rec.autos.simulators

> 3DFX / Direct 3d support
> Force Feedback support
> Weather effects
> Pace Car
> Formation lap
> Pit lane limiter
> Jump starts possible
> Improved AI
> New Physics model
> New sound system
> Better crashes.

> It will not be out until Christmas 1999 and Geoff Crammond will not be
> bullied into releasing it until he is 100% happy.

>> 3DFX / Direct 3d support
>> Force Feedback support
>> Weather effects
>> Pace Car
>> Formation lap
>> Pit lane limiter
>> Jump starts possible
>> Improved AI
>> New Physics model
>> New sound system
>> Better crashes.

>Sounds great.

>> It will not be out until Christmas 1999 and Geoff Crammond will not be
>> bullied into releasing it until he is 100% happy.

>I can live with that. GPL should have me more than occupied until then.
>It would be nice to see Crammond get a chance to put out the product he
>wants without cutting corners.  The realities of the software industry
>make this next to impossible, however.

>> It will be based on the 1996 cars (Honestly, they have been developing
the
>> game for so long that the car models have become completely out of date
but
>> it would take too long to re-do them)

>> The licence was applied for 1996 season and even though the FIA have
still
>> yet to approve it, when they do only 1996 names and cars/tracks will be
>> permissable.

>That is the same year as the original Ubisoft F1RS.  If Ubisoft got an
>exclusive license than Crammond might have to rethink this.  Anybody
>know the nature of Ubisoft's license?

>> One other bit of good news however is that there may be a built in car
>> editor.

>That should make it much easier for all the great carset artists out
>there.  And if the license falls through, Crammond can go the route of
>Monaco Grand Prix (F1RS2) and let the user fix it himself.

>> Hope you find this interesting.

>Definitely.  Thanks for posting.

>Dave Ewing