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I was just a little curious to find out if the arcade-racers who frequent
this group (we have to welcome everyone...) are even interested in GPL, or
have they dismissed it as being "a boring sim"?

If you haven't downloaded the new track..are you planning to?.. are you
planning to buy GPL when it comes out.. or could you care less?

just curious..
doktorB
http://www.racesimcentral.net/~drbryan/gpl
For the GPL track files, FAQ (I've got it!), release date updates, and more!

I played the demo briefly when it first came out only to get a feel for what
Nascar 3 would be like. I personally don't care much about road racing and
don't plan on buying the product.

Brian

I have a friend who, due to hardware constraints, had never seen the
demo running anywhere near optimum.  In fact, he had seen it "running"
(if that is the correct term) at below what will be minimum specs.
His comments were, naturally, not complimentary...in fact, one could say
that he was somewhat derisive about the sim.

Last week he was able to upgrade his equipment....still not the optimum
(we aren't all millionaires!) but to a level that will certainly enable
him to enjoy the sim.

He is now enraptured and enthralled by the experience and will sell his
wife and children for scientific experiments in order to be able to buy
the game when it's released.

I am sure that his e***ment and anticipation will be echoed ten
thousand times over.

Later,
John

Remco

If you say so.

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No. I haven't played GPL yet. Why? Well, last year, after spending some
fair amount of change upgrading to a (then) higher-end machine... the
demo hit the streets. At first I was interested, until I read how
"choppy" it was on similiar machines as mine. Remember, I had just spent
$$ to get a machine that N2 runs fluidly with lots of eye candy... and
now I have to start all over again?  No thanks... I wasn't interested in
DL'ing a demo that would make me disgusted with my new machine. Of
course, now that PII400+ machines are out... guys are saying how smooth
it is... but I'm not ready to sink more $$ into *** at this time.

Answer to first question: I'm not an "arcade" racer. Answer to second
question: No, I wouldn't say it looks boring.  It looks like it would be
fun sim. HOWEVER... from all that I've read about it's difficulty level.
I'm now beginning to wonder if I will EVER want to invest that much time
and frustration into simply learing to drive the sim.

No.

Maybe. (To "stockpile" until the time that I might upgrade again.)

Well, it's not that I don't CARE. It's just that I don't want to start
spending hefty dollars to bring my (only) 1-year old machine up to spec
to run it acceptably. Not when I have three sims on it now that run
excellently, and that I haven't exhausted as yet (N2, ICR2, GP2).
Actually, I guess it's disheartening that no matter HOW MUCH you spend
on a machine...it's only good for about a year... and then the next
generation of sims/games will have you back at the bottom of the food
chain... only to start the cycle all over again. At some point, a guy
has to say "it's enough". I guess, for me, that time has come with GPL.

Understand... sort of like: inquiring minds want to know... huh?

Andre Ming
Still using a lowly P233MMX...

Yep, got Watkins Glen the day after ir first appeared on the net, (I
was a bit slow!) and Monza two days after it first appeared
(problems with my modem!).......Oh, bye the way, Thank You.

I prefer sims, (GP1, GP2, F1RS, NASCAR, RAC Rally, Superbike World
Championship, etc) but do enjoy arcade racers too (TOCA, Moto Racer,
Motorhead, Screamer2, MTM, etc)

I think no matter which you enjoy, you would be hard pushed to label
GPL boring! it doesn't matter how good (or bad) you are at driving it,
the fantastic driving and physics modelling is awesome, How can anybody
*NOT* love it to bits!!!!!

The very second I hear about it being released I will be at my local
store, camping outside if necessary......

Hope your curiosity has now been satisfied....

8-)

*Peter*    8-)
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me too i have the marshmellos packed up and ready to go.  i can't wait any
longer, and from christmas my parents said that they will get me a wheel and
pedal set (any ideas on which one to get?).  until then i'm using the
joystick.

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