I just feel that the SimRacing community was humiliated by such comments.
Of course, He replied to me but I don't feel nessecary to me to post here
since it's private. But here's a modified post with my answers to him. I
feel each and every one of you have access to this.
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<Him saying he won't lie and redo the review>
So why did you lied and say you turned the music off ? Don't say you played
with the words here, because it's a obvious lie.
<Him saying that Sierra didn't shipped the strategy book>
Hmm... you should have 2 manuals with it. They were all printed at the same
time, with the strategy manual even before the helpbook. If you didn't got
it, I feel you should at least mention that a strategy manual is included in
the full release.
<Him saying that the marshalls should be hit when we pass on them, "a la
Quake">
Hmm, this ain't Carmageddon or whatever stupid arcade racing title. This is
serious racing simulator, focused on the realistic feeling of the car
physics. Btw you didn't mentionned about the great online racing you can get
with 15 and more drivers ? Hmm...
<Him saying he's not an arcade racer but he loves realistic simulations like
Nascar2 and 1>
So why did you said in the review the car setup menu was too complicated or
so... ? It's at 75% the same as in Nascar Racing 2.
<Him saying that he can't win since the AI is too fast>
Is it, probably you didn't know. The AI adjusts to your racing style, in a
new AI way called the Global AI scaling, witch after about 1-2hours on each
tracks adjust to your racing style. Still you have to remember that you
can't set the AI to a % level like other racing simulations. This ain't a
canned AI where you can say "race at 86% of your laptimes". This is racing
against realistic driver settings.
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On this, another email I got from him.
<Him saying that Mr.Mnard is quite against him and he didn't mentionned the
good points about the review posts here on r.a.s.>
Hmm... like 2 good responses on 16 posts ? That's like... 12%.
Of course your commenting on such points as the Letterbox screen without
knowing that it add-up a peripherical vision you don't have in previous
titles. That it's even present in Nascar Racing 2, but there's a 2d-cockpit
in place instead (obviously you should know that). That it's a place to put
the replay GUI and so. That the only additional thing you would have with
full-screen is more sky, since the***pit would be at the bottom of the
screen. And that the letterbox black spots will just be replaced by the
***pit in N3 also...
Your also saying that the game is too hard to get good at... sorry for you,
but many of us are able to win a full GrandPrix at any lenght. As a former
race-car driver, I know it may be hard for rookies and less experienced
drivers, but this ain't the market Papyrus was aiming for. Also, since you
say you obviously have knowledge of racing games, you should alread know
there's no music found in them, since the market doesn't care. Won't sell
more.
Btw, about the sounds, this is _how_ it was at that time. You heard nothing
more than the sound of the motor. And the skidding. You could hear muffled
engines from the other opponents, but that's all. So what do you want more ?
Unrealistic sounds ? This is not what the market for GPL wants. So why just
2 and a half stars for realistic sounds ?
I just feel humiliated by such comments on the present best racing simulator
EVER. Hard-core racing simulators have a market and shouldn't really be
reviewed by average-gamers since they obviously aren't the targeted market.
The same goes for hard-core air simulators. I doubt people tell that Jane's
Longbow Apache is too hard for them in game reviews ? Nope, since they
understand that there's a market for it. It should be the same for racing
sims. Im somehow tired to see hard-core racing simulators being dissed
because they aren't enough "arcade". Geeze.
FYI, here's the URL of a Grand Prix Legends review made by an hard-core
simracer :
http://www.racesimcentral.net/:/mine/dsports/pc/grandprixlegends/review.html
And it exactly suits what us, the hard-core simracers, feels about it.
Of course, I understand that avault.com is more suited for a 3dgamer point
of view, so I will just restrain (as many of us in other parts of the
simracing community has decided) myself from checking this website anymore.
No more credibility for me.
In my opinion, as always. But thanks for at least reading the post. I feel I
have the right of my opinion, as a long time avault.com reader.
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