Have to second John Bodin's comments. SoS 1937
was (and is) good. Just lacked decent control
responses and Bob Church has the ticket for that.
The URL for what looks like the last current
source of SoS1937 is:
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
and the price is 19.95...New Zealand...which works
out to about 8.50 USD. Add shipping and the price
rises to, oh, somewhere between $15 to $20. And,
as a huge fan of SoS, I'd have to say it's well
worth it. :)
FWIW, I don't think Test Drive Le Mans was a
Broadsword project. Or, if it was, it is not
currently listed on their website.
On Mon, 21 May 2001 22:21:19 GMT,
>David,
>Since YOU brought it up, <G> have you tried the full version of SoS,
>or only the demo? I REALLY wanted to like the demo, and I recently
>acquired the full version after reading this review of a utility
>called "CTFJ" from StickWorks:
>http://www.racesimcentral.net/
>As I said, after reading Brad's review of the CTFJ utility, I bought
>the full version of SoS, and I've been having a blast. Once you can
>properly steer, accelerate, and brake, it becomes much like NFSPU in
>terms of sheer fun -- the driving model reminds me quite a bit of Test
>Drive Le Mans (was that also produced by Broadsword, by chance?), and
>it's ideal for a fun, relaxed sim racing diversion. I especially like
>the historic aspect -- that REALLY sets it apart from other "relaxed"
>racers, IMO.
>I just completed my first championship season in a Duesenberg last
>week, in fact, and I came in second -- the racing may not have been as
>intense as GPL, but it was without a doubt more fun. Rather than
>driving with an eye toward t*** seconds off my lap time, it became
>a matter of duelling with the competition for postion, and trying to
>maintain the lead once I got out there (something that wasn't always
>possible).
>FWIW, Donington is even better in the full version than in the demo --
>for some reason the full version runs a lot more smoothly overall than
>the demo, and with all the details cranked up and 4x FSAA enabled, it
>looks great and I don't even notice that it's only running at 800 x
>600 screen resolution.
>Great fun overall, and a MUCH better game than we gave it credit for
>in the first place.
>Just my $0.02.
>-- JB
>P.S. The only place I know of where you can find the full version of
>SoS these days is a little software company in New Zealand -- they've
>got it for $19.99, I believe. If you'd like details LMK and I can
>post their URL later.
>>Went to Donington today (last-minute decision, as it wasn't actually
>>raining). Lots of excellent old cars ('twas a VSCC meeting) being
>>hurled about, and a fantastic paddock (Bugattis, Bentleys,
>>Maseratis...), but let's face it, most of us went to see the Auto
>>Unions, 1937, 1938 and (1500cc) 1939 vintage.
>>As Simon Taylor (commentating) pointed out, it's remarkable how
>>different the '37 (Type C) and '38 (Type D) cars look - the Type D
>>rides very noticeably lower.
>>Only a demonstration (boo!), but at a reasonable speed, and we were
>>treated to a great tailslide out of Goddards by the Type C in the
>>afternoon demo. Also a nice selection of other Audi products - BTCC and
>>DTM touring cars, an S1 quattro rally car and the 1999 and 2000 Le Mans
>>cars. Perry McCarthy in the '99 car seemed not to know what a
>>"demonstration run" meant - he started at the back of the convoy and
>>ended up nearly lapping them!
>>Those Auto Unions have incredible presence, and they sound fantastic.
>>It's amazing to think that the Auto Union was Bernd Rosemeyer's first
>>racing car - he thought all cars were like that! One sad note - one of
>>Audi's team today was to have been Michele Alboreto, much missed by
>>all.
>>Luckily the racing was good enough to make me forget it, but the
>>thought came back later - *why* did Microprose have to *** up what
>>might well be the only 1930s driving sim ever? *GNAAAAAAHHH!*
>>--
>>David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92; Monsters of GPLRank h/cap +282.87)
>>The GPL Scrapyard: http://www.racesimcentral.net/
>>"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
>>really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.
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