> > The business of ironing out the problems is not mine or yours. No
> >software product should be released as unfinished as CPR was.
> Agreed.
> >We pay for the software company to release a finished product. The notion of the
> >public being used as slaves to iron out games is totally ridiculous.
> Nevertheless, that is the current situation. Undoubtedly those who
> aren't CART fanatics have already looked at it and moved on.
> Unfortunately, I'm a CART ***. I just gotta have it :). So, I
> would rather feed MS as much information they need to get me the CART
> sim that *I* want. Now, if Papyrus were to have a new version of CART
> on the shelves right now that did everything MS did and did it right,
> I would probably not spend as much effort as I have been tossing
> whatever I can MS' way in hopes of helping them (I wouldn't need to.
> They'd have Papyrus' sim to look at!). But unfortunately, no one here
> or at MS can undo what has been done. They can only improve it.
presents drivers compared to F1, although the loss of the Indy event was
a big blow for me. I have always favoured F1 as my prefered form of
motorsport but am disgusted with the current administration and there
spastic retardation of the sport - they should be killed off and a new
admin built (no smiley here). Along the same wall waiting to be shot
should be those responsible for the Indy 500 screwup.
In any case, when it comes to sims I will use the one that is the
best. To date, ICR2 is the best because it is near perfect as an offline
racing platform for internet competition and is a very close second to
GP2 as far as driving model and AI go. GP2, as we serious simmers all
know, is a joke as an offline internet racing platform ie drivers using
steering help and all that nonsense.
I hope your perseverance with CPR pays off but I have my doubts. I
am so furious with MS releasing the sim as was that unless I hear
reports of near perfection being attained by ?????future???? patches
then I'll be giving CPR a VERY BIG MISS. (I will point out that this is
the perspective from an Aussie who cannot fully utilise CPR's online
qualities) I just had the thought that MS gave up on CPR when they
appreciated how difficult the whole sim task is and delayed the patch to
void 30 day money back obligations to sidestep complete disaster. I hope
this thought is purely paranoid. With some of the things I hear about
Build 90 (terminal top speeds, pit problems, continued bad and
uncompetitive AI) I am unfortunately loosing faith fast as are many
others. Do yourself a favour and get off the Titanic before she goes
under. I hate to see people suffer like that. I'm already in a life raft
loaded full of women who are totally dependant on me and headed for the
nearest igloo. On second thoughts, you guys stick with the ship,
hehehehehehehehe.