Reading through this news groups I constantly see "wish lists". Nascar3 and
GP3 wont's and ideas as well as particular racing sims , drag racing, sprint
cars ect ect. The fact of the matter is that there are hundreds of different
types of racing and hundreds of features that can be included and there
simply isn't enough race sim companies out there to supply every type with
every feature.
My wish is for a company ( My ideal would be Papyrus ) to create a
Simulator engine that can be manipulated similar to that of the Quake
engine. Surely this would have to be to everyone's advantage including the
creator, as one of id software's best money spinners is the licensing of
their engine to other games companies.
With a racing sim of this type, anything would be possible. Third party
creators such as you and me could create our wishes instead of wish lists.
If you desire to race Trucks, carts, f1, lawnmowers or billy carts down a
big hill then it would be achievable.
With the success of id, a very small company of less than a dozen staff it
amazes me that no one else has taken their lead. The main reason why Quake
sold so well was not because of the game, but the things that happened to
the game after it was released.
I can also see no reason why a racing simulator can not use an ip/tcp baced
dedicated server. A server running continually with races starting every
hour on the hour as an example. Nearly every local ISP is running a Quake
server for their customers where they can play with very low ping times for
those who are not able to access places like TEN.
Just a thought
Todd.