Of course not. I think you need to check back to see what this thread is
about.
Here I'll help you:
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Not without Jim's permission, his readme is pretty specific about that.
Malc.
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HTH, Malc.
> >Yeah, the seascape coming down into Douglas is incredible! Rarely have
> >there been any ocean views in GPL (E. London is the only example I can
think
> >of, altho there have been others in Papy sims: Detroit, Cleveland,
Surfers).
> >It looks like it took a thousand monks a thousand years to finish all the
> >details. Entire villages! It reminds me of the scenery in Mobil 1 Rally
> >Championship. The textures! The colors! It's the polar opposite of
what
> >Alison Hine once coldly dismissed as "tree wallpaper" in some lame
fantasy
> >track. What a lovely romp! I don't think there's ever been as
magnificent
> >a track for GPL...including the original 11.
> The beauty of the track goes without saying.
> It's a pain in the *ss to drive tho (and I mean that in the
> best possible way!) because oftentimes you are having to brake
> while in a turn to make the next (slower) corner, and for someone
> hopeless like me I'm constantly spinning out because of how
> braking affects a car which is turning. For the aliens out there
> this certainly isn't a problem...
> JD
Achim
...
I appreciate your help <g> but maybe you need to read the thread more
thoroughly yourself ;-) as you'll then find that I'm neither replying to
Pete's nor to your statement, but to a little statement from Bruce, which
went like this:
Maybe I misunderstood Bruce, but I wanted to point out that Jim's only said
he won't do it himself, and that any conversions made by others need his
prior consent. I.e., he might one day give his permission to someone else,
when someone asks.
All my replies regarding that topic are in that little sub-branch of this
thread.
Achim
> Of course not. I think you need to check back to see what this thread is
> about.
> Here I'll help you:
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> > Steve, is this going to be converted over to N2003?
> Not without Jim's permission, his readme is pretty specific about that.
> Malc.
> ______________________
> HTH, Malc.
Yeah well Achim, it has to be said of course, that modern-day Nascar
cars are for wussies compared to 1967's open-wheeled no-grip death
rockets, ok? ;)
Regards, Rudy
(GPLRank -0.89)
I'm deeply into GPL as well, and am much less 'into' Nascar (being
European, although I do have Nascar 4), but if an N2003 mod yields an
even better GPL-type sim since basically it's an updated GPL physics
model, what's there to hate about that, really?
Just wonderin'...
Besides, with tracks like Interlagos, Charade & Man just released for
GPL, can't say I resent the present-day sim world, mate!
Reards, Rudy
(GPLRank -0.89)
Regards, Ruud
"Uh oh, here come the GPL'ers, remember what they did to the little
french fries bar at Masta?"
Regards, Rudy
(GPLRank -0.89)
> If anyone is a "***" (which down here is slang for the female sex organ),
> I'd say that you're exhibiting a few traits with that post.
He didn't want the GPL track released because it was free, and he
wouldn't make any money (like he hasn't got enough!) out of it.
Achim
...
Achim
> Hear hear! Now, take that Solex moped out and let's have a hillclimb! ;)
> > P.s.: CP is one of the circuits I'm dreaming of getting converted to
N2k3,
> > the Nascars are a _blast_ at Monaco, and the Nascar RC league I'm
driving in
> > has - at least in its top division - a lot less carnage than most GPL
> > leagues :-)
> Yeah well Achim, it has to be said of course, that modern-day Nascar
> cars are for wussies compared to 1967's open-wheeled no-grip death
> rockets, ok? ;)
> Regards, Rudy
> (GPLRank -0.89)
I certainly wouldn't disagree, that point is where Bruce & I differ. Sorry
for coming down so *** you :-(
There are literally hundreds of great tracks for gpl, it annoys me somewhat
that there seems to be so much chat about converting the one (to my
knowledge) track where the maker has specifically put their opinion across
on the matter.
Malc.
Still not sure about how driving a different car on an unchanged track
can be considered:
A - A bastardisation (the track is not changed)
B - Anything other than positive. As others have posted, the N2K3
physics can bring GPL tracks to life in a way not possible with GPL
itself.
To set out my stall, then. I have little artistic ability but I do
have enthusiasm and have contributed, albeit in a very small way, to
the sim-racing world by helping run a couple of leagues (costs me time
*and* money) and painting cars for members. Also I've had the
pleasure of being involved - again only in a minor way - with a
privateer race team creating mock-ups in N2K3 for the team's
sponsorship proposals.
*If* Jim is wanting this to be a GPL-only production, I can *not*
understand where he's coming from.
In no way do I want this to be a NASCAR vs historic F1 discussion. It
would be great to see the track converted for F1C which would open up
even more possibilities for different hardware to be blatted around
the superb course.
To labour the point even more ;)...
How can willingly restricting the audience for such a great creation
be in any way a positive thing?
Regards,
Mark
