expertise over and hopefully give us something good. Actually, I'd go as far
> Sounds interesting! Looks like they have set out with Papy square in
their
> in sites, and this is a good thing for everyone, even if you are a devote
> Papy fan.
> I say this because, to a certain degree, I think Papy has been resting on
> their laurels lately. Yes, the game has been freshened each year, but
> nothing really spectacular has been improved.
> Like the AI, which, IMHO, is actually getting _worse_, more canned, and
> nearly impossible to drive with the way it is currently programmed.
> And the canned damage, and the lack of additive repairs. I can understand
> not being able to model _every_ minute factor of damage, but geez, it's
got
> to get a lot better than it is. When you have 10 cars running around the
> track with the exact same damage level, running the exact same speeds,
> looking the exact same way, it gets tiring and annoying.
> I have one fear. I don't remember seeing the word "Multiplayer" come up
> once, like it was decided beforehand to be a forbidden subject.
> I for one would LOVE to see Ed Martin back here on RAS like he was when
Heat
> was the talk of the town. I have a feeling that with Sierra as the
> publisher, he's going to be muzzled far more than he was in the old days,
> though, and that's a damned shame.
> Papy is the king right now. We will all benifit from some serious
> competition like this.
> But, they HAVE to make the Multiplayer at least as good as Papy's, or it's
> not going to take off.
> And if Sierra wants to charge $15 a month on their system, and re-create
> what we had on TEN (with FULL ranking, tracking, scoring and tracking)
then
> I say cool. Where do I send the check.
> -Larry
> > Posted this in the Papyrus Nascar and Simulation forums, but you guys
> might
> > appreciate it also, considering you probably know who ISS is.
> > Gotta read this interview, they say they're going all out "simulation".
> > These are the same people who make the awesome F1 2002. The EA guy even
> > mentions they will be more "sim" than Papyrus and will have more options
> and
> > tweaks than anybody, bar none.
> > http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/previews/0,10869,2875327,00.html
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