>> > I think it would be pretty cool if our friends at PAPYRUS would invite
>> > some of the real Winston Cup and Busch guys for a night out at Hawaii.
>> > That way we could all have a chance at the big boys. I could see it
>> > now... I would be all over Dale he'd be begging for mercy.
From Sim Racing News May 1996
E3 - Electronic Entertainment Expo, Los Angeles, CA
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The good folks over at Papyrus an NASCAR announced the NASCAR Racing
League today at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles. This is based on the
Hawaii
Multiplayer Network that is in "open-beta" at this time. The
following
is a re-print from the official brochure provided to Sim Racing
News...some of the details of the system are different than that of
the
current Hawaii Multiplayer...pay attention to the following:
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IT"S BEYOND ANY GAME:
The NASCAR Racing League allows fans to take their love of the sport
to
an unprecedented level, truly experiencing every facet of the sport.
From race car set up, driving skill, qualifying, race strategy, and
track conditions, to competitors actions, everything must be taken
into
account!
There are many ways to participate in the NASCAR Racing League. You
may
simply decide to select your favorite track everyone online to a "pick
up race." Or you could get a group of friends together and create
your
own private NASCAR sanctioned online racing series!
You can even invite friends and family to watch your race as it is
being
broadcast live over the Internet! However, the ultimate experience
will
be competing for championship points, against drivers worldwide, in
one
of the official NASCAR Racing League Championship
Series. This is where it all comes together, this is where the dream
connects with reality. The NASCAR Racing League is a truly
revolutionary
advancement in sports and entertainment. For the first time,
thousands
of fans within a professinal sport will be able to participate and
experience a sport in every way imaginable. No longer will NASCAR
fans
discuss theories about "the draft at Talladega." Now, they must
understand the draft... for they are experiencing it first-hand!
CONCEPT:
NASCAR fans worldwide compete in fully santioned, real life authentic
NASCAR racing competition against a full field of racers connected by
computer modems. Members of the NASCAR Racing League will join the
same
organization whose members include the greatest drivers in the world:
Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Rusty Wallace, Bobby Labonte and many
more!
NASCAR will sanction and officiate every race to ensure the
competitive
and entertaining race environment NASCAR has delivered for fifty
years.
TECHNOLOGY:
Sierra and Papyrus have developed a state of the art online
environment
that is proving to be one of the most significant advances within
their
industry. While consumers have used traditional online services for
years to obtain information, the idea of multiplayer auto racing
competition has only been a dream due to the speed and complexity of
the
data that must be transferred between computers. While the
competitors
might be thousands of miles apart in the comfort of their living room,
they are actually bumper-to-
bumper at over 190 mph within the online world! With up to 32 racers
per event and hundreds of races running at the same time, the amount
of
data and the speed it must be transferred has been an unbreakable
barrier. However, Sierra and Papyrus have broken the barriers and
NASCAR Racing will be the first application within this exciting
new technology.
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More details will be available in the June issue of Sim Racing News,
which will be available in this forum.
Happy Racing!!!
