I've read that there may be a patch for GP2 from the Masa Yard site:
<A HREF="[link lost in import: /~masayard/gp2/]"></A>. Apparently GP2 is
an unfinished game, with many features and bugs left for a possible
update. Can anyone offer any more information on this? It would be good
to know what things we can expect, when it will be released (hopefully not
another three years!), and if we have to pay much for an update.
I am a member of AOL, and asked in the MicroProse forum if and when a
patch would be released that might fix some of the problems users have
been experiencing while playing this sim. Today (9/9) I checked the forum
and read a post in response to my question. The person who responded said
that he called MicroProse, and asked if a patch was going to be made. He
then said that the Customer/tech support? person said that MicroProse had
no intention of releasing a patch for GP2 and then rudely hung up the
phone. I sincerely hope that this is not true, as in the prior release
(GP1) MicroProse (Geoff Crammond) at least released patches for this game.
It would be a shame to let what is potentially the best racing simulation
ever be forever hampered by bugs and glitches. It looks like a lot of
effort went into the making of this sim, and it doesn't make sense to now
abandon any further support for this product. Papyrus/Sierra has already
released 3 patches for IndyCar II (I won't argue the point of whether it
is because Indycar II is a bug ridden program or not) which shows the
support offered by a competing company in the auto sim market, MicroProse
would look awfully bad to abandon support (in the way of patches) for GP2,
and I for one would never purchase another MicroProse product if they
don't support GP2. I'm sure other feel the same way.
