Sega's Nascar Arcade game

Sega Enterprises has released a new NASCAR based racing arcade game. Pretty good game play, and simulation. Check out the beautiful hi resolution graphics available, including images of the Drivers and their cars, screen shots and more at: http://www.segaarcade.com/games/nascar/index.htm Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:35:04 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: >Sega Enterprises has released a new NASCAR based racing arcade game. >Pretty good game play, and simulation. It's not going to simulate the drivers very well, apparently. Of the drivers listed on the site, I count at least 15 (about half) of whom are already not in the right cars or will be by next season. 97 Chad Little - already out 44 Kyle Petty - out already 60 Geoffrey Bodine - already out 26 Johnny Benson - Hello? can you say 1999? 7 Michael Waltrip - out next year. 43 Richard Petty - retired several seasons ago 36 Ernie Irvan - also retired 66 Darrel Waltrip - retires next year 25 Wally Dallenbach - nope (Jerry Nadeau in this car) 10 - Ricky Rudd hasnt been in this car since last year 94 - Bill Elliott - out of this car next year 45 - Adam Petty - He's dead. 4 - Bobby Hamilton - out of this car next year and into: 55 Kenny Wallace - out next year 16 Kevin LePAge - team is disappearing next year. I guess they got the special bulk rate on out-of-date licensing. >Check out the beautiful hi resolution graphics available, including >images of the Drivers and their cars, screen shots and more at: > >http://www.segaarcade.com/games/nascar/index.htm Pretty and probably pretty fun, but the off the wall car and driver selection puts a real damper on it. ~daxe

"daxe" <[email hidden]> wrote > Pretty and probably pretty fun, but the off the wall car and driver > selection puts a real damper on it. What's wrong in having a 2000 game that simulates the start of the 2000 WC season? Would you say the same about F1 2000 which simulates the start of the 2000 season (it puts a real damper on it I guess! <g>). Or GP3 which has 1998 drivers. Or GPL who has 1967 drivers (where do you draw the line?). Heck you expect a magical network linked system of all the arcade consoles that will update the drivers in the game for the next 1000years? -- -- 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.

Looks like a good game to me... besides these games are best played...fully loaded.....at a bar of your choice with as many friends as possible... One such place by me has the original Sega Daytona game, but they have about 22 of them....so we have some pretty large races....all in good beer-goggled arcade fun....except the designated driver of course....she is almost always pissed... (and not the UK pissed which I am to understand means drunk..) Later, Brian btgoss "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:RyLF5.345017$[email hidden]...

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> "daxe" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Pretty and probably pretty fun, but the off the wall car and driver > > selection puts a real damper on it. > > What's wrong in having a 2000 game that simulates the start of the 2000 WC > season? > > Would you say the same about F1 2000 which simulates the start of the 2000 > season (it puts a real damper on it I guess! <g>). Or GP3 which has 1998 > drivers. Or GPL who has 1967 drivers (where do you draw the line?). Heck > you expect a magical network linked system of all the arcade consoles that > will update the drivers in the game for the next 1000years? > > > > -- > -- 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 Fri, 13 Oct 2000 21:57:05 GMT, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote: >"daxe" <[email hidden]> wrote >> Pretty and probably pretty fun, but the off the wall car and driver >> selection puts a real damper on it. > >What's wrong in having a 2000 game that simulates the start of the 2000 WC >season? It doesn't. 26 Johnny Benson - Hello? can you say 1999? 43 Richard Petty - retired several seasons ago 36 Ernie Irvan - also retired 10 - Ricky Rudd hasnt been in this car since last year These are cars and drivers from the 1999 season with the exception of Richard Petty. >Would you say the same about F1 2000 which simulates the start of the 2000 >season (it puts a real damper on it I guess! <g>). Or GP3 which has 1998 >drivers. I wouldn't say anything about either of them because I couldn't care less about F1. > Or GPL who has 1967 drivers (where do you draw the line?). Grand Prix LEGENDS kind of implies that the drivers are not current.... > Heck >you expect a magical network linked system of all the arcade consoles that >will update the drivers in the game for the next 1000years? It's a brand new game that simulates the 2000 season. It has drivers in the wrong cars and drivers who aren't even active any more. If it is trying to simulate an accurate NASCAR situation, it has failed. I haven't drawn any lines, I was just noting that that more than half the drivers/cars featured are inaccurate before the game even hits the arcades and saying it would foul up the realism for me. If you don't have a problem with it, that's fine. Honestly I would spend the same amount of $ on playing it one way or another. I was just making an observation. ~daxe

"daxe" <[email hidden]> wrote > >What's wrong in having a 2000 game that simulates the start of the 2000WC > >season? > > It doesn't. > > 26 Johnny Benson - Hello? can you say 1999? The development was done about a year ago, before the start of WC testing. When they decided of the deadline to paint cars, it was before some major WC news. You can't change a complete game development schedule simply to update a car with new colors. > 43 Richard Petty - retired several seasons ago Mmmm if you knew about the arcade you would know that the King is a _SECRET_ driver ;) > > Or GPL who has 1967 drivers (where do you draw the line?). > > Grand Prix LEGENDS kind of implies that the drivers are not > current.... Same for an already-released arcade title that was made in the end of 1999 for the next WC season. -- -- 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.

It's an arcade game. Who cares if it's not 100% realistic. What you should be asking yourself is it fun. When you're sitting in a bar/arcade with 10 of your closest friends and enemies and shoving quarters into the slot... are you having fun? Or are you thnking this game sucks because that Pep Boys sticker on car #14 shouldn't be there? "daxe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 16:35:04 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: > > >Sega Enterprises has released a new NASCAR based racing arcade game. > >Pretty good game play, and simulation. > > It's not going to simulate the drivers very well, apparently. Of the > drivers listed on the site, I count at least 15 (about half) of whom > are already not in the right cars or will be by next season. > > 97 Chad Little - already out > 44 Kyle Petty - out already > 60 Geoffrey Bodine - already out > 26 Johnny Benson - Hello? can you say 1999? > 7 Michael Waltrip - out next year. > 43 Richard Petty - retired several seasons ago > 36 Ernie Irvan - also retired > 66 Darrel Waltrip - retires next year > 25 Wally Dallenbach - nope (Jerry Nadeau in this car) > 10 - Ricky Rudd hasnt been in this car since last year > 94 - Bill Elliott - out of this car next year > 45 - Adam Petty - He's dead. > 4 - Bobby Hamilton - out of this car next year and into: > 55 Kenny Wallace - out next year > 16 Kevin LePAge - team is disappearing next year. > > I guess they got the special bulk rate on out-of-date licensing. > > >Check out the beautiful hi resolution graphics available, including > >images of the Drivers and their cars, screen shots and more at: > > > >http://www.segaarcade.com/games/nascar/index.htm > > Pretty and probably pretty fun, but the off the wall car and driver > selection puts a real damper on it. > > ~daxe

On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 16:06:24 -0400, "AndrewS" <[email hidden]> wrote: >It's an arcade game. Who cares if it's not 100% realistic. What you should >be asking yourself is it fun. When you're sitting in a bar/arcade with 10 >of your closest friends and enemies and shoving quarters into the slot... >are you having fun? Or are you thnking this game sucks because that Pep >Boys sticker on car #14 shouldn't be there? I didn't say (or think) it sucked. I said: "Pretty and probably pretty fun" I also said "Honestly I would spend the same amount of $ on playing it one way or another. I was just making an observation." What's with picking on me for noting the lack of 100% realism? I said it looked fun and that I would play it just as much no matter what the drivers list is. ~daxe

On Sat, 14 Oct 2000 04:26:50 GMT, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote: >The development was done about a year ago, before the start of WC testing. >When they decided of the deadline to paint cars, it was before some major WC >news. You can't change a complete game development schedule simply to >update a car with new colors. OK. None of that changes the fact that they are wrong.

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>Mmmm if you knew about the arcade you would know that the King is a _SECRET_ >driver ;) >> Grand Prix LEGENDS kind of implies that the drivers are not >> current.... > >Same for an already-released arcade title that was made in the end of 1999 >for the next WC season.

Huh? Is the name "Sega NASCAR arcade legends?" Who cares. Sorry I even spoke up. Remind me not bother having an opinion. ~daxe

>Looks like a good game to me... Agreed....and the Sega Daytona is great fun...One of my and my children's favorites