WSC-I can wait!

Okay it will probably be very good when we get to see it eventually but I'm in no rush. The GPL community is thriving at the moment and during the rest of this year we will see plenty of new tracks released. I'm worried that once WSC comes out the many GPLers will migrate over to that and GPL will die out. Chris -- Simbokza GPL FD League www.simbokza.com Remove _YOUR_CLOTHES before replying by e-mail

"Chris Bloom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9ea67i$76r$[email hidden]... > Okay it will probably be very good when we get to see it eventually butI'm > in no rush. The GPL community is thriving at the moment and during therest > of this year we will see plenty of new tracks released. I'm worried that > once WSC comes out the many GPLers will migrate over to that and GPL will > die out. This may be heresy around these parts, but I'm seriously hoping that WSC is good enough to supplant GPL. If it's truly as open as I've read, people will be able to model the entire 1967 season- tracks, cars, and all. As great as the GPLEA cars are, can you imagine a Ferrari or Eagle done with the detail we've seen in the WSC shots? And other seasons could follow- pretend to be Fangio in a mid 50s car or Rosemeyer in a 30s Auto Union. Imagine the possibilities! A burning question though- will it support a track as long as the old Nordschliefe? But that's all apparently in the distant future and GPL does quite nicely for now.

GPL will never die out. At least not on my CPU!! Gault <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Ug2O6.13937$[email hidden]...

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> > "Chris Bloom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9ea67i$76r$[email hidden]... > > Okay it will probably be very good when we get to see it eventually but > I'm > > in no rush. The GPL community is thriving at the moment and during the > rest > > of this year we will see plenty of new tracks released. I'm worried

that > > once WSC comes out the many GPLers will migrate over to that and GPLwill > > die out. > > This may be heresy around these parts, but I'm seriously hoping that WSCis

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> good enough to supplant GPL. If it's truly as open as I've read, people > will be able to model the entire 1967 season- tracks, cars, and all. As > great as the GPLEA cars are, can you imagine a Ferrari or Eagle done with > the detail we've seen in the WSC shots? And other seasons could follow- > pretend to be Fangio in a mid 50s car or Rosemeyer in a 30s Auto Union. > Imagine the possibilities! A burning question though- will it support a > track as long as the old Nordschliefe? > > But that's all apparently in the distant future and GPL does quite nicely > for now. > >

Gault <[email hidden]> wrote on 21 May 2001: >This may be heresy around these parts, but I'm seriously hoping that >WSC is good enough to supplant GPL.<snip> I agree in many ways - after all, we don't really want to find out that GPL is the best that will *ever* be produced, and that it's all downhill from here. > A burning question though- will it support a track as long as the old >Nordschliefe? <snip> Well, it'll have to cope with Le Mans, so it ought to. IN any case, who cares? The Targa Florio is what's *really* important! -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92; Monsters of GPLRank h/cap +282.87) The GPL Scrapyard: http://scrapyard.9ug.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

Assuming you don't upgrade your CPU, you'll be fine. Check out the GPL won't run on... threads for the details! Marc. "Gandolf1" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:HzaO6.19484$[email hidden]...

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> GPL will never die out. At least not on my CPU!! > Gault <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Ug2O6.13937$[email hidden]... > > > > "Chris Bloom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:9ea67i$76r$[email hidden]... > > > Okay it will probably be very good when we get to see it eventually

but > > I'm > > > in no rush. The GPL community is thriving at the moment and duringthe

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> > rest > > > of this year we will see plenty of new tracks released. I'm worried > that > > > once WSC comes out the many GPLers will migrate over to that and GPL > will > > > die out. > > > > This may be heresy around these parts, but I'm seriously hoping that WSC > is > > good enough to supplant GPL. If it's truly as open as I've read, people > > will be able to model the entire 1967 season- tracks, cars, and all. As > > great as the GPLEA cars are, can you imagine a Ferrari or Eagle done

with > > the detail we've seen in the WSC shots? And other seasons could follow- > > pretend to be Fangio in a mid 50s car or Rosemeyer in a 30s Auto Union. > > Imagine the possibilities! A burning question though- will it support a > > track as long as the old Nordschliefe? > > > > But that's all apparently in the distant future and GPL does quitenicely > > for now. > > > > > > >

Well my appetite is well and truely whetted but I know exactly what you mean. There's still plenty of time for GPL to breathe yet, even when we get the WSC demo there'll probably be a healthy delay before the actual release. And then it's going to take some time before GPL peters out as people have to upgrade hardware to cope with it and track/car variety is limited for WSC. I'm a relative newcomer to it all, I stumbled upon GPL in September last year and then kind of fell straight into UKGPL league racing. It's been a costly business. Since then I have upgraded everything and have virtually played nothing else, my free time has dwindled away! I wouldn't swap that time for anything (although my wife might disagree). WSC looks and sounds as if it could also be _very_ special but we'll be able to tell in the first 5 minutes whether it's going to be a real contender. It's that way that GPL just feels like you're in control of a racing car, whereas you feel strangely disembodied in GPn and every other sim racer I've tried so far. IMO it's in that translation of 'that special feeling' that we'll know if there is a worthy successor to GPL, no amount of 'eye candy' will ever make up for it. But even if it is the real McCoy, until we've got everything GPL currently offers then I'm still going to fire it up for a run out on my PC for a good long while yet! For nostalgic reasons it'll be a very sad day when we fire up winvroc and there's nobody there, but if that is the case we'll be already be in sim racing heaven with WSC! I think this is just where the West's want to take us! For today though, GPL truely is 'the bollocks'! Cheers, Andy Chris Bloom wrote:

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> > Okay it will probably be very good when we get to see it eventually but I'm > in no rush. The GPL community is thriving at the moment and during the rest > of this year we will see plenty of new tracks released. I'm worried that > once WSC comes out the many GPLers will migrate over to that and GPL will > die out. > > Chris > > -- > > Simbokza GPL FD League > www.simbokza.com > > Remove _YOUR_CLOTHES before replying by e-mail

-- Andy -- Andy Straw [email hidden] (01865) 48-3321. Operations Analyst, Operations, Computer Services. Brookes University --------------------------------------------------------------------- These statements are my own, not those of Brookes University

"...that special feeling" is directly related to the 6DOF physics model IMHO. WSC boasts support for this as well as the most incredible eye candy I've seen in a driving sim yet. The new menu's look GREAT. I can wait as well. If we don't see it until Q1 2002 that's cool. I just hope it doesn't slip any further than that. David Cook "Andy Straw" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > IMO it's in that translation of 'that special feeling' that we'll know > if there is a worthy successor to GPL, no amount of 'eye candy' will > ever make up for it.

Richard, Welcome back from your recent trip (mars?) :) - Just kidding, its the West Brothers that are making WSC. You'll find most imformation at http://www.simracingmag.com The official website is http://www.west-racing.com - but the guys havent got much stuff on the site yet, because they are working so hard on trying to get the game finished :) All the best, Ash "Richard S Beckett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9elba3$[email hidden]...

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| x-no-archive: yes | | OK, don't flame me, I've just upgraded and been playing GPL almost all the | time, so I missed something here... | | Who's producing WSC, is it a papy sim? Is there a web page for it? | | Ta. | | R. | | "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message | news:uAvO6.5975$[email hidden]... | > "...that special feeling" is directly related to the 6DOF physics model | > IMHO. WSC boasts support for this as well as the most incredible eye | candy | > I've seen in a driving sim yet. The new menu's look GREAT. | > | > I can wait as well. If we don't see it until Q1 2002 that's cool. I

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| > hope it doesn't slip any further than that. | > | > David Cook | > | > "Andy Straw" <[email hidden]> wrote in message | > news:[email hidden]... | > > IMO it's in that translation of 'that special feeling' that we'll know | > > if there is a worthy successor to GPL, no amount of 'eye candy' will | > > ever make up for it. | > | > | > | |