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Scott

Not gonna happen so we might as well drop it.  I have gotten used to
it though.  Any way, even when I pause the game for long period of
time, I find it is hard to sit back down and pick up where I left off
since the tires are worn.

I would love that also.  Maybe even give each opponent a couple of
provisionals to use during a championship season.

That would be cool too, but would probably require a major change to
the game engine.

Coca-Cola is enough.  There is a fine line between releasing a
*** race sim and releasing an arcade game.  I want the race sim.

Brian Oster

Brian Oster

"Scott Sanford"
(snip)
  Yup, you put the "Brand X Oval Racing" box next to Nascar Thunder, or
Nascar Heat or just Nascar boxes at Wal Mart or any other major retailor,
and Brand X will sit there like it was glued to the shelves.
  As I stated previously, NR1999 had the least amount of licensing in the
box and probably also had a markedly lower sales volume.
  Also they TIME costs are being ignored by most of the posters above.
Papyrus apparently was committed or ordered to deliver a product at the
start of the Nascar season.  Even if they had the finances to make major
feature additions, did they have the time?
  Finally, remember who they are working for....The design studio of Tribes
II (Dynamix) has been in the Sierra family for about the same amount of time
as Papyrus, yet when Tribes II was shipped, even with major issues
unresolved, the whole company was fired.  In an enviroment such as that, do
you bankroll future technologies with no certain future funding?
  I'm not apologizing for Papyrus, just exposing you to what could be
roadblocks to further development.
dave henrie

I can understand why they didn't put it in N4 or N2002.  Aside from the
added programming to have the feature, there are ways to use the saverace
file and cheat in offline races, if you were so inclined.   (Don't know what
they are...and don't care to)

Maybe there could be some kind of an enabler in the .ini file that the
player could turn on and off with a "0" or a "1".  And there could be a
tell-tale in the generated standings file at the end of the race.  That way
the race administrators could tell if the saverace feature was enabled or
not.

I know I love to run 100% races, but it's hard for an old phart to sit that
long.  ;-)

I know...I know...just 'pause' it every once in a while.  And I do.  But it
still would be a neat feature to have.

Just my .04 cents worth.

~J

Scott

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"Scott Sanford" wrote

"A lot of the PC F1 games are also made for the consoles. A
fictitious F1
racer for the console probably won't sell, and there's no way to
edit them.

David G Fisher"

Tony

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| Licensing is just an excuse. If Papyrus cared about us and really wanted
to
| do these things, they would. Only a fool would believe the licensing
excuse.
| I want to see proof that they are limited in what they cand do. I want to
| see the actual contracts.
|
| David G Fisher (who doesn't get the joke?)
|


| > >
| > > Yay, a Papy employee responds, but ignores perfectly good points and
| > > moans about legalese and the big boogy man that is Nascar.
| > >
| > > I don't care what Nascar will and will not let you do, the point of
| > > the post was to suggest  what would make for a great N5.
| >
| > <SNIP indecipherable rambling>
| >
| > YFy... calm down & step away from the keyboard.  Set?  Good.  Now think
| > long & *** this one...  Without NASCAR's licensing. do you think
| > "N5" would even get *released*?  Nevermind getting licenses from these
| > racing facilities to include them in the first place.  Reread Scott's
| > post & maybe you'll catch what he's saying.
| >
| > --
| >
| > Fester
| >
| > "Is it that we need a nobrainer Linux desktop OS for people with no
| > brains or should people do a little more reading and smarten up?"
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|
|

You've been too busy making a fortune on Ebay. :-)

David G Fisher

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