Papyrus Design Group

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Papyrus Design Group

Industry	Video games
Founded	1987
Founder	David Kaemmer Omar Khudari
Defunct	2004
Fate	Sold to FIRST.net
Headquarters	Watertown, Massachusetts , United States
Key people	Omar Khudari (CEO)
Products	Indianapolis 500 IndyCar Racing series NASCAR Racing series Grand Prix Legends
Parent	Sierra Entertainment (1995–2004)

Papyrus Design Group, Inc. was a computer game developer founded in 1987 by David Kaemmer and CEO Omar Khudari. Based in Watertown, Massachusetts, it is best known for its series of realistic sim racing games based on the NASCAR and IndyCar leagues, as well as the unique Grand Prix Legends. Papyrus was acquired by Sierra On-Line in late 1995^[1]^[2] and Omar Khudari left Papyrus soon after that. Dave Kaemmer left Papyrus in late 2002, just before the release of NASCAR Racing 2003 Season (NR2003).

In the 2001 Pop Secret 400 at North Carolina Speedway, Papyrus Design Group sponsored John Andretti’s car.

On June 5, 2003, NR2003 community modders PWF (Project Wildfire) announced that many of their members would be joining a new group called FIRST.

At the end of the first quarter of 2004, NR2003 was pulled from the shelves due to license expiration. This is when FIRST (later to become iRacing) started its acquisition of the NR2003 code from Vivendi Universal.

The Papyrus website was shut down on April 5, 2004.

On May 28, 2004, Vivendi and Papyrus sold copyrights to FIRST.net, LLC who became the registered owner of the copyrights for NASCAR Racing 2003 Season and would go on to develop iRacing using its engine.

Games developed by Papyrus

Indianapolis 500: The Simulation (1989)
J. R. R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan (1991) (co-developed with Beam Software)^[3]
IndyCar Racing (1993)
Nomad (1993)
NASCAR Racing (1994)
- NASCAR Racing for the Sony PlayStation (1996)
Links: The Challenge of Golf (1994) (Sega CD version)
IndyCar Racing II (1995)
NASCAR Racing 2 (1996)
- NASCAR Racing: Grand National Series Expansion Pack (1997)
Road Rash (1996) (Windows version)
SODA Off-Road Racing (1997)
Grand Prix Legends (1998)
NASCAR Racing 1999 Edition (1999)
- NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Racing (1999)
NASCAR Racing 3 (1999)
- NASCAR Racing 3: Craftsman Truck Series Expansion Pack
NASCAR Legends (1999)
NASCAR Racing 4 (2001)
NASCAR Racing 2002 Season (2002)
NASCAR Racing 2003 Season (2003)
NASCAR Racing 5 (2003) (scrapped Xbox game)
The Simpsons (2004) (game pitched for the Xbox)

References

^ Sherman, Christopher (February 1996). "Movers & Shakers". Next Generation. No. 14. Imagine Media. p. 25.
^ "News Bits". GamePro. No. 90. IDG. March 1996. p. 17.
^ "J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan for DOS (1991)". MobyGames. Blue Flame Labs. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

External links

Papyrus Design Group at MobyGames

v t e Papyrus Design Group video games
Open wheel racing	Indianapolis 500: The Simulation IndyCar Racing IndyCar Racing II Grand Prix Legends
NASCAR Racing series	NASCAR Racing 2 1999 Edition 3 Legends 4 2002 Season 2003 Season
Other games	J. R. R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan Nomad Links: The Challenge of Golf Road Rash SODA Off-Road Racing

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