>> Will we still all be playing this sim in 2005 because nothing better has
>> come along by then? Let's face it, GPL is a work of love from papy, and
>the
>> we're all going to be stuck on it like the people still playing
>quakeworld,
>> and the people who played falcon3 until su-27 was released.
>Personally, I'd be quite happy racing GPL for a good many years to come,
>despite the possibility of newer and better additions to the F1 genre.
>GP3 looks set to cause an absolute storm amongst its fans, so it might not
>be too long before many of us reduce the time we spend on GPL, but to stop
>racing it altogether, not a chance.
by the sounds of it. Having said that, GP3 is going to have to be
something awesome to get me away from GPL offline.
In fact, thinking about it, although it has been stated here that one of
the reasons GPL failed to sell well because of the era that it covered,
eventually the era covered becomes less important the more that you
play. For instance the GPL AI drivers - Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Dennis
Hulme etc - start to take on less significance because they appear to
behave less like human drivers and more like computer AI. With this in
mind, although GP3 in first flush is going to seem exceedingly
attractive - because it covers the current era - unless the AI is done
well, then after a while, its going to be like driving against computer
opponents who just happen to be named after the current F1 drivers. I
hope this won't be the case.
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Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington)
No person's opinions can be said to be
more correct than another's, because each is
the sole judge of his or her own experience.