rec.autos.simulators

> >Hey I see the pits is down to be revamped. Also, on the weekend they said
> >they have a big surprise for us all!
> >Any ideas what Jan Khol and the boys are going to give us next?
> >Just wondering what the rumor is. I'm sure it will be great!

> Although I'm sure they won't do this, I think The Pits could do with a
> bit of redesigning, perhaps by adding Macromedia Flash animations to
> it.

> In its current state The Pits seems quite dull and whilst its still
> the best download resource on the web for racing sims, it could be
> much better...

> Neo

> >God, I hope not.  That flash and eye-candy may look great the first
couple
> >of times you see it, but it gets old really fast and, worse, increases
the
> >amount of time pages take to load.  Living in the UK, load times are
> >something you should definitely be concerned about.

> Flash isn't that bad at all. It depends on how much of it they would
> use. A few fancy sprits and buttons would be perfect to add something
> special whilst keeping down loading times. Eye candy really can make a
> world of difference.

> And per-minute call charges from BT are soon going to be a thing of
> the past, my friend.

> Neo

> Don't be swayed, Jan!!
> Eye candy makes NO DIFFERENCE to the content!!

> <puts on his triple layer nomex fire proof driving suit and takes cover>

> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy

> In its current state The Pits seems quite dull and whilst its still
> the best download resource on the web for racing sims, it could be
> much better...

>   Naw...Goy we take that as a compliment!  All Flash, all dash, thats
> us!
> All one has to do is look at those GAWDAWFUL French cars to see we
> aren't
> the worst designers in the world. :)
> dave (born in the USA) henrie

> >> Anything but 'tractor pulling' patch for N3 will make happy :)

> >Damn,   i was looking forward to my tractor pulling patch being a big
> >hit with the NASCAR fraternity too...
> >I promise i will even include ride on lawn mowers, with fully
> >adjustable cutting height ...  :)

> >Cheers,
> >Ron

> But the default cutting height will be too low, resulting in unrealistic
> lawn growth. This will be cured by a patch 6 months later causing havoc
with
> all the online gardening leagues.

> <vbg>

> And no flash please! Just the files! LOL!

> >Hey I see the pits is down to be revamped. Also, on the weekend they said
> >they have a big surprise for us all!
> >Any ideas what Jan Khol and the boys are going to give us next?
> >Just wondering what the rumor is. I'm sure it will be great!
> >Al Stiff

> >All one has to do is look at those GAWDAWFUL French cars to see we
> >aren't the worst designers in the world. :)

> Hmmm...

> France: Venturi, Alpine A610,Citroen DS/CX/XM/GS/..., sundry Bugattis (OK,
> this
>                is pushing it a bit, but they were _built_ in France), ec,
> etc, etc

> USA: AMC Hornet, Gremlin, Pacer, Cadillac Seville, SUVs, etc, etc, etc

> Bad choice of example there I think :-)

> --
> JG

> > Don't be swayed, Jan!!
> > Eye candy makes NO DIFFERENCE to the content!!

> I wouldn't worry too much Bruce, even though Jan is a fairly talented
> web designer capable of totally drowning the contents of "The Pits" in
> flashy stuff, he also has the good taste to know when to use it and when
> not to use it

> Surprising really, considering he's American, I've always perceived them
> to be very into all this "flashy" stuff, and the worse it looks to rest
> of the world, the better they think it looks, very bad taste these
> Yanks...............:-)

> <puts on his triple layer nomex fire proof driving suit and takes cover>

> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy

> >All one has to do is look at those GAWDAWFUL French cars to see we
> >aren't the worst designers in the world. :)

> Hmmm...

> France: Venturi, Alpine A610,Citroen DS/CX/XM/GS/..., sundry Bugattis (OK,
> this
>                is pushing it a bit, but they were _built_ in France), ec,
> etc, etc

> USA: AMC Hornet, Gremlin, Pacer, Cadillac Seville, SUVs, etc, etc, etc

> Bad choice of example there I think :-)

> --
> JG

> >   Naw...Goy we take that as a compliment!  All Flash, all dash, thats
> > us!
> > All one has to do is look at those GAWDAWFUL French cars to see we
> > aren't
> > the worst designers in the world. :)
> > dave (born in the USA) henrie

> Yeah, but you chose to drive a Dodge in the TPTCC Dave, that pretty much
> disqualifies you from having an opinion about cars....

> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy

> Goy, one only has to look at the squillions of square miles of chrome and
> metallic-flake paintwork that came out of the USA in the 50s and 60s to
> realise that your observation is just so TRUE!!

> Oh....and the Edsel was simply the cherry on top of the sundae! :-)

> (I'm now joining Goy in the flameproof bunker)