On Thu 06 Apr 2000 05:38:43p, Strothard wrote:
>This one's a little easier on the eyes.<snip>
BTW, a thread on this is already available above under the heading "GPL
--Noonan! Watch your back!".
--
David.
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
The following quoted from Brock Yates in his weekly column at
speedvision.com:
� Good news for racing simulation geeks; bad news
for
Papyrus, the big player in that popular industry. My
underground source, J.J. Hunsecker II, tells me that
a Brit
computer genius named Dave Noonan has developed a
program
whereby you can run your 1967 "Grand Prix Legends"
Formula
1 cars on any one of almost 30 road courses and
speedways.
Want to try your V12 AAR Eagle on the Bristol
half-mile? How
about a Lotus 49 at Elkhart Lake, or a BRM at
Suzuka, or
maybe Imola? It�s all possible, thanks to ol� Dave
and his
skunkworks, surely located in a scuzzy basement
somewhere
in the Midlands. Needless to say, this development
is akin to
tearing out the pages of a book and re-arranging
them and
therefore calls into question whether or not
copyrights are
actually infringed; this has to make the guys at
Papyrus nuts.
My man J.J. says that it�s costing Papyrus over $3m
a year.
Yet to be tried are Winston Cup stockers from the
"NASCAR
Racing" series on great road courses like Spa and
the
Nurburgring, which is of course possible with
Noonan�s
program. Apparently the stock-car gamers don�t care
about
road courses, although the "GP Legends" gang are
having a
grand old time experimenting on all manner of
obscure
tracks�.
Johnny Lugnuts
This one's a little easier on the eyes.
JL
� Good news for racing simulation geeks; bad news for Papyrus, the big
player in that popular industry. My underground source, J.J. Hunsecker II,
tells me that a Brit computer genius named Dave Noonan has developed a
program whereby you can run your 1967 "Grand Prix Legends" Formula 1 cars on
any one of almost 30 road courses and speedways. Want to try your V12 AAR
Eagle on the Bristol half-mile? How about a Lotus 49 at Elkhart Lake, or a
BRM at Suzuka, or maybe Imola? It�s all possible, thanks to ol� Dave and his
skunkworks, surely located in a scuzzy basement somewhere in the Midlands.
Needless to say, this development is akin to tearing out the pages of a book
and re-arranging them and therefore calls into question whether or not
copyrights are actually infringed; this has to make the guys at Papyrus
nuts. My man J.J. says that it�s costing Papyrus over $3m a year. Yet to be
tried are Winston Cup stockers from the "NASCAR Racing" series on great road
courses like Spa and the Nurburgring, which is of course possible with
Noonan�s program. Apparently the stock-car gamers don�t care about road
courses, although the "GP Legends" gang are having a grand old time
experimenting on all manner of obscure tracks�.
