rec.autos.simulators

> >writes
> >>All I have to say is that the first game publisher to actually realize
> >>that most of the domestic market wouldn't give a game like GP2 a second
> >>thought once a GOOD drag racing sim came out stands to make a LOT of
> >>money.

> >"Most" of the domestic market?! Really?

> >I may be in the UK, but even from here I would have thought drag racing
> >is virtually dictionary definition of "niche". I'm not a particular
> >NASCAR fan (the sport), but I enjoy running NASCAR because it's fun to
> >drive - loose, door-to-door, pitstops. You know - "driving".

> As I understand it, the order of popularity of racing in the US is
> 1 NASCAR
> 2 NHRA racing (drag racing)
> 3 Indycar

> An average person in the US has no idea what "F1" is, and "Indycar"
> just means the Indy500.

> But  drag racing sim... I'm not knowledgable about drag racing, but I
> could imagine a sim being done well, and it being popular here. It
> would have almost no relation to the sorts of things GP2, ICR2, or
> NASCAR are about- It would probably have to be intensely graphics and
> audio oriented. It would be an interesting challenge to make- no need
> to worry about AI, no huge, meandering tracks to digitize and fit in
> to memory. Just fantastic graphics speed for a short time, and trying
> to convey accelleration to the user- tough.

> All in all, it would probably share more programming in common with
> some of the bowling sims that are pretty popular here, than with
> another racing sim.

> : Or how about a simulation of the Ford GT40's, MKII's and Cobras
> : contesting the Ferraris and Porsches for the GT and Prototype
> : Championships in the mid 60's.  They ran endurance races on many of
these
> : tracks.

> That would be great!!! Another cool idea would be to revisit the concept of
> the program STREET ROD which started you out with $1200 and let you buy a
> used car through the paper and soup it up and race it on the streets.
> Chevelles, Talladegas, Vettes etc. Would be a really cool concept on
> Hawaii; challenging people to drags for their pink slips

> > : Or how about a simulation of the Ford GT40's, MKII's and Cobras
> > : contesting the Ferraris and Porsches for the GT and Prototype
> > : Championships in the mid 60's.  They ran endurance races on many of
> these
> > : tracks.

>Modem/multiplayer play would let competitors brag about their cars -
>and then pit them against one another.

>: : Or how about a simulation of the Ford GT40's, MKII's and Cobras
>: : contesting the Ferraris and Porsches for the GT and Prototype
>: : Championships in the mid 60's.  They ran endurance races on many of these
>: : tracks.

>: Oh, yes please, could you please.  These were the cars that I fell in
>: love with when I first got hooked on racing.  Talk about cool cars.
>: I've always wanted a Ford GT40 or MKII.  Putting one in a sim is the
>: closest I'll ever come to owning one.  

>: Hope the above doesn't date me too much ;-)

>I would kill for an SCCA Trans-Am sim. Imagine driving George Follmer's
>schoolbus-yellow Boss 302, or Mark Donahue's Penske Z28, or an AAR
>'Cuda.

> I just received a card in the mail from Papyrus for a game called Road Rash.
> It's a motorcycle/combat game that has graphics similiar to the type used
> in NFS. Is this something just heard of, or has this been in discussion for
> awhile? Also, is it a given that their next simulation will be on 4 tires..?
> Just curious