When I first got the sim, I noticed the same thing. In my opinion, the
Superbird just didnt look right. But......instead of complaing about it, I
look. In the time it took you to post here, you could have taken out the
quarters. Papy made it easy enough for us to do.
> My responses to John's comments follow his comments in the text below:
> > >Superbirds in NASCAR Legends aren't Plymouth Superbirds...They
> > >are Dodge Charger Daytonas. Is anyone else out there extremely
> > >ticked off that Papy had the audacity to think that we were
> > >stupid enough to accept that just because they called it a
> > >Plymouth Superbird it was one?
> > Uhhhh, no.
> Well, at least I know you aren't. I guess you accept incompetence,
> mediocracy, and ineptitude.
> > >Papy just copied their Charger Daytonas (and short track
> > >Chargers) and then called them Superbirds and Roadrunners
> > >(short track). I'm sorry, but putting a Plymouth logo on the
> > >bottom of the driver screen does NOT turn a Dodge Charger
> > >Daytona into a Plymouth Superbird.
> > If you don't like the nameplates on the dashboard, edit the 3do files
and
> > remove them.
> It's not a matter of changing nameplates. If guys like Petty and Hamilton
> drove Superbirds and Roadrunners, then give me cars that look like
> Superbirds and Roadrunners. Don't give me Charger Daytonas and Chargers
and
> then call them Plymouths for the drivers that drove Plymouths and expect
me
> to accept it.
> > >Look at all the screen photo shots of Richard Petty's Superbird
> > >in the opening sequence and then compare those to what is being
> > >called a Superbird in the game.
> > Cool opening sequence.
> Yes it is.
> > >The major problems are the
> > >use of the Charger hood and the "scallops" behind the front
> > >wheel wells on each side panel (shouldn't be on a Superbird/
> > >Roadrunner) and the lack of the Superbird/Roadrunner's side
> > >"scoop" which is located behind the door and just in front of
> > >the rear wheel wells on each side panel. The rear panel also
> > >has the Charger's round taillights instead of the Roadrunner/
> > >Superbirds very oblong, almost obelisk shaped taillights.
> > you can fix these yourself by re-painting the cars a little.
> Why should I have to? Papy should have got it right to start with. It's
> not like painting the cars correctly was as hard as say, programming
double
> file restarts.
> > >Until these hanges are made, the cars don't even remotely
> > >resemble Superbirds and Roadrunners.
> > Yeah they do.
> NO THEY DON'T. Obviously you have never seen a real '70 Roadrunner and a
> '70 Charger parked together. You are definitely not a MOPAR fan.
> > >Come on Papy...put a little effort into it will ya!!! If
> > >this was a $15-$20 expansion pack for NASCAR 3, then maybe I
> > >could live with it. But for a $55.00 game forget it.
> > Soi, I guess this means you'll be returning the game to the store and
> > won't be bothering us anymore, right?
> No, I'll be keeping the game. Sorry, but I didn't realize my post was
> bothering you. I'm sure there are some others out there who agree with
me.
> > >The cars have to be right!!
> > You mean "right" like the cars in N3 that were all painted with the same
> > front grills/headlights?
> Can't comment on N3 because I don't own it and I don't plan on buying it.
> N3 will the first game from Papy that I have NOT purchased. I have bought
> everything since the original Indy 500 game to include all track and
> expansion packs. The release of N3 and NASCAR Legends as separate games
is
> a money grabbing move. They should have released one game, with the car
> sets and tracks from the other game as an expansion pack.
> > >On second thought, they would have to be right even if it
> > >was an expansion pack.
> > Make up your mind - you've completely eliminated the power of your rant
> > by chganging your pointed little mind.
> No, I was attempting to show even further displeasure by indicating it
> wouldn't fly even for an expansion pack.
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