I agree. I liked his use of "shan't"
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> Very nicely expressed Tony.
> Andrew.
> > Well David you had a choice:
> > Help out a fellow sim player with a valid question - Should he buy
F1-2000
> > Or have yet another stab at your considered "GPL fan club"
> > You chose the latter.
> > As Andrew hadn't made the recent claim "I give newcomers advise which
> > encourages them to look at the positives of various sims, " I considered
> > your post the most ironic.
> > I guess it is a naive hope that knowledgeable members of this group
could
> > get on with some constructive discussions and help rather than get
> embroiled
> > in arguments.
> > Let me indulge in one final opinion, which I hope you take the time to
> read:
> > The GPL fan club is not a collective group. I can only speak for myself.
I
> > would LOVE a new racing sim that puts GPL on a dusty shelf. The day I
> bought
> > GPL I also bought Colin Mcrae Rally. Since that we have had RC2000 and
> Rally
> > Masters is due for release. Both of which I would argue have a place on
> the
> > rally sims HD. CMR blown away in all departments - graphics, physics,
> sound,
> > hardware support etc.
> > That is what I have come to expect & desire - top sims last a year or
so,
> to
> > be blown away by the next generation.
> > Where is the RC2000 equivalent in the racing sim genre?
> > Hence the frustration as new sims come out - even if competent - that
fail
> > to capture the imagination and demand to played at the expense of all
that
> > has gone before it.
> > Maybe expectations are too high - perhaps the racing genre has matured
> > before the Rally sims & motorbike sims - such that a revolutionary
product
> > is beyond current production.
> > I played F1GP so much - far more regularly than GPL - yet when Indycar
> came
> > out I switched immediately - for me it was a step forward. I am not so
> > engrossed with GPL that if a new sim comes out tomorrow which I think is
> > better I shan't drop GPL.
> > I don't believe the loyalty you perceive to Papyrus & GPL exists to the
> > extent you believe. I am as fickle & selfish as joe public when it comes
> to
> > computer games - probably more so cos I want the best & I want it now!
> > I don't necessarily expect you to agree with me David, but I hope it
goes
> > someway to understanding why sometimes optimism turns to disappointment
on
> > this group. There is a passion here for great products which can overide
> > rational discussion. F1-2000 is the classic case IMHO. The initial posts
> > were so optimistic - it was great etc. Then it turned out not to be so
> great
> > & the negative posts (sad ones like "It Sucks") were in abundance.
Things
> > settle down & there are good and bad posts now.
> > It is not a case of being negative from the outset - just too damned
> > optimistic IMHO.
> > Cheers
> > Tony
> > "David G Fisher" wrote
> > > And Tony Rickard wrote a post in which he:
> > > A. Ignores a fellow GPL fan club member's ONE word answers which
> preceded
> > my
> > > post, and which PREDICTABLY throw aside yet another excellent sim.
> > > B. Thinks no one will notice that I was simply copying, and by doing
so,
> > > commenting on, Andrew's childish response to the originator of this
> > thread.
> > > Nice try Tony, but you and Andrew have once again proven the points
> myself
> > > and others have been making lately about GPL'ers on this forum.
> > > David G Fisher
