rec.autos.simulators

So what the hell exactly is that that your talking about John when you make
these references to these other games?

And I'm also Interested in Jo's comments about comparing me to a racist. If
no offense were intended, then perhaps you shouldn't have said those words?
These were Jo Helson's words in case anyone missed them the first time
around (un-edited profanities included)  "Maybe the comparison is a little
bit over the top, but Kai's message reminded me an awful lot of the "I'm not
a racist but I don't like ***s"-quote. If only they would paint them
_white_  (absolutely no offence intended)"

So lets recap, I don't own GPL, so I'm obviously not one of those people who
think GPL is the end all. (I welcome flames for not owning GPL :)) Secondly,
I don't think I'm the only one who thinks MGPRS2 doesn't do as good of a job
as GPL in the physics model. If I offended anyone is a MGPRS2 devotee, I OWN
MGPRS2....

Hmmm... well I suppose this should teach me, from now on to post on r.a.s.
and leave the group for a couple days. I appreciate everyone's more
civilized replied, including ymenard's which proves ALL French Canadians
can't be bad spellers... :)

Yes I was using GPL as an example of a games that does things well, and
MGPRS2, which does pretty mediocre job.

where in fact my point was that these new games coming up the pike (not even
considering the other current games which would just as good of a signpost
as GPL, if not quite as infamous..) will match what GPL has done.

Yws, I see where he was, but wsasn't all that keen on my use of words being
comapred to that of racist, saying that I have the same rrhetoric. I don't
think either GWB or***would like trhat being said about them, an neither
would I.

I really have been feeling that r.a.s. IS a bit too GPL- and

My main point was that I see the tides changing, and I think r.a.s. will
evetually givwe all the other sims the credit deserved.

Maybe I did mis-interpret what you were saying, but in spirit, I
disagree with the basic title of your post ("r.a.s. ISN'T GPL
centric"), mainly because I feel that this group tends to be VERY GPL-
centric a lot of the time.

I brought of those other sims to illustrate that many other sims do
many of the things that GPL does, and they do them very well; I didn't
realize that you were merely comparing GPL to MGPRS2 in that instance.
Since you had mentioned so many other sims in your original post, I
thought that you were alluding to the fact that NO sim did what you
described as well as GPL, when in fact, you were simply saying that
MGPRS2 did not do these things well.  My apologies for the
misinterpretation on that point.  I am a big fan of the sims I
mentioned, by the way, and I think they all fall into the GPL end of
the spectrum, but how many posts have we seen around here lately about
NFSPU or DTR?  (BOTH NFSPU and DTR are very fine SIMULATORS in their
own right, so it saddens me that they don't receive more attention
here -- I KNOW I'm not the only one enjoying them, but I have to go to
other forums to hear talk about them -- is it because this place IS
somewhat GPL-centric, perhaps?)

I don't believe he was comparing YOU to a racist, but, rather, the
COMMENT about r.a.s. not being GPL-centric.  The comment Jo was talking
about is pretty much a racist joke in and of itself -- the humor in the
phrase comes when the speaker denies that they are a racist while using
racist language to deny the fact, thus actually confirming that they
are indeed racist.  I don't believe that Jo was inferring that you are
a racist, but, rather, he was humorously noting that your statement and
supporting commentary ("r.a.s. is NOT GPL centric . . .") carried much
the same tone.  I caught his drift, but I do see how you could have
interpreted his intentions differently.  I did not want to start any
sub-thread about racism, so I opted not to comment on his phrasing, but
I hope this clears things up for you and others who may have mis-
interpreted his intentions (and I pray that I interpreted his
intentions correctly).

Well, at the risk of sounding too GPL-centric myself, you really should
consider picking up a copy -- it IS a classic, and it will be for years
to come.   <G>

LOL!  I apologize if I offended -- your comments caught me on a bad
day, and I really have been feeling that r.a.s. IS a bit too GPL- and
Papy-oriented, especially when there are SO many other GREAT sims out
there.  This may turn out to be the "golden era" of racing/driving
sims, in fact, and I'd hate to see many of the other current greats to
be overlooked simply because we can't tear ourselves away from GPL long
enough to see all the other great things going on around us.

No Im not "French-Canadian"... aghhhhhh don't say that anymore!!! ;)

Cmon Pete! ;-P

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