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Actually, I did write to both Dean and Eric privately.  I waited for
several business days, and neither of them responded, so I went public
with my review.  That's when Dean reacted.

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Randy, I appreciate your opinion, but I must say that *I* benefit
greatly from knowing that I'm not alone with a particular problem.
Somehow it makes it a little easier to stop pulling out my hair looking
for a solution if I know that others are having the same problem - and
not finding a solution.

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Actualy, I must admit that I rather like Dave Otterness' comment.  Not
that I'm a ***; it's just that it's so absurd, it's funny.

I *am* sorry that Dean left the group.  I seriously doubt if it was my
review alone that made him do it; I don't think I'm that powerful!  But,
really, I think the entity which caused Dean's headaches was Microsoft
itself, which put themselves in the position they are in by releasing a
product that really wasn't ready.  Was it rushed out to make the
Christmas season?  Seems likely, but I suppose we'll never know.

I do very much appreciate Dean's participation in this group.  I
understand it was on his own time, and that he has an infant child, and
obviously it all got to be a bit much.  I wish him well.

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so I can't return
it to EB for an exchange! >>

I bet if you called Microsoft you could probably get a refund or exchange for
another product.  If you couldn't I'm sure a lot of people here would love to
know about it.

Just tell 'em you kept it because of the patch promise but your patience has
run out....see what happens.

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one-liner that you walked straight into. So that apparently means everyone
*else* here is stupid. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigght... >>

You think his comment was humorous?  Wow, I thought I'd seen everything.  His
little "good one-liner" is something I would expect to hear in a schoolyard,
and there's nothing humorous about it.  Its just juvenile.

Randy
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Here's a hint for the humor-challenged.  Things are generally funnier if
there's an element of truth in them.

Randy
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Oooooooo!  Wow!  What a great way to settle a difference of opinion!

Does this mean that if we race and you beat me, that proves that I'm
full of baloney and CPR is a great game?  Hmmmm?

I'm very interested in online racing, but I'm not interested in a grudge
match, David.  And I don't do stock cars, I'm afraid.

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Hopefully!  I really am looking forward to the patch.  As I said in my
review, I think CPR has great potential, and it looks like the patch
will address some of the most serious issues.

BTW, I need to say that Dean was right in one respect.  I should have
read the newsgroup more thoroughly before going public with my review.
I'd started letting the newsgroup slide when I got ahold of SODA before
Thanksgiving.  SODA was just so compelling, I couldn't tear myself away
long enough to read the newsgroup, especially with all the family around
during the holiday.  Then when I got CPR just after Thanksgiving, I was
so eager to try it, too, that I just never got back to the newsgroup.

Anyway, while Dean was reading my review the other night and framing his
reply, I was catching up on the newsgroup.  I didn't find fixes for my
various issues, but there was a lot of good information, and I found
that many people were experiencing many of the same problems I'd had.

Also, as Dean pointed out, if I'd read the newsgroup, I could have
mentioned the patch in my review, which would have lessened the sting of
my comments.

And, had I spent some time perusing the Apex web site, I'd have found a
bunch of setups that would have addressed at least one of my other
complaints, that of having lousy setups supplied with the sim.  Of
course, that doesn't mean there shouldn't be good setups in the sim,
especially since TRI's FAQ says that CPR will include good setups,
unlike other sims.

Thanks, Randy!  I agree.  I'm really hoping the dead zone adjustment in
the patch will fix this problem.

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This is a very good point.  It's obvious from the posts here that a lot
of people do not have this problem, because they love CPR - and I think
anyone who is experiencing the kind of steering response I've got would
have a hard time loving it!  

I have been trying to understand why I have the problem on both of my
machines, while a lot of other people don't have it at all, but I don't
have an explanation yet.  

My computers are both fairly standard, too.  One is an ASUS TX
motherboard with an Intel P-166, 32 mb SDRAM, Soundblaster 16, Screamin'
3D card, Thrustmaster ACM game card, a Thrustmaster T2, and Win95b.  The
other is an Intel motherboard with P-133, 32 mb FPM RAM, ESS 1688 sound
card, Intergraph Intense 3D card, Adaptec 2940 SCSI, Thrustmaster ACM
card, Thrustmaster GP1 with CH Pro pedals, and Win95a.  Both have 16-bit
network cards, both have DirectX 5.  Nothing radically bizarre here.

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On Thu, 11 Dec 1997 16:08:26 -0500, Barton Spencer Brown

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