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.
Motorsport Games have deployed their expected release for this month, including a number of fixes and the addition of Stages to Career and Race Now modes.
Release notes:
HARDWARE & PERIPHERALS
[PlayStation-only] Fixed an issue that prevented Thrustmaster T80 and T284 Wheels from appearing in the supported wheel list
[PC-only] Fixed an issue that was causing the Fanatec CSL Elite to have inverted pedalsDRIVERS
Added Matt Mills to the driver roster
STABILITY
[PC-only] Fixed an issue that was causing the game to crash when receiving a notification from another application
AI
Fixed an issue that could cause AI to trigger endless yellow flags by not pitting correctly
Fixed an issue that could prevent AI drivers from pitting after successive cautionsUI
Fixed an issue that was causing temperatures to be reported in Fahrenheit when set to metric
Fixed an issue that would prevent a message from being displayed when the controller became disconnected
Fixed an issue that could cause the fuel light to incorrectly turn on after a caution
Fixed an issue that was causing the fuel light to remain on after refueling
Fixed an issue that was causing the cockpit lap counter to not increase
Fixed the Grill Tape HUD option so that it increases when navigating right and decreases by navigating left
Removed the redundant crown icons from online lobbiesNASCAR RULES
Added Stages. They can be enabled in the settings for both Career and Race Now. Note: Yellow flag laps under stages do not count into the next stage
Implemented corner cutting penalties for both online and offline play (note: only available in offline play when Rules are enabled). Players who gain an advantage by cutting a corner will now have the full lap invalidated
Fixed an issue that was preventing the relative leaderboard from being correctly updated after a caution
Fixed an issue that could cause players to be stuck in the garage after disqualificationPRACTICE
Fixed an issue that could cause the player car to be damaged at the start of a Practice session
CAREER
Fixed an issue that could prevent career contracts from being offered to the player in some circumstances
Fixed an issue that could cause the qualifying order for a career race to be lostMULTIPLAYER
Added Private Party sessions for online play. It is now possible to enter online sessions with only your friends. Minimum Party size is 6 players, maximum is currently set to 18 players
Added brief period of AI control at the start of online races to mitigate instances of players swerving at the beginning of a race and causing collisions
Fixed an issue that was preventing players from rejoining their friends after a disconnectionART
Fixed an issue that could cause visual artifacts to appear in the shadow at the rear of the player car
SETTINGS
[PC-only] Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash after repeatedly changing the resolution
MENUS
Fixed an issue that was causing duplicate inputs to be recorded on some menus
Fixed an issue that could cause the camera to pan around while navigating the Pause Menu
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