Daytona Exists!

ESPN2 is broadcasting the opening of Daytona USA, and I just saw Richard Petty at a NASCAR Racing station, driving around Daytona International Speedway. Imagine that. Looks like we'll have to go to Florida if we want to race on the "real" thing...

>ESPN2 is broadcasting the opening of Daytona USA, and I just saw Richard >Petty at a NASCAR Racing station, driving around Daytona International >Speedway. Imagine that. >Looks like we'll have to go to Florida if we want to race on the "real" >thing... OK, here's the scoop on Daytona USA. Yes, Papyrus does have a pavillion there. Yes, we did create the Daytona track for the exhibit. Yes, it's the one you saw on TV. - This in NO WAY means that we have the rights to use the Daytona track in the retail game. For the millionth time, Sega owns the exclusive license to it until April '97. - This in no way should be construed to mean that we will get the track after Sega's contract expires. Yes, we are working on it... of course we are, but we aren't any closer now than we were before Daytona USA opened. - The track that we created for the theme park WILL NOT work in the retail game. I know what you're thinking... "ya, right, Ed... it'd just be a simple hack by someone to make it work." It's not. I won't bother getting into the details, but it would take an effort similar to the infamous "Talladega to Daytona pathes" to make it work. The exhibit is NOT running the retail NASCAR 1.x product (no, it's not NASCAR 2 either). It's a special piece of code. To col seeing Richard Petty driving our stuff. Now if we can just get him in the NRL!!! :-) Ed Martin Producer, Series Director NASCAR Racing League Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Quoted text (28 lines)

>>ESPN2 is broadcasting the opening of Daytona USA, and I just saw Richard >>Petty at a NASCAR Racing station, driving around Daytona International >>Speedway. Imagine that. >>Looks like we'll have to go to Florida if we want to race on the "real" >>thing... >OK, here's the scoop on Daytona USA. Yes, Papyrus does have a >pavillion there. Yes, we did create the Daytona track for the >exhibit. Yes, it's the one you saw on TV. >- This in NO WAY means that we have the rights to use the Daytona >track in the retail game. For the millionth time, Sega owns the >exclusive license to it until April '97. >- This in no way should be construed to mean that we will get the >track after Sega's contract expires. Yes, we are working on it... of >course we are, but we aren't any closer now than we were before >Daytona USA opened. >- The track that we created for the theme park WILL NOT work in the >retail game. I know what you're thinking... "ya, right, Ed... it'd >just be a simple hack by someone to make it work." It's not. I won't >bother getting into the details, but it would take an effort similar >to the infamous "Talladega to Daytona pathes" to make it work. The >exhibit is NOT running the retail NASCAR 1.x product (no, it's not >NASCAR 2 either). It's a special piece of code. >To col seeing Richard Petty driving our stuff. Now if we can just get >him in the NRL!!! :-) >Ed Martin >Producer, Series Director >NASCAR Racing League >Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.

< After seeing the flat apron, wider tri-oval (?), and other improvements to the Daytona track over Talladega, does the Daytona track we saw bear any resemblence towards the new Talladega for NCR2? Kenneth http://www.rocket.git.net

shooting through ***space: You think he will still want to if he can't race Daytona? :-)))) -- IWCCCARS Project Coordinator http://www.xmission.com/~iwcc/project.htm Hawaii Racer ID: IWCCCARS

<clipped> >You think he will still want to if he can't race Daytona? :-)))) >-- >IWCCCARS Project Coordinator >http://www.xmission.com/~iwcc/project.htm >Hawaii Racer ID: IWCCCARS ROFL!!!!!!! Sorry..... that was good..

Quoted text (7 lines)

>After seeing the flat apron, wider tri-oval (?), and other >improvements to the Daytona track over Talladega, does the Daytona >track we saw bear any resemblence towards the new Talladega for NCR2? >Kenneth >http://www.rocket.git.net

Yes & no. The Daytona track was an original creation... not just a Talladega knockoff. With that said, we did go back to the original blueprints for Talladega & make it more realistic. Ed Martin Producer, Series Director NASCAR Racing League Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Quoted text (9 lines)

>shooting through ***space: >>To col seeing Richard Petty driving our stuff. Now if we can just get >>him in the NRL!!! :-) >You think he will still want to if he can't race Daytona? :-)))) >-- >IWCCCARS Project Coordinator >http://www.xmission.com/~iwcc/project.htm >Hawaii Racer ID: IWCCCARS

Boy... how do I answer that one??? A) No comment; B) We'll see; or C) You never know what's going to happen. Ed Martin Producer, Series Director NASCAR Racing League Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.

: >>To col seeing Richard Petty driving our stuff. Now if we can just get : >>him in the NRL!!! :-) : >You think he will still want to if he can't race Daytona? :-)))) : Boy... how do I answer that one??? A) No comment; B) We'll see; or C) : You never know what's going to happen. I think "E) All of the above" would do.... -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=