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AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

Bob

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by Bob » Sun, 03 Oct 1999 04:00:00

From http://www.racesimcentral.net/ :

"Online racing is now available!  Our arenas have gone open beta and are
ready for you to race on for FREE!  Come join our community and lay down
some virtual ***!   There's no cost!  No commitment!  Just high octane
adrenaline pumping *** racing!"

Going to check it out right now!

Cheers,
Bob

Destro

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by Destro » Sun, 03 Oct 1999 04:00:00

What the hell kind of retarded beta is this!!!!!!!!!!!  You download a 1.5mb
file and it sets up and runs a progie that 'updates' AMA racing game.

That 'update' happens to be a frickin pile 117mb files!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  and I
don't see a resume function!!!!!!!!!!!

For christs sakes, put it in a zip and allow us to download in normally.
There is no way I'll get through 117mb without my 56k connect droping out.

This is soooooooooo lame. I want to see the game but this just aint gonna
work.


> From http://www.racesimcentral.net/ :

> "Online racing is now available!  Our arenas have gone open beta and are
> ready for you to race on for FREE!  Come join our community and lay down
> some virtual ***!   There's no cost!  No commitment!  Just high octane
> adrenaline pumping *** racing!"

> Going to check it out right now!

> Cheers,
> Bob

Ma

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by Ma » Sun, 03 Oct 1999 04:00:00

I'm telling you, these guys at Motorsims are just one big joke.
Resist the urge to give them your money.  In the end you'll just get
headaches and broken promises.
>What the hell kind of retarded beta is this!!!!!!!!!!!  You download a 1.5mb
>file and it sets up and runs a progie that 'updates' AMA racing game.

>That 'update' happens to be a frickin pile 117mb files!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  and I
>don't see a resume function!!!!!!!!!!!

>For christs sakes, put it in a zip and allow us to download in normally.
>There is no way I'll get through 117mb without my 56k connect droping out.

>This is soooooooooo lame. I want to see the game but this just aint gonna
>work.


>> From http://www.racesimcentral.net/ :

>> "Online racing is now available!  Our arenas have gone open beta and are
>> ready for you to race on for FREE!  Come join our community and lay down
>> some virtual ***!   There's no cost!  No commitment!  Just high octane
>> adrenaline pumping *** racing!"

>> Going to check it out right now!

>> Cheers,
>> Bob

Destro

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by Destro » Sun, 03 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Never mind. Disregard my first post. Seems this progie DOES so resume
downloads, sorta.

> From http://www.racesimcentral.net/ :

> "Online racing is now available!  Our arenas have gone open beta and are
> ready for you to race on for FREE!  Come join our community and lay down
> some virtual ***!   There's no cost!  No commitment!  Just high octane
> adrenaline pumping *** racing!"

> Going to check it out right now!

> Cheers,
> Bob

Pat Dotso

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by Pat Dotso » Sun, 03 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Well, free, for one thing.

It will resume.

James Wohlev

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by James Wohlev » Sun, 03 Oct 1999 04:00:00



What? is this the whole game or do you need to own AMA first?

- James Wohlever

Techware Motorsports
http://techware.4mg.com/

Mike

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by Mike » Sun, 03 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Mine was 33MB?
Maybe because I had the sim on my HD?
Did you or is 117 the whole game demo?
Mike


Destro

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by Destro » Sun, 03 Oct 1999 04:00:00


> Mine was 33MB?
> Maybe because I had the sim on my HD?
> Did you or is 117 the whole game demo?

The whole demo is 114mb on my HD. It does download pretty fast however. The
files must compress alot.
Miguel V Parr

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by Miguel V Parr » Sun, 03 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Just to clarify, the 117Mb those guys are refering to is the total install
base after it's downloaded, the actual size sent to your modem/cable/... is
26Mb's.

What you get is pretty much the whole game but with no AI riders and just
one track for now. More tracks will be available for the online only later
on.

You don't need to own AMA 1st but you have to setup an account to play
online but the control center will take you to where you need to go to setup
an account.

We are not charging for it yet, and for the people that own the box we are
not counting the free month yet, since we are on Open beta.

Miguel Parra
Motorsims.




>>>What the hell kind of retarded beta is this!!!!!!!!!!!

>>Well, free, for one thing.

>What? is this the whole game or do you need to own AMA first?

>- James Wohlever

>Techware Motorsports
>http://techware.4mg.com/

Philip D'Amat

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by Philip D'Amat » Mon, 04 Oct 1999 04:00:00

The download is about 26mb.  After installation, the installed files
uncompress to about 117mb.  Should you're p.o.s. modem connection ***out
on you while you dl the 26mb, the download will resume where it left off.

--
Philip D'Amato

1999 Ninja 500R


> What the hell kind of retarded beta is this!!!!!!!!!!!  You download a
1.5mb
> file and it sets up and runs a progie that 'updates' AMA racing game.

> That 'update' happens to be a frickin pile 117mb files!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  and
I
> don't see a resume function!!!!!!!!!!!

> For christs sakes, put it in a zip and allow us to download in normally.
> There is no way I'll get through 117mb without my 56k connect droping out.

> This is soooooooooo lame. I want to see the game but this just aint gonna
> work.


> > From http://www.racesimcentral.net/ :

> > "Online racing is now available!  Our arenas have gone open beta and are
> > ready for you to race on for FREE!  Come join our community and lay down
> > some virtual ***!   There's no cost!  No commitment!  Just high
octane
> > adrenaline pumping *** racing!"

> > Going to check it out right now!

> > Cheers,
> > Bob

Matthew V. Jessic

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by Matthew V. Jessic » Wed, 06 Oct 1999 04:00:00



> > Mine was 33MB?
> > Maybe because I had the sim on my HD?
> > Did you or is 117 the whole game demo?

> The whole demo is 114mb on my HD. It does download pretty fast however. The
> files must compress alot.

Our updater (Marimba's Castanet) will send only the bytes
that we change in each file and it also compresses that
data when it can as well. So updates are pretty efficient.
(Which was our intent. ;)

The system also decompresses _during_ the download
so you build up to the full image size as you go.
So even though you have only received 10 MB early
in the download you might have 30 MB on disk.
(Note that these were just example numbers to
describe the concept.)

BTW, another of the nice features is that it
recovers after a lost connection.
--
Matthew V. Jessick         Motorsims

Vehicle Dynamics Engineer  (972)910-8866 Ext.125, Fax: (972)910-8216

Chri

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by Chri » Wed, 06 Oct 1999 04:00:00


> That 'update' happens to be a frickin pile 117mb files!!

The actual download is compressed.  What you see when you see
the 117 MB is the final install size after the updater
uncompresses it.

-Chris-

Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

Mark S. Mille

AMA Superbike open beta is out!!

by Mark S. Mille » Thu, 07 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Castanet compresses on the fly almost as well as ZIP can do on your disk.

    -MSM



> > Mine was 33MB?
> > Maybe because I had the sim on my HD?
> > Did you or is 117 the whole game demo?

> The whole demo is 114mb on my HD. It does download pretty fast however.
The
> files must compress alot.


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