If you ever played Papyrus’ seminal Grand Prix Legends then you’ve read his name. Rich began working as a tester on NASCAR Racing (1994) and was with Papyrus at the end. In this interview, published in 2022, we discuss his time at the legendary studio and the design of Grand Prix Legends, including initial feelings of hurt at not being asked to join 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.
Nacon, game publisher for Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, announced via a recent financial report that the current provisional date is around February-March, 2024. The image does list both “PS4” and “X1”, which is interesting because previous information had suggested the product wouldn’t release on previous generation platforms. But again, it says “TBC” (though that appears to only be referring to the Switch release).
It’s very possible, of course, that this move may be an attempt to avoid Forza Motorsport.
Document_URD-NACON-31.03.2023.pdf (Page 80).
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