Video game development is rarely about one man, but if it was, then Terence Groening should certainly get a mention for his contributions to the genre as the man responsible for the physics of Sportscar GT, EA’s PC F1 and NASCAR games of the early 2000’s, rFactor, rFactor 2 and every title and rFpro simulator that spawned from ISI’s engine.
This interview with RSC details his early life and career, through to him joining iRacing in 2021.
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NASCAR Racing 2 is a 1996 racing video game by Papyrus Design Group based on the NASCAR Winston Cup Series of the same year, with a later addon for the 1997 Busch Grand National Series. It featured many drivers, Gen-4 chassis and tracks from both series.
Papyrus developed this title and released multiple NASCAR-based video games with incremental changes up until their transition to the “GPL engine” used in NASCAR Racing 4.
Daytona, Indianapolis from the Cup schedule and Daytona, Vegas, Homestead from the Busch schedule were not officially available for this product.
1998
Papyrus presents the award-winning NASCAR® Racing 2, the finest NASCAR racing simulation in the world! Don’t believe us? Listen to the pros:
“Why am I so good at this? I’m in my basement, every weekend, playing NASCAR Racing 2!”
[spacer] — Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Busch Series driver
“It doesn’t get more realistic than this!”
[spacer] — Randy LaJoie, NASCAR driver
“Race NASCAR2 on the computer…!!!”
[spacer] — Bobby Labonte, NASCAR driver
[spacer] (exclamation points are his)
Race on 16 different tracks, all modeled after the real thing using official blueprints. Tracks include Bristol, Darlington, Talladega, Michigan, and more…!
Tracks
On release NASCAR Racing 2 included 16 tracks while the Busch Grand National Addon Pack included 12 more tracks.
Originally known as Papyrus Design, the legendary Massachusetts-based software studio developed highly-regarded simulation titles and published with Electronic Arts, Virgin Interactive and Sierra before their shutdown by Vivendi, owners of Sierra, in 2004.
Co-founded by arguably the father of the modern racing simulation, David Kaemmer, the studio created NASCAR and IndyCar titles that consistently pushed the genre forwards.
Their groundbreaking Grand Prix Legends game engine was used in three NASCAR titles between 2001-2003, evolving to become iRacing after Kaemmer re-acquired former Papyrus assets for his new company.
