Better known today as the developer of Skyrim and Fallout, Bethesda once had a well-respected racing game franchise and were deep into development of a licensed Skip Barber Racing title that never released.
Video game development is full of names that have made groundbreaking steps you’ve never even heard about. Shawn Nash is a behind-the-scenes pioneer responsible for SODA Off Road Racing’s incredible physics, Papyrus’ graphical advancements and iRacing’s use of laser scan data for the physical track surfaces.
This interview with RSC, published in 2021, details his early life and career, through both his own company, Papyrus, Electronic Arts, to his time at iRacing.
The Amiga version runs under emulation with WinUAE as long as you set CPU Emulation Speed to ‘Fastest Possible’.
1. Download WinUAE and setup a system with specifications of an A600 or A1200 or better (set fastest possible on CPU speed)
2. Mount an Amiga ADF (disk) file containing Indy 500 and reboot to launch from it
3. Setups and replays will be saved in slots on the disk.
Mouse control was the smoothest input method available on Amiga.