well. Naturally I speak as one who didnt want to devote his
life to GPL and therefore returned it. I also guess it
wll be in the bargain bins right after Xmas. Only wish Ubisoft
in Moncaco II had a '67 retro mode than a 50. Or better yet,
Ubi doing a '67 to '72 F1 sim.
> I thought his review was pretty fair and evenhanded and follows closely with
> the posts you see on this newsgroup. He mentioned that it is a very
> difficult game to master and would have been improved with "easier" or
> "arcade" settings. That follows closely with postings I have read here. He
> said that it would appeal to the hard core simmer. That follows with what
> you see in this group. Don't minimize that a huge percentage of the people
> in this group are hard core simmers. They don't mind....heck they even
> enjoy....devoting hours to learn the feel of a car. They enjoy
> experimenting with setups and developing the best setups on their own. That
> is in contrast to the majority of people who want to get out there and race.
> There is no doubt, from what I read, that this game has a steep learning
> curve. There is also no doubt that Papy could have handled this curve
> better. I have seen several suggestions, from letting people race the
> trainers to adding steering assistance/braking assistance, etc, to being
> able to set the AI's speed. In my opinion, Papy made a huge miscalculation
> not doing this. Sure the hard core simmer will work through this hurdle but
> the average racing fan will not. This narrows the market for the product
> and lowers sales. Less sales mean less income for development of future
> products and addons. Papy's "let the casual racer be damned" attitude may
> send this fine simulation straight to the bargain shelves. A pity really.
> Sure it will continue to be hallowed by the hard core simmers but,
> unfortunately, there are not enough of 'em out there to support the huge
> software development costs a product like this has. Papy needs to appeal to
> the whole racing set (like they did with the Nascar series) in order to stay
> in business.