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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The first F1 car to use a carbon fibre composite chassis in a race (the Lotus 88 never raced), the McLaren MP4/1 was raced from 1981 to 1983 powered by a Ford-Cosworth DFV V8 engine and (late 1983) a Porsche TAG V6. It was the first car designed following the merger of the Ron Dennis-owned Project 4 Formula Two team.
It took a win during its debut season, a further five wins over the next two years, but suffered teething problems that were not fixed until an updated specification MP4/2 was introduced in 1984. That model won the drivers title three times, constructors titles twice and a whopping 22 wins in 48 races over the next three years.
The 1982 McLaren MP4/1B variant was included as historic content in F1 2019.
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