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http://www.racesimcentral.net/+10+1999/7:57:43.shtml

I like this part in the interview: "I think that one of the things that may
surprise gamers is the handling of the car : the steering commands will not
automatically cause sliding, as it is the case in many games of this type."

And can this really be an ingame screenshot?

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: And can this really be an ingame screenshot?

: http://www.racesimcentral.net/

The tailpipe is too small.  It is therefore obvious to me, based on this
screenshot, that it will be a ***rally simulation.

Stephen
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            Zog

Yes, promising as always. But didn't someone here say that he tried Ubi's
rally simulation at ECTS and it basically stunk. Though if it's released
sometime around next spring, a lot of things can still happen.

This caught my eye tho... why do they keep insisting on that candy-
colored sky, just beats me. It's already becoming something of a
trademark in Ubi's motorsport sims. What planet do they live on?

http://www.ga-source.com/cgi-bin/gaimage.cgi?images/rally/Rally5.jpg

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No game using the POD game engine can be promising from a hard-core simracer
POV  ;-)

type."

LOL.  What they call a feature is actually a bad game engine.  Everybody
knows how the POD game engine feels, it feels nothing, I bet it can't
properly model the natural sliding effect of real-life Rally racing, so they
used that excuse :)

yeah I know it's cheap Ubisoft-bashing, Im sorry :)

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Geez, every post you write about UbiSoft's "game engine" gets sillier than
the one before...give it a rest, please.

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POD was one of the best arcade racers of the time, and F1RS/MGPR2 are still
the best modern day F1 sims. "Feels nothing", what's that all about?

Yeah right, and I'm working in their marketing department... ;^)

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Why is it silly ? It's true.  What do you know about what I know about
Ubisoft's 2000 line of product ? Wow btw that last sentence was weak, my
bad.  Another time, the POD Game engine can't successfully model an accurate
representation of rally racing to please the hard-core simracing market.
From what I say, it's a fact.

As you said and it's true, it was one of the best arcade racer of the time
(with Screamers2 IMHO), but that doesn't mean it can model and simulate in
an accurate way a Rally car or F1 car.  Gp2 is IMHO superior in almost all
aspects of modern Formula 1 compared to MGPRS2.  Of course it doesn't have
hardware 3d rendering, but that's it's only inferiority compared to
Ubisoft's

Game engine -  GP2 wins easily.
Track accuracy and details - Anybody can win against the poor limitation of
the Ubisoft track modeling and game engine, who can only do up/down
elevation, no banking or camber.
Sounds - Gp2 wins easily
AI - Gp2 wins, just look at the scripted AI in MGPRS2, especially when it
comes to lapping cars and the Blue flag issues.
Feeling - Gp2 wins hand-down.  The feeling is almost impossible to find in
MGPRS2.  In Gp2 you clearly feel behind a wheel of a Formula 1, with it's
pure power and rage.
Graphics - Ok Ubi's title win, but Gp2 does an incredible job with it's
non-3d rendering.
Gameplay - Gp2 has an incredible depth gameplay, you can choose much more
options than in MGPRS2.

And the whole third-party utilities clearly make GP2 the superior modern F1
sim.  You can download thousands of tracks, cars, carsets, utilities,
***pits, etc..  You can't download most of that for Ubisoft's title.  Btw
how come they never fixed sound in the replay in MGPRS2 when it works in
F1RS ? What is it really that hard to do ?

The only fact that we are comparing a 1995 simulation to a 1998 simulation
really shows you the whole point ;-)

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HEY!  I like the new addition to your signature line, Ronald.  Wish I'd have
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Tony

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l8er
ronny

--
The box said "Windows 95 or better", so I installed LINUX!

          |\      _,,,---,,_        I want to die like my Grandfather,
   ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_              in his sleep.
        |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'     Not like the people in his car,
       '---''(_/--'  `-'\_)            screaming their heads off!

Sigh! I give up, I really do...

l8er
ronny

--
The box said "Windows 95 or better", so I installed LINUX!

          |\      _,,,---,,_        I want to die like my Grandfather,
   ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_              in his sleep.
        |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'     Not like the people in his car,
       '---''(_/--'  `-'\_)            screaming their heads off!