rec.autos.simulators

by **Arto Wik** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

I join the gang! No racing sim is even near the level of GPL.
Many, many thanks Papy!

This is also so true! Thanks to those who have helped me. And thanks to
all makers of those great add-ons, patches, ...,
new tracks (well the one :), ...

Arto

by **BP astro** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

Agreed,best sim ever, It almost felt like the first time I had sex when I broke
1:27s at monza. Thanks to all involved!!!

by **Rolf Hansso** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

Yes!

Also let me add a thank you to everyone providing servers on Vroc and to all
league organizers/administrators.

/ / Rolf

by **D&S Schwab** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

I agree wholeheartedly.... Thanks Papy, thanks Alison, thanks Larry Holbert,
and any others I am leaving out.

THANKS!

--dave

--
Dave Schwabe

"If you're in control, you're not going fast enough" -- Parnelli Jones
The Aussie Toad -- GPL Brabham Page
http://users.wi.net/~schwabe

by **Michael Barlo** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

> Yes!

> Also let me add a thank you to everyone providing servers on Vroc and to all
> league organizers/administrators.

Yes. A *BIG* thank you to all the owners of the dedicated hosts. And
an even bigger **THANK YOU** to all the league administrators. Being a
league administrator isn't as easy as many of you think.

--
=========================================================================
Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing and the Admin. to the F3 Invitational
series
=========================================================================
http://members.xoom.com/BarlowRacing/

Racing online with the help of......

Race Communications Association
Holodyne Engineering
Mystic Music
(have Your !!Name/Address!! placed here)

by **Dino** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

Very well put, I couldn't agree more. I would like to add my personal Thank
You to the creators and the many who continue to enhance this fantastic
racing simulator.

DN

by **Phil Winsto** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

> I'm sure I am not the only one who would like to publicly express
> my gratitude to the few people who have babied GPL along since it came
> out. The number of addons and sites (200+) are amazing considering that
> GPL is considered by the industry to be a loser. Well we know it's not.
> I wish I knew the names of all the people at Papyrus who have stuck
> with it and given us the 1.2 patch. They get blamed for Sierra's
> decisions falsely when they should get our appreciation instead.
> As for VROC, SpyBoy and now WinVROC.. These people deserve
> recognition and a great deal of thanks from all of us for the efforts
> they have put in on their own time. Even if I knew how I'm not sure I
> could show the dedication that has been demonstrated over the past year
> and a half.
> Although it would be easy to name a few of the more well known
> folks I will not because that would detract from the knowledge that
> there are probably 10, 20 100?who we don't know.
> So, for all those people who have slaved over a hot keyboard (or
> wheel :o)..............
> THANK YOU! THANKYOU! THANK YOU!
> I call on every GPL driver to make this the longest thread ever on
> ras with your2cents worth.
> And again, thank you.

Couldn't agree more. They're genuises in their own right!

Phil Winstow
ICQ: 57400677

by **Kurt Steinboc** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

"My name is Kurt, and I used to play adventure and strategy games."
"Hi, Kurt."
"But now I play GPL."
"Boy, have you got a problem."

Seriously, I'm here by accident. About two years ago I got a new computer
with a real, honest to God 3D card, and thought I would see what it could do
(Road Rash came with the computer, if that gives you any clue). Found Need
for Speed, Nascar2, ICR2 and this newsgroup in pretty short order.

Then, in April about two years ago, someone named Papyrus released the GPL
demo. That was all she wrote.

I have saved HUNDREDS of dollars I would have spent on other games. I have
poured all of that and more into peripherals, cards and accessories for GPL.
And it's been worth every penny.

Thanks to all who make this a great little community of interest.

Kurt

by **Glen Pittma** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

I would like to say thanks also. This is by far The Best Simulation (or
game for all you people who refuse to admit the realism of this piece of
art, probably because it kicked your a$$) that has been written for the PC.
It has set the standard for Motorsports Software to shoot for, and will
probably never get the credit for so many sleepless nights by programmers
for other companies. ( See EA, it's not always about Papyrus, you guys get
amention every now and then.)

Thanks Papy!
Glen Pittman

by **Matt & Ton** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

Gotta agree... The only game that I have ever logged 10+ hours a week since
it's release over a year ago!

Warlock!

> I'm sure I am not the only one who would like to publicly express
> my gratitude to the few people who have babied GPL along since it came
> out. The number of addons and sites (200+) are amazing considering that
> GPL is considered by the industry to be a loser. Well we know it's not.
> I wish I knew the names of all the people at Papyrus who have stuck
> with it and given us the 1.2 patch. They get blamed for Sierra's
> decisions falsely when they should get our appreciation instead.
> As for VROC, SpyBoy and now WinVROC.. These people deserve
> recognition and a great deal of thanks from all of us for the efforts
> they have put in on their own time. Even if I knew how I'm not sure I
> could show the dedication that has been demonstrated over the past year
> and a half.
> Although it would be easy to name a few of the more well known
> folks I will not because that would detract from the knowledge that
> there are probably 10, 20 100?who we don't know.
> So, for all those people who have slaved over a hot keyboard (or
> wheel :o)..............
> THANK YOU! THANKYOU! THANK YOU!
> I call on every GPL driver to make this the longest thread ever on
> ras with your2cents worth.
> And again, thank you.
> Sincerely,
> John Moore

by **Rick Baumhaue** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

Just had to chime in and add my voice to the rising crescendo here. IMHO,
there has never been a single piece of software written that so completely
succeeds at meeting the loftiest of goals as GPL. It is no mere game - no
game could give the incredible sense of satisfaction of nailing a difficult
corner (let alone a full lap!) the way that GPL does.

Just this afternoon, I knocked another 2 tenths off my pb at the Glen (down
to 1:06.7 in the Ferrari, no Wolfie, but not too shabby), and even if the
rest of the day had been cr*p, that achievement would have made this a Good
Day.

Thanks to everyone at Papyrus for pouring their souls into this work of art.
Thanks to the incredible community that has continued to support and improve
the sim for the past year. Thanks in particular to Alison, whose Coventry
setups made the game seem at least remotely learnable, when I was throwing
the default Lotuses and Brabhams off the road far too often, and whose
Ferrari setups remain my favorite way to experience the depths of the
simulation we have been blessed with. Extra special thanks to Randy
Cassidy, for performance far above the call of duty in getting the FF code
into 1.1 and bringing the sim one more step closer to perfection (and
lightening my wallet by $180 for a LWFF, money very well spent).

With the way the entertainment software industry is going these days, we may
never see another sim like GPL, and that would be a shame (fingers crossed
for GP3, of course). I figure that GPL has at least a few more years left
in it, in any case - I've still only really come to grips with three of the
tracks (Glen, Spa, Monza), and I'm still only hotlapping. That $40
investment is going to keep paying off for a LONG time to come.

Rick

by **Joe Sha** » Tue, 14 Dec 1999 04:00:00

Starting racing in October of 1998 with GPL ... still at it ... hmmmm.

Joe

by **Larry Hawe** » Wed, 15 Dec 1999 04:00:00

I agree wholeheartedly. GPL has given me a way to experience racing without
the long weekends and enormous amount of money needed to race real time.
Thank Papyrus

LH San Diego, CA

> I'm sure I am not the only one who would like to publicly express
> my gratitude to the few people who have babied GPL along since it came
> out. The number of addons and sites (200+) are amazing considering that
> GPL is considered by the industry to be a loser. Well we know it's not.
> I wish I knew the names of all the people at Papyrus who have stuck
> with it and given us the 1.2 patch. They get blamed for Sierra's
> decisions falsely when they should get our appreciation instead.
> As for VROC, SpyBoy and now WinVROC.. These people deserve
> recognition and a great deal of thanks from all of us for the efforts
> they have put in on their own time. Even if I knew how I'm not sure I
> could show the dedication that has been demonstrated over the past year
> and a half.
> Although it would be easy to name a few of the more well known
> folks I will not because that would detract from the knowledge that
> there are probably 10, 20 100?who we don't know.
> So, for all those people who have slaved over a hot keyboard (or
> wheel :o)..............
> THANK YOU! THANKYOU! THANK YOU!
> I call on every GPL driver to make this the longest thread ever on
> ras with your2cents worth.
> And again, thank you.
> Sincerely,
> John Moore

by **Don Burnett** » Wed, 15 Dec 1999 04:00:00

Ditto here as well.
Awesome job to all involved !

--
Don Burnette
Dburn in N3 and Legends

by **Infoco** » Wed, 15 Dec 1999 04:00:00

Thank you Papyrus, and everyone who've made GPL the best sim ever made. Two
years, and there is still nothing that can beat it.

Q

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