rec.autos.simulators

>I'd love a great game but everyone as too high hopes for this.

> >> Um, not sure where you're going with that. Game Developers are there to make
> >> money, either for luxury yachts to to scrape a day old loaf of bread.. they
> >> do it for the money... an "open" game is a dream.

> >Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000! No dream, as open as you can get...and
> >made by M$ :).

> Or take a look at flightgear.org. People creating a
> commercial-quality flight sim for the love of flying planes.
> Great. FS2K might be open, but it's a very bad fps-wise, no
> matter what kind of hardware you throw at it. Also, its
> (obviously) limited to the Windows platform. Oh, you say no
> source code available? Not exactly "open" by any stretch of the
> imagination.

> > Or take a look at flightgear.org. People creating a
> > commercial-quality flight sim for the love of flying planes.
> > Great. FS2K might be open, but it's a very bad fps-wise, no
> > matter what kind of hardware you throw at it. Also, its
> > (obviously) limited to the Windows platform. Oh, you say no
> > source code available? Not exactly "open" by any stretch of the
> > imagination.

> So apart from 3rd party aircraft, instruments, scenery, flight models,
> adventures and ATC, it's not open :). How much more open does it need to
> be?

>Sim racing is not a "game" to me.....its my hobby.  Its no more a "game" to
>me than golf could be called a "game" to a golfer.  I also know many
>golfer's who've spent twice that much money on their golf clubs, shoes,
>clothing.....lessons, golf balls....then they spend $100 every weekend to go
>play!  I have nearly $10K invested in computers, sound system, race seat
>(with vibration "actuators"....alone these cost more than many people's
>computer cost).....$500 dollars for a good racing sim would be "par" for the
>course.....and money well spent in my opinion.  $40 dollars spent on some
>"arcade game masquerading as a racing simulation".....was too much to
>pay....we've all done it and been pissed about it later.  I guarantee you
>that if someone had the balls to charge $500 for a racing simulation....it
>would be an awesome racing simulation....I wouldn't bat an eye to buy WSC if
>that's what it ended up costing.  It won't....but just making a point with
>you.

>You should know that there's lots of wealthy people....who love racing as
>much as we do.  They are just now finding out about this "secret" we've been
>keeping from them.....and they don't hesitate to spend money on something
>they like to do.  I know two guys....both are having full-size Winston Cup
>style***pits made for them....for their dens.  And they are putting in
>"plasma screens".....where the windshields should go....at $40K each!

>Tom

>   Wasn't there a civilian flight sim that cost hundreds of dollars?   I've
> been out
> of the FS loop for a while so pardon me if I'm off base...I seem to remember
> reading
> about some hugely expensive title that had finally undergone a large price
> reduction.

>>Dude, if I had THAT kind of money, I sure wouldn't be spending it on
>>sims.  I'd be doing it for REAL...<G>  I can't imagine spending more for
>>the plasma screen than my parents paid for their HOUSE...<shrug>
>>Like I said - must be nice to have that kind of money.  I wouldn't know
>>- I'll never have it...

>>Eldred

>Plasma screens?

>considering they only go for about 8k for the 50" widescreen, the largest  
>avalible.....

>Or they could spend 5-6 on a great data projector and screen.....

>They're either idiots, or you're lying.