“I’m Paul Page… from Papyrus… this is Indycar Racing 2!” – the immortal words uttered at the start of 1993 classic Indycar Racing 2, one of my favourite-ever games and the last one I owned to run in DOS – something which now seems frankly rather silly. Ten years and many games later, Papyrus developed the acclaimed Nascar Racing 2003, before the company folded. The Phoenixes (… … [Read more...]
Where is the safety car?
Who led more laps of the 2006 Australian Grand Prix than everyone except winner Fernando Alonso? Who led for a third of the 2007 Grand Prix of Japan at Fuji despite not actually driving a Formula One car? Bernd Mayländer – that’s who. And yes, I did just steal those facts off Wikipedia. I’m lazy, ok? For many years, since the introduction of safety cars into top-level … [Read more...]