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.
A new major build and a number of hotfixes have been deployed for TrackDayR that brings in the new tire model, physics, UI, rider model, two tracks and five bikes.
Major build changelog 1.0.101.85
– NEW UI & UX (almost fully playable with gamepad)
– NEW RIDER MODEL
– NEW EXPERIMENTAL IN-GAME BIKE MOD TOOL
– NEW REPLAY CORE SYSTEM
– NEW RUTS SIMULATION PHYSICS
– IMPROVED SUSPENSION ALGORITHM
– NEW TYRE IMPACT ABSORPTION
– PHYSICAL TERRAIN
– NEW SEPARATED MASSES SIMULATION
– NEW DRAG CALCULATION (Based on the bike surface)
– NEW GYRO EFFECT IN AIR
– IMPROVED RIDER/BIKE MASSES INFLUENCE
– IMPROVED TYRES PHYSICS ALGORITHM
– REVOLUTIONED AIR PHYSICS
– NEW RIDERS ANIMATION (based on a totally new cinematic system)
– NEW SEPARETED BRAKE REGULATION (Removed combined brakes)
– NEW DYNAMIC CoG CALCULATION
– NEW SCRUB SYSTEM
– NEW WHIP SYSTEM
– NEW WHEELIE HELP
Changelog 1.0.101.90
– Fixed sideways fall bug in wheelies
– Worked on balance management in wheelies (wheelie assist OFF)
– Fixed “no sounds” on multyplayer mode
– Improved engine – The engine response is more sensitive now
Changelog 1.0.101.109
– Solved “no power” response during wheelies
– Improved wheelie balance point
– bugfix audio positioning in multyplayer
– Dust trail VFX optimization
– Bugfix the front suspension make accelerating the bike during stoppies
– Improved weeling jerk management in race attitude to have less sudden wheelies
– Improved turning on wheelie
– Bugfix bike not stopped on spawn point
Changelog 1.0.101.113
– New Dust FX
– Erosion cycle optimization to try to increase game performance
– Hotfix an audio error generating lag
– Timeattack bugfixing
– Fixed Mud Resistance on all the tracks
– Updated WWISE audio engine
– Added automatic encryption and automatic conversion for helmet files as well
– Fix eyebrows visible behind visor
– Added a log that prints out the list of tracks loaded at startup to debug any track loading errors
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