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Just in case WSC is stillborn...

Haqsa

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by Haqsa » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 09:12:11

it looks like we will eventually have at least one good alternative:

"Codemasters Announces TOCA Race Driver"

see this article: http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Todd Walk

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by Todd Walk » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 13:20:22

They are making it for the PS2 as well as the PC. Bad sign. That means
it will probably be much more arcadish than sim. This seems the case
based on the screenshots as well. WSC this is not...

Todd Walker

twalker at jam dot rr dot com
http://twalker.d2g.com/gpl



zed, not z

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by zed, not z » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 14:02:07



WSC is being made for the PS2 also.

Kenneth Verbur

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by Kenneth Verbur » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 16:08:05

Yes, that's true. It's being developed by RazorWorks for the PS2. The West
brothers have no involvement with the PS2 version and it's already more
arcadish then you'd want. The PC and PS2 versions can't be compared.
Different developers, different ideas about game making.
--
Kenneth Verburg
Editor-in-chief High Gear
http://www.simracingnews.com

Olav K. Malm

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by Olav K. Malm » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 16:58:43


> They are making it for the PS2 as well as the PC. Bad sign. That means
> it will probably be much more arcadish than sim. This seems the case
> based on the screenshots as well. WSC this is not...

In a time when accusations of prejudice flies in this group, you use 3
screenshots to determine that a racer will be arcade ? :)

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Olav K. Malmin
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Jonny Hodgso

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by Jonny Hodgso » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:04:41




> > They are making it for the PS2 as well as the PC. Bad sign. That
means
> > it will probably be much more arcadish than sim. This seems the
case
> > based on the screenshots as well. WSC this is not...

> In a time when accusations of prejudice flies in this group, you use
3
> screenshots to determine that a racer will be arcade ? :)

No, he used the announcement of a parallel PS2 version to determine
that it will be arcade...  (not that this counters accusations of
prejudice!)

Jonny

Morgan Boo

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by Morgan Boo » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 18:16:18

Well said Olav.....it galls me to hear the ***spoken sometimes with little
or no fact behind it...

We see plenty of eye candy and i for one dont judge any game/sim on it's
looks alone.
So i will just be patient,await a demo,as Codies always seem to provide at
least that,judge the demo(which does NOT mean i can judge the fianl
game/sim)...and then purchase the final product.

If its great i am happy.

If it's not it can gather dust with all the others in the 3rd draw down....

Morgan



> > They are making it for the PS2 as well as the PC. Bad sign. That means
> > it will probably be much more arcadish than sim. This seems the case
> > based on the screenshots as well. WSC this is not...

> In a time when accusations of prejudice flies in this group, you use 3
> screenshots to determine that a racer will be arcade ? :)

> --
> Olav K. Malmin
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Andrew

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by Andrew » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 21:44:21


> They are making it for the PS2 as well as the PC. Bad sign. That means
> it will probably be much more arcadish than sim. This seems the case
> based on the screenshots as well. WSC this is not...

> Todd Walker

> twalker at jam dot rr dot com
> http://twalker.d2g.com/gpl

On the other hand, Lemans was far more sim on the Dreamcast and PS2 than on
the PC.  There were different developers for pc and console versions.

This new "TOCA" game is fairly interesting in gameplay.  It's a bit of a
role playing game where you're responsible for rising through the ranks with
a specific driver.  I think it will be more along the lines of the GT
series, but in the racing world.

Ruud van Ga

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by Ruud van Ga » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 22:15:35





>> They are making it for the PS2 as well as the PC. Bad sign. That means
>> it will probably be much more arcadish than sim. This seems the case
>> based on the screenshots as well. WSC this is not...

>On the other hand, Lemans was far more sim on the Dreamcast and PS2 than on
>the PC.  There were different developers for pc and console versions.

Don't they use largely the same code base? It seems like a waste of
time to do designs for basically the same thing... Although the
graphics in WSC are done using DX8 and for the PS2 I don't know what.
It still seems to me you'd share source code wherever you can, making
the physics at least very similar (depending though on CPU speed).

Ruud van Gaal, GPL Rank +53.25
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Gregor Vebl

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by Gregor Vebl » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 22:25:33

Between two different development teams? Are you serious ;)?

-Gregor


> It still seems to me you'd share source code wherever you can, making
> the physics at least very similar (depending though on CPU speed).

Dave Henri

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by Dave Henri » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 22:55:20

"Olav K. Malmin" > In a time when accusations of prejudice flies in this
group, you use 3
  Isn't that two more shots than necessary to determine such profound
issues??? ;)
dave henrie

Dave Henri

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by Dave Henri » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 22:58:16

    If you take into consideration that only the Dead Dreamcast uses an OS
similar to windows, then sharing code rarely works.  The advantage of the
upcomming Xbox will be it's similarity to PC's.  You might see more tie-ins
with regard to PC and Xbox's than the current machines.
Olav K. Malm

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by Olav K. Malm » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 22:58:40


> "Olav K. Malmin" > In a time when accusations of prejudice flies in this
> group, you use 3
> > screenshots to determine that a racer will be arcade ? :)

> > --
> > Olav K. Malmin
>   Isn't that two more shots than necessary to determine such profound
> issues??? ;)

LOL! Definately. So with 3 it's dead certain.

Aw what the heck.

It's no GPL

I said it :)

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Olav K. Malmin
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Ashley McConnel

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by Ashley McConnel » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 22:59:36

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| It's no GPL
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| I said it :)
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| Olav K. Malmin
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Dear o dear :)

Ash

Jone

Just in case WSC is stillborn...

by Jone » Sat, 28 Jul 2001 23:49:39

Wha hey! Foxy chicks in a driving sim!! ;-)

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