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.
Better known today as the developer of Skyrim and Fallout, Bethesda once had a well-respected racing game franchise and were deep into development of a licensed Skip Barber Racing title that never released.
A new patch has been deployed for TT Isle of Man 3 that fixes and tweaks a number of things as can be seen in the changelogs below.
PC:
– Advanced slipstream tuning.
– Fixed AI Rider’s pit stop during the official TT event.
– Improved calculation of AI times during qualifications.
– Leaderboards scrolling fix (“Show Top” function now works as expected).
– New TT-specific leaderboard added, now including two leaderboards, one for best times and one for total session times.
– Added TT option for custom race and lobby creation.
– New checks added to prevent the upload of fake times.
– Fix on some track collisions.
– Fix on some occasional crashes.
– Fix on crashes connected to Fanatec wheels.
– Life cycle update for tyres at Level 5 (SBK and SSP).
PS5/PS4:
– Advanced slipstream tuning
– Fixed AI Rider’s pit stop during the official TT event
– Improved calculation of AI times during qualifications
– Leaderboards scrolling fix (“Show Top” function now works as expected)
– New TT-specific leaderboard added, including two sections, one for best times and one for total session times
– Added TT option for custom race and lobby creation
– New checks added to prevent the upload of fake times
– Fix on some track collisions
– Fix on some occasional crashes
– Fix on crashes connected to Fanatec wheels
– Life cycle update for tyres at Level 5 (SBK and SSP)
– Replay camera fix
– Fix on rare crashes affecting tutorial, POI events, replay and leaderboards
– Limbo rotation fix
– Honda pit stop animation fix
– Kw to Hp conversion fix
– Manual transmission fix
XONE/XSeries:
– Advanced slipstream tuning
– Fixed AI Rider’s pit stop during the official TT event
– Improved calculation of AI times during qualifications
– Leaderboards scrolling fix (“Show Top” function now works as expected)
– New TT-specific leaderboard added, including two sections, one for best times and one for total session times
– Added TT option for custom race and lobby creation
– New checks added to prevent the upload of fake times
– Fix on some track collisions
– Fix on some occasional crashes
– Fix on crashes connected to Fanatec wheels
– Life cycle update for tyres at Level 5 (SBK and SSP)
– Replay camera fix
– Fix on rare crashes affecting tutorial, POI events, replay and leaderboards
– Limbo rotation fix
– Honda pit stop animation fix
– Kw to Hp conversion fix
– Manual transmission fix
– Map zoom and navigation are now locked, when message boxes are displayed
– Photo mode free camera settings reset fix
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