> > I can understand, when people threat legal action (for lack of
> updates!?!?)
> > and encourage other people to do the same, why they don't talk in the
> foums
> > anymore. I know the guys are still working *** RL I can't wait to
see
> > some of the techniques Chris has been talking about!
:)
Bruce.
Are you thinking of what I was thinking of? Battlestation 2000 or whatever it was called?
Dunno if anyone here saw that, but in 1999 or so some single-person developer got a publisher for a game he had been working on
for 10 years or something like that. It was supposed to be the next best thing to sliced bread for the
space-travel-star-wars-battle games. When it came out, everyone took one look and said..."all the hype for THIS???" Needless
to say, had it been released 5 years earlier, it would have really been something....
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> They stopped writing that. The West Bros. are currently creating a
> project we've heard called "GPaL". I really don't know what it will
> become of that project, hmm.... o_0
1a. Racing Legends is like the "Elite 4" of the racing community.
(conversely)
1b. The West bros are like the David Braben of the racing community.
> They stopped writing that. The West Bros. are currently creating a
project
> we've heard called "GPaL". I really don't know what it will become of
that
> project, hmm.... o_0
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> Are you thinking of what I was thinking of? Battlestation 2000 or whatever it was called?
I sold 5 copies of that game in my shop, 4 of them was returned within a
week and the 5th guy told me he would hang on to it as a momentum....
Beers and cheers
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> Please, lets not go there. Waiting for Legends is like waiting for a decent
> Aussie V8 sim.
Beers and cheers
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> LOL!! :)
> From that reaction, I take it that here's been "some discussion" regarding
> this very subject, Goy?
> I've been out of the loop for a while and was just tidying up some internet
> links and came across my West Bros. URL, clicked on it (first time in many
> months) and found that their NEWS has not changed since February!
Someone I know recently spoke to one of them and they're still at it
apparently, which is good news I suppose, and they're very committed,
I'll give them that, apparently they sold their house to fund the
continuation of the project...
Which is both good and bad news I suppose, shows the level of
commitment, but also shows that they are flat broke at this point, which
is sad as while I have my doubts about them ever finishing it, I would
have been right there, credit card in hand, looking to get a copy as
soon as humanly possible
Beers and cheers
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Look at it this way, if the West's had spent 2 years making a sim that was
exactly the same as GTR2002, not perfect by any means, but one of the best
sims available, with some driving aids, they could have sold it
commercially, raked in the cash - to plumb back into developing a newer,
better version.
Also, everybody in RAS would be shouting at the top of their voice about
just how amazing the West's were, with their amazing sim, even modelling
tyre temps / brake temps etc.
Not to mention how much better the West's were compared to that roundabout
Papy stuff <g>
Nah., I was just speaking as a programmer.
:)
>Bruce.
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>>Put it this way Bruce, you could apply for the old age pension before its
>>released...:-)
>>Steve
>What? It's going to be released next week????
I can't do it...<g>
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Well, if they had to sell their house in order to fund further work, maybe
they SHOULD be committed.
That's a hell of a thing to do without any guarantee at all of success,
financial or oherwise.
You and me both, Goy.
Two years ago I actually put off upgrading my PC until Wests product was
released....and then there was that ugly scene with Empire Interactive and
the whole thing went bleccch!
I have a feeling that we will never see the result of their dream. It will
take a financial miracle to occur.
Bruce.
> Look at it this way, if the West's had spent 2 years making a sim that was
> exactly the same as GTR2002, not perfect by any means, but one of the best
> sims available, with some driving aids, they could have sold it
> commercially, raked in the cash - to plumb back into developing a newer,
> better version.
> Also, everybody in RAS would be shouting at the top of their voice about
> just how amazing the West's were, with their amazing sim, even modelling
> tyre temps / brake temps etc.
> Not to mention how much better the West's were compared to that roundabout
> Papy stuff <g>
Obviously i'm a big fan of satire...LOL
I think we all get that sinking feeling when we read posts about
"RL"...the whole "west Bros." thing reminds me of "The Wizard of OZ"
....It's not hard to start making comparisons after you ponder it
awhile.....sigh.
SpeedRat
