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by **Ice** » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 02:58:51

I just picked this up from the High Gear forums:

http://www.racesimcentral.net/~hg/forums/showthread.php?threadid=40199

[quote]

JoWooD announces MS Racing World Kart 2002

JoWooD Productions is proud to announce the signing of Michael Schumacher
Racing World Kart 2002, an innovative racing game that successfully captures
the e***ment and speed behind the sport. Endorsed by one of the greatest
racing drivers of all time, the game is scheduled for release in June 2002,
only on PC CD Rom.

Speaking of the announcement, Vip Patel, Managing Director of JoWooD
Productions UK, commented: "With the incredible combination of ***ive and
exhilarating gameplay and endor***t from such a famous and successful
driver, Michael Schumacher Racing World Kart 2002 is yet another strong
title within our varied genre portfolio which JoWooD are looking forward to
bringing to market."

Michael Schumacher Racing World Kart 2002 is a very fast and highly
enjoyable game that invites gamers to step behind the wheel of racing karts
and experience the incredible speed and e***ment behind the sport where
Schumacher's successful racing career began.

[/quote]

Could be something to look forward to, I wouldn't mind a good Kart game!

Ice D

by **Txl** » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 06:51:52

with jowood it COULD be good....but it will PROBABLY be crap...one thing
with a big "name" on the box is that they expect to sell A LOT to get their
investment back, and if for us it's "good" then it will be to "difficult"
and it won't sell...

It's hard to be SOOOO good drivers (please note the S at the end of driverS)

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by **Goy Larse** » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 07:20:07

> with jowood it COULD be good....but it will PROBABLY be crap...one thing
> with a big "name" on the box is that they expect to sell A LOT to get their
> investment back, and if for us it's "good" then it will be to "difficult"
> and it won't sell...

JoWood is not a guarantee for quality unfortunately, anybody tried "Car
Tycoon" yet ?

I'd guess no, or there would have been posts all over this place :-),
JoWood is "just another" publisher probably, trying to make a living out
of publishing games for various developers, if it looks like it'll make
money, they'll publish it, ***or not.....but hey, they/we lucked out
with RT and BugBear, hopefully they made enough money on that to keep
working on the next project

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

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by **Ice** » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:30:47

> > with jowood it COULD be good....but it will PROBABLY be crap...one thing
> > with a big "name" on the box is that they expect to sell A LOT to get
their
> > investment back, and if for us it's "good" then it will be to
"difficult"
> > and it won't sell...

> JoWood is not a guarantee for quality unfortunately, anybody tried "Car
> Tycoon" yet ?

> I'd guess no, or there would have been posts all over this place :-),
> JoWood is "just another" publisher probably, trying to make a living out
> of publishing games for various developers, if it looks like it'll make
> money, they'll publish it, ***or not.....but hey, they/we lucked out
> with RT and BugBear, hopefully they made enough money on that to keep
> working on the next project

As it seems, this game is being made by a company called Paraworld, and
published by JoWood. We'll just have to wait and see if it's any good, but
as I said: I wouldn't mind a good kart game. That other kart game out there
sucks, IMHO. (I've forgotten the name...)

Ice D