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Microprose's startling re-enactment of 1937 Grand prix Racing

Bruce Kennewel

Microprose's startling re-enactment of 1937 Grand prix Racing

by Bruce Kennewel » Wed, 18 Aug 1999 04:00:00

:o)
(It just *begged* for a response such as mine! Sorry mate.)




> : (snip)
> : I thought the 30s cars had skinny round tyres - these beasts
> : look like they've just been stripped off a combine harvester
> : (unsnip)

> : Most of the  cars of that era.....and all eras, when I come to think
about
> : it.....had round tyres, Richard.  There was some rumour that during the
dark
> : years of WW1 the Germans were experimenting with oval tyres....and there
is
> : some strength to this rumour, as can be seen in the period photographs,
with
> : the cars "leaning forward" and their tyres displaying a definite ovoid
> : shape.

> : But round tyres became the norm as they simply provided a much more
> : comfortable ride for the occupants of the vehicle.

>   Lol....

>   Oh there's always one clever sod isn't there.

>   Just to be completely clear "I thought 30s cars had skinny tyres with
> a round cross-section."

> --
> Richard G. Clegg     Only the mind is waving
> Dept. of Mathematics (Network Control group) Uni. of York.

> www: http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Martin Urs

Microprose's startling re-enactment of 1937 Grand prix Racing

by Martin Urs » Wed, 18 Aug 1999 04:00:00


        I expected all of us to be driving hovercars by the year 2000.
I also thought we'd all be wearing silver jumpsuits.

        There's still time!

Martin
Nigel Mansell RIP!

Bruce Kennewel

Microprose's startling re-enactment of 1937 Grand prix Racing

by Bruce Kennewel » Wed, 18 Aug 1999 04:00:00

WHOOOOOSH!  Through to the keeper!! :o)


Ryan Mitchle

Microprose's startling re-enactment of 1937 Grand prix Racing

by Ryan Mitchle » Fri, 20 Aug 1999 04:00:00



> Anyone remember the old (non-autosim) titles "Lemmings" and "Prince of
> Persia"? I mention those because they had, from today's point of view,
> really awful graphics. Nonetheless, they were masterpieces in
> animation IMO.

> PoP was a 2D jump'n run where you had to guide your playing figure
> through different levels. The prince could jump and run (what a
> surprise :) , and even though the figure consisted only of a few
> pixels and used only maybe five or six animation stages for each move,
> the motions looked extarordinarily 'real'.

Yeah ! Prince of Persia was an awesome game, all round. I must have
been about 15 when I first played it, Anyone know its original release date?
The animation was stunning for the technology, and the game had a real
sense of atmosphere and danger.

Does anyone remember the game Defender of the Crown ? (DEFinitely
non-racing, but I spent hours playing it until I could amass ridiculously
large armies to crush my opposition in seconds ;-) )

Viper Racing has a great framerate, although as everyone must know by
now, it suffers from a lack of apparent speed. I love the game though,
especially for the marvelous dynamics, crash damage and force feedback
which resembles wrestling a tiger!

Powerslide, too, has an awesome framerate, even on low-spec'd machines
and diverse video cards.

Ryan


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