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I have CMR 2, just about to install it, the normal PC style cardboard box contains ......... a DVD style box with the game in !! Andi.

Wow. Andi Cole <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:90oldm$491$[email hidden]...

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> I have CMR 2, just about to install it, the normal PC style cardboard box > contains ......... a DVD style box with the game in !! > > Andi. > > >

In article <90outj$ht2$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > Wow. > Is that a good 'wow'? Or is it a Greg Cisko 'wow'? :)

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> > Andi Cole <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:90oldm$491$[email hidden]... > > I have CMR 2, just about to install it, the normal PC style cardboard box > > contains ......... a DVD style box with the game in !! > > > > Andi. > > > > > >

MRSisson

Andi Cole wrote on 07 Dec 2000: >I have CMR 2, just about to install it, the normal PC style cardboard box >contains ......... a DVD style box with the game in !! Well, in the UK at least, PC games are increasingly coming in DVD-style cases (though usually without the extra big cardboard box). For example, Championship Manager 00/01 and Command & Conquer 2 both come in DVD-style packaging. Makes it easy for the companies to go over to DVDs instead of CDs down the line. -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

I would be willing to bet the RETAILLERS are behind the move. Those big huge pc boxes suck up way to much shelf space. If all the companies moved to DVD style packages, then the wars over shelf space would be minimized. dave henrie "David Buttery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Andi Cole wrote on 07 Dec 2000: > > >I have CMR 2, just about to install it, the normal PC style cardboard box > >contains ......... a DVD style box with the game in !! > > Well, in the UK at least, PC games are increasingly coming in DVD-style > cases (though usually without the extra big cardboard box). For example, > Championship Manager 00/01 and Command & Conquer 2 both come in DVD-style > packaging. Makes it easy for the companies to go over to DVDs instead of > CDs down the line. > > -- > David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) > The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,

really" - > Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

That's a good wow, I like the wider roads, more scope to slide around and not hit things, the Impreza feels very like my real one (albeit a bit quicker) on the very windy French roads. I haven't tried the Focus yet, but they all have the same spec. ( the Mitsubishi is a tad heavier though). Andi. Michael R Sisson <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:MPG.149a20f347702a96989683@news...

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> In article <90outj$ht2$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] > says... > > Wow. > > > Is that a good 'wow'? Or is it a Greg Cisko 'wow'? :) > > > > > Andi Cole <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:90oldm$491$[email hidden]... > > > I have CMR 2, just about to install it, the normal PC style cardboard

box

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> > > contains ......... a DVD style box with the game in !! > > > > > > Andi. > > > > > > > > > > > MRSisson

"Andi Cole" <[email hidden]> wrote > I like the wider roads ? CMR2 has wider roads then the original? Guess I won't buy it, the original tracks were way too wide. We're talking about rally racing, tracks are narrow, it's part of the sport. A simulation that would model Nascar Winston Cup with a Bristol track 30meters large wouldn't be fun no? -- -- 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.

On 8 Dec 2000 16:23:20 GMT, [email hidden] (David Buttery) thus spoke: >Well, in the UK at least, PC games are increasingly coming in DVD-style >cases (though usually without the extra big cardboard box). For example, >Championship Manager 00/01 and Command & Conquer 2 both come in DVD-style >packaging. Makes it easy for the companies to go over to DVDs instead of >CDs down the line. Only problem with DVD cases is that they can only fit in a pamphlet sized mamual.

>>A simulation that would model NASCAR Winston Cup with a Bristol track30meters large wouldn't be fun no?<< Yes... er that is, who says?... At least it might not be unappealing to everyone... I find RC2000/Mobil One Rally loads of fun.. But I also enjoy Rally Masters and CMR for the sheer fun of oversteering the car through corners by feathering the throttle and using the handbrake... And if those corners or roads are a bit wide or forgiving then so be it. All the more reason to "hang it out"! I've already talked with the folks from www.interactcd.com and they should be getting CMR2 in the states in about a week... I'm planning on ordering it straight away...And no I don't work for them Mr Incubus.... But I am a fan of Codemasters games/sim's! CMR and Toca2 are still on my hard drive and I take them out every so often for a spin just for fun... The crossover between arcade and simulation to me, is a refreshing change from the hardcore simulation games like GPL... I also enjoy NFS Porsche Unlimited and Viper Racing, but that doesn't mean I'm not a diehard race fan or a fan of pure sim's either, nor does it mean i m a proponent of arcade racers... Hey.. I'm just a fan of racing and racing games.. Jay J "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bicY5.61458$[email hidden]... > > "Andi Cole" <[email hidden]> wrote > > I like the wider roads > > ? CMR2 has wider roads then the original? Guess I won't buy it, the > original tracks were way too wide. We're talking about rally racing,tracks

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> are narrow, it's part of the sport. A simulation that would model Nascar > Winston Cup with a Bristol track 30meters large wouldn't be fun no? > > > > > -- > -- 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. > > >

[email hidden] (David Buttery) writes:

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> Andi Cole wrote on 07 Dec 2000: > > >I have CMR 2, just about to install it, the normal PC style cardboard box > >contains ......... a DVD style box with the game in !! > > Well, in the UK at least, PC games are increasingly coming in DVD-style > cases (though usually without the extra big cardboard box). For example, > Championship Manager 00/01 and Command & Conquer 2 both come in DVD-style > packaging. Makes it easy for the companies to go over to DVDs instead of > CDs down the line.

Sad, nothing is like opening the big box of a new sim... But I don't think it's because it makes it easier to use DVD's instead of CD's. I mean, A DVD doesn't HAVE to be in such box. -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

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> On 8 Dec 2000 16:23:20 GMT, [email hidden] (David > Buttery) thus spoke: > > > >Well, in the UK at least, PC games are increasingly coming in DVD-style > >cases (though usually without the extra big cardboard box). For example, > >Championship Manager 00/01 and Command & Conquer 2 both come in DVD-style > >packaging. Makes it easy for the companies to go over to DVDs instead of > >CDs down the line. > > Only problem with DVD cases is that they can only fit in a pamphlet > sized mamual.

That's all you really get anymore anyway. A small pamplet-sized "Quick Start" manual (the rest is in PDF or HTML on the CD), and probably five dozen registration and advertisement cards that never get filled out and get chucked straight to the garbage can. Say, remember years and years ago when software came on one diskette in a little baggie, and all documentation was in README.TXT? Then software needed 20 or more diskettes and user manuals the size of a medium-sized city's telephone directory. Now.... software comes on one disk, which comes in a little paper baggie (albeit inside a big box), and all documentation is in a file on that disk. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

On Sat, 9 Dec 2000 22:26:15 -0500, "Izzy..." <[email hidden]> thus spoke:

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>That's all you really get anymore anyway. A small pamplet-sized "Quick >Start" manual (the rest is in PDF or HTML on the CD), and probably five >dozen registration and advertisement cards that never get filled out and get >chucked straight to the garbage can. > >Say, remember years and years ago when software came on one diskette in >a little baggie, and all documentation was in README.TXT? Then software >needed 20 or more diskettes and user manuals the size of a medium-sized >city's telephone directory. Now.... software comes on one disk, which comes >in a little paper baggie (albeit inside a big box), and all documentation is >in >a file on that disk. > >The more things change, the more they stay the same. > > > >

Yes, I guess that's about the size of it. Most flight-sims I ahve bought come with pretty hefty manuals though. But, I expect that will change too. I have on PC game that came in a DVD case (Sid Meir's Antietam). I like them.