rec.autos.simulators

This links demonstrate that they really care about *** simracers
compared to <cough> another big one who wants to only milk money with old
game engines that are boring and so...

"Hasbro, Inc. announced today that one of its subsidiaries, Hasbro
Interactive, Inc., has acquired Europress, a veteran European publisher of
educational and lifestyle software. The acquisition will bolster Hasbro
Interactive's international business, especially in the U.K., and
effectively launch Hasbro Interactive into new categories of software
development and distribution. "

So the list of Hasbro titles that they will produce in the racing market is
now this :

Rally Championship (pushes the envelope of physics in Rally Racing)
GP500 (pushed the envelope in Motorcycle racing)
Grand Prix 3 (what can we say more ? Geoff is back!)
Grand Prix World (manager-type sim I think)

HASBRO also has a NASCAR license, so they are clearly the #1 now, not
SierraSports/Papyrus anymore.  It's a big day in our community.
Sierra/Papyrus has been the #1 since the start of the 90's.  I hope this
competition will wake them up.

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-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

--

       Gamer / Programmer        
    But not a Game Programmer    

This means we North Americans might actually not have to go through
the usual stupid jumps and hoops just to get European releases like
Rally Championship, as we see it come out in Europe but with no publisher
in North America. This happens with most other European sim racing releases
like Europress' previous titles, F1RS, TOCA1+2, CMR etc. ad nauseum were
here only the Warez Pirates get to play it as the rest of us wait for the
titles to show up here on this side of the pond (usually a 6 month wait) or
look for a place that will import it.

Now I'm actually e***d that Rally Championship will be out soon, sounds like
now I'll be able to get my hands on it before 2001.

Seeyas on the track.

--John (Joao) Silva

GP500 looks good (and is the best of the bike bunch yet, for sure), but
ultimately: how are you going to immerse the player in a motorcycle game
which he has to control with a stick?

Jan.
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Cheers,

Steve B.

-Nanakofi...

Jan.
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I won't....AMD 600 for me!!  :)

                bob

   Francois, didn't your mom tell you that if you stuck your tongue in
your cheek too hard it might stay that way?...   :)

"But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was
nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into
a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

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N3 will be different in the three primary areas of concern for us:

  1) The physics engine, while not up to GPL standards are at
     least being upgraded.

  2) The graphics (eye-candy) will be upgraded, including the
     ability to paint the cars with more colors and in
     previously unpaintable areas.

  3) Free online play with (hopefully) close to 43 cars.
     Included in the online play item is the ability for a
     driver to use the same car which means that at least
     minimal league support is built in.

Lastly, I'd like to remind everyone who claims they won't buy N3 to wait
and see what it's like before trashing it in public forums.  You just
never know if they're going to include something that will make it worth
buying for you.

Personally, I plan on buying it if for no other reason than pure
curiosity.  If I like it, I'll keep it.  If not, I'll give it away.

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