rec.autos.simulators

>> While we cannot release the exact details of what we are working on at
>> the moment, an official statement will be issued in a few days, so
>> stay tuned. Trust us, your eyes will bleed with pleasure. It will
>> definitely be worth the wait.

>> Regards,

>> Ian Bell - MD, VP Public Relations
>> Eric Boosman - VP Product Development
>> Stephen Baystead - VP Corporate Development

>  So your finally going to tackle the Holy Grail of computer ***...your
>are going to make a better Solitaire game????????

>dave henrie
>(this will teach them for keeping me outta the loop! )  LOL

> Regards,

> Ian Bell - MD, VP Public Relations
> Eric Boosman - VP Product Development
> Stephen Baystead - VP Corporate Development

> Hello fans of SBDT and GT Racing 2002.

> There have been a lot of questions about the future of SBDT and our upcoming
> releases, and we are going to address those questions, and many of the
> rumors circulating in our sim racing community.

> Currently our team is working diligently on a new game that will truly blow
> you away, and make GT Racing 2002 look like just another mod. We have a
> slightly changed lineup and our new members are already producing brilliant
> work. SBDT is better than ever, and burning with a new flame. The attention
> to detail and realism that you've grown to love and expect from SBDT has
> only increased.

> We have been experimenting with new technologies to bring us all one step
> closer to that racing nirvana we are all searching for, so expect to see
> some new things that you haven't seen in any racing game to date. We've also
> taken to heart many suggestions from the community, along with the physics
> debate that has been going on in this community well before our time. This
> game will be bigger and better than ever. More detailed, more exacting, more
> accurate physics, better multiplayer (thanks to the improvements to the
> engine), and a bigger lineup.

> While we cannot release the exact details of what we are working on at the
> moment, an official statement will be issued in a few days, so stay tuned.
> Trust us, your eyes will bleed with pleasure. It will definitely be worth
> the wait.

> Regards,

> Ian Bell - MD, VP Public Relations
> Eric Boosman - VP Product Development
> Stephen Baystead - VP Corporate Development

>>While we cannot release the exact details of what we are working on at the
>>moment, an official statement will be issued in a few days, so stay tuned.
>>Trust us, your eyes will bleed with pleasure. It will definitely be worth
>>the wait.

>>Regards,

>>Ian Bell - MD, VP Public Relations
>>Eric Boosman - VP Product Development
>>Stephen Baystead - VP Corporate Development

> Looks like I may have to make room for the wheel and pedals again!

> - Dave Cook

>> > I hope I am not reading to much into this, or dreaming too much might be
>> > even a better statement. But let's hope this new "thing" is going to use
>> > the NR2k3 engine.

>> I doubt it.  They generally seem to prefer to use the engine with the best
>> physics.

>Thats arse backwards then. N2k3 has a much better physics engine than F12k2.
>Anyone suggesting otherwise is a) stupid  b) a liar

>However - their latest announcement suggests they'll be using ISI's latest
>engine ( thus f12k2 )

> > Thats arse backwards then. N2k3 has a much better physics engine than
> F12k2.

> well, N2k3 surely has better feel and F12k2 has way too much highspeed grip,
> but...

> Papy's physics use pre-determined curves, variables and functions for
> suspension modeling, but ISI's engine models them in real time. Papy's
> engine really isn't very comfortable for modders; a lot of research has to
> ne done to calculate those functions. With ISI engine, you can better and
> more easily simulate different kinds of cars by inputting right suspension
> configurations and geometries.

> The information / concept might not be correct, but this is how I have
> understood it from reading various interviews and forums.

>>> While we cannot release the exact details of what we are working on at
>>> the moment, an official statement will be issued in a few days, so
>>> stay tuned. Trust us, your eyes will bleed with pleasure. It will
>>> definitely be worth the wait.

>>> Regards,

>>> Ian Bell - MD, VP Public Relations
>>> Eric Boosman - VP Product Development
>>> Stephen Baystead - VP Corporate Development

>>  So your finally going to tackle the Holy Grail of computer ***...your
>>are going to make a better Solitaire game????????

>>dave henrie
>>(this will teach them for keeping me outta the loop! )  LOL

>Oh, dang..  I thought my new Solitare version would be the first.  Beat to the
>punch yet again ;-)

>>>> While we cannot release the exact details of what we are working on at
>>>> the moment, an official statement will be issued in a few days, so
>>>> stay tuned. Trust us, your eyes will bleed with pleasure. It will
>>>> definitely be worth the wait.

>>>> Regards,

>>>> Ian Bell - MD, VP Public Relations
>>>> Eric Boosman - VP Product Development
>>>> Stephen Baystead - VP Corporate Development

>>>  So your finally going to tackle the Holy Grail of computer ***...your
>>>are going to make a better Solitaire game????????

>>>dave henrie
>>>(this will teach them for keeping me outta the loop! )  LOL

>>Oh, dang..  I thought my new Solitare version would be the first.  Beat to
>the
>>punch yet again ;-)

>Well, I'd have only been interested in this if the physics have been
>done right.  Oh, and as long as its got decent multiplayer support.
>Hate to be moving my card on to pile 3 to find that I got that I got
>some bad latency and my card ploughed through pile 3, taking out piles
>4, 5 and 6 along the way.  Cards everywhere.  It'd be very messy.
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