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.
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.
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rFactor 2 May, 2021 Roadmap Previews Monza and More
Tim Wheatley - Game News | May 31, 2021
0 CommentsStudio 397 posted their roadmap today. Here are the nuggets of new information:
– Monza (fully licensed and modern layout) officially announced (screens below).
– Sebring PBR update incoming (screens below), to release in June.
– More “bigger” PBR updates are in-progress.
– June development will focus on background tooling (to enable future updates).
– Shadow Cascading is to be improved, more similar to AC and ACC which have shadow detailing fade in rather than appear with a solid line (see animations below).
– UI improvements coming to help those with less common controllers. You’ll now be able to configure them more deeply from within the UI.
– DRS on / off information will be shown in the overlay soon. Being added to the release candidate soon.
– Work continues on the competition system. At this point there are just ‘special events’ posted and not regular races multiple times a day.
– Studio 397 now officially part of Motorsport Games. They have a lengthy interview with Stephen Hood (CEO of MSG) scheduled to post sometime in June.
Highlight of this month is obviously Monza. While it could be argued that they could have gone for something else, this does open the product up to more eSports opportunities. There is no doubt whatsoever that Ferrari would prefer to use an Italian track like Monza in any event…
Shadow Cascading on / off:
Monza previews:
Sebring PBR update previews:
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