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FINALLY! A new CART SIM!?

rik zeppeli

FINALLY! A new CART SIM!?

by rik zeppeli » Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:37:03

 Chris Pook hinted at last nights CART Town Meeting in LB that CART and Microsoft have done a deal
for a new Personal Computer CART racing game.  The deal was concluded recently.

the word "game" has me worried though.......

Dan_Leac

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by Dan_Leac » Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:47:09

Um i think the most worrying word is 'microsoft' have u tried rallisport
challenge? :)its a joke
  dan

Microsoft have done a deal
straito

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by straito » Wed, 26 Mar 2003 23:22:46

Have u tried Microsoft's Cart Precision Racing.It's not even a joke.Pitiful.

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> Um i think the most worrying word is 'microsoft' have u tried rallisport
> challenge? :)its a joke
>   dan


> > Chris Pook hinted at last nights CART Town Meeting in LB that CART and
> Microsoft have done a deal
> > for a new Personal Computer CART racing game.  The deal was concluded
> recently.

> > the word "game" has me worried though.......

Steve Blankenshi

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by Steve Blankenshi » Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:37:08

Yeah, there was a lot about CPR that sucked.  But there were also aspects of
it that were state-of-the-art, some of which stand up well even today.  MS
wouldn't likely be the developer anyway, so the key to whether an
MS-published CART product is decent or not would be the target market they
choose, and the developer who gets the contract.  If I were MS, I'd get
someone with a proven platform, track record, and respected name who could
produce quality product quickly and cheaply.

Hmmm, those Papy guys don't have anything useful to do these days... ;-)

SB


> Have u tried Microsoft's Cart Precision Racing.It's not even a
joke.Pitiful.

> --

> Steve H
> GPL Rank   -13.90

> Can't help about the shape i'm in
> Can't win,it ain't pretty and my tires are thin..



> > Um i think the most worrying word is 'microsoft' have u tried rallisport
> > challenge? :)its a joke
> >   dan


> > > Chris Pook hinted at last nights CART Town Meeting in LB that CART and
> > Microsoft have done a deal
> > > for a new Personal Computer CART racing game.  The deal was concluded
> > recently.

> > > the word "game" has me worried though.......

Dave Henri

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by Dave Henri » Thu, 27 Mar 2003 04:35:59



  To a non-simmer.  Any program with flying wwII planes or racin' cars or
shooting up Aliens all fall under the category of 'game.'  WE know
differently...but then...WE 'ARE' different.
dave henrie

Joel A. Willstei

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by Joel A. Willstei » Thu, 27 Mar 2003 05:52:15

Dave,

     One would hope that the powers to be at Microsoft still remember all
those negative reviews and comments about CPR. One would think that if
they're ready to try it again, that they now know the right direction to
take.

Joel Willstein

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"If you can leave black marks on a straight from the time you exit a corner
till the time you brake for the next turn
, then you have enough horsepower."
Mark Donohue




> >  Chris Pook hinted at last nights CART Town Meeting in LB that CART
> >  and Microsoft have done a deal
> > for a new Personal Computer CART racing game.  The deal was concluded
> > recently.

> > the word "game" has me worried though.......

>   To a non-simmer.  Any program with flying wwII planes or racin' cars or
> shooting up Aliens all fall under the category of 'game.'  WE know
> differently...but then...WE 'ARE' different.
> dave henrie

Dave Henri

FINALLY! A new CART SIM!?

by Dave Henri » Thu, 27 Mar 2003 06:11:02



  Are any of the current MS game division employees still the same from
waaaay back when CPR was released?  Memory only works if you were there to
remember it.  :)  What I remember one of the developers chatting quite
freely here about the pre-release of cpr.  But when we started pointed out
big-time errors...he disappeared faster than....
dave henrie

Uncle Feste

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by Uncle Feste » Thu, 27 Mar 2003 07:29:18


>   Are any of the current MS game division employees still the same from
> waaaay back when CPR was released?  Memory only works if you were there to
> remember it.  :)  What I remember one of the developers chatting quite
> freely here about the pre-release of cpr.  But when we started pointed out
> big-time errors...he disappeared faster than....
> dave henrie

Ahh yes, Richard Harvey.  He won't be making this one I'm sure.
AvSim.com announced his death March 13th, after a long battle with
cancer.  :-(  Type his name into Avsim's search box & the announcement,
along with his picture, is the 4th one down.  Titled "A hero has fallen."

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Olav Malmi

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by Olav Malmi » Thu, 27 Mar 2003 07:29:32


>  Chris Pook hinted at last nights CART Town Meeting in LB that CART and Microsoft have done a deal
> for a new Personal Computer CART racing game.  The deal was concluded recently.

> the word "game" has me worried though.......

I wonder how long it will take before these few sentences meaning not
very much will evolve into rumours about release dates, platform and
features :) On motorsportforums speculations are already going through
the roof. :)

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David G Fishe

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by David G Fishe » Thu, 27 Mar 2003 07:39:28




> > Dave,

> >      One would hope that the powers to be at Microsoft still remember
> >      all
> > those negative reviews and comments about CPR. One would think that if
> > they're ready to try it again, that they now know the right direction
> > to take.

> > Joel Willstein

>   Are any of the current MS game division employees still the same from
> waaaay back when CPR was released?  Memory only works if you were there to
> remember it.  :)  What I remember one of the developers chatting quite
> freely here about the pre-release of cpr.  But when we started pointed out
> big-time errors...he disappeared faster than....
> dave henrie

No, this group was a bunch of rude ***ing ***s, and that's why he left.

David G Fisher

Jan Verschuere

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by Jan Verschuere » Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:04:59

Just another wuss who couldn't handle the reality of a sim community. <g>

"They" (the marketing types trying to plug their product) are all the
same... underestimate what it takes to produce something being worthy of
being labelled "a sim". Once the requirements become apparent (notably in
the controller configuration department) they bid a hasty retreat.
Cowards... the lot of them. Kudos to Bugbear for sticking to their title, no
matter what.

That said, I quite liked CPR. AI was more than a bit suspect, but, on non-FF
wheels, the magic was there. I wouldn't mind MS having another crack at it.

As long as they realise that a title that tries to be both a game and a sim
never works.

Jan.
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Uncle Feste

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by Uncle Feste » Thu, 27 Mar 2003 10:59:39


> :-(
> When the hell was CPR released?  I don't even remember Richard Harvey...  I
> remember Ed Martin talking about Nascar Heat, though.

> Eldred

1997.  Google for Richard Harvey in this newsgroup.  Interesting
reading.  :-/  I was around at the time, it was something else.

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Fester

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Dave Henri

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by Dave Henri » Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:00:56

   Let's put it this way...it was back when 800x600 was considered HI REZ
dave henrie

Dave Henri

FINALLY! A new CART SIM!?

by Dave Henri » Thu, 27 Mar 2003 12:02:18

h.......
  You mean it isn't ready yet???????????
dave henrie

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