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.
Shortly after the release of Grand Prix Legends the sim racing community looked forward to another title that promised to offer a similar insight into historic racing. Trans-Am Racing ’68-’72 ultimately never released, a victim of a publishers shady dealings, but as a part of my research I uncovered a VHS of a never-released trailer for the game. Watch the trailer and read about what sim racing missed out on.
This week iRacing released a new patch for their simulation, adding a Renzo A Olivieri Italian Spotter pack and updated damage to the GTP Class, NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen, ARCA Menards Chevy / Gen 4 Cup and Ferrari 296 GT3 Cars.
Changelog:
SIMULATION:
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Spotter
The spotter messages for cars moving to pass you (“Faster coming up quick” and “Group of faster cars approaching”) now only play for cars that are in a faster car class than the player car.
Spotter – Foreign Language
The Renzo A Olivieri Italian Spotter pack has been updated.
– – Grazie mille, Renzo!
Options
A link to an iRacing guide for setting up triple monitors has been added to the appropriate section of the Options screen (Guide: https://iracing.com/triples).
CARS:
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GTP Class Cars A New Damage Model tuning pass has been completed, which increases the break limits of the rear and rear wing panels.
NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen Cars A New Damage Model tuning pass has been completed on these cars:
– – Lowered the break limits for the nose, front fenders, and rear.
– – Increased the break limits for the rear hood mounts.
– – Lowered the stiffness for the rear hood mounts.
iRacing setups have been updated.
ARCA Menards Chevy / Gen 4 Cup
Fixed an issue where the brake bias knob was rotating incorrectly when viewing opponent cars.
Ferrari 296 GT3
A New Damage Model tuning pass has been completed on this car:
– – Increased the yield and break limits for mirrors, nose, and rear mounts.
– – Side panels have been strengthened.
– – An additional mount has been added for the front splitter and the rear diffuser.
TRACKS:
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Kern County Raceway Park
(Dirt Track) – Fixed an issue where driving on some overlapping areas of the Dirt Mini Oval were triggering cautions
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