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by **Ronald Stoeh** » Sat, 23 Oct 1999 04:00:00

> > This is nothing nothing against you personally (just happened to read your
> > post last), but I am SO f#$%en sick of some people on this newsgroup
> > constantly saying everything other than GPL has to be an arcade game. I've
> > played GPL. It's a great sim. Great fun too. But it's nothing like being
> in
> > a real life 67 F1 car.

> <opening a can or worms>

> How do you know it's not like a real life 67 F1 car David ? ;-)

> </oacow>

Easy: because it's not, it's a good simulation, that's what it is... ;^)

l8er
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by **Bruce Kennewel** » Sat, 23 Oct 1999 04:00:00

You really are an extremely rude and arrogant individual, aren't you?
Do you gain some sense of superiority in being able to denigrate people,
whom you have never met, from a position of remote anonymity?
You are a rather sad person. I sympathise with your parents.

> Well you win the award for pointless post of the day.

> Publishers post dates so that people are prepared for the release and
> know when to go into stores to get their game. More importantly for most
> publishers and developers it means the magazines and retail can get their
> acts together. Can you imagine releasing a game without anyone knowing it
> was out? I shudder to think how poorly it'd do.

> It seems publishers can't win. They give a quarter and people say "That's
> not accurate enough, they're obviously gonna slip a lot and are using
> this to cover" and if they give a date and miss it by *two* days (so far)
> they get meaningless drivel like this.

> Why don't you adopt the form of not looking at release dates and being
> surprised when games are released or just playing the sims you have and
> picking up the new ones whenever.

> M

> >I quote (from Hasbro/Micropros)

> >"You will be able to download the Spirit of Speed 1937 playable demo
> >from here by 20th October 1999."

> >See it for yourself at http://www.spiritofspeed1937.com/ Select the
> >"Demo" link.

> >My thoughts are, this is a pretty bold statement, and one that has made
> >them not look good because they missed the date. Why do we have to go
> >through this with every SIM that comes out. I'd like to think that
> >developers are smarter than this (because I am one).

> >How about this instead: "You will be able to download the Spirit of
> >Speed 1937 playable demo from here some time in the last quarter of
> >1999."

> >At least then if they target for the beginning of the Quarter (Oct 1)
> >then they have themselves a 3 month buffer, and we (the SIM Community)
> >don't expect to see it until December, and when it actuall arrives on
> >the shelf some time in November, everyone's happy.

> >And who ever decided that a release date should be published. Wouldn't
> >it be nice if one day we just walked into the local software store and
> >went "Hey... Spirit of Speed 1937... What's this?". I know... the
> >anticipation of it coming is part of the hype.

> >Just me thinking out loud..

> >Dean

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by **Edwin Solhei** » Sat, 23 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Oz: 1 - USA: Nill!!

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> Thanks David, for putting that into perspective.
> No doubt you often wander out to your garage and fire up your 1967 BT24
for
> a quick run to the shops?

by **Bob Curti** » Sat, 23 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Delayed gratification? Are you out of your skull?

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by **Don Hanco** » Sat, 23 Oct 1999 04:00:00

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 09:18:55 +0200, "Edwin Solheim"

>I really dont like the text-dispaly at all and IMHO the "1/5" thing in the
>middle does point towards a arcade-game I'm afraid...

Because I suck and I want to know, when running the Nascar
series, I press F2 to see where I stand. I WANT to know what position
I'm in (whether that's realistic or not, it's nice to have). Maybe
the fact that I know something a REAL driver wouldn't (where he stands
on the track in relation to the other drivers) makes it arcade? No.
Unrealistic? yes. Desirable? To me - yes.
They could put a "1/5" in the middle of the screen in GPL and
it wouldn't make it any more of an arcade game than it is now.

Gunner

by **Bruce Kennewel** » Sun, 24 Oct 1999 04:00:00

I think it would, Don. Simply by the very fact that the not-too-subtle
graphic would be floating in mid-air tends to make it "arcady", in my
opinion. A pop-up would be far less intrusive and certainly make the main
"driving" window more sim, less arcade.

BK

> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 09:18:55 +0200, "Edwin Solheim"

> >I really dont like the text-dispaly at all and IMHO the "1/5" thing in
the
> >middle does point towards a arcade-game I'm afraid...

> Because I suck and I want to know, when running the Nascar
> series, I press F2 to see where I stand. I WANT to know what position
> I'm in (whether that's realistic or not, it's nice to have). Maybe
> the fact that I know something a REAL driver wouldn't (where he stands
> on the track in relation to the other drivers) makes it arcade? No.
> Unrealistic? yes. Desirable? To me - yes.
> They could put a "1/5" in the middle of the screen in GPL and
> it wouldn't make it any more of an arcade game than it is now.

> Gunner

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by **Ronald Stoeh** » Sun, 24 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Bruce Kennewell schrieb:

Oh, the nitpicking. To me the pop-ups in Nascar2/3 are just as well in
mid-air, just somehow inside the***pit, hovering over the (not existing)
passenger seat... ;^)

Maybe I'm just too optimistic about this sim.

l8er
ronny

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by **Steve Ferguso** » Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:00:00

: Because I suck and I want to know, when running the Nascar
: series, I press F2 to see where I stand. I WANT to know what position
: I'm in (whether that's realistic or not, it's nice to have). Maybe
: the fact that I know something a REAL driver wouldn't (where he stands
: on the track in relation to the other drivers) makes it arcade? No.
: Unrealistic? yes. Desirable? To me - yes.
: They could put a "1/5" in the middle of the screen in GPL and
: it wouldn't make it any more of an arcade game than it is now.
: Gunner

Exactly. To hell with historical accuracy (as long as you can toggle it
for the diehards). I hate the one-lap delay on the pit board with GPL,
but this is just my opinion. I would love to know what position I am
dicing for, without having to do the math in my head. there isn't a lot
of room left for even simple addition and subtraction when I am trying to
put a move on Surtees while drifting towards that ***y wall just after
Malmedy.

Stephen

by **Meij** » Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Probably

M

by **Meij** » Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:00:00

No sense of superiority at all Bruce. I recall a period when almost every
post from you was a "witty" one liner generally taking the***out of the
previous poster. A case of the pot calling the kettle grimy arse perhaps?

BTW I'll be sure to pass on your sympathies to my parents when I speak to
them next, I'm fairly sure they'll be pleased to know you're thinking of
them.

M

by **Bruce Kennewel** » Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Isn't that saying "a case of the pot calling the kettle black"?

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by **David B. Harriso** » Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:00:00

David the site is put together by our publisher not Broadsword, I believe
the demo will be available as from tomorrow, but I cannot promise that.

I will put you on my own personal mailing list for updated information, that
is the best I can do I am afraid. We have been told a release date of 5th
November here in the UK I am still waiting for confirmation from our
publisher of the schedule for the rest of the world.

Regards

Nicola Scurlock

As I posted earlier, I wrote Broadsword figuring that Hasbro wouldn't be as likely
to respond. I received the above response this morning.. DBH
I guess we'll see.

by **Meij** » Tue, 26 Oct 1999 04:00:00

This is more of a regional variation than a replacement. Same thing at the
end of the day

by **Bruce Kennewel** » Wed, 27 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Oh, fine. I thought it may have been the "politically correct" version.

> This is more of a regional variation than a replacement. Same thing at the
> end of the day

> >Isn't that saying "a case of the pot calling the kettle black"?

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by **Meij** » Wed, 27 Oct 1999 04:00:00

Just picture deepest mid 20th century Yorkshire and political correctness and
try not to laugh. I *dare* you :P

M

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