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GTR - Definitive US Release?

15 posts by 9 people · 30 Jan 2005 17:23 UTC - 04 Feb 2005 15:04 UTC

Darus 30 Jan 2005 17:23 UTC#25906
Perhaps it's just me, but does it seem difficult to nail down a release date for the US for GTR? I just checked the SimBin forums and can't seem to find anything regarding the US release, or if there is one. I have heard "rumors" that Atari will market the sim, but no press release or even an announcement from SimBin. I also heard a "late Q1" release, meaning March/April. It seems odd to me that the software is complete, but the marketing outside Germany is poorly conceived. As well as SimBin advanced with this porject, they seem to have dropped the ball as far as actually selling its product. I'd like to get the sim, even if it's a German version with English patches applied, but if a US release is scheduled for late Feb. or early March, I'll hold off and wait for a fully English version.
Doug Hook 30 Jan 2005 18:11 UTC↳ reply to Darus#25908
Think of the German release as a wide scale beta test that they are making money from. Then they fix the remaining bugs , incorporate the fixes into the USA release and release a patch for the German version. "Darus" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (18 lines)> Perhaps it's just me, but does it seem difficult to nail down a release > date for the US for GTR? > > I just checked the SimBin forums and can't seem to find anything > regarding the US release, or if there is one. I have heard "rumors" > that Atari will market the sim, but no press release or even an > announcement from SimBin. I also heard a "late Q1" release, meaning > March/April. > > It seems odd to me that the software is complete, but the marketing > outside Germany is poorly conceived. As well as SimBin advanced with > this porject, they seem to have dropped the ball as far as actually > selling its product. > > I'd like to get the sim, even if it's a German version with English > patches applied, but if a US release is scheduled for late Feb. or > early March, I'll hold off and wait for a fully English version. >
Darus 30 Jan 2005 19:15 UTC↳ reply to Doug Hook#25912
I've got no problem with that idea, if that is the case. Business wise, it makes sense. Unfortunately, there is no indication that is the case.
Doug Hook schrieb:
Quoted text (27 lines)> Think of the German release as a wide scale beta test that they are making > money from. Then they fix the remaining bugs , incorporate the fixes into > the USA release and release a patch for the German version. > "Darus" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > >>Perhaps it's just me, but does it seem difficult to nail down a release >>date for the US for GTR? >> >>I just checked the SimBin forums and can't seem to find anything >>regarding the US release, or if there is one. I have heard "rumors" >>that Atari will market the sim, but no press release or even an >>announcement from SimBin. I also heard a "late Q1" release, meaning >>March/April. >> >>It seems odd to me that the software is complete, but the marketing >>outside Germany is poorly conceived. As well as SimBin advanced with >>this porject, they seem to have dropped the ball as far as actually >>selling its product. >> >>I'd like to get the sim, even if it's a German version with English >>patches applied, but if a US release is scheduled for late Feb. or >>early March, I'll hold off and wait for a fully English version. >> > > >
Hi GTR has still some bugs. Stuttering issues even on high end PC s, online problems etc. I think, Simbin is working hard for the next patch. Michael
Pat 31 Jan 2005 14:46 UTC↳ reply to Darus#25931
Darus wrote: > Perhaps it's just me, but does it seem difficult to nail down arelease
Quoted text (16 lines)> date for the US for GTR? > > I just checked the SimBin forums and can't seem to find anything > regarding the US release, or if there is one. I have heard "rumors" > that Atari will market the sim, but no press release or even an > announcement from SimBin. I also heard a "late Q1" release, meaning > March/April. > > It seems odd to me that the software is complete, but the marketing > outside Germany is poorly conceived. As well as SimBin advanced with > this porject, they seem to have dropped the ball as far as actually > selling its product. > > I'd like to get the sim, even if it's a German version with English > patches applied, but if a US release is scheduled for late Feb. or > early March, I'll hold off and wait for a fully English version.
I feel the same way. If any version of GTR were available in stores here in the US today, I'd definitely buy it - even knowing of the bugs (I don't actually believe the current release of GTR is any more buggy than most current retail games). But I'm not going to jump through hoops to order it online from an international distributor. By the time GTR is available here, I'm guessing that rFactor will also be available, and I will probably buy it instead of GTR, as it runs on a newer version of the ISI engine (I'm more impressed with the rFactor demo than the GTR demo). -Pat
alexti 01 Feb 2005 03:57 UTC↳ reply to Pat#25873
[email hidden] wrote in news:[email hidden]: > But I'm not going to jump through > hoops to order it online from an international distributor.It's about as difficult as ordering it from your local distributor. You'll just have to wait few more days before it arrives... Alex.
In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > It's about as difficult as ordering it from your local distributor. You'll > just have to wait few more days before it arrives... > > Alex. Where did you order from Alex? I usually use GoGamer and I can't find it on their site... -- _________________________ Todd Walker http://www.toddwalker.net _________________________
The following two sites have it: http://shop.game.net/ http://www.sendit.com/ Sendit's price is 9 UK pounds less than GAME. Release is listed as Feb 25. F50 GT Todd Walker wrote:
Quoted text (12 lines)> In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] says... > >>It's about as difficult as ordering it from your local distributor. You'll >>just have to wait few more days before it arrives... >> >>Alex. > > > Where did you order from Alex? I usually use GoGamer and I can't find it > on their site... >
Any of you guys in the United States ever order from SENDIT.COM? Did you have any problems with them? I was just about to pull the trigger on an order for GTR. Then I thought I should ask these questions first? Thanks, - Pete "F50 GT" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0aPLd.91343$Qb.51233@edtnps89...
Quoted text (25 lines)> The following two sites have it: > > http://shop.game.net/ > > http://www.sendit.com/ > > Sendit's price is 9 UK pounds less than GAME. Release is listed as Feb > 25. > > F50 GT > > Todd Walker wrote: > >> In article <[email hidden]>, >> [email hidden] says... >> >>>It's about as difficult as ordering it from your local distributor. >>>You'll just have to wait few more days before it arrives... >>> >>>Alex. >> >> >> Where did you order from Alex? I usually use GoGamer and I can't find it >> on their site... >>
I ordered RBR from Sendit and was very pleased with the price/speed/service to Canada. Since no North American dealer seems to have heard of this, let alone has a date on it, I just pre-ordered my GTR from them yesterday. Marc "Pete Panaia" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (40 lines)> Any of you guys in the United States ever order from SENDIT.COM? > > Did you have any problems with them? > > I was just about to pull the trigger on an order for GTR. Then I thought I > should ask these questions first? > > Thanks, > > - Pete > > "F50 GT" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:0aPLd.91343$Qb.51233@edtnps89... >> The following two sites have it: >> >> http://shop.game.net/ >> >> http://www.sendit.com/ >> >> Sendit's price is 9 UK pounds less than GAME. Release is listed as Feb >> 25. >> >> F50 GT >> >> Todd Walker wrote: >> >>> In article <[email hidden]>, >>> [email hidden] says... >>> >>>>It's about as difficult as ordering it from your local distributor. >>>>You'll just have to wait few more days before it arrives... >>>> >>>>Alex. >>> >>> >>> Where did you order from Alex? I usually use GoGamer and I can't find it >>> on their site... >>> > >
Todd Walker <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:
Quoted text (9 lines)> In article <[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] says... >> It's about as difficult as ordering it from your local distributor. >> You'll just have to wait few more days before it arrives... >> >> Alex. > > Where did you order from Alex? I usually use GoGamer and I can't find > it on their site...
I ordered from http://www.sendit.com/ They seem to have nice service. And they accept returns (for whatever reason) Alex.
Thank you for your feedback. I made the order. Let the waiting begin! >;) - Pete "Marc Collins" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tkWLd.7827$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (51 lines)>I ordered RBR from Sendit and was very pleased with the price/speed/service >to Canada. Since no North American dealer seems to have heard of this, let >alone has a date on it, I just pre-ordered my GTR from them yesterday. > > Marc > > > "Pete Panaia" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... >> Any of you guys in the United States ever order from SENDIT.COM? >> >> Did you have any problems with them? >> >> I was just about to pull the trigger on an order for GTR. Then I thought >> I should ask these questions first? >> >> Thanks, >> >> - Pete >> >> "F50 GT" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:0aPLd.91343$Qb.51233@edtnps89... >>> The following two sites have it: >>> >>> http://shop.game.net/ >>> >>> http://www.sendit.com/ >>> >>> Sendit's price is 9 UK pounds less than GAME. Release is listed as Feb >>> 25. >>> >>> F50 GT >>> >>> Todd Walker wrote: >>> >>>> In article <[email hidden]>, >>>> [email hidden] says... >>>> >>>>>It's about as difficult as ordering it from your local distributor. >>>>>You'll just have to wait few more days before it arrives... >>>>> >>>>>Alex. >>>> >>>> >>>> Where did you order from Alex? I usually use GoGamer and I can't find >>>> it on their site... >>>> >> >> > >
"Marc Collins" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:tkWLd.7827$[email hidden]: > I ordered RBR from Sendit and was very pleased with the > price/speed/service to Canada. Since no North American dealer seems to > have heard of this, let alone has a date on it, I just pre-ordered my > GTR from them yesterday. I second recommendation of sendit service. I wasn't so lucky because my copy of RBR got stuck somewhere in the customs, but sendit.com have sent me free replacement copy. In the end I had to send them back one of the copies though ;) Alex.
Darus 03 Feb 2005 18:23 UTC↳ reply to alexti#25764
Ordered one myself from Sendit.com. Does anyone know if the release date they show is due to being out of stock, or because the newer release is being shipped then? Seems odd to have to take 3 weeks to restock for the same title. Either way, by early March, I'll be up to my elbows in new games, with GTR, Brothers in Arms and possibly NSR2005.
Darus schrieb:
Quoted text (8 lines)> Ordered one myself from Sendit.com. Does anyone know if the release > date they show is due to being out of stock, or because the newer > release is being shipped then? Seems odd to have to take 3 weeks to > restock for the same title. > > Either way, by early March, I'll be up to my elbows in new games, with > GTR, Brothers in Arms and possibly NSR2005. >
Hi Brothers in Arms, I hope it s more realistic than CoD. And Silent Hunter III. Then I will have my AMD64 3500 with a Radeon X800XL. I already own GTR, but my XP2400 is a little bit too slow. Michael

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