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There's a planned Can-Am game!

Philste

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by Philste » Thu, 03 Jun 1999 04:00:00

I went to the following web site www.motorsims.com. The makers of AMA
Superbikes will be making a Can-Am game after their first title is
released. This is very interesting!

Philster

Kai Fulle

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by Kai Fulle » Thu, 03 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Motorsims will be bringing Can-Am racing straight to your computer for
intense online adrenaline pumping racing action!

Intense on-line... well It's nice to see games other than Nascar2 coming out
that are claiming to have big-time on-line support. Perhaps this is the game
Marc was hinting at in a repsonse to my earlier post.


>I went to the following web site www.motorsims.com. The makers of AMA
>Superbikes will be making a Can-Am game after their first title is
>released. This is very interesting!

>Philster

David A. Ewin

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by David A. Ewin » Thu, 03 Jun 1999 04:00:00


>Then again. maybe some of the excellent hackers out there can come up with
some
>McLarens, Chaparrals and Porsches from the real Can-Am.

>Can-Am Legends anyone?

This would be the ultimate!

Dave Ewing

Joel Willstei

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by Joel Willstei » Thu, 03 Jun 1999 04:00:00


>Motorsims will be bringing Can-Am racing straight to your computer for
>intense online adrenaline pumping racing action!

>Intense on-line... well It's nice to see games other than Nascar2 coming
out
>that are claiming to have big-time on-line support. Perhaps this is the
game
>Marc was hinting at in a repsonse to my earlier post.


>>I went to the following web site www.motorsims.com. The makers of AMA
>>Superbikes will be making a Can-Am game after their first title is
>>released. This is very interesting!

>>Philster

   Where can I get more information on Can-Am racing? What era is it?

Joel Willstein

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ddjhenri

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by ddjhenri » Thu, 03 Jun 1999 04:00:00

  I think we will find the old Can Am cars were probably just as much of a
handful as the
67 F1 cars.  Sure they had some wings and downforce but man...those huge
Chevy
big Blocks then later followed by the monster Porche Turbos...whew...
  Unfortunately we may never get to see that era...The WSC Can Am cars seem
to be
the target for the sim...
  But ...just in case...
   I WANT  McCLARENS...I WANT CHAPARRALS!!!  LOLAS ETC.
dave henrie

DPHI

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by DPHI » Fri, 04 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Hmmm...let's see, if it's a modern day sim we'll have the choice of a Riley and
Scott chassis with a Ford V-8 and a Riley and Scott chassis with a Chevy V-8.
Lot's of options there, could be about as exciting as Viper Racing<g>. Let's
hope they can license the Ferrari 333SP.

Then again. maybe some of the excellent hackers out there can come up with some
McLarens, Chaparrals and Porsches from the real Can-Am.

Can-Am Legends anyone?

-don

Bill Met

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by Bill Met » Fri, 04 Jun 1999 04:00:00



>I went to the following web site www.motorsims.com. The makers of AMA
>Superbikes will be making a Can-Am game after their first title is
>released. This is very interesting!

  Whoo hoooo!  The gods have finally smiled!  These were some of, if
not THE, greatest race cars in history.  Here's to hoping that
Motorsims products will be decent.

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buzar

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by buzar » Fri, 04 Jun 1999 04:00:00

It is the current CanAm (World Sports Cars). Not the "real" CanAm series
from the late 60's and early 70's!

buzard



> >Motorsims will be bringing Can-Am racing straight to your computer for
> >intense online adrenaline pumping racing action!

> >Intense on-line... well It's nice to see games other than Nascar2 coming
> out
> >that are claiming to have big-time on-line support. Perhaps this is the
> game
> >Marc was hinting at in a repsonse to my earlier post.


> >>I went to the following web site www.motorsims.com. The makers of AMA
> >>Superbikes will be making a Can-Am game after their first title is
> >>released. This is very interesting!

> >>Philster

>    Where can I get more information on Can-Am racing? What era is it?

> Joel Willstein


Zonk

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by Zonk » Fri, 04 Jun 1999 04:00:00

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>>I went to the following web site www.motorsims.com. The makers of AMA
>>Superbikes will be making a Can-Am game after their first title is
>>released. This is very interesting!

>  Whoo hoooo!  The gods have finally smiled!  These were some of, if
>not THE, greatest race cars in history.  Here's to hoping that
>Motorsims products will be decent.

I'd love a group C sportscar sim from europe, myself.

Z.

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Bill Met

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by Bill Met » Fri, 04 Jun 1999 04:00:00


>It is the current CanAm (World Sports Cars). Not the "real" CanAm series
>from the late 60's and early 70's!

Where did you get this information from?  I'm looking at the page for the
game right now and it doesn't say one way or the other.  There is a
picture of a modern WSC car on the page but I wouldn't take that to
necessarily mean the game itself is this era.
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Bob McCarth

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by Bob McCarth » Fri, 04 Jun 1999 04:00:00

The answer is, yes there will be a CanAm game but will include much more
than CanAm cars. Think of it as a "prototype" style of sim with Spec Racer
at the bottom, C Sports in the middle, and CanAm at the top. We will do
historical is the rights are available as an upgrade. Prob free upgrade I
should add.

jokker

Chris Schlette

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by Chris Schlette » Fri, 04 Jun 1999 04:00:00

Dunno, but I'd love to see both the classic CanAM cars and the WSC cars
along with their respect tracks to be available. :)  That, besides a modern
CART sim :?, would be ideal for me. :)



> >It is the current CanAm (World Sports Cars). Not the "real" CanAm series
> >from the late 60's and early 70's!

> Where did you get this information from?  I'm looking at the page for the
> game right now and it doesn't say one way or the other.  There is a
> picture of a modern WSC car on the page but I wouldn't take that to
> necessarily mean the game itself is this era.
> --
>                     | "Instead of letting the moon be the
> Bill Mette          |  gateway to our future, we have let
> Enteract, Chicago   |  it become a brief chapter in our


ddjhenri

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by ddjhenri » Fri, 04 Jun 1999 04:00:00

  Go Bob...Go!   I haven't been paying too much
attention to AMA superbike  but now I'm interested
big time...get the online and controllers nailed and
we may have 3 great sims to mess with...
  Now  about the Chaparrals...:)
dave henrie

>The answer is, yes there will be a CanAm game but will include much more
>than CanAm cars. Think of it as a "prototype" style of sim with Spec Racer
>at the bottom, C Sports in the middle, and CanAm at the top. We will do
>historical is the rights are available as an upgrade. Prob free upgrade I
>should add.

>jokker

Philste

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by Philste » Fri, 04 Jun 1999 04:00:00

>    Where can I get more information on Can-Am racing? What era is it?

> Joel Willstein


Check here:

www.motorsims.com

Philster

David A. Ewin

There's a planned Can-Am game!

by David A. Ewin » Fri, 04 Jun 1999 04:00:00


>   Where can I get more information on Can-Am racing? What era is it?

Don't know of any websites dedicated to the glory days of Can-Am, but there
are some excellent books:

"Can-Am" by Pete Lyons (Motorbooks International) is essential to your
racing library.

And there are a couple of very good books dedicated to Jim Hall and his
Chaparral cars -

"Chaparral" by Richard Falconer with Doug Nye (and foreward by Denny Hulme)
(Motorbooks International)

"Chaparral - Can-Am & Prototype Race Cars" by Dave Friedman (foreward by Jim
Hall) (Motorbooks International)

In brief, the Can-Am was a very popular series that ran from 1966 to 1974.
The spirit of the series was, at first, anything goes, leading to some very
innovative designs.  The greatest innovator was Jim Hall and his Chaparral
cars - the wing, the ground effects "sucker", etc.  The cars were sports
cars, at least in name (fenders, passenger seats) that raced on road courses
in the USA and Canada - Riverside, Mosport, Watkins Glen, Laguna Seca,
Bridgehampton, St. Jovite, Elkhart Lake ....  Most of the great drivers of
the era competed - McLaren, Hulme, Surtees, Donahue, Hall, Phil Hill, Amon,
Jackie Stewart ....

Denny Hulme even called it the greatest road racing series ever.

Dave Ewing


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