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 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.
Supercars and iRacing today announced that Sandown Raceway and Winton Motor Raceway will join the iRacing service in 2022 along with AI support for the Australian V8 Supercars. These join the existing Australian circuits of Mount Panorama, Phillip Island, and Oran Park. Read more about the tracks at the iRacing Web site and check out the laserscan pointclouds below:
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