Re: Favourite racing games?

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>How about my worst 5? > >1) Sega Rally. A joke. >2) Sega Touring Car. Another joke. >3) NHRA Drag Racing. Lame, boring after 2 or 3 runs. >4) Test Drive 5. Not in NFS's galaxy. >5) NASCAR Revolution.

FWIW, here's my 'bottom 5' (in reverse order): 5) Daytona USA (what a waste of a licence) 4) Sega Rally (I mean, really. How can they do it this badly?) 3) Andretti Racing (I saw it in a bargain bin the other day for a pound. Wildly overpriced) 2) GT Racing (French game - a huge disappointment) and... 1) NASCAR Road Racing (without a doubt, the worst-designed, shoddiest racing "sim" I have ever played. PC Gamer gave it something like 20% - they must have been feeling very generous that day) All these ratings are based on demos only - I've managed to avoid actually buying them! -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

>what are >people's favourite racing games? Starting with my favourite, it would go something like this: 1) GPL - Do I need to say any more? :-) 2) F1GP - I had so many hours of fun with this on my old 486, brilliant. 3) GP2 - Another classic :-) 4) Mario Kart - does this count? It should, and it's great! 5) N3 - I'm not a big NASCAR fan but this *is* a good sim... -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

I know this subject has been done to death, but it's interesting to come back to it every so often. So, just out of pure vulgar curiosity, what are people's favourite racing games? Here's my list (in descending order, only including games I own the full version of, and sticking to cars): Grand Prix Legends (how could it be otherwise? Sublime.) Rally Championship (it's pushing my hardware, but what a game.) Sports Car GT (I've only just got SCGT - for ten quid! - and I *like* it.) Netw'k Q RAC Rally Ch'p (very underrated this - still a great challenge.) Colin McRae Rally (a bit arcadey, but a very nicely done game.) TOCA (version 1) (I haven't got TOCA 2 - this is enough fun for now. No mirrors, though.) Le Mans 24 Hours (how can a game this new not have rear view mirrors?? But it *is* the full Le Mans circuit, and is rather good fun.) CART Precision Racing (rather bland, but the close racing is nice.) Grand Prix 2 (used to be way up my list, but getting pretty tired now, and doesn't have FF. Come *on*, Sir Geoffrey!) F1 Racing Simulation (not great, not bad. Doesn't stir the soul.) Screamer 2 (doesn't pretend to be anything other than an arcade game - and all the better for it. Not my cup of tea, though.) Int'l Rally Ch'ship (the worst of this series.) NASCAR 1 (I just don't get on with it - never been really sure why not.) Formula 1 '97 (flashy arcadey thing, pretends to be a sim.) Power F1 (didn't know I still had this, actually.) All IMHO, naturally! -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

Well i played lost on playstaion and n64 but only a few on PC here we go 1:Nascar Racing 3 (I LOVE THIS GAME AND ALWAYS WILL) 2: GPL (Papy Had made some great games and this is by far one of the best) 3:Need For Speed 4 (its really fun i wish there could be no time while being the cops) 4:Nascar Racing 1999 edition (I like the trucks on the super speedways Was fun) 5:Nascar 2000 (EA...Needs to do some work but this is a good game but not one of there greatest) 6:Viper Racing (Its fun!!!!! Cool crashes!!!!) 7: Nascar Racing 2 (Back in the days. One of The best ever!) 8: Nascar 99 (Needs some AI work and nascar 2000 really fixed that) 9: Gran Turismo (Good Good Game. Need i say more?) 10: SCGT (A good game i never played a lot of it so it post in 10th) Ok Now the bad games I have tons to put in here but im only puting in 10 IM putting in how much i would rate them 1-5 in stars 5 being the best. 1: Destruction Derby 1 (WHAT A TERRIBLE GAME IM SORRY BUT ITS BAD!!) ** 2: ICR1 (OK WHAT TACKY RAIN buthey this game is old and for it deserves some stars) *** 3: Nascar Racing 1 (Ok I will never understand this game and i could find my way through it) *** 4:Nascar 98 (HORRIBLE HORRIBLE FLIPS AND CRASHES AND WHY WHEN YOU HIT THE WALL YOU BOUNCE OFF AND SLOW DOWN LIKE 3O MPH) ** 5: Nascar 99 (Better i put it in the good games for more tracks and better graphics But WHEN YOU HIT THE WALL YOU BOUNCE OFF) *** 6: Nascar Racing (Ok This is alright when i always used to play this game when EA didnt come out with nascar 99 But this game has lots of problms. like PC games dont look good on playstation) *** 7: Destruction Derby 2 (Alright Get the game see it you will see. But good AI) *** 8: Andretti Racing (OMG OMG i only played this game multiplayer BUT ITS BAD DONT GET THIS GAME THATS A WARNING) *** 9: F1 Pole Position (Ok Big Problem 5 lap Digust Lap 1: Sunny Lap 2: Cloudy Lap 3: rain Lap 4: Cloudy Lap 5: Down Pour) * 10: Sports Car Gt For playstation (I didnt really like this game You BOUNCE OFF THE WALLS i will nevr understand that) This is my opinion i dont want to start a fight over this thanks for reading =)

ok here's my list :)))))) Need For Speed 4 ('cos I like arcade racers...) Nascar Racing 3 ('cos I like this!) Grand Prix Legends (another Sierra.. surprise..) Extreme Biker (oh guess what.. Another Sierra game) Superbikes (EA... the ONLY EA racing game I liked) Rally Champ 2000 (this ones good.... or at least better than the last) South Park Rally (this is FUN) Gran Turismo (running on BLEEM... 'cos it's SOOOO Cool, but not the best) Toca 2 (arcadey.. but too easy...) Monster Truck Madness (Was fun for a while.. went soon dead) but of course.. I have more... and am waiting for a good F1 game or Indycar game to be released!!! as the guy said earlier.. Roll on June! we want GP3!!! fluffypony

Don't forget another fun one, Star Wars Pod Racer. Man, that thing had some awesome sense of speed feel to it... fluffypony wrote:

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> > ok here's my list :)))))) > > Need For Speed 4 ('cos I like arcade racers...) > Nascar Racing 3 ('cos I like this!) > Grand Prix Legends (another Sierra.. surprise..) > Extreme Biker (oh guess what.. Another Sierra game) > Superbikes (EA... the ONLY EA racing game I liked) > Rally Champ 2000 (this ones good.... or at least better than the last) > South Park Rally (this is FUN) > Gran Turismo (running on BLEEM... 'cos it's SOOOO Cool, but not the > best) > Toca 2 (arcadey.. but too easy...) > Monster Truck Madness (Was fun for a while.. went soon dead) > > but of course.. I have more... and am waiting for a good F1 game or > Indycar game to be released!!! as the guy said earlier.. Roll on June! > we want GP3!!! > > fluffypony

he said car games.. we're talking all racing games? get Killer Loop :)

Here's a list of my favorites 1) Nascar Racing 3 - Just the best stockcar game available and with Daytona it is now complete. 2) Nascar Legends - Racing one of these beasts on a short track is a blast. 3) Dirt Track Racing - Great career mode and very racey ai. I have one word for Ratbag, Outlaws. 4) Nascar Racing 1999 - Trucks, and an update to Nascar 2, what else need i say. 5) Gran Turismo 2 - Great physics (for a playstation game), and an ungodly number of cars. But bugs and poor ai make snoozefests of the longer races.

Racing games are getting better all the time, of course, so the only valid comparison of games today with older ones is how much fun they were to play. By that standard, Grand Prix 1 is at the top of the list for me. For realism, GPL will probably never be topped since it was shown that the average gamer doesn't WANT a realistic game. N3 is a fine, playable simulation that doesn't take forever to learn to play competitively. The Need for Speed series is a nice diversion. The games I'm most eagerly anticipating now are World Sports Car and GP3...

ECTS was good for GP3... yeah that's good to drive.. though it was in software mode.. :(

I find that I tend to waffle around. I'll play one game exclusively for a few weeks, then switch to another and not play the first one for months. That said, my Top 10: 1) Grand Prix Legends. Tough, but cool. I admit to liking to race F3 more than F1. 2) Sports Car GT. Best graphics (at least on my system). Gotta download the additional cars though. Racing the Panoz roadster is a total blast! 3) Need For Speed III. I've got Need For Speed IV too, but I dunno, I just like III better. 4) Midtown Madness. Fun! 5) F1 Racing Simulation. Imperfect, but decent. 6) Indycar Racing II (except I have to run it on my Mac (sans wheel and pedals), as it won't run on my P400. 7) NASCAR 1999 (except it doesn't support my video card). 8) Motocross Madness. Fun! 9) Monster Truck Madness. Fun! 10) Star Wars Racer. Fun! How about my worst 5? 1) Sega Rally. A joke. 2) Sega Touring Car. Another joke. 3) NHRA Drag Racing. Lame, boring after 2 or 3 runs. 4) Test Drive 5. Not in NFS's galaxy. 5) NASCAR Revolution.

Daytona USA and Sega Rally are both ARCADE games.. not home games.. remember that.. they appeal to the "pick up and play" Genre.. like me, though I do like sims aswell... Everyone's got their likes and dislikes.. let's not get into a heated arguement here :) fluffypony

[email hidden] (fluffypony) wrote in <[email hidden]>: >Daytona USA and Sega Rally are both ARCADE games.. not home games.. >remember that..<snip> I was referring to the home versions of both games. The arcade versions are fine, but the PC versions are dreadful, however you look at them. -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

Too many too list, lol. But one game that I *dont* have sadly is GPL. I live in the middle of Nascar, Drag Race and Mud Boggin country here in Middle Georgia, but how Sierra managed to sell *every* copy of GPL in the entire middle georgia area, is beyond me, lol. Must be a "kick-ass" game like Maximum PC mag rates things. I been searching for 2 months now, it's nowhere to be found in any of the stores in the malls, wal marts, EB's, etc. One day I'll get it, but anyways.... No order here... F1GP - Wore this game out on my old Commodore Amiga, which I still use from time to time, lol. Nascar Racing 3, Nascar Racing Legends - everyone knows the oval stuff, actually I like Legends better, but not as popular for some odd, bizarre reason. Nascar Racing 2, 1999 - These got me hooked on online racing, for an entire week, was able to host NR1999 races on Heat.net with up to 6-8 people using IPX over 56k modem with NO WARP. But then Heat.net changed their coding, it became warp city, and I have never raced there since. Why do companies do such idiotic things?? ROFL Monaco Gran Prix Racing Simulation 2 - Awesome game with awesome graphics. Made me recall my glory days with the F1GP game on my old Amiga. This game is a blast, but in some ways, too damn hard for me, lol. Easy to get accustomed to, but hard to tame. At least for me. Several of my redneck nascar buddies got sucked in by this game and never looked back, they love it too! Sports Car GT - PSX version blows, PC version rocks. The closest thing I got to Gran Turismo on the PC, until NFS:MC comes out. Great game and graphics, reminds me of MGPRS2 but with GT cars. And any game that has Road Atlanta has got to be a cool game, hehe. I really, really like this game. Dirt Track Racing - Graphics and game are alot better than I expected for a mid-priced game by a company I never heard of. Impressive to say the least. Bought it more for the novelty of having a dirt track game and hoping it was gonna turn out to be a good investment. It's fun all around, but I have trouble beating the lowest ranked championship thingy in career mode. Challenging game, just that I never watched alot, or played alot of dirt track games and such, so I was like an extreme rookie, lol. CART, Indy Car Racing II - Fun games here, though showing their age quite a bit, still two good games. Makes for a good diversion from F1 games. Never been a hardcore indy fan, but these games are fun and interesting. I guess if Sierra needs to make some more/different games in the future, they need to make Indy Car Racing 3 and a killer Formula 1 game to see how theirs would look and compare. Personally I'd like to see a Trans Am series too. Maybe a historic car cup game, like those vintage cup races they hold at Laguna Seca. Have it where you could choose your time period and cars from that era. Anyways... TOCA 2 - I recently got bit by the Touring Car bug and I'm loving it. Fun, fun game. The drivers displaying their emotions in the heat of battle is a nice treat to see in a game. And has caused me to wreck at least once when I see my driver shake his fist at one of the other drivers in anger/disgust, I just roll around laughing, then watch the replay a few times to laugh even more. Don't know why I find that so amusing, lol, but it's a blast. I guess maybe I'd do the same thing in real life racing. ;o) Anyways, I love this game and on expert they work me over pretty good. Normal championship I can win alot or finish near the top, while on expert I am doing good to finish in the top 10 or somewhere in the middle of the pack. I think that's pretty much all the PC games I got, might be forgetting some. I sure did, Burnout Champsionship drag racing. Can't get it to work in 3d with my Voodoo 3, but a cool drag race sim. Here's a quick rundown of my PSX game for the hell of it... Gran Turismo 1 & 2 - my faves for the PSX, outstanding games, kept me hooked for a long time. The first helped me alot to learn proper driving techniques, stuff I'd like to see in PC sims, kinda like tutorial type things for rookie/intermediate drivers to help them get a grasp on the game and proper driving. And would make a nice refresher for some of us crusty veterans when moving between sims and lack some knowledge in the difference (like moving from Nascar 3 to an F1 sim). Formula 1 Championship Edition - I like this game alot. By Psygnosis, I remember them from the good ol Amiga days. The commentators help add a bit to this game, hehe. This, like TOCA2, gaurantees me messing up when I hear or see certain things, mainly the commentators getting caught up in the heat of the moment and shouting "Look at this!! Loooook Attttt Thhhiissss!!!!", ROFL. I love em. I have wrecked upon hearing that cause I'm then checking mirrors, left, right and everywhere trying to see why they are getting passionate, hehe. Then bust out laughing and boom, race over or limping to the pits. It's a trip. CART World Series - This is one tough cookie for me. Running on full realism at Homestead, there's no way I can keep up with the AI. I think the AI run *too* fast. No matter how I tweak my setups, the AI can run through those curves without letting off the gas, if I try to stay with them, I'm in the wall and out of the race or I spin out and off into the infield grass. This game gives the AI the supreme advantage and makes me wish I had never bought it. It's biased against human racers, lol. The game I'm now awaiting most is Need For Speed: Motor City. It's about like the "Ultima Online" of racing sims. Will be somewhat like Gran Turismo in the fact you start with a little cash and have to buy a car and work your way up. But will be online community type thing like Ultima, where you mingle with other players at the virtual drive-in, challenge them to illegal street drag races, or head over to the legit drag strip for legit drag racing. Road racing through the streets too. Mostly all muscle cars, but you can do anything and everything with them. Engine swaps, total mods, pretty much alot of things you see in games, but further in depth. Hehe, imagine starting out with an old 72 Duster with 318, luck up and beat a few other low budget rides and buy a bigger engine like 340, 383, 426, 440, etc, hehe. Promises to be an amazing game with more than 40 cars. Complete garage to house them, work on them, etc. Can create custom paintjobs for the cars, then sell them for game money to other racers, ehhe. Or offer to fix, or customize a car for other players, for game cash. This game should be a trip and a half. Destin David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I know this subject has been done to death, but it's interesting to come > back to it every so often. So, just out of pure vulgar curiosity, what are > people's favourite racing games? Here's my list (in descending order, only > including games I own the full version of, and sticking to cars): > > Grand Prix Legends (how could it be otherwise? Sublime.) > Rally Championship (it's pushing my hardware, but what a game.) > Sports Car GT (I've only just got SCGT - for ten quid! - and I > *like* it.) > Netw'k Q RAC Rally Ch'p (very underrated this - still a great > challenge.) > Colin McRae Rally (a bit arcadey, but a very nicely done game.) > TOCA (version 1) (I haven't got TOCA 2 - this is enough fun for > now. No mirrors, though.) > Le Mans 24 Hours (how can a game this new not have rear view > mirrors?? But it *is* the full Le Mans circuit, and is rather good fun.) > CART Precision Racing (rather bland, but the close racing is nice.) > Grand Prix 2 (used to be way up my list, but getting pretty > tired now, and doesn't have FF. Come *on*, Sir Geoffrey!) > F1 Racing Simulation (not great, not bad. Doesn't stir the soul.) > Screamer 2 (doesn't pretend to be anything other than an > arcade game - and all the better for it. Not my cup of tea, though.) > Int'l Rally Ch'ship (the worst of this series.) > NASCAR 1 (I just don't get on with it - never been really > sure why not.) > Formula 1 '97 (flashy arcadey thing, pretends to be a sim.) > Power F1 (didn't know I still had this, actually.) > > All IMHO, naturally! > -- > David. > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." > (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

Regarding GPL, have a stroll through (believe it or not) your local TJ Maxx next time your near it. Another fellow in RAS mentioned this (and he was from another part of the US; I'm in Nashville myself), and sure enough, yesterday while at TJ Maxx myself, I saw a copy on their rollaway rack. Pretty cheap, I'd imagine--but I was already waiting in a l o n g line and so didn't break away to check. --DK <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:86ku4.1380$[email hidden]... > Too many too list, lol. But one game that I *dont* have sadly is GPL. Ilive > in the middle of Nascar, Drag Race and Mud Boggin country here in Middle > Georgia, but how Sierra managed to sell *every* copy of GPL in the entire > middle georgia area, is beyond me, lol. Must be a "kick-ass" game like > Maximum PC mag rates things. I been searching for 2 months now, it'snowhere > to be found in any of the stores in the malls, wal marts, EB's, etc. Oneday > I'll get it, but anyways.... > > No order here... > > F1GP - Wore this game out on my old Commodore Amiga, which I still usefrom

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> time to time, lol. > > Nascar Racing 3, Nascar Racing Legends - everyone knows the oval stuff, > actually I like Legends better, but not as popular for some odd, bizarre > reason. > > Nascar Racing 2, 1999 - These got me hooked on online racing, for an

entire > week, was able to host NR1999 races on Heat.net with up to 6-8 peopleusing > IPX over 56k modem with NO WARP. But then Heat.net changed their coding,it

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> became warp city, and I have never raced there since. Why do companies do > such idiotic things?? ROFL > > Monaco Gran Prix Racing Simulation 2 - Awesome game with awesome graphics. > Made me recall my glory days with the F1GP game on my old Amiga. This game > is a blast, but in some ways, too damn hard for me, lol. Easy to get > accustomed to, but hard to tame. At least for me. Several of my redneck > nascar buddies got sucked in by this game and never looked back, they love > it too! > > Sports Car GT - PSX version blows, PC version rocks. The closest thing I

got > to Gran Turismo on the PC, until NFS:MC comes out. Great game andgraphics, > reminds me of MGPRS2 but with GT cars. And any game that has Road Atlanta > has got to be a cool game, hehe. I really, really like this game. > > Dirt Track Racing - Graphics and game are alot better than I expected fora > mid-priced game by a company I never heard of. Impressive to say theleast. > Bought it more for the novelty of having a dirt track game and hoping itwas > gonna turn out to be a good investment. It's fun all around, but I have > trouble beating the lowest ranked championship thingy in career mode. > Challenging game, just that I never watched alot, or played alot of dirt > track games and such, so I was like an extreme rookie, lol. > > CART, Indy Car Racing II - Fun games here, though showing their age quitea

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> bit, still two good games. Makes for a good diversion from F1 games. Never > been a hardcore indy fan, but these games are fun and interesting. I guess > if Sierra needs to make some more/different games in the future, they need > to make Indy Car Racing 3 and a killer Formula 1 game to see how theirs > would look and compare. Personally I'd like to see a Trans Am series too. > Maybe a historic car cup game, like those vintage cup races they hold at > Laguna Seca. Have it where you could choose your time period and cars from > that era. Anyways... > > TOCA 2 - I recently got bit by the Touring Car bug and I'm loving it. Fun, > fun game. The drivers displaying their emotions in the heat of battle is a > nice treat to see in a game. And has caused me to wreck at least once when

I > see my driver shake his fist at one of the other drivers in anger/disgust,I > just roll around laughing, then watch the replay a few times to laugh even > more. Don't know why I find that so amusing, lol, but it's a blast. Iguess > maybe I'd do the same thing in real life racing. ;o) Anyways, I lovethis > game and on expert they work me over pretty good. Normal championship Ican > win alot or finish near the top, while on expert I am doing good to finish > in the top 10 or somewhere in the middle of the pack. > > I think that's pretty much all the PC games I got, might be forgettingsome. > I sure did, Burnout Champsionship drag racing. Can't get it to work in 3d > with my Voodoo 3, but a cool drag race sim. > > Here's a quick rundown of my PSX game for the hell of it... > > Gran Turismo 1 & 2 - my faves for the PSX, outstanding games, kept mehooked > for a long time. The first helped me alot to learn proper driving > techniques, stuff I'd like to see in PC sims, kinda like tutorial type > things for rookie/intermediate drivers to help them get a grasp on thegame > and proper driving. And would make a nice refresher for some of us crusty > veterans when moving between sims and lack some knowledge in thedifference > (like moving from Nascar 3 to an F1 sim). > > Formula 1 Championship Edition - I like this game alot. By Psygnosis, I > remember them from the good ol Amiga days. The commentators help add a bit > to this game, hehe. This, like TOCA2, gaurantees me messing up when I hear > or see certain things, mainly the commentators getting caught up in theheat

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> of the moment and shouting "Look at this!! Loooook Attttt Thhhiissss!!!!", > ROFL. I love em. I have wrecked upon hearing that cause I'm then checking > mirrors, left, right and everywhere trying to see why they are getting > passionate, hehe. Then bust out laughing and boom, race over or limping to > the pits. It's a trip. > > CART World Series - This is one tough cookie for me. Running on full

realism > at Homestead, there's no way I can keep up with the AI. I think the AI run > *too* fast. No matter how I tweak my setups, the AI can run through those > curves without letting off the gas, if I try to stay with them, I'm in the > wall and out of the race or I spin out and off into the infield grass.This > game gives the AI the supreme advantage and makes me wish I had neverbought > it. It's biased against human racers, lol. > > The game I'm now awaiting most is Need For Speed: Motor City. It's about > like the "Ultima Online" of racing sims. Will be somewhat like GranTurismo > in the fact you start with a little cash and have to buy a car and workyour > way up. But will be online community type thing like Ultima, where you > mingle with other players at the virtual drive-in, challenge them toillegal > street drag races, or head over to the legit drag strip for legit drag > racing. Road racing through the streets too. Mostly all muscle cars, butyou > can do anything and everything with them. Engine swaps, total mods, pretty > much alot of things you see in games, but further in depth. Hehe, imagine > starting out with an old 72 Duster with 318, luck up and beat a few other > low budget rides and buy a bigger engine like 340, 383, 426, 440, etc,hehe. > Promises to be an amazing game with more than 40 cars. Complete garage to > house them, work on them, etc. Can create custom paintjobs for the cars, > then sell them for game money to other racers, ehhe. Or offer to fix, or > customize a car for other players, for game cash. This game should be atrip

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> and a half. > > Destin > > > > > > > David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I know this subject has been done to death, but it's interesting to come > > back to it every so often. So, just out of pure vulgar curiosity, what

are > > people's favourite racing games? Here's my list (in descending order,only

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> > including games I own the full version of, and sticking to cars): > > > > Grand Prix Legends (how could it be otherwise? Sublime.) > > Rally Championship (it's pushing my hardware, but what a game.) > > Sports Car GT (I've only just got SCGT - for ten quid! - and I > > *like* it.) > > Netw'k Q RAC Rally Ch'p (very underrated this - still a great > > challenge.) > > Colin McRae Rally (a bit arcadey, but a very nicely done game.) > > TOCA (version 1) (I haven't got TOCA 2 - this is enough fun for > > now. No mirrors, though.) > > Le Mans 24 Hours (how can a game this new not have rear view > > mirrors?? But it *is* the full Le Mans circuit, and is rather good fun.) > > CART Precision Racing (rather bland, but the close racing is nice.) > > Grand Prix 2 (used to be way up my list, but getting pretty > > tired now, and doesn't have FF. Come *on*, Sir Geoffrey!) > > F1 Racing Simulation (not great, not bad. Doesn't stir the soul.) > > Screamer 2 (doesn't pretend to be anything other than an > > arcade game - and all the better for it. Not my cup of tea, though.) > > Int'l Rally Ch'ship (the worst of this series.) > > NASCAR 1 (I just don't get on with it - never been really > > sure why not.) > > Formula 1 '97 (flashy arcadey thing, pretends to be a sim.) > > Power F1 (didn't know I still had this, actually.) > > > > All IMHO, naturally! > > -- > > David. > > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,

really." > > (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh) > >

TJ Maxx in Virginia Beach also had GPL for $12.99. David Karr wrote:

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> > Regarding GPL, have a stroll through (believe it or not) your local TJ Maxx > next time your near it. Another fellow in RAS mentioned this (and he was > from another part of the US; I'm in Nashville myself), and sure enough, > yesterday while at TJ Maxx myself, I saw a copy on their rollaway rack. > Pretty cheap, I'd imagine--but I was already waiting in a l o n g line and > so didn't break away to check. > > --DK > > <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:86ku4.1380$[email hidden]... > > Too many too list, lol. But one game that I *dont* have sadly is GPL. I > live > > in the middle of Nascar, Drag Race and Mud Boggin country here in Middle > > Georgia, but how Sierra managed to sell *every* copy of GPL in the entire > > middle georgia area, is beyond me, lol. Must be a "kick-ass" game like > > Maximum PC mag rates things. I been searching for 2 months now, it's > nowhere > > to be found in any of the stores in the malls, wal marts, EB's, etc. One > day > > I'll get it, but anyways.... > > > > No order here... > > > > F1GP - Wore this game out on my old Commodore Amiga, which I still use > from > > time to time, lol. > > > > Nascar Racing 3, Nascar Racing Legends - everyone knows the oval stuff, > > actually I like Legends better, but not as popular for some odd, bizarre > > reason. > > > > Nascar Racing 2, 1999 - These got me hooked on online racing, for an > entire > > week, was able to host NR1999 races on Heat.net with up to 6-8 people > using > > IPX over 56k modem with NO WARP. But then Heat.net changed their coding, > it > > became warp city, and I have never raced there since. Why do companies do > > such idiotic things?? ROFL > > > > Monaco Gran Prix Racing Simulation 2 - Awesome game with awesome graphics. > > Made me recall my glory days with the F1GP game on my old Amiga. This game > > is a blast, but in some ways, too damn hard for me, lol. Easy to get > > accustomed to, but hard to tame. At least for me. Several of my redneck > > nascar buddies got sucked in by this game and never looked back, they love > > it too! > > > > Sports Car GT - PSX version blows, PC version rocks. The closest thing I > got > > to Gran Turismo on the PC, until NFS:MC comes out. Great game and > graphics, > > reminds me of MGPRS2 but with GT cars. And any game that has Road Atlanta > > has got to be a cool game, hehe. I really, really like this game. > > > > Dirt Track Racing - Graphics and game are alot better than I expected for > a > > mid-priced game by a company I never heard of. Impressive to say the > least. > > Bought it more for the novelty of having a dirt track game and hoping it > was > > gonna turn out to be a good investment. It's fun all around, but I have > > trouble beating the lowest ranked championship thingy in career mode. > > Challenging game, just that I never watched alot, or played alot of dirt > > track games and such, so I was like an extreme rookie, lol. > > > > CART, Indy Car Racing II - Fun games here, though showing their age quite > a > > bit, still two good games. Makes for a good diversion from F1 games. Never > > been a hardcore indy fan, but these games are fun and interesting. I guess > > if Sierra needs to make some more/different games in the future, they need > > to make Indy Car Racing 3 and a killer Formula 1 game to see how theirs > > would look and compare. Personally I'd like to see a Trans Am series too. > > Maybe a historic car cup game, like those vintage cup races they hold at > > Laguna Seca. Have it where you could choose your time period and cars from > > that era. Anyways... > > > > TOCA 2 - I recently got bit by the Touring Car bug and I'm loving it. Fun, > > fun game. The drivers displaying their emotions in the heat of battle is a > > nice treat to see in a game. And has caused me to wreck at least once when > I > > see my driver shake his fist at one of the other drivers in anger/disgust, > I > > just roll around laughing, then watch the replay a few times to laugh even > > more. Don't know why I find that so amusing, lol, but it's a blast. I > guess > > maybe I'd do the same thing in real life racing. ;o) Anyways, I love > this > > game and on expert they work me over pretty good. Normal championship I > can > > win alot or finish near the top, while on expert I am doing good to finish > > in the top 10 or somewhere in the middle of the pack. > > > > I think that's pretty much all the PC games I got, might be forgetting > some. > > I sure did, Burnout Champsionship drag racing. Can't get it to work in 3d > > with my Voodoo 3, but a cool drag race sim. > > > > Here's a quick rundown of my PSX game for the hell of it... > > > > Gran Turismo 1 & 2 - my faves for the PSX, outstanding games, kept me > hooked > > for a long time. The first helped me alot to learn proper driving > > techniques, stuff I'd like to see in PC sims, kinda like tutorial type > > things for rookie/intermediate drivers to help them get a grasp on the > game > > and proper driving. And would make a nice refresher for some of us crusty > > veterans when moving between sims and lack some knowledge in the > difference > > (like moving from Nascar 3 to an F1 sim). > > > > Formula 1 Championship Edition - I like this game alot. By Psygnosis, I > > remember them from the good ol Amiga days. The commentators help add a bit > > to this game, hehe. This, like TOCA2, gaurantees me messing up when I hear > > or see certain things, mainly the commentators getting caught up in the > heat > > of the moment and shouting "Look at this!! Loooook Attttt Thhhiissss!!!!", > > ROFL. I love em. I have wrecked upon hearing that cause I'm then checking > > mirrors, left, right and everywhere trying to see why they are getting > > passionate, hehe. Then bust out laughing and boom, race over or limping to > > the pits. It's a trip. > > > > CART World Series - This is one tough cookie for me. Running on full > realism > > at Homestead, there's no way I can keep up with the AI. I think the AI run > > *too* fast. No matter how I tweak my setups, the AI can run through those > > curves without letting off the gas, if I try to stay with them, I'm in the > > wall and out of the race or I spin out and off into the infield grass. > This > > game gives the AI the supreme advantage and makes me wish I had never > bought > > it. It's biased against human racers, lol. > > > > The game I'm now awaiting most is Need For Speed: Motor City. It's about > > like the "Ultima Online" of racing sims. Will be somewhat like Gran > Turismo > > in the fact you start with a little cash and have to buy a car and work > your > > way up. But will be online community type thing like Ultima, where you > > mingle with other players at the virtual drive-in, challenge them to > illegal > > street drag races, or head over to the legit drag strip for legit drag > > racing. Road racing through the streets too. Mostly all muscle cars, but > you > > can do anything and everything with them. Engine swaps, total mods, pretty > > much alot of things you see in games, but further in depth. Hehe, imagine > > starting out with an old 72 Duster with 318, luck up and beat a few other > > low budget rides and buy a bigger engine like 340, 383, 426, 440, etc, > hehe. > > Promises to be an amazing game with more than 40 cars. Complete garage to > > house them, work on them, etc. Can create custom paintjobs for the cars, > > then sell them for game money to other racers, ehhe. Or offer to fix, or > > customize a car for other players, for game cash. This game should be a > trip > > and a half. > > > > Destin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I know this subject has been done to death, but it's interesting to come > > > back to it every so often. So, just out of pure vulgar curiosity, what > are > > > people's favourite racing games? Here's my list (in descending order, > only > > > including games I own the full version of, and sticking to cars): > > > > > > Grand Prix Legends (how could it be otherwise? Sublime.) > > > Rally Championship (it's pushing my hardware, but what a game.) > > > Sports Car GT (I've only just got SCGT - for ten quid! - and I > > > *like* it.) > > > Netw'k Q RAC Rally Ch'p (very underrated this - still a great > > > challenge.) > > > Colin McRae Rally (a bit arcadey, but a very nicely done game.) > > > TOCA (version 1) (I haven't got TOCA 2 - this is enough fun for > > > now. No mirrors, though.) > > > Le Mans 24 Hours (how can a game this new not have rear view > > > mirrors?? But it *is* the full Le Mans circuit, and is rather good fun.) > > > CART Precision Racing (rather bland, but the close racing is nice.) > > > Grand Prix 2 (used to be way up my list, but getting pretty > > > tired now, and doesn't have FF. Come *on*, Sir Geoffrey!) > > > F1 Racing Simulation (not great, not bad. Doesn't stir the soul.) > > > Screamer 2 (doesn't pretend to be anything other than an > > > arcade game - and all the better for it. Not my cup of tea, though.) > > > Int'l Rally Ch'ship (the worst of this series.) > > > NASCAR 1 (I just don't get on with it - never been really > > > sure why not.) > > > Formula 1 '97 (flashy arcadey thing, pretends to be a sim.) > > > Power F1 (didn't know I still had this, actually.) > > > > > > All IMHO, naturally! > > > -- > > > David. > > > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > really." > > > (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh) > > > >

Ooh, I can't believe it. I made the dreaded "your" for "you're" gaffe. abashed in Nashville, DK "David Karr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:89clbk$86n$[email hidden]... > Regarding GPL, have a stroll through (believe it or not) your local TJMaxx > next time your near it. Another fellow in RAS mentioned this (and he was > from another part of the US; I'm in Nashville myself), and sure enough, > yesterday while at TJ Maxx myself, I saw a copy on their rollaway rack. > Pretty cheap, I'd imagine--but I was already waiting in a l o n g lineand

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> so didn't break away to check. > > --DK > > > <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:86ku4.1380$[email hidden]... > > Too many too list, lol. But one game that I *dont* have sadly is GPL. I > live > > in the middle of Nascar, Drag Race and Mud Boggin country here in Middle > > Georgia, but how Sierra managed to sell *every* copy of GPL in the

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> > middle georgia area, is beyond me, lol. Must be a "kick-ass" game like > > Maximum PC mag rates things. I been searching for 2 months now, it's > nowhere > > to be found in any of the stores in the malls, wal marts, EB's, etc. One > day > > I'll get it, but anyways.... > > > > No order here... > > > > F1GP - Wore this game out on my old Commodore Amiga, which I still use > from > > time to time, lol. > > > > Nascar Racing 3, Nascar Racing Legends - everyone knows the oval stuff, > > actually I like Legends better, but not as popular for some odd, bizarre > > reason. > > > > Nascar Racing 2, 1999 - These got me hooked on online racing, for an > entire > > week, was able to host NR1999 races on Heat.net with up to 6-8 people > using > > IPX over 56k modem with NO WARP. But then Heat.net changed their coding, > it > > became warp city, and I have never raced there since. Why do companies

do > > such idiotic things?? ROFL > > > > Monaco Gran Prix Racing Simulation 2 - Awesome game with awesomegraphics. > > Made me recall my glory days with the F1GP game on my old Amiga. Thisgame > > is a blast, but in some ways, too damn hard for me, lol. Easy to get > > accustomed to, but hard to tame. At least for me. Several of my redneck > > nascar buddies got sucked in by this game and never looked back, theylove

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> > it too! > > > > Sports Car GT - PSX version blows, PC version rocks. The closest thing I > got > > to Gran Turismo on the PC, until NFS:MC comes out. Great game and > graphics, > > reminds me of MGPRS2 but with GT cars. And any game that has Road

Atlanta > > has got to be a cool game, hehe. I really, really like this game. > > > > Dirt Track Racing - Graphics and game are alot better than I expectedfor

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> a > > mid-priced game by a company I never heard of. Impressive to say the > least. > > Bought it more for the novelty of having a dirt track game and hoping it > was > > gonna turn out to be a good investment. It's fun all around, but I have > > trouble beating the lowest ranked championship thingy in career mode. > > Challenging game, just that I never watched alot, or played alot of dirt > > track games and such, so I was like an extreme rookie, lol. > > > > CART, Indy Car Racing II - Fun games here, though showing their age

quite > a > > bit, still two good games. Makes for a good diversion from F1 games.Never > > been a hardcore indy fan, but these games are fun and interesting. Iguess > > if Sierra needs to make some more/different games in the future, theyneed > > to make Indy Car Racing 3 and a killer Formula 1 game to see how theirs > > would look and compare. Personally I'd like to see a Trans Am seriestoo. > > Maybe a historic car cup game, like those vintage cup races they hold at > > Laguna Seca. Have it where you could choose your time period and carsfrom > > that era. Anyways... > > > > TOCA 2 - I recently got bit by the Touring Car bug and I'm loving it.Fun, > > fun game. The drivers displaying their emotions in the heat of battle isa > > nice treat to see in a game. And has caused me to wreck at least oncewhen > I > > see my driver shake his fist at one of the other drivers inanger/disgust, > I > > just roll around laughing, then watch the replay a few times to laugheven

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> > more. Don't know why I find that so amusing, lol, but it's a blast. I > guess > > maybe I'd do the same thing in real life racing. ;o) Anyways, I love > this > > game and on expert they work me over pretty good. Normal championship I > can > > win alot or finish near the top, while on expert I am doing good to

finish > > in the top 10 or somewhere in the middle of the pack. > > > > I think that's pretty much all the PC games I got, might be forgetting > some. > > I sure did, Burnout Champsionship drag racing. Can't get it to work in3d

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> > with my Voodoo 3, but a cool drag race sim. > > > > Here's a quick rundown of my PSX game for the hell of it... > > > > Gran Turismo 1 & 2 - my faves for the PSX, outstanding games, kept me > hooked > > for a long time. The first helped me alot to learn proper driving > > techniques, stuff I'd like to see in PC sims, kinda like tutorial type > > things for rookie/intermediate drivers to help them get a grasp on the > game > > and proper driving. And would make a nice refresher for some of us

crusty > > veterans when moving between sims and lack some knowledge in the > difference > > (like moving from Nascar 3 to an F1 sim). > > > > Formula 1 Championship Edition - I like this game alot. By Psygnosis, I > > remember them from the good ol Amiga days. The commentators help add abit > > to this game, hehe. This, like TOCA2, gaurantees me messing up when Ihear > > or see certain things, mainly the commentators getting caught up in the > heat > > of the moment and shouting "Look at this!! Loooook AtttttThhhiissss!!!!", > > ROFL. I love em. I have wrecked upon hearing that cause I'm thenchecking > > mirrors, left, right and everywhere trying to see why they are getting > > passionate, hehe. Then bust out laughing and boom, race over or limpingto > > the pits. It's a trip. > > > > CART World Series - This is one tough cookie for me. Running on full > realism > > at Homestead, there's no way I can keep up with the AI. I think the AIrun > > *too* fast. No matter how I tweak my setups, the AI can run throughthose > > curves without letting off the gas, if I try to stay with them, I'm inthe

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> > wall and out of the race or I spin out and off into the infield grass. > This > > game gives the AI the supreme advantage and makes me wish I had never > bought > > it. It's biased against human racers, lol. > > > > The game I'm now awaiting most is Need For Speed: Motor City. It's about > > like the "Ultima Online" of racing sims. Will be somewhat like Gran > Turismo > > in the fact you start with a little cash and have to buy a car and work > your > > way up. But will be online community type thing like Ultima, where you > > mingle with other players at the virtual drive-in, challenge them to > illegal > > street drag races, or head over to the legit drag strip for legit drag > > racing. Road racing through the streets too. Mostly all muscle cars, but > you > > can do anything and everything with them. Engine swaps, total mods,

pretty > > much alot of things you see in games, but further in depth. Hehe,imagine > > starting out with an old 72 Duster with 318, luck up and beat a fewother > > low budget rides and buy a bigger engine like 340, 383, 426, 440, etc, > hehe. > > Promises to be an amazing game with more than 40 cars. Complete garageto

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> > house them, work on them, etc. Can create custom paintjobs for the cars, > > then sell them for game money to other racers, ehhe. Or offer to fix, or > > customize a car for other players, for game cash. This game should be a > trip > > and a half. > > > > Destin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I know this subject has been done to death, but it's interesting to

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> > > back to it every so often. So, just out of pure vulgar curiosity, what > are > > > people's favourite racing games? Here's my list (in descending order, > only > > > including games I own the full version of, and sticking to cars): > > > > > > Grand Prix Legends (how could it be otherwise? Sublime.) > > > Rally Championship (it's pushing my hardware, but what a game.) > > > Sports Car GT (I've only just got SCGT - for ten quid! - and I > > > *like* it.) > > > Netw'k Q RAC Rally Ch'p (very underrated this - still a great > > > challenge.) > > > Colin McRae Rally (a bit arcadey, but a very nicely done game.) > > > TOCA (version 1) (I haven't got TOCA 2 - this is enough fun for > > > now. No mirrors, though.) > > > Le Mans 24 Hours (how can a game this new not have rear view > > > mirrors?? But it *is* the full Le Mans circuit, and is rather good

fun.) > > > CART Precision Racing (rather bland, but the close racing isnice.)

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> > > Grand Prix 2 (used to be way up my list, but getting pretty > > > tired now, and doesn't have FF. Come *on*, Sir Geoffrey!) > > > F1 Racing Simulation (not great, not bad. Doesn't stir the soul.) > > > Screamer 2 (doesn't pretend to be anything other than an > > > arcade game - and all the better for it. Not my cup of tea, though.) > > > Int'l Rally Ch'ship (the worst of this series.) > > > NASCAR 1 (I just don't get on with it - never been really > > > sure why not.) > > > Formula 1 '97 (flashy arcadey thing, pretends to be a sim.) > > > Power F1 (didn't know I still had this, actually.) > > > > > > All IMHO, naturally! > > > -- > > > David. > > > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, > really." > > > (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh) > > > > > >

A slip, Mr. Officer Sir--if you'll look at my previous posts, you'll see I snip regularly. (though I do think the whole issue's just a *bit* over-the-top) chagrined, abashed, and yet, a bit testy, in Nashville, --DK

Let me preface this by saying that my primary computer is a non-accelerated notebook. However, having tried every new sim, I wouldn't change my list. In order of preference: 1. GPL - only get to run this on the weekends on a friend's computer, but it keeps me coming back for more. One of these days I'll get around to buying that desktop... Not getting more than 4 hours a week means that all the hotlap discussions are irrelevant for me, but I'm still e***d to run in the top 5 with the AI. 2. NASCAR 2 gussied up with TPTCC and ICR2 tracks - great, close racing and an enjoyable driving feel in its own way. Occasionally switch back to NASCAR mode and run some ovals. 3. GP2 patched up to 1999 season - the graphics are good enough with some of the great 3rd party tracks, and the sim is still the best contemporary F1 on offer. Careful fiddling with the graphics options means it runs well on my notebook, and never slows down. The excellent keyboard support makes it a travelling necessity. That's it. Everything else has come and gone. Having tried all the new products, I'm not sure a change to a proper desktop would change my list, except that I would substitute N3 for N2. Stephen

OK i'll join in with my list, in no real order. Grand Prix Legends (goes without saying really) GP & GP2 Stunt Car Racer (have you all lost your memories? Why has nobody mentioned this classic?) IndyCar Racing II Indy 500 RC2000 Gran Turismo (overrated, but still lots of fun) Superbikes SCGT TOCA 2 Driver (can I class this as a racing game? No, well i'll include it anyway) Revolt Lotus Esprit II (remember that Amiga classic anyone?) Rick. > I know this subject has been done to death, but it's interesting to come > back to it every so often. So, just out of pure vulgar curiosity, what are > people's favourite racing games? Here's my list (in descending order, only > including games I own the full version of, and sticking to cars): -- R K Mather

On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 20:10:10 -0600, "David Karr" >Regarding GPL, have a stroll through (believe it or not) your local TJ Maxx >next time your near it. Bagged a copy for my bro' at the store in Pompano Beach, FL a week ago thanks to someone's tip here. $12.99. Regards, Brett C. Cammack That's Racing! Motorsports Pompano Beach, FL

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> >what are > >people's favourite racing games? > Starting with my favourite, it would go something like this: > 1) GPL - Do I need to say any more? :-) > 2) F1GP - I had so many hours of fun with this on my old 486, > brilliant. > 3) GP2 - Another classic :-) > 4) Mario Kart - does this count? It should, and it's great! > 5) N3 - I'm not a big NASCAR fan but this *is* a good sim...

Hmm, tough one? As he said "games" I'll include arcade games as well as sims.... I'd have to say of the games I actually own: 1) GPL (Has to be no'1 overall, no doubt) 2) F1GP2 (Has to be no'2 for me) 3) RC 2000 (Best rally game so far) 4) TOCA2 (Best game for close racing) 5) F1RS (Nearly as good as GP2, but not quite) 6) Motorhead (Best looking arcade game) 7) ICR2 (Good close racing) 8) NASCAR2 (Great if you like ovals) 9) Screamer 2 (Good pure arcade game, lots of sliding around) 10) F1GP (A classic) 11) TOCA (not as good as TOCA2) 12) RAC Rally (Pretty good rally game) 13) GTA (Well, its sort of a racing game?) I reserve the right to change this list as and when it suits me (depending what mood I'm in, and what game/sim I happen to be playing at that particular moment). And of course, all this will change when GP3, World Sports Cars, & F1 2000 are released...... 8-) *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html

Forget stores, just order it on-line from any of the many *** websites that sell games and get it delivered. You don't know what you are missing out on, go and buy it now!!!! 8-) *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html [address restored]

i thought the feeling of speed was better in lotues esprit turbo 1 myself. Hows about Powerdrift on the c64, that was cool. pez

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>OK i'll join in with my list, in no real order. >Grand Prix Legends (goes without saying really) >GP & GP2 >Stunt Car Racer (have you all lost your memories? Why has nobody > mentioned this classic?) >IndyCar Racing II >Indy 500 >RC2000 >Gran Turismo (overrated, but still lots of fun) >Superbikes >SCGT >TOCA 2 >Driver (can I class this as a racing game? No, well i'll > include it anyway) >Revolt >Lotus Esprit II (remember that Amiga classic anyone?) >Rick. >> I know this subject has been done to death, but it's interesting to come >> back to it every so often. So, just out of pure vulgar curiosity, what

are >> people's favourite racing games? Here's my list (in descending order, only >> including games I own the full version of, and sticking to cars): >-- >R K Mather

Well my top five (and in no particular order since each was good for its time or its type of racing): GP2 GPL NR99 SCGT Well that is actually only 4, waiting in the wings would be ICR2 and TOCA and maybe N3 if I had it:) Chris * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

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Hi David, thanks for the tip. Dunno if there's any TJ Maxx's around my area, might have to drive out of the "area" to find one, or something with GPL in it, hehe. I'm talking Columbus, Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, etc, etc. I live about 10 miles south of Macon, GA, so for the longest time, just a rest stop for folks on their way to somewhere else, lol. Anyways.... There's a sim news site called High Gear located at http://www.simracingnews.com/ that had a news story last week saying that GPL would be "re-released" on Friday, Feb 25th in the typical "classics" gold trimmed box with a budget price of $15-$20 range. So now I'm patiently waiting on the local EB's, Wal Mart's, Babbages, etc, etc, to see if they get some copies. The folks at EB kinda scoff and scrape their shoes on the floors when I inquire about ordering a copy, hehe. But a guy took my name and phone number 2 weeks ago and said he would check on finding a copy for me, new, used, or whatever, told him I didn't care. No word since. :/ And funny, same employees that are friends with a guy I work with on the local air force base, this guy uses his "friendship clout" to get them to burn him copies of the latest games, sometimes using the store computer, lol. Think I should go lean on these guys some to get them to fess up a boxed copy of GPL in order to keep my mouth shut? ;o) I know the game is out there somewhere, lol. Anyways, guess I better shut up before I get email bombed or have a disgruntled employee shooting bullets my way, hehe. I'll just keep looking for GPL in the meantime, but yes, thanks for the tip on TJ Maxx, I'll try them. By the way, I got no credit cards, don't really want them, unless it's a bank card, even then....i'm a skeptic. If a company don't want greenbacks, cash, paper bills, i.e. "real money", then why should I do business with them? Paying cash is the *easy* and preferred method. Credit cards are a hassle and a scam to make someone mo' money from people gullible enough to pay the interest. I was gullible once, I will *never* be again. :o) Destin David Karr <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:89clbk$86n$[email hidden]... > Regarding GPL, have a stroll through (believe it or not) your local TJMaxx > next time your near it. Another fellow in RAS mentioned this (and he was > from another part of the US; I'm in Nashville myself), and sure enough, > yesterday while at TJ Maxx myself, I saw a copy on their rollaway rack. > Pretty cheap, I'd imagine--but I was already waiting in a l o n g lineand > so didn't break away to check. > > --DK >

There's a TJ M in Macon: T. J. Maxx 3555 Mercer University Drive Macon, GA 31201 US Phone: (912) 757-1363 Why not give them a call? --DK <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:jIJu4.4636$[email hidden]... > Hi David, thanks for the tip. Dunno if there's any TJ Maxx's around myarea, > might have to drive out of the "area" to find one, or something with GPLin > it, hehe. I'm talking Columbus, Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, etc, etc. Ilive > about 10 miles south of Macon, GA, so for the longest time, just a reststop > for folks on their way to somewhere else, lol. Anyways.... > > There's a sim news site called High Gear located at > http://www.simracingnews.com/ that had a news story last week saying that > GPL would be "re-released" on Friday, Feb 25th in the typical "classics" > gold trimmed box with a budget price of $15-$20 range. So now I'mpatiently > waiting on the local EB's, Wal Mart's, Babbages, etc, etc, to see if they > get some copies. The folks at EB kinda scoff and scrape their shoes on the > floors when I inquire about ordering a copy, hehe. But a guy took my name > and phone number 2 weeks ago and said he would check on finding a copy for > me, new, used, or whatever, told him I didn't care. No word since. :/And > funny, same employees that are friends with a guy I work with on the local > air force base, this guy uses his "friendship clout" to get them to burnhim > copies of the latest games, sometimes using the store computer, lol. ThinkI > should go lean on these guys some to get them to fess up a boxed copy ofGPL > in order to keep my mouth shut? ;o) I know the game is out theresomewhere, > lol. Anyways, guess I better shut up before I get email bombed or have a > disgruntled employee shooting bullets my way, hehe. > > I'll just keep looking for GPL in the meantime, but yes, thanks for thetip > on TJ Maxx, I'll try them. By the way, I got no credit cards, don't really > want them, unless it's a bank card, even then....i'm a skeptic. If acompany > don't want greenbacks, cash, paper bills, i.e. "real money", then whyshould > I do business with them? Paying cash is the *easy* and preferred method. > Credit cards are a hassle and a scam to make someone mo' money from people > gullible enough to pay the interest. I was gullible once, I will *never*be

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> > from another part of the US; I'm in Nashville myself), and sure enough, > > yesterday while at TJ Maxx myself, I saw a copy on their rollaway rack. > > Pretty cheap, I'd imagine--but I was already waiting in a l o n g line > and > > so didn't break away to check. > > > > --DK > > > > >

Well, here goes my li'l ol' list:- 1) GPL 2) GP2 3) N2 (I have N3 & NL but haven't run them enough yet to include here whereas N2 has taken up more hours of my time that I care to try to work out....) 4) F1RS (Despite it's problems I had a lot of fun with this and although also having MGPRS2 I found F1RS to be the most fun to drive. 5) Mobil Rally (R2000) 6) ICR2 7) SCGT 8) GP500 9) SBK 10) CPR 11) Indy500 The problem with trying to list these is that GPL has taken up so much of my time over the last 14 months that the others have not gotten much of a look in. Mobil Rally will move swiftly up the list I think once I really give a longer run as will GP500. Looking forward to trying out SBK2000 when I pick it up from EB on Friday. Peter Hooper David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I know this subject has been done to death, but it's interesting to come > back to it every so often. So, just out of pure vulgar curiosity, what are > people's favourite racing games?

writes: Powerdrift? Was that like the arcade game? A friend and I plunked MANY quarters into *that* one... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

writes: I never HAD it...<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.