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by **Don Wilsh** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

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by **Chris Schlette** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Not too bad, but definitely NO REASON TO FRIGGIN SHOUT ON THE NEWSGROUP.
Geesh, called decorum.

by **robswindell** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Looks like a Destruction Derby clone to me. Oh, and isn't there
something missing? Something quite important... :)

> > > http://www.howtogofast.com/billboards/Billboardsummary.htm

> I have wood. Major wood. Sequoia. Oh BAYBAY!

> Da Mocker

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9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
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any time before." ~Martin Brundle
"If we could do this every week, we would be more consistent..." ~Bryan
Robson (I think)

by **John Walla** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

If we were discussing a painting I could understand your e***ment
over the looks, but what good are lovely graphics if it drives like,
well, NASCAR Revolution.

Pics are quite nice, but it's not THAT exciting.

Cheers!
John

by Jo » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Looking pretty sweet allright. Given how well Ratbag did on their
first title, this is definitely one to watch.

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by **John Walla** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

>When we have a demo, we'll talk about physics.
>Right now, all we have are screen shots, so we'll talk about screen shots.
>People are looking forward to this title, it's worth discussing isn't it?

Of course it's worth discussing, but then so is the fact that we've
seen a LOT of products that looked tremendous and ended up totally
crap. Feel free to join the people getting wood over this
AWWWWWWWWWWESSSSSOOOOOOOOOEEEEEEEEEEEE "picture", but I prefer to
maintain a sense of perspective.

Cheers!
John

by **ymenar** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Why no :

"Worlds #1 Rated Driving Simulation "POWERSLIDE" Check Out This demo..."
thread here, why only post it on T.g.s.n. ? Was it because you actually
know that Powerslide is not the best driving sim there is (weak compared to
at least half a dozen other sims) and the r.a.s.ers would flame you? ;-)

Im just tired, you should take a peek at SODA:Off-Road to understand what
are correct dirt-track physics ;-)

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by **John Bodi** » Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Uh, would that be the hands on the steering wheel . . . ? <G>

-- JB

>Looks like a Destruction Derby clone to me. Oh, and isn't there
>something missing? Something quite important... :)

>> > > http://www.howtogofast.com/billboards/Billboardsummary.htm

>> I have wood. Major wood. Sequoia. Oh BAYBAY!

>> Da Mocker

>--
>Rob Swindells
>3rd equal in Goldline Bearing FFord Championship (18 Points);
>9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
>"If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than
>any time before." ~Martin Brundle
>"If we could do this every week, we would be more consistent..." ~Bryan
>Robson (I think)

by **Tim (fusio** » Sat, 28 Aug 1999 04:00:00

>http://www.howtogofast.com/billboards/Billboardsummary.htm

What's up with the perspective on these? They're like 4 times as wide
as they are tall. I'm guessing they're linked views of multiple
screenshots. <???>

I live for dirt racing, be it car, truck or motorcycle.
I'm really looking forward to this one. :-)

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by **John Bodi** » Sat, 28 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Okay, this screen shot shows 8 cars . . . but I really want to see a shot
with an in-cockpit view!

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-- JB

>Um. Ok. Perhaps I am too e***d. But come on. This looks like a real cool
>game. The images are great (I know this is eye-candy.... but man... what
>eye-candy) and as John said, based on the "feel" of a game like Powerslide,
>you would have to expect this game to potentially be something special.
>The screen shots of this game have me more interested than anything Papy
has
>put out in a long time. This is some basically new territory that Ratbag is
>trying, and I hope other developers follow suite.
>I also have to disagree with some (including the very well respected
>ymenard....) about the feel of SODA. I have played that game, and I always
>had the feeling that the car was very sloppy. I grew up driving on dirt
>roads in Florida, and while perhaps not the best comparision, I never
>remember the car feeling quite so sloppy. (..by the way it was a late 70's
>AMC Matador Wagon, with a V8.... one bad ride when you are 14...)
>Now I do have some criticisms of what I have seen. The figure eight with
the
>hay bails. Get that hay out of there.... no figure eight track I ever went
>to had that.... And show me a picture of more than 6 or 7 cars.... and let
>me see the street stocks.... This is what I want to see...

>And as far as the question of what is missing. My guess is Jimmy Hoffa's
>body. At no time is this seen in any of the stills released so far. Am I
>right? Close?

>The Mocker

by **Grant Reev** » Sat, 28 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> BTW, anybody know who developed SODA? I heard from Steve Smith (author of
> GPL's "Four Wheel Drift" strategy guide) that Papy went to an outside
> developer for SODA, and I just wondered who did it, and what they're
> doing/working on now -- anybody know anything on this?

"Software Allies" developed SODA. The lead programmer Shawn Nash is
still
contracted to Papyrus, doing cool graphics stuff in N4.

Now he'll probably beat me up for posting this :)

Grant.

by **Tim (fusio** » Sat, 28 Aug 1999 04:00:00

>BTW, anybody know who developed SODA? I heard from Steve Smith (author of
>GPL's "Four Wheel Drift" strategy guide) that Papy went to an outside
>developer for SODA, and I just wondered who did it, and what they're
>doing/working on now -- anybody know anything on this?

Software Allies. A guy that worked for them named Steve Travers used
to post here a lot before Sierra ixnayed the Soda 3Dfx patch.
If I remember correctly, he moved on to other projects, but was still
lurking in RAS. He sent me a reply when I asked about what the
Software Allies guys were doing (this was over a year ago...).

Tim

by **robswindell** » Sat, 28 Aug 1999 04:00:00

I prefer the screen shot underneath...

> Okay, this screen shot shows 8 cars . . . but I really want to see a shot
> with an in-cockpit view!

> http://racers.qgl.org/weekly.htm

> -- JB

--
Rob Swindells
3rd equal in Goldline Bearing FFord Championship (18 Points);
9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
"If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than any time
before." ~Martin Brundle
"If we could do this every week, we would be more consistent..." ~Bryan Robson
(I think)

by **Rick Sweene** » Sat, 28 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Shit, I thought this was going to be open wheel Sprint cars. Looks to me like they
are closed wheel Hava-Tampa type cars.

> I prefer the screen shot underneath...

> > Okay, this screen shot shows 8 cars . . . but I really want to see a shot
> > with an in-cockpit view!

> > http://racers.qgl.org/weekly.htm

> > -- JB

> --
> Rob Swindells
> 3rd equal in Goldline Bearing FFord Championship (18 Points);
> 9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
> "If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than any time
> before." ~Martin Brundle
> "If we could do this every week, we would be more consistent..." ~Bryan Robson
> (I think)

by **John Bodi** » Sat, 28 Aug 1999 04:00:00

The open-wheel sprint car sim will be a follow-on product, I believe. I've
heard through the rumor mill (some of the Australian sim sites -- can't
remember the URL, though) that RatBag has been talking with either the WoO
and/or USAC about possible licensing tie-ins. I believe their plan is to
take the DTR engine and parlay that into an open-wheel dirt track sim.
We'll see, but it sounds like a good bet to me -- and a good time! <G>

-- JB

>Shit, I thought this was going to be open wheel Sprint cars. Looks to me
like they
>are closed wheel Hava-Tampa type cars.

>> I prefer the screen shot underneath...

>> > Okay, this screen shot shows 8 cars . . . but I really want to see a
shot
>> > with an in-cockpit view!

>> > http://racers.qgl.org/weekly.htm

>> > -- JB

>> --
>> Rob Swindells
>> 3rd equal in Goldline Bearing FFord Championship (18 Points);
>> 9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
>> "If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than any
time
>> before." ~Martin Brundle
>> "If we could do this every week, we would be more consistent..." ~Bryan
Robson
>> (I think)

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