Oops -- I seem to have mis-interpreted Ratbag's comments about a replay
option in DTR. I interpreted Richard Harrison's comments to mean that they
were already working on the programming to include a replay function in DTR,
but that's apparently not the case. They hope to be able to include a
replay function, but this is not a definite at this point. Richard went on
to say:
"I just wanted to confirm that we have not begun work on this and it is not
a definite. My musings about compression were based purely upon the
problems we saw trying to fit it into Powerslide, not upon experience
with DTR."
Let's hope they manage to get this done -- it would be great to have a
replay function to watch those inevitable last-lap Earnhart-type pileups in
DTR! <G>
I still have to say that it's great to see that Ratbag is paying attention
to what goes on here -- it just confirms to me that they are plugged-in to
what sim racers are talking about, which means a better product for us in
the end.
-- JB
>WOW -- Ratbag replied to ME directly on this! I guess they ARE paying
>attention to what goes on here!
>At any rate, their response came from Richard Harrison, Technical Director
>Ratbag Pty Ltd. Richard indicated that he agrees that a replay option
would
>be ideal, and he also remarked about how cool it would be to be able to
>trade replays of hot laps with others. He went on to say:
>"We are on a pretty tight schedule with a lot of core game stuff yet to go
>in. Like Powerslide DTR has a lot of stuff to save so we really need to
get
>some compression happening on this (replay) data."
>Sounds to me like they're planning on including a replay option, and that
>they're already working on it. Hopefully they'll be able to get this
nailed
>down in time to include it in the final version when it ships.
>The best part of all this, though, is that this indicates that these guys
>ARE paying attention to what we -- the sim racing nutcases -- want in a
sim.
>I didnt' say anything about trading replays of hot laps with others in my
>post, but Ratbag has already figured out that this is an ideal use of a
>replay function.
>Bring on Dirt Track Racing -- the anticipation is killing me!!
>-- JB
>>Okay, this is to all of you who keep coming up with new info about Dirt
>>Track Racing:
>>Tell me this -- will Dirt Track Racing include a replay option? This is a
>>feature that was sorely missing in Powerslide, and I think that DTR really
>>needs this feature to be successful. Replay data can be recorded in a
>>tight, compact manner -- Viper Racing taught us this, with replays that
are
>>actual re-creations of the race using saved positioning data, rather than
>>replays that are just stored graphics dumps of the action (can't remember
>>the name for this replay methodology -- "re-simulated" versus "recorded,"
>>perhaps?).
>>At any rate, this is one thing I *REALLY* want to see in Dirt Track
Racing.
>>Did I mention in-cockpit views, too? <G>
>>-- JB
