rec.autos.simulators

2.) The F1 license is seemingly very profitable, and also easier to get than
in years past. (or so it seems)

3.) Papyrus has historically released an open wheel sim between MAJOR Nascar
releases. (Apparently to market test new physics engines with *** sim
crowd before releasing a "mistake" into the cash cow Nascar series.)

    Indycar 1, then Nascar 1.
    Indycar 2, then Nascar 2.
    GPL 1 :), then Nascar 4.

    Ignoring Nascar 99 and 3 as intermediately releases, the pattern seems
to point towards a new open wheel sim from Papy in the next few years.

4.) They're getting tired of making new patches for GPL. :)

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Any thoughts on this line of reasoning?

CART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

?

Don Burnette

David G Fisher

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Good luck to Papy in trying to get Internet play built in... unless, of
course, the fabled CART sim is finally in the wings. It would seem more
logical from a commercial POV, as there's no competition (as of now,
anyway) as against zillions of F1 games. A CART sim will sell
appallingly in Europe, of course, though the coming of Rockingham and
the Lausitzring might help a bit. I still want 1000bhp turbocars,
though....

--
David. (GPLRank handicap -5.92; Monsters of GPLRank h/cap +272.44)
The GPL Scrapyard: http://scrapyard.9ug.com
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

They know we want it.

Jan.
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That's it - TSR is just a bot that looks for the words "open" "wheel"
and "Papyrus" in any post and replies as above ;)....

Kendt

Turbo cars!

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www.cushdrive.com
www.luftwaffe-experten.com
" Ah, the Luftwaffe.. the Washington
Generals of the History Channel.."
             Homer Simpson
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 . I still want 1000bhp turbocars,

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KFG

We'll see how EA's F1 2001 fares when it's released in the fall. The new
graphics engine looks great (hopefully it'll run well), and I'm happy with
the physics, multiplayer and AI in F1CS 2000 so I'm really looking forward
to this one...

| I'm still waiting for them to fix F1RS.  : )
| KFG

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