>Does anyone know anything about the future release of Skip Barber's
>racing Sim? I am looking forward to it but don't know much about
>Bethesda software? Any clues out there?
ditto
need open wheel sim
ditto
need open wheel sim
Does anyone know anything about the future release of Skip Barber's
racing Sim? I am looking forward to it but don't know much about
Bethesda software? Any clues out there?
Thanks
Larry
Larry,
Don't know if you saw this:
http://www.powersims.com/Skip_Barber/skip_barber.html
Andrew
Larry Hawes wrote:
> Does anyone know anything about the future release of Skip Barber's
> racing Sim? I am looking forward to it but don't know much about
> Bethesda software? Any clues out there?
>
> Thanks
> Larry
"Larry Hawes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Does anyone know anything about the future release of Skip Barber's
> racing Sim? I am looking forward to it but don't know much about
> Bethesda software? Any clues out there?
>
> Thanks
> Larry
I've been looking forward to this one for a long time. I'm an old Skip
Barber fan. I hang out at Lime Rock Park, which he owns, and plan to take
his school.
I preordered it at the begining of April when it had an official release
date of April 27. I planned to announce this fact here on the ng and do a
full, extremely in depth report.
Then Powersims announced they had confirmed the release had been pushed back
to November, pressumably to concentrate on their new drag racing sim.
This is odd, since they had only announced they were developing this drag
racing sim a week or so before. Why do you drop a nearly ready to ship to
game in favor of one you've just started working on? Somthing weird is going
on at Bethesda.
I havn't personally contacted them yet, but I note that the title has
disappeared, without comment, from their online store.
Why do you drop a nearly ready to ship to
> game in favor of one you've just started working on? Somthing weird isgoing
> on at Bethesda.
>
> I havn't personally contacted them yet, but I note that the title has
> disappeared, without comment, from their online store.
I wonder if Skip dropped them. I have not heard good things from Bethasda
and well drag racing chassis dynamics are not near as complicated as a road
racing cars. They might have been way off to where Skip pulled his name
from it. I too was looking forward to this title.
Dave
Thanks for the note,
Andrew I think that is the URL that got me so excited in the first
place, but alas we will wait and wait till someone gets it right again
(GPL)? I think it is my nature to want new things to try so I was
messing with F1 2000 for quite a while and never got it to work despite
the great help from this forum. In the meantime I didn't drive GPL and
when I returned I was and am still amazed at the feeling that game is
able to translate from computer to brain.
My concern, and I believe it has been stated quite a few times before,
is the marketing problems that the game makers face. Most of the market
is young adults and children with the hardcore simmer left to sift
through the entertainment to find a challenging enough title to spend
money and time on. I'm not wealthy but GPL gives an idea of how good a
sim can be using 2 - 3 year old technology. If someone were to produce a
kick ass sim again I would spring for the privilege and would not be
afraid to drop $100 or more if that is what it takes to get it done and
get a profit to the developers. I am reminded of Auto Cad. It costs
$2000 - $3000 to play with the big boys but AC is the big dog and people
will pay to have the features that AC offers. What if there were a sim
that was SOOOO good it had to cost a bundle but was worth every penny? I
would be all over that in a heart beat. $.02
LARRY
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