with GTR3 without you seeing, ever again. The GTR3 Official Discord is the place to ask questions and offer suggestions. There will even be polls and suggestion channels so you could see your ideas contributing to the final release of GTR3! 🙂
The Discord isn’t just for asking questions either. Joining will also unlock weekly updates about the game, the ability to participate in polls (which will shape the final release of GTR3) and you may even unlock beta access if you’re active enough!
If you have any questions about GTR3 or about SimBin in general please ask away here or for a faster reply ask in our Discord 🙂
**please click the checkered flag in the rules channel to join!**
https://discord.gg/t8a4mx6pxs
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