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.
As mentioned in the recent roadmap Studio 397 yesterday published an update to Portland on Steam:
– Updated Roads to work with latest material developments
– Updated Vegetation to latest material developments
– Reviewed Grass bumpiness
– Fixed some objects tagged as Hat that shouldn’t have been.
– Roughed up inside the curbs at the fast chicane
– Added a dedicated material which makes there more resistance on the grass to stop cutting (just on the polys next to the chicane)
– Fixed Fence/Tent lodding issues at Final Corners
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