rec.autos.simulators

I just saw the folowing on the Microprose www site, does this suggest an
imminent release?

GRIP THE WHEEL, REV THE ENGINE AND TAKE ON THE WORLDS TOUGHEST
                         COURSES IN GRAND PRIX II

                 Experience the World of Formula One Competition
                          in Hot New Racing Simulation

Electronic Entertainment Expo, Los Angeles, May 16, 1996Racing enthusiasts can
join a real FIA Formula One team and race some of the most challenging courses
on the planet in Grand Prix II, a new car racing simulation from Spectrum
HoloByte, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBYT). Licensed by FIA Formula One, Grand Prix II will
put players in the hot seat as they practice, challenge for the pole and go
head-to-head with actual Formula One drivers on tracks in Monaco, Brazil,
France and beyond. Grand Prix II, part of the popular World Circuit Racing
brand, will be available on DOS CD-ROM.

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Category:Racing Simulation
Format:PC CD-ROM
Minimum Requirements:486/66 required, double-speed CD-ROM, 8MB RAM with
DOS 5.0 or later, 15MB of hard drive space, mouse, keyboard or joystick,
VGA and 256-color SVGA Support:Sound Blaster and compatible, ProAudio Spectrum

Product information is available for download from the MicroProse BBS at
510-522-8909, FTP site: ftp.microprose.com or World Wide Web site:
http://www.racesimcentral.net/. For consumer orders, call 1-800-695-GAME in the
United States and Canada and call 619-693-1200 outside the United States
and Canada.

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Before Spectrum Holobyte shut down its message board in a tiff over
malicous posts about Geoff Crammond's demise, they assured the interested
public that about a week before the release date, they would issue a
press release that GP2 had "gone gold."  That's the press release you
should watch for.

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                             in Kansas anymore.

                    ..Woof
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            /\  /\

Nope. At E3, I asked two different Microprose types at the booth what the
release date was. Answers were "July" and "this summer". The game they had
there was showing a seriously weird bug. During accidents, the graphics would
go into slow motion. Not a lowered frame rate but like watching a video tape on
single frame advance. Saw a Benneton launched into the air at the first
turn at Monaco and it was just*** in mid-air. Very weird. Other than that
the game was a serious rush to play. Sound was incredible. And real easy to
spin the wheels under accel and lock them up under braking. It will be great
when it finally comes out.

Bill Niemeyer
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