rec.autos.simulators

by **hawk038** » Wed, 04 Sep 2002 04:42:27

Like the game but want to race off-line.

by **Phillip Malphrus, Jr** » Wed, 04 Sep 2002 06:11:16

unfortunately no :(

by BD » Wed, 04 Sep 2002 08:03:51

Absolutely unfortunate. The online nature of the game is pretty
unnecessary. You end up spending too much attention on economy and it
detracts from pure racing and the joy of cars from the era. I'd like
to have the option to play online but not be limited to online play.

BD

On Mon, 2 Sep 2002 17:11:16 -0400, "Phillip Malphrus, Jr."

>unfortunately no :(

>> Like the game but want to race off-line.

by **Dave Henri** » Wed, 04 Sep 2002 09:09:34

"BD"
I'd like
Are there any titles out there where OFFline play can contribute to
ONline? i.e. go off and have your character learn how to fence or go to
farmer school etc...then the new attributes can improve his online abilities
or even give him new weapons...cars...whatever...
dave henrie
(yes I was mishmashing rpg/racing etc etc)

by **Logge** » Wed, 04 Sep 2002 09:49:36

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 will be released on October 21. It will be
offline and online. Most sim players want to play offline so I don't
understand why Motor City was online only. Maybe they thought they
would make more money if it was online only (monthly fees). Game theft
was probably an issue also.

Logger

by **jason moy** » Wed, 04 Sep 2002 11:40:28

Hm. Assuming Nascar Thunder 2k3 has a passable (i.e. 8-16 player)
multiplayer mode, I wonder if it's possible to do a league of sorts
with the career mode I've read about (i.e. finding sponsors, paying
the team, etc).

It would rule if Papyrus would incorporate a career mode into a future
nascar title and actually make have a part of the server software be a
league administration tool that tracked points, earnings, and a
player's current career/finances. You could have real leagues where
the cars were of different quality like real life. In a top tier
league, you could actually have players competing for rides.

Jason

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by **ssra** » Wed, 04 Sep 2002 12:41:40

>Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 will be released on October 21. It will be
>offline and online. Most sim players want to play offline so I don't
>understand why Motor City was online only. Maybe they thought they
>would make more money if it was online only (monthly fees). Game theft
>was probably an issue also.

If I remember righlty it WAS started as an off/online game but the
suits saw the $$$ was in online (seeing UO/Evercrack) and pushed for
online only.
The problem with that is they seemed to have slashed the development
time (assuming one half is half the time) and thus released a product
that all the reviews have said is buggy in ways to blow your
investment out of the water (ie: dropping and making you lose your car
mid-race, which is why one reveiwer said everyone was just running the
basic car)

by **Larr** » Thu, 05 Sep 2002 08:50:23

Most Sim players wan't to play _offline_ ?

You need to research RAS a bit more :)

-Larry

> Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 will be released on October 21. It will be
> offline and online. Most sim players want to play offline so I don't
> understand why Motor City was online only. Maybe they thought they
> would make more money if it was online only (monthly fees). Game theft
> was probably an issue also.

> Logger

> > Like the game but want to race off-line.

by **Logge** » Thu, 05 Sep 2002 13:34:12

You do the research, I already did.

Only about 1/3 of video game purchasers say they have played a game online.
That means 2/3 have never played online. If you remove Everquest and
Counter-Strike from those statistics, the number would be quite a bit less
than 1/3. The number that play car sim games regularly online is quite a bit
less than 1/3 of those that have purchased a car sim game.

RAS? You mean rec.autos.simulators? What does that have to do with the
number of sim gamers that play online?

Logger

> -Larry

> > Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 will be released on October 21. It will be
> > offline and online. Most sim players want to play offline so I don't
> > understand why Motor City was online only. Maybe they thought they
> > would make more money if it was online only (monthly fees). Game theft
> > was probably an issue also.

> > Logger

> > > Like the game but want to race off-line.

by **Eldre** » Sat, 07 Sep 2002 11:35:24

>Most Sim players wan't to play _offline_ ?

>You need to research RAS a bit more :)

Larry, we're *hardly* representative of the average sim player...

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by **Larr** » Sun, 08 Sep 2002 03:20:59

Ok, I can accept that.

-Larry

> >Most Sim players wan't to play _offline_ ?

> >You need to research RAS a bit more :)

> Larry, we're *hardly* representative of the average sim player...

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rec.autos.simulators

Any way to play Motor City as stand alone.

Any way to play Motor City as stand alone.

Any way to play Motor City as stand alone.

Any way to play Motor City as stand alone.

Any way to play Motor City as stand alone.

Any way to play Motor City as stand alone.

Any way to play Motor City as stand alone.

Any way to play Motor City as stand alone.

Any way to play Motor City as stand alone.

Any way to play Motor City as stand alone.

Any way to play Motor City as stand alone.

Any way to play Motor City as stand alone.