rec.autos.simulators

Well copies of GPL at $9.99 in Staples is hardly targetting the *** simmer.
Personally I think the $500 one off price is not tenable. However, a serious
hike over the current (relatively low) price of computer games maybe.

Like all computer games for various reasons sim prices have dropped by about 50%
in the last decade. We have come to expect our sims cost the sames as other
genres of games. Yet many other genres of games only last a few weeks.

I must have spent probably 70 ($100) on Indycar 1. The initial game, track pack
& Indy/paintkit. Spread over I would guess about 6 months. Maybe that is the
answer. Buy the initial game engine and then the add ons. With minimal
distribution costs.

Yes piracy would be an issue, but as multiplayer would be a key feature to a
large number of the customers the approaches used in some the FPSs could be
adopted.

Tony

--

Fester

"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
double-edged sword. It both emboldens the ***, just as it narrows the
mind.  And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the
*** boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no
need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry,
infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their
rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I
have done. And I am Caesar."   -- Julius Caesar

--

Fester

"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
double-edged sword. It both emboldens the ***, just as it narrows the
mind.  And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the
*** boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no
need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry,
infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their
rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I
have done. And I am Caesar."   -- Julius Caesar

--

Fester

"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
double-edged sword. It both emboldens the ***, just as it narrows the
mind.  And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the
*** boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no
need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry,
infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their
rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I
have done. And I am Caesar."   -- Julius Caesar

--

Fester

"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
double-edged sword. It both emboldens the ***, just as it narrows the
mind.  And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the
*** boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no
need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry,
infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their
rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I
have done. And I am Caesar."   -- Julius Caesar

Stephen

Hmm, you're right.  I just tried it - GP3's keyboard control is as good as
you could expect from a keyboard.  F12001 is unplayable with a keyboard
unless you play it in 'railroad' mode.

Seems like a decent idea, but one thing to keep in mind is that it
is a bit at loggerheads with the community concept that has grown up
around GPL.  In other words, for this to work, the company making such
a product would have to try to prevent third parties from producing
add-ons for the sim, as that would undercut the company's own attempts
to sell those same add-ons.  Why buy a new track from Papy if the GPLEA
will give it to you for free (and do just as good of a job)?

    Marc