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| "There's a dry line in the tunnel -
Peter Tilmanis | unsurprisingly, you might say, as it
| - Murray Walker, 1996 Monaco GP
>> Well, we can't do that... The problem is licensing. We do not have
>> the rights to use the ICR2 tracks in NASCAR 1.x or NASCAR 2. In order
>> to let you all use them online, we have to have the tracks on our
>> servers. We can't do that.
>> Sorry! :-(
>> Ed Martin
>I'm sorry too, Ed. We will just have to live with that one.
>Thanks for the response. Do you get frustrated with all this licensing
>stuff too?
>When it's time to play, it's tough to think about limitations. Yeah, I
>know it all protects someone down the line...but play time is PLAY time.
>Mike (Dr2) (severely bumm'd)
Beyond that, we have a full-time person handling licensing/contracts.
It's just a nightmare. Just take a look at the end credits of any of
our games & watch the LONG list of licenses that scroll by.
Of course, in the end, it all adds to the realism of our games, so
it's worth it!
Ed Martin
Producer, Series Director
NASCAR Racing League
Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.
We never promised 32-player support for ICR 2, it CERTAINLY did not
"say it on the game" as you mention in your post.
Way, way back, we thought about it, but we never went very far with
the idea. There may have been some chatter up here on r.a.s. about
it, but that's about it.
Ed Martin
Producer, Series Director
NASCAR Racing League
Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Gene
