Jim S, was that paid for?

Hey Jim, I was watching the Nascar Busch Grand National Race at Watkins Glen, and I was wondering if Sierra perhaps meant for the announcers to slip something in about Nascar2. The announcers were talking about the Dale Earnhardt-owned #3 AC-DELCO car driven by Steve Parks, and they said the way he learned Watkins Glen was through a game called Nascar Two. And they went on and on about him and the game. Was this planned? Ive seen companies pay before to hear announcers use their name on TV, and did you guys?

I don't work for Papyrus anymore, and even when I did, I didn't know everything we spent money on, but my strongest guess is that Sierra didn't pay for that mention. But, who knows? ---Jim

I'm sure Jim will chime in and comment as always, but please remember he is no longer an employee of Papyrus. -- http://ebusch.akorn.net

Nope, we didn't pay for it. I had heard before that Steve Park played the game and really liked it. Adam Levesque GM Papyrus

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> Hey Jim, I was watching the Nascar Busch Grand National Race at Watkins > Glen, and I was wondering if Sierra perhaps meant for the announcers to > slip something in about Nascar2. The announcers were talking about the > Dale Earnhardt-owned #3 AC-DELCO car driven by Steve Parks, and they > said the way he learned Watkins Glen was through a game called Nascar > Two. And they went on and on about him and the game. Was this planned? > Ive seen companies pay before to hear announcers use their name on TV, > and did you guys?

That's how Steve learned to drive Dover. I doubt that it was ment to be a plug, just telling a story. BTW, Jacques Villenueve took the pole at Japan without ever driving the track because he had a F1 game. -- PolePosition#3 My Unofficial Dale Earnhardt Fan Page: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/4578/nascar.html The Dale Earnhardt Fan Ring: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/4578/dalering.html "If you don't believe, you don't belong." -- Alan Kulwicki's Credo

Which just goes to prove how good N2 really is! DNR Enterprises http://members.aol.com/dredick825/index.html ================================================= Home of the #1 BGN site on the 'Net...60+ cars, utilities, and more

Yeah, he played GP2, although he was ***in the game; only qualified last or something. It was at Spa in Belgium though I think. -- Dave Bowers

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>> Hey Jim, I was watching the Nascar Busch Grand National Race at Watkins >> Glen, and I was wondering if Sierra perhaps meant for the announcers to >> slip something in about Nascar2. The announcers were talking about the >> Dale Earnhardt-owned #3 AC-DELCO car driven by Steve Parks, and they >> said the way he learned Watkins Glen was through a game called Nascar >> Two. And they went on and on about him and the game. Was this planned? >> Ive seen companies pay before to hear announcers use their name on TV, >> and did you guys? >That's how Steve learned to drive Dover. I doubt that it was ment to >be a plug, just telling a story. >BTW, Jacques Villenueve took the pole at Japan without ever driving the >track because he had a F1 game.

Actually, that was Spa, and while I and everyone else has assumed he was referring to GP2, I don't believe he's ever (at least publically) mentioned the sim specifically by name. Earl

Actually, that was Spa, and while I and everyone else has assumed he was referring to GP2, I don't believe he's ever (at least publically) mentioned the sim specifically by name. I think it was the old Accolade Grand Prix Circuit! };^) Bart

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> > Hey Jim, I was watching the Nascar Busch Grand National Race at Watkins > > Glen, and I was wondering if Sierra perhaps meant for the announcers to > > slip something in about Nascar2. The announcers were talking about the > > Dale Earnhardt-owned #3 AC-DELCO car driven by Steve Parks, and they > > said the way he learned Watkins Glen was through a game called Nascar > > Two. And they went on and on about him and the game. Was this planned? > > Ive seen companies pay before to hear announcers use their name on TV, > > and did you guys? > That's how Steve learned to drive Dover. I doubt that it was ment to > be a plug, just telling a story. > BTW, Jacques Villenueve took the pole at Japan without ever driving the > track because he had a F1 game.

Speaking of Jacques Villeneuve, he's from Quebec, and the Quebec's Sports channel ,RDS, showed us how Villeneuve was playing the F1 game. First of all it's Gp2, not a sophisticated F1 simulator. Second, from what I remember, he was playing it on a chair that was a sort of HyperStimulator type of***pit, but not from them. They showed only about 10 seconds of JV, and after they went to a Gp2 fanatic (yes they exist) in Quebec. He was playing with a T2 and it was very poor. The guy had Gp2 in half graphics (no sky, nothing in the mirrors, no asphalt/grass), and it showed us Gp2 like if it was the game of the century. sheesh. Btw, Jacques Villeneuve knowed the Suzuka track, because if you knowed him better before comming to Formula Atlantic and IndyCar, he was driving in a Japan car series, and he drove in Suzuka. It was tracks like Spa and Hockenheim that he never went and the Gp2 helped him. Not Suzuka. Also, Patrick Carpentier, the CART driver, took IndyCar Racing 2 to help him practice on new tracks. It was funny because at the Surfer's Paradise race, he had some probles with one of the chicane (the big one at the backstretch). My friend spoken to him and he said to P.C. that this track in Icr2 was the worst done for practice. And P.C. responded that even if he thinks that Icr2 is somethimes harder than the real CART, the chicanes in Icr2 are poorly done. He said that in the game he touched the wall many times in the backstrech chicane, and that's why he was affraid of it in the real race. Thanks a lot, With great respect, Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-) SPEED- Human relations director SPEED- Cars, WC, BGN, Trucks, IROC, utilities and more... SPEED- http://www.sim-speed.com/ Lieutenant Nien Numb, Gold squadron NSWL http://www.dpliv.com/dragon/Gold/index.html May the force be with you, always!! - *Excuse me for my poor English(I'm French speaking) * -

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>>> Hey Jim, I was watching the Nascar Busch Grand National Race at Watkins >>> Glen, and I was wondering if Sierra perhaps meant for the announcers to >>> slip something in about Nascar2. The announcers were talking about the >>> Dale Earnhardt-owned #3 AC-DELCO car driven by Steve Parks, and they >>> said the way he learned Watkins Glen was through a game called Nascar >>> Two. And they went on and on about him and the game. Was this planned? >>> Ive seen companies pay before to hear announcers use their name on TV, >>> and did you guys? >>That's how Steve learned to drive Dover. I doubt that it was ment to >>be a plug, just telling a story. >Earl

We were just as surprised to hear the mention of N2 by the announcers as you were! ----------------------------- Matt Marsala Producer Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.