rec.autos.simulators

For anyone that hasn't seen it, "Grand Prix" has an okay-ish plotline, but
has absolutely AMAZING RACING FOOTAGE from 1966. Some of the footage is
real, other parts (such as much/all of the Monaco section near the beginning
was done using mock-ups of Formula 2's. This is a movie any racing fan does
NOT want to miss..

Now, what's my point of babbling on about this??
Well, as we all know, Grand Prix Legends will be hitting the stores sometime
in the NEXT MONTH (September 30th is being named by Electronics boutique,
two weeks earlier than what they had previously said last week).

What a perfect opportunity to hit the target market.. I would be willing to
bet that anybody who watches it on the 13th and who has a computer would go
out and buy GPL IN A SECOND if they heard about it whilst watching "Grand
Prix". Some might even go so far as to BUY a computer, others might simply
upgrade.. Bottom line.. once the general population gets a little racing
fever in their *** from watching the movie.. they would be greatly
influenced to go buy the game.

I can just see it now... they go to a commercial break.. and we see Jack
Clark in his Lotus flying over a hump at the Nordschiefe.. There's some
frantic music in the background (anyone heard the GPL trailer music -
available at www.papy.com ??) .. Then a voice: "SpeedVision's special
presentation of "Grand Prix" is brought to you by: "Grand Prix Legends.. the
latest racing simulation from SierraSports and Papyrus. .. blah..blah..blah
(fill in any additional info here).. Available September 30th everywhere.."

I think it'd make me go out and buy an EXTRA copy!! If they showed some game
footage including some CRASHES (of course).. they could be selling the game
like hotcakes. They wouldn't even need to put together a 30-second ad.. just
having a 10-15 second tag would be enough!

I might be wrong here.. but I honestly don't believe Sierra will use this
fantastic opportunity to their advantage. Let's hope they prove me wrong..
as what a wasted opportunity it would be..

doktorB
http://www.racesimcentral.net/~drbryan/gpl
for your "Grand Prix Legends" fix!! (I've got the FAQ!!)
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Jimmy had a brother? <g>

-don

"To race is to live, everything else is just waiting." - Rudi Caricciola

After realising that he'd never make it as an actor (let alone a chair)
he drifted back across the Atlantic, ending up as a sauerkraut strainer
in a German beer cellar, not too far from the Nurburgring,
coincidentally! jack used to live in a crude (the woodsman, not the
cottage) woodsmans cottage nearby and used to travel along part of the
circuit to and from home.

Thus the reason that we'd see him flying over a hump but on his bicycle,
not a Lotus!

Cheers!

Marc

* No animals were harmed in the making of this e-mail *

More importantly, though.. does anyone know who the sponsors are for the
"Grand Prix" presentation?

doktorB
http://webhome.idirect.com/~drbryan/gpl

doktorB
http://webhome.idirect.com/~drbryan/gpl
Grand Prix Legends - September 30th!!!
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There seems to be many inconsistencies in the various tales of the Net !

* No animals were harmed in the making of this e-mail *

Of course.. GPL was to ship "early Spring"... but at least they have given
us another (definite) target!!

doktorB ..... still laughing at Jack Bandini!!
http://webhome.idirect.com/~drbryan/gpl
for the latest GPL release date info, track files, FAQ (I've got it!),
pictures, news, and more!!
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(Neither do I like rumours but my info comes from within and is as
accurate as is possible at the time it's provided.)

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Marc J. Nelson
The Sim Project - http://www.simproject.com

* No animals were harmed in the making of this e-mail *