GPL box picture question

On the inside flap of the retail box there's a pic of a honda punting a lotus (well deserved), but also some light blue cars with orange stripes: what are these? I know in other games box art is usually done on beta copies, like on the Trespasser box are several scenes and dinosaurs that never appear in the final game. rms [email hidden]

>"Roger Squires" <[email hidden]> wrote > On the inside flap of the retail box there's a pic of a honda punting a > lotus (well deserved), but also some light blue cars with orange stripes: > what are these? It looks similar to the MS5 that was raced in 1967 by Matra, yet it's shaped like the Honda. I think it might simply be a Cooper, considering the two stripes on each side of the cockpit. There was several variation in colors of the *Coventry* in the release version of GPL. I'm confused. Bruce? Anybody? Please don't tell us it's the fantasy Gulf-sponsored car raced by Steve McQueen <g> -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

Just had a browse through a few books and I can only find pics of '67 Coopers dressed in similar colours to the Rindt GPL version. The lines up the side of the nose seem to indicate a Cooper though. Maybe its a licensing thing as the Cooper wasn't officially even in the game? Chris -- www.geocities.com/simbokza Remove _your_clothes before replying "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:6Yu06.105508$[email hidden]... > >"Roger Squires" <[email hidden]> wrote > > On the inside flap of the retail box there's a pic of a honda punting a > > lotus (well deserved), but also some light blue cars with orange stripes: > > what are these? > > It looks similar to the MS5 that was raced in 1967 by Matra, yet it's shaped > like the Honda. I think it might simply be a Cooper, considering the two > stripes on each side of the cockpit. There was several variation in colors > of the *Coventry* in the release version of GPL. I'm confused. Bruce? > Anybody? > > Please don't tell us it's the fantasy Gulf-sponsored car raced by Steve > McQueen <g> > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > >

There are light-blue Coopers in the full game if you race with a full field. There's also orange ones. Pitty the player can only use the dark navy one. "Roger Squires" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:rvs06.15693$[email hidden]...

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> On the inside flap of the retail box there's a pic of a honda punting a > lotus (well deserved), but also some light blue cars with orange stripes: > what are these? > > I know in other games box art is usually done on beta copies, like on the > Trespasser box are several scenes and dinosaurs that never appear in the > final game. > > rms

Those are Coventries. Among the mip files used to paint the different Coventries is one named cov24bit.mip which matches the blue and orange cars on the box.

In article <rvs06.15693$[email hidden]>, "Roger Squires" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>On the inside flap of the retail box there's a pic of a honda punting a >lotus (well deserved), but also some light blue cars with orange stripes: >what are these? > >I know in other games box art is usually done on beta copies, like on the >Trespasser box are several scenes and dinosaurs that never appear in the >final game.

Another observation: There are pictures of Ferraris on the box art, but the Ferrari wasn't mentioned in the manuals. I can only assume that the lead time for the art is less than for the manuals, meaning they could be added after 'permission' was given? Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +39.11/F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

> There are light-blue Coopers in the full game if you race with a fullfield. > There's also orange ones. Cool, I'll look for them in that 11lap ring race I have to run next weekend :) rms [email hidden]