Doing a sort-out the other day I came across a scratched old CD in a
drawer. Turned it over and saw it was "Virtual Karts", and remembered
just what a waste this game was.
I waited months for this game after seeing a preview in a magazine
(which also featured GP2 preview that issue!) but it was such a
disappointment when I finally played it.
Despite excellent graphics and atmosphere, and being an attempt at a
"serious" kart sim, it was let down by poor physics and an obscure
control system. I haven't played it in 2 years now. It wasn't *that* bad
but it could have been so much more.
A real shame, as it could have been one of the best and most popular
sims around :-(
Did anyone else ever try it?
--
Cheers!
Graeme Nash
Yes I have a similar Cd in my "archive" in the garage.
Agree with everything you have to say about it.
I also remember a spokesperson from Papyrus explaining how the GPL engine
just needed to have the correct parameters input to simulate any type of
vehicle - if ever there was the potential for a decent karting sim I would
have thought the GPL engine could provide it (amongst many other classes of
motorsport).
Now that to me is the wasted potential of the 90s :-(
It is a true dilemma - as the best current on-line racer if the physics
engine is ever hacked it would be a killer - yet it could offer so much if
new cars and the appropriate physics could be developed by the sim community
as with SCGT etc.
Imagine Lotus Cortinas around Crystal Palace :-)
How many times would I have paid Papyrus for add on GPL pack - if only...
Tony
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> > Doing a sort-out the other day I came across a scratched old CD in a > drawer. Turned it over and saw it was "Virtual Karts", and remembered > just what a waste this game was. > > I waited months for this game after seeing a preview in a magazine > (which also featured GP2 preview that issue!) but it was such a > disappointment when I finally played it. > > Despite excellent graphics and atmosphere, and being an attempt at a > "serious" kart sim, it was let down by poor physics and an obscure > control system. I haven't played it in 2 years now. It wasn't *that* bad > but it could have been so much more. > > A real shame, as it could have been one of the best and most popular > sims around :-( > > Did anyone else ever try it? > > -- > Cheers! > Graeme Nash>How many times would I have paid Papyrus for add on GPL pack - if only...
I would have bought whatsoever made on the GPL engine... And I really
have bought quite a number of driving "sims" after GPL; Usually those
have been only lousy games; they came and went off from my HD. It really
is kind of hard to understand, why Sierra did not even try to make
more profit by GPL. Well, I am eagerly waiting for the N4! The demo
is really good. But I guess Sierra is going to vaste that, too?
Hope not!
Arto
Well if so, we can just ignore the release and play the N4 demo until the N5
demo comes out. :)
-Phasor
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> >How many times would I have paid Papyrus for add on GPL pack - if only... > > I would have bought whatsoever made on the GPL engine... And I really > have bought quite a number of driving "sims" after GPL; Usually those > have been only lousy games; they came and went off from my HD. It really > is kind of hard to understand, why Sierra did not even try to make > more profit by GPL. Well, I am eagerly waiting for the N4! The demo > is really good. But I guess Sierra is going to vaste that, too? > Hope not! > > ArtoI have it as well, I had it on a 486, slow loading, worked better on a P166
mmx but is old hat now.
Any one want a copy?
I have Super Karts as well, remember fatal racing, what about Screamer! The
king was GP2 in fact it might still be better than GP3 on a pro rata come
year basis.
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