I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before the
UK.
Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release
it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an
Englishman after all.
Mark
Al
I just don't know, it is sort of surprising, especially since I sense
a great deal of (rightful) British pride in the product. Maybe CD
printing is faster in Deutschland, maybe the German manual is much
shorter than the English one. Who knows. I still don't quite accept it
is really out anywhere, but my god, there are sure a lot of threads
devoted to this idea.
I still think GP2 will turn out to be a giant Java applet built around
the Wacky Wheels graphics engine. Brace yourselves.
> I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before the
> UK.
> Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release
> it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an
> Englishman after all.
> Mark
Werenr
: I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before the
: UK.
: Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release
: it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an
: Englishman after all.
:
Germany has a much bigger market for software than the UK. The US market
is MUCH bigger, but there are pretty few F1-fans. So germany is
more important for MicroProse than other countries.
You will see the same, when Westwood will release Red Alert -
first USA and germany, than step by step the rest of the world.
When will GP2 come out in Poland?
Jochen
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>Local gamestore person said that F1GP2 was originally due to be
>released in Germany as a "test" to see how well it went down but
>presumably the whole release thing dragged on so the releases were
>(will be) almost at the same time?
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There are two manuals inside the german package - a thick one (~50 pages)
with many photos in colour. There are chapters explaining the usage of the
program and every single track (SimRacingNews won't need to much GP2 track
guides :-). It is fully in german and the best manual I've seen for a long
time !!
The second one is very thin (~15 pages) and has an errata for the first one,
some more hints and graphs of all the tracks in b/w.
The CD isn't printed in germany, its label just says - german version.
I guess it's manufactured in the UK.
:-)))
In case your right, the wacky wheels engine is hidden -very- good.
Stefan
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Mark
> Because Micheal Schumacher is the Champ!!!! ;-)
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David
Only 50 pages? The "Finnish" version (only the cover box ad blurb is in
Finnish ;) has ~160 pages manual in English. I agree that it's the best
manual I've ever seen, printed on a shiny expensive paper and lots of
great photos. The only irritating thing about the manual is that it's
written by somebody who doesn't know how to spell...or what it this
team Benneton or driver Mika Hakinnen ;-)
That technical supplement is 28 pages in English.
BTW, the cover box text says that it has modem and *network* game
support, I wonder where the latter is hidden 8-)
> >I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before
the
> >UK.
> > Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release
> >it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an
> >Englishman after all.
> Payback for the Treaty of Versaille? No, all sides are finally pretty
> much even on that score. Let's see... Geoffrey von Crammondstein? No,
> not that either...
> I just don't know, it is sort of surprising, especially since I sense
> a great deal of (rightful) British pride in the product. Maybe CD
> printing is faster in Deutschland, maybe the German manual is much
> shorter than the English one. Who knows. I still don't quite accept it
> is really out anywhere, but my god, there are sure a lot of threads
> devoted to this idea.
Mauro Diaz
Rumors say that it's hidden in some yet to come and pay update :-(
Stefan
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>>>I just don't know, it is sort of surprising, especially since I sense
>>>a great deal of (rightful) British pride in the product. Maybe CD
>>>printing is faster in Deutschland, maybe the German manual is much
>>>shorter than the English one. Who knows. I still don't quite accept it
>>>is really out anywhere, but my god, there are sure a lot of threads
>>>devoted to this idea.
>>Actually it's allready out in Finland with English manual. So manual is
>>not the reason for delay.
>So the Finland version is in English? Which means Microprose is
>intentionally delaying UK and USA release...
>--KCI
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