rec.autos.simulators

Well, the purpose of that particular web site is to review *demos*.
Strange concept, but that seems to be their raison d'etre.  Too bad their
actual reviewers are hopeless (browse some of the other sim reviews.
Among other things, you will find yet more childish *** innuendo and a
coplete lack of understanding of what racing games are all about).  So,
they have a purpose, and yet they are pointless.

Stephen

: |Finally, I know there is going to be more then one track in the full
: |version, but including only a single crappy track in a demo is a waste of
: |time to download. If it takes 2 hours for the average home user connection
: |to get, and only one track is available, the game is not worthy of a higher
: |score.

: Aren't you supposed to be reviewing the GAME AS A WHOLE? Not the demo?  The
: demo is what it says, a demo of what will be the full version, so don't say
: that the game sux and don't go buy it cause the demo has one track!  And
: what other demos have all tracks in them or more than 1 in the original
: demo?

: Jesse

Given that it was free I think the amount of fun you get out versus
the amount of time going in is pretty good. I don't especially like
SCGT demo in the way it shows the direction of the full game, but as a
free download (and a multiplayer enabled one at that) it's pretty damn
good.

Cheers!
John

What is the point in reviewing a demo? I can perhaps begin to see some
point if you review it as an indication of what the full product will
be like, but if you review it solely on a stand-alone basis then you
can't take the price into account. You must review it on the basis of
being free, in which case SCGT becomes extraordinarily good value. If
that came out as freeware even with only a couple of cars and tracks
people would be mighty impressed and begging for it to be made into a
full product.

Why then slam the demo? It's bad enough people reviewing unfinished
beta copies and claiming "exclusives", even worse when these people
have no idea about the genre of software they're damaging. When you
resort to reviewing demos and toasting them, particularly by a guy who
enjoys nothing more challenging than Outrun, it's a total nonsense.
Many of these *** sites seem to do more harm than good in the way
they're organised and "managed".

Cheers!
John

A hypothesis - could the reason be that they review "exclusively
demos" because no manufacturer is looney tunes enough to send them any
software to review?

A pointless purpose? Can there be anything more miserable to strive
for?

Cheers!
John

Yeah, but that just adds up to twice the aggro! :)