Good points, and I probably wouldn't care too much for a current F1
sim either. I prefer cars that put a roof over my head and a somewhat
similar to the vehicles I drive in real life. I do realize though that
there are millions of F1 fans worldwide that would support a modern F1
sim so my preference shouldn't stop them.
But W.W.II flightsims are more than just flightsims. If they were
limited to just flying 1940's airplanes then yes, that would be
absurd, but there is much more to it than that. Every mission can feel
like a completely different game, with new enemies and new scenery all
the time.
If there were more strategy behind GPL I could probably lose myself in
the era that it is simulating, but with no pitstops, no machine guns,
and tirewear being of little concern, all we are left with is a hotlap
competition.
I do love the *sim* part of the game though. I spent the past 2 hours
tweaking my Osring setup, and had a blast learning the new track. I'll
probably spend another hour messing with it after I write this, all
the while wishing it was a Viper I tweaking instead of an Eagle. <G>
> I agree completely with you that not everyone shares my/our '60s
> fascination with F1 racing, but to call 'the time travel element of
> GPL absurd' doesn't make any sense to me.
> Are WWII flightsims absurd? Are strategy games like Age of Empires
> absurd because they are not situated in our time?
> GPL is a sim of '60s F1 racing. Simply because racing (my personal
> opinion, and obiously Papyrus' opinion) was far more interesting
than
> current F1 racing.
> Imagine Papyrus would make a current F1 sim with the physics of
GPL...
> I'm 100% sure I'd still prefer GPL, because F1 cars from the 60s
were
> far more challenging, interesting and simply more fun to drive. Not
to
> mention that allmost all tracks were far more challenging in that
era.
> Andre
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2000 16:03:15 -0600, "Tracey A Miller"
> >By this you mean that one must be insane not to share your
fascination
> >with 1960's F1 cars? In that case I'd guess that the majority of
the
> >worlds population must be "bananas" outside of this newsgroup.
> >Give me GPL physics with SCGT's car selection (and ability to make
our
> >own) and I'll be in sim heaven.
> >Don't get me wrong though, when I have to chose between physics and
> >modern cars I boot GPL *almost* every time.
> >"Andre Warringa" wrote
> >> Someone has gone bananas here....
> >> >Unfortunately the realism of the GPL physics engine is
superceded
> >by
> >> >the absurdity of the time travel element of the game.
> >> >What SCGT lacks in physics it makes up for with it's
underpinning
> >in
> >> >reality. Hopefully when WSC ships we will no longer have to
> >sacrifice
> >> >one reality for the other
