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Another questionable Ratbag decision (Leadfoot)

7 posts by 7 people · 31 May 2001 07:50 UTC - 01 Jun 2001 08:23 UTC

ymenard 31 May 2001 07:50 UTC#181603
After the infamous fiasco of using Nascar Racing 1 edited engine sound for Dirt Track Racing, they have now questionably used a well known third-party engine sound from GPL for the small buggy engine sound in Leadfoot. Oh well. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...
Tim O 31 May 2001 11:14 UTC↳ reply to ymenard#181622
On Thu, 31 May 2001 03:50:53 -0400, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote: >After the infamous fiasco of using Nascar Racing 1 edited engine sound for >Dirt Track Racing, they have now questionably used a well known third-party >engine sound from GPL for the small buggy engine sound in Leadfoot. Oh >well. You have to cut corners somewhere to sell a game for 20 bucks. If they were going to take existing sounds for the buggies anyway, I wish they would have swiped them from a game the has good 2 stroke engine sound, like Motocross Madness 2. Tim
."Tim O" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 31 May 2001 03:50:53 -0400, "ymenard" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >After the infamous fiasco of using Nascar Racing 1 edited engine soundfor > >Dirt Track Racing, they have now questionably used a well knownthird-party
Quoted text (9 lines)> >engine sound from GPL for the small buggy engine sound in Leadfoot. Oh > >well. > > You have to cut corners somewhere to sell a game for 20 bucks. > If they were going to take existing sounds for the buggies anyway, I > wish they would have swiped them from a game the has good 2 stroke > engine sound, like Motocross Madness 2. > > Tim
I belive this is the third game from Rat bag ,that as far as I can tell is the same as the other two,so that would make it $60 albeit in handy installments. Tim_Y
Fran�ois... Is this a good thing or bad? Tia.. Thom_j. <g> "ymenard" wrote: | After the infamous fiasco of using Nascar Racing 1 edited engine sound for | Dirt Track Racing, they have now questionably used a well knownthird-party | engine sound from GPL for the small buggy engine sound in Leadfoot. Oh | well.
"ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:NNmR6.1350$[email hidden]... > After the infamous fiasco of using Nascar Racing 1 edited engine sound for > Dirt Track Racing, they have now questionably used a well knownthird-party > engine sound from GPL for the small buggy engine sound in Leadfoot. Oh > well. >The person that did the sounds for Leadfoot is a GPLer so maybe he produced the original 3rd party GPL sound? From a post on r.a.s called NASCAR engine sounds: <sinp> I have produced several sets of more realistic WC engines (and in-car sound effects) for N4. But, for the time being, I'm not distributing them publicly......to anyone outside of the Pabst-Racing "Test Driver" group of PR employee/subs. I also created the engine sounds (under sub-contract work) for Ratbag's recently released, Dirt Track Racing - Sprint Cars.....and for the, about-to-be-released, Leadfoot Stadium Truck Racing sim, also by Ratbag. I tell you this not to impress you.......but only to point out that I do have some experience producing racing sim engine sounds.....and I would point out to you that this "process" is much less of a "science" than it is an "art form." There are several very talented engine sound programmers/creators within the racing sim community. I think they would agree with this statement. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news........ Tom Pabst <snip>
JM 01 Jun 2001 02:17 UTC↳ reply to ymenard#181526
"ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:NNmR6.1350$[email hidden]... > After the infamous fiasco of using Nascar Racing 1 edited engine sound for > Dirt Track Racing, they have now questionably used a well knownthird-party
Quoted text (9 lines)> engine sound from GPL for the small buggy engine sound in Leadfoot. Oh > well. > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.ymenard.com/ > -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez > Corporation - helping America into the New World...
I noticed that also as soon as I heard it. I'd have to say, of all the available engine sounds out there, talk about the least suitable one possible... JM
"Tim O" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > You have to cut corners somewhere to sell a game for 20 bucks. It's hardly that expensive to buy a portable DAT or MiniDisc recorder (even one with a built-in microphone should be adequate for this use) and find a 2-stroke engine somewhere. Once captured, the sound could be tweaked, equalised, chorused or whatever they do on an el-cheapo sound editing program (the old Cool Edit 96 demo would probably even do). Speaking of questionable Ratbag decisions, does anyone know if Leadfoot will be released in South Africa? The Dirt Track games weren't. I've tried to order from US stores, but there seems to be a clause prohibiting the sale of Leadfoot to other countries. If this is really the case, I'm off hunting for warez versions. Ryan

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