rec.autos.simulators

by **Richard Yi** » Wed, 12 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Richard

by **C Sh** » Thu, 13 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Does it mean good or medium or what?

Chris

by **Mark Lear** » Tue, 18 Jun 1996 04:00:00

> Does it mean good or medium or what?

> Chris

I'm not a math wiz or anything but I beleive that means 95 out of a
possible 100 points.

by **Stephane Lagresl** » Tue, 18 Jun 1996 04:00:00

> > Does it mean good or medium or what?

> > Chris

> I'm not a math wiz or anything but I beleive that means 95 out of a
> possible 100 points.

My God.... How can people, from the human race supposed to be a bit
stronger than the cow or the rabbit, can ask so stupid questions ???

Please, father, excuse them, they don't know what they do...

;(

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by **John Magne Tra** » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00

|> >

|> > >
|> > > Does it mean good or medium or what?
|> > >
|> > > Chris
|> > >
|> > I'm not a math wiz or anything but I beleive that means 95 out of a
|> > possible 100 points.
|>
|> My God.... How can people, from the human race supposed to be a bit
|> stronger than the cow or the rabbit, can ask so stupid questions ???
|>
|> Please, father, excuse them, they don't know what they do...
|>
|> ;(
Well, some kiddies magazines seems to give games 80-90%+ on a regular basis.
Maybe the original poster had that in mind? Anyroad, F1GP2 got 95% in the
UK version of PCGamer, and that was the highest points score they have
ever given.

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by **Ken Nicols** » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00

:Well, some kiddies magazines seems to give games 80-90%+ on a regular basis.

Like PC Gamer?

:Maybe the original poster had that in mind? Anyroad, F1GP2 got 95% in the
:UK version of PCGamer, and that was the highest points score they have
:ever given.

Until Civ 2 got 96%

Ken

by **zo..** » Thu, 20 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>Subject: Re: Review: 95% for GP2
>Date: 18 Jun 1996 17:38:30 GMT

>|> >

>|> > >
>|> > > Does it mean good or medium or what?
>|> > >
>|> > > Chris
>|> > >
>|> > I'm not a math wiz or anything but I beleive that means 95 out of a
>|> > possible 100 points.
>|>
>|> My God.... How can people, from the human race supposed to be a bit
>|> stronger than the cow or the rabbit, can ask so stupid questions ???
>|>
>|> Please, father, excuse them, they don't know what they do...
>|>
>|> ;(
>Well, some kiddies magazines seems to give games 80-90%+ on a regular basis.
>Maybe the original poster had that in mind? Anyroad, F1GP2 got 95% in the
>UK version of PCGamer, and that was the highest points score they have
>ever given.

I have seen the U.S. Version of PC Gamer hand out a 98% before, are the two
really that different???

l8r

Todd

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by **Christopher Fishe** » Fri, 21 Jun 1996 04:00:00

> > > Does it mean good or medium or what?

> > > Chris

> > I'm not a math wiz or anything but I beleive that means 95 out of a
> > possible 100 points

Of course 95% means 95 out of a hundred thats what % means. I
really do wonder about the average iq of some people these
days I thought we were supposed to be the most intelligent
species on the planet ;-)

To answer your question, of course 95% means the game is good,
in fact it means the game is brilliant, but bear in mind the
version "reviewed" was an early beta copy, and the game has
evolved an awful lot since then. We shall have to wait and see
in 8 days or so (If you beleive in miracles) so see for
ourselves how good it really is, and whether we can actually
play it on our machines or not.

Chris Fisher

by **Christopher Fishe** » Fri, 21 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Ok where is it? June 15th has come and past. We were told to
wait a couple more days, over 3 days ago. So where is the
patch. I stopped playing ICR2 over a month ago because of the
bugs, and I want to play it again, I'm getting bored with
NASCARS!! Please put us out of misery and tell us where to get
the patch soon.

Please

Pretty please

Enough grovelling, release it NOW!

Chris Fisher

by **Stuart Boo** » Sun, 23 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>To answer your question, of course 95% means the game is good,
>in fact it means the game is brilliant, but bear in mind the
>version "reviewed" was an early beta copy, and the game has
>evolved an awful lot since then.

I think he meant that a lot of reviews give out high scores, but
popular opinion from the masses often disagree, so how did 95% REALLY
reflect on the game.

AIUI

Stuart

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by **Christopher Fishe** » Tue, 25 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Well, Rick said that it should be online by the enf of last
week. It's now Monday morning, and I've just been to the
Sierra Web Page, and guess what no sign of the patch!
This is turning out to be like GP2, although I'm sure the
patch is finished, it's just we can't get our hands on it. So
where can we get it from, if Sierra can't be bothered to put
it on their web page, and technical support seems to think
that the patch doesn't exist.

Chris Fisher

by **RickGent** » Wed, 26 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>Well, Rick said that it should be online by the enf of last
>week. It's now Monday morning, and I've just been to the
>Sierra Web Page, and guess what no sign of the patch!
>This is turning out to be like GP2, although I'm sure the
>patch is finished, it's just we can't get our hands on it. So
>where can we get it from, if Sierra can't be bothered to put
>it on their web page, and technical support seems to think
>that the patch doesn't exist.

The patch is currently in testing. I'll post when it's up on the web site.

Rick Genter
Technical Lead, IndyCar Racing II
Sierra On-Line, Inc.

by **Uala** » Wed, 26 Jun 1996 04:00:00

For what it's worth, here is a copy from an E-Mail response I got from
Sierria regarding the patch:

<<Subj: Indy 2 patch
Date: 96-06-25 12:11:35 EDT
From: SierraOne
To: Ualani

The patch is in Papyrus QA currently, not Sierra (according to Rick
Genter), and when they are through with it will have to come to Sierra for
some final touches and approval for release.

After it is approved it will probably take 1-2 days for the patch to be
releases on AOL.

And this is *exactly* the reason we do not distribute this information
normally -- Papyrus seems to have mis-predicted the release date for the
patch, and now everyone's expectations have been falsely set. This has
nothing to do with Sierra's ownership of Papyrus, just one person's
mis-estimation, nothing more.

Sierraone/Bryan>>

by **Charlie Hea** » Fri, 28 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>Well, Rick said that it should be online by the enf of last
>week. It's now Monday morning, and I've just been to the
>Sierra Web Page, and guess what no sign of the patch!
>This is turning out to be like GP2, although I'm sure the
>patch is finished, it's just we can't get our hands on it. So
>where can we get it from, if Sierra can't be bothered to put
>it on their web page, and technical support seems to think
>that the patch doesn't exist.

Clarifying again - the patch has not yet reached Sierra. It is still in QA
_at Papyrus_, just as it would have been if Papyrus were independent rather
than a division of Sierra. And, no, the folks in QA at Papyrus are not
sitting on the patch either; they've got a job to do, and they're doing it.

Charlie Heath
Papyrus Design Group

by Jo » Fri, 28 Jun 1996 04:00:00

>For what it's worth, here is a copy from an E-Mail response I got from
>Sierria regarding the patch:
><<Subj: Indy 2 patch
>Date: 96-06-25 12:11:35 EDT
>From: SierraOne
>To: Ualani
>The patch is in Papyrus QA currently, not Sierra (according to Rick
>Genter), and when they are through with it will have to come to Sierra for
>some final touches and approval for release.
>After it is approved it will probably take 1-2 days for the patch to be
>releases on AOL.
>And this is *exactly* the reason we do not distribute this information
>normally -- Papyrus seems to have mis-predicted the release date for the
>patch, and now everyone's expectations have been falsely set. This has
>nothing to do with Sierra's ownership of Papyrus, just one person's
>mis-estimation, nothing more.
>Sierraone/Bryan>>

I'll have to write to that tech in the event of questions in the
future. The Sierra tech I dealt with (well, we shouldn't name names,
should we!) simply responds to any questions such as "where will it
be" or "when do you expect it" with "The patch is not available yet."
The second time he added "Release of the patch was announced
prematurely." Took about 3 days for each response. Thankfully, Rick
has let us know what is going on.