Jo, I very much agree with your realistic approach. (Almost) no-one has
played the final version of GP3 or will play it before July 28th. Just way
and see what Crammond gives us.
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 12:00:46 +0200, "Erwan"
> >Like all of you, i hardly wait GP3 on 28th july but:
> >Everybody say this man is a really perfectionnist but when i see all
> >the missing features or stuffs for GP3, i'm septic:
> >- no hands in steering wheels in opposite of a tons of others racing sim
which
> >include them. Is it very difficult to do today ? It's however a very
important
> >stuff for realism, because most of us (*** sim players) drive in
***pit view the
> >most of the time.
> Totally unimportant. (I know, just an *opinion*, but as relevant or
> irrelevant as yours) Plus it obscures the LCD screen. Plus they would
> look bad and slow things down.
> >- all the 3D body car shapes are the same for the 11 teams. Very weird.
> Saves resources, and importance while racing is absolutely minimal.
> Hell, there are even people who *think* the shapes are different just
> because the textures mislead them.
> >- no pace car, commissionners, etc........
> Simple if you're satisfied with a mess, takes time to get *right*.
> >- no radio with the pits.
> They hardly exchange a few words in reality.
> >- and i forget a lot (i'm tired 2night) but we will see all the total
missig
> >features when the game will
> >be released.
> Oh, it's easy to mention another 642897512 "features" that could be
> in.
> >As a "perfectionnist", GC should includes all this details in a game..
> >Don't tell me he don't have the skills or the time........He had 4 YEARS
> >!!!!!!!!!!!!
> "Perfectionist" is not the same as mixing-up as much half-ass features
> as possible. It's not about trying to fill the box with the longest
> possible feature list. "Perfectionist" is about making sure that WHAT
> you put in actually WORKS without problems.
> >Like EA Sports, i think he did the minimum in order to make us buy the
"add-on"
> >GP4 (of course at a high price) and all the futurs GP5, GP6, etc.... EA
Sports
> >did the same behaviour with all their
> >games. They add only a few stuffs every year in order to buy a tons of
games.
> That's the negative approach. There's also a positive approach.
> By changing from his usual "1 sim every 5 years" strategy, GC has the
> chance now to first put out a version that may have less-than-all
> desirable features, but fills them in adequately (rain, AI, overall
> playability.. you can think of more). That's why GP3 arrives on
> schedule: they didn't have to RUSH things (examples around? :-) )
> So now GC actually has time to implement additional features DECENTLY.
> Because, maybe it surprises you, this takes TIME.
> >I'm still waiting for the ultimate racing sim with all the features i
would like
> >to be included.........but unfortunately, it will not
> >be for the next months.
> Give up. It will never arrive (since each time you'll want more
> features, and since there are 435217 people out there who prefer still
> other features)
> JoH
