F1GP2, rumour I heard regarding delay.

This is from a reasonably good source but this is whats going on. The game is finished and ready to ship, has been for a while, however MP & SH finances are rather shakey (name a good product from either that was released within the last 8 months)and Geoff Crammond is worried about them going under taking his royalties with them. G.C is asking for money upfront which of coarse MP/SH haven't got hence the delay. Don't be suprised if the game is released by another Company. Of coarse all this is rumour but it you never know..anyway I,am always a sucker when it comes to a *** theory. Mark

Any theories as to why the game is still being worked upon (weather effects are as yet undecided), the manuals being written and duplicated and unfinished betas still being supplied to magazines? Doesn't sound finished to me, but stranger things have happened. Cheers! John _________________________________ __ _____| |_____ __ _________| |__| :| John Wallace | |__| |_________ \ :| |::| :| Team WW Racing TSW | |::| | / > :| |::| :|_________________________________| |::| | < / :|__|::|____:/ Sim Racing News \.____|::|__| \ /_______:/ \::/ http://www.dcn.ed.ac.uk/pulse/index.htm \::/ \._______\

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> >The game is finished and ready to ship, has been for a while, however > >MP & SH finances are rather shakey (name a good product from either that > >was released within the last 8 months)and Geoff Crammond is worried about > >them going under taking his royalties with them. > Any theories as to why the game is still being worked upon (weather > effects are as yet undecided), the manuals being written and duplicated > and unfinished betas still being supplied to magazines? > Doesn't sound finished to me, but stranger things have happened. > Cheers! > John > _________________________________ > __ _____| |_____ __ > _________| |__| :| John Wallace | |__| |_________ > \ :| |::| :| Team WW Racing TSW | |::| | / > > :| |::| :|_________________________________| |::| | < > / :|__|::|____:/ Sim Racing News \.____|::|__| \ > /_______:/ \::/ http://www.dcn.ed.ac.uk/pulse/index.htm \::/ \._______\

I guess that the two of you don't read this group too often. There is a message in this group with facts......

I've been told a similar thing from someone "in the know". Is it true? I don't know. -- MarkN

Yes, and I probably wrote it..... _________________________________ __ _____| |_____ __ _________| |__| :| John Wallace | |__| |_________ \ :| |::| :| Team WW Racing TSW | |::| | / > :| |::| :|_________________________________| |::| | < / :|__|::|____:/ Sim Racing News \.____|::|__| \ /_______:/ \::/ http://www.dcn.ed.ac.uk/pulse/index.htm \::/ \._______\

[munch] Do *you* read this group very often? I recognise quite a few names of regulars around here, and "John Wallace" is definitely one of those. Stuart -- Stuart Booth Somewhere in Godalming, England, UK

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> >This is from a reasonably good source but this is whats going on. > >The game is finished and ready to ship, has been for a while, however > >MP & SH finances are rather shakey (name a good product from either that > >was released within the last 8 months)and Geoff Crammond is worried about > >them going under taking his royalties with them. > >G.C is asking for money upfront which of coarse MP/SH haven't got hence > >the delay. > >Don't be suprised if the game is released by another Company. > I've been told a similar thing from someone "in the know". > Is it true? I don't know. > -- > MarkN

Geoff Crammond fell out with Microprose over something (not sure what), and is sueing the company and has refused ever to work with them again. I believe the trouble started when they were taken over by Spectrum Holobyte. MPS has been run into the ground and is now very short of cash and programmers (many have left, not just Crammond). There has been a long thread regarding this and Falcon 4 on the flight-sim group. Julian _____________________________________________________________________ University of Oxford