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F1RC patch. Reply from Ubisoft

18 posts by 14 people · 15 May 2001 12:41 UTC - 16 May 2001 16:08 UTC

Andy 15 May 2001 12:41 UTC#185463

Hi, I just received this email from Ubisoft concerning the release of the patch: we have some legal issues with the FIA concerning the patch at the moment.as soon as these are cleared , which should be very soon, the patch will be released Regards Stuart Brooking Ubisoft Technical Support Soon hopefully Andy

Erwan 15 May 2001 15:20 UTC↳ reply to Andy #185340

just like one month ago........... "Andy" <[email hidden]> a ï¿½crit dans le message news: 9dr81f$gm3$[email hidden]... > Hi, > > I just received this email from Ubisoft concerning the release of thepatch: > > we have some legal issues with the FIA concerning the patch at themoment.as

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> soon as these are cleared , which should be very soon, the patch will be > released > > Regards > > Stuart Brooking > Ubisoft Technical Support > > > > Soon hopefully > > Andy > >

Jan Loebzien 15 May 2001 15:47 UTC↳ reply to Andy #185349

On Tue, 15 May 2001 13:41:36 +0100, "Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote: >>we have some legal issues with the FIA concerning the patch at the moment.as >>soon as these are cleared , which should be very soon, the patch will be >>released >Soon hopefully BS, certainly. IMO, at least. :) Jan

Serge LeBlanc 15 May 2001 17:03 UTC↳ reply to Andy #185369

Andy wrote:

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> Hi, > > I just received this email from Ubisoft concerning the release of the patch: > > we have some legal issues with the FIA concerning the patch at the moment.as > soon as these are cleared , which should be very soon, the patch will be > released > >

What kind of legal issues could prevent a patch from coming out? You'd think that the release of the game means that everything is kosher between Ubi and the FIA. Unless the patch contains updated specs for the 2001 season like, say, a certain racetrack in Indiana?

ymenard 15 May 2001 18:15 UTC↳ reply to Andy #185371

>"Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote > we have some legal issues with the FIA concerning the patch at themoment.as > soon as these are cleared , which should be very soon, the patch will be > released BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I heard rumors that the FIA is asking Ubisoft to add another groove to their tyre model because the lap times are too fast in F1RC. Btw my spell check always wants to replace F1RC by "FARCE". How true ;-) -- -- Franï¿½ois Mï¿½nard <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...

Iain Mackenzie 15 May 2001 18:44 UTC↳ reply to ymenard #185378

It's not a farce. How long has F1RC been out? Less than 2 months. How long did it take for Microprose to patch GP3, or Papy to patch GPL? A little more than 6 weeks I think you'll find. Ubi have always been very good at producing patches, so why would they make something up about FIA? I can't think of any reason to make up a silly excuse when they don't need to. Iain "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:HmeM6.233$[email hidden]...

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> >"Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote > > we have some legal issues with the FIA concerning the patch at the > moment.as > > soon as these are cleared , which should be very soon, the patch will be > > released > > > BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! > > > I heard rumors that the FIA is asking Ubisoft to add another groove to

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> tyre model because the lap times are too fast in F1RC. > > Btw my spell check always wants to replace F1RC by "FARCE". How true ;-) > > > -- > -- Franï¿½ois Mï¿½nard <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... > > >

redTed 15 May 2001 18:48 UTC↳ reply to ymenard #185379

> BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! > > > I heard rumors that the FIA is asking Ubisoft to add another groove totheir > tyre model because the lap times are too fast in F1RC. > > Btw my spell check always wants to replace F1RC by "FARCE". How true ;-) Must agree with this. The only good thing in F1RC are the supposedly accurate track models. The rest is pretty average F1 fare.

ymenard 15 May 2001 19:47 UTC↳ reply to Iain Mackenzie #185293

>"Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote > It's not a farce. The farce is the whole crop of supposed modern F1 simulations we have had since a decade, not just F1RC. So what if it's a little better then the others? It's still not up to today's gaming standards. > Ubi have always been very good at producing patches, Hahah let me remind you of the NINE patches for F1RS, patches that patched the patches, patches that made more bugs then anything else, etc.. (and it still didn't had any sound in replay!) > so why would they make something up about FIA? PR. It's blattent PR, they have done it for years. -- -- Franï¿½ois Mï¿½nard <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...

jeremy 15 May 2001 21:24 UTC↳ reply to Andy #185300

Hi, Well listen Ubi, I am a lawyer and I would love to help....so why don't you just let us all know what those problems are as it all sounds like an excuse, and a poor one at that! "Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9dr81f$gm3$[email hidden]... > Hi, > > I just received this email from Ubisoft concerning the release of thepatch: > > we have some legal issues with the FIA concerning the patch at themoment.as

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> soon as these are cleared , which should be very soon, the patch will be > released > > Regards > > Stuart Brooking > Ubisoft Technical Support > > > > Soon hopefully > > Andy > >

Carl Ribbegaardh 15 May 2001 21:37 UTC↳ reply to Iain Mackenzie #185302

So, might it just be that the 'so called' product was indeed a beta? The final version was just around the corner? /Carl Iain Mackenzie <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:XLeM6.877$[email hidden]... > It's not a farce. How long has F1RC been out? Less than 2 months. Howlong

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> did it take for Microprose to patch GP3, or Papy to patch GPL? A little > more than 6 weeks I think you'll find. Ubi have always been very good at > producing patches, so why would they make something up about FIA? I can't > think of any reason to make up a silly excuse when they don't need to. > Iain > > "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:HmeM6.233$[email hidden]... > > >"Andy" <[email hidden]> wrote > > > we have some legal issues with the FIA concerning the patch at the > > moment.as > > > soon as these are cleared , which should be very soon, the patch will

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> > > released > > > > > > BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! > > > > > > I heard rumors that the FIA is asking Ubisoft to add another groove to > their > > tyre model because the lap times are too fast in F1RC. > > > > Btw my spell check always wants to replace F1RC by "FARCE". How true

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> > > > > > -- > > -- Franï¿½ois Mï¿½nard <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... > > > > > > > >

Gerry Aitken 15 May 2001 21:42 UTC↳ reply to Iain Mackenzie #185306

Iain Mackenzie wrote: > > It's not a farce. How long has F1RC been out? Less than 2 months. How long > did it take for Microprose to patch GP3, or Papy to patch GPL? A little > more than 6 weeks I think you'll find. Get your facts right about GPL, son, it wasn't broken so it didn't need a patch. What happened was papy added features to it, so the 'patch' was in fact an upgrade. Will the F1Rc patch enable you to race 18 other guys online? GPL had that from day one. Will the F1RC patch fix the AI? GPL had great AI from day one. I'll stop there because I can't be arsed to point out the other flaws in F1RC that need patching. Gerry

Glenn Campbell 15 May 2001 22:45 UTC↳ reply to jeremy #185315

Is that anything like "I'm from the Government and I'd love to help"? Sorry, couldn't resist ;-} -- Glenn "It's easy to criticize from outside the cockpit". -Murray Walker, 1993 Australian G.P. "jeremy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9ds6bh$9kv$[email hidden]... > Hi, > > Well listen Ubi, I am a lawyer and I would love to help....

Jagg 16 May 2001 04:02 UTC↳ reply to Gerry Aitken #185274

On Tue, 15 May 2001 22:42:34 +0100, Gerry Aitken <[email hidden]> wrote: >GPL had great AI from >day one. One word - Surtee. -- eFalcon keyboard chart in PDF format http://storm.prohosting.com/~nos146/ef4_keys.zip

ymenard 16 May 2001 05:20 UTC↳ reply to Jagg #185281

"Jagg" <[email hidden]> wrote > Gerry Aitken<[email hidden]> wrote: > >GPL had great AI from > >day one. > > One word - Surtee. One another word - myth (lesson learn to stop braking in the AI's face, they like human can't be expected to react perfectly. Surtees simply had a different alertness ratio then others, thus he somehow became a mythical figure with the small parabolica bug). -- -- Franï¿½ois Mï¿½nard <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...

Iain Mackenzie 16 May 2001 06:55 UTC↳ reply to Gerry Aitken #185288

> Get your facts right about GPL, son, it wasn't broken so it didn't need > a patch. What happened was papy added features to it, so the 'patch' was > in fact an upgrade. >Unless I''m very much mistaken, I don't believe that you had anything to do with my appearance on this planet. But on the other hand.... maybe there's something my mother hasn't told me! I forgot, for a brief moment, that it is heresy to even suggest that GPL was (is) anything but totally perfect on ras. Forgive me! I don't think you're right, but (as you would say) I can't be arsed going into it. Iain

M Connolly 16 May 2001 07:54 UTC↳ reply to Gerry Aitken #185202

>> It's not a farce. How long has F1RC been out? Less than 2 months. How long >> did it take for Microprose to patch GP3, or Papy to patch GPL? A little >> more than 6 weeks I think you'll find. > >Get your facts right about GPL, son, Why do you people get so offensive when you're talking about a third parties product? Are you very young? <snip> >Will the F1Rc patch enable you to race 18 other guys online? GPL had >that from day one. Will the F1RC patch fix the AI? GPL had great AI from >day one. I'll stop there because I can't be arsed to point out the other >flaws in F1RC that need patching. If the patch is being held up by the FIA (and there's certainly no NEED for Ubi to lie about that) then I can think of two plausible reasons... 1. They've made it easier (or failed to make it harder) for 3rd parties to update the cars or tracks 2. They've improved the online gaming or made it possible for 3rd parties to do so. I'd imagine either of those would send alarm bells ringing in Paris. Michael

Herbert Pohlai 16 May 2001 08:37 UTC↳ reply to Jagg #185198

In article <[email hidden]>, Jagg <[email hidden]> writes:

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>On Tue, 15 May 2001 22:42:34 +0100, Gerry Aitken ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >>GPL had great AI from >>day one. > >One word - Surtee.

Yep. This shows how great the AI really is. It's easy to do a crappy AI. It's harder to get a good AI driving consistently. But it's really great (and difficult to implement, I guess) to have an AI making human-like mistakes! (I like the AI-cars just running wide in some corners, having a few 'random' accidents durnig a race...) Calis

Gerry Aitken 16 May 2001 16:08 UTC↳ reply to Iain Mackenzie #185147

Iain Mackenzie wrote: > Forgive me! Bless you my son. <G> Gerry