> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:41:30 -0700, "Chad Rogers"
> > The reason I say this is that there is alot of Papy bashing going on
right
> > now about the lack of the GPL engine driving N3. Believe me I am as
upset
> > as the next guy about this, but it seems simple to me as to why. There
> > simply isn't the horsepower to run it right now with the average CPU.
They
> > would be catering to the upper 1% of guys who had the fastest of the
> > fastest.
> It's true that this was one of their primary concerns when first
> designing Nascar 3. What I'm most surprised at is that they decided to
> use the aging Nascar 2 engine, even though they say that are
> completely gutting it and making it sparkle like new. The Nascar 2
> engine is terrible by todays standards.
First thing, it is not terrible. It is the most accurate model NASCAR on the
market at the moment. Second, have you seen any of the pictures from the
wrecks? They are much better then NR1999E, it is going to be using a 3D
engine, not 2D like NASCAR 2, and it will be a pretty good game.
Yea, it is going to be NASCAR 3, using a heavly modifed NR1999E engine.
Anywyays, you know how fast of a computer you need for GPL, about the
fastest PII now, or at least a 400. At about this time, it would have been
stupid to design a new engine, it is too hard to do so, and would have cost
too much. NASCAR 3 will be what you are talking about, a 3D engine, but not
3D landscape.
The physics model has not been around for years, it hasn't even been
released, when someone making a game says that they will modify an engine so
that cars will act more realisitic. That means, at least in my world, that
it is going to use a new physics model which has not been around for years,
at least not on the consumer market.
It is a NASCAR sim, it will sell a couple of million copies in the next 5
years, like NASCAR Racing did.
Papy should be given a break, because with everything that we ask from them,
we are never happy. They realise the most realistic physics model EVER to
us, and we cry that NASCAR doesn't use it. They tell us they are going to
give us a NASCAR game with a new physics model, and we cry because we are
too lazy to read the latest press releases or don't want to ask. They should
also be given a break because they, like you, are human, they make mistakes.
If we never gave a break to anyone who ever releasied a game, and never
bought there products again because of this, we would not have many game
companies, like id software (Doom II,) EA Sports (NASCAR Revolution) and
Dynamix (Lords of Magic.)
Stuart Becktell
www.Gamewire.org
