Codemasters BTCC sim

Afew months ago I read in this newsgroup that there was a BTCC sim coming out from Codemasters, has anyone got any information? And what about that supposed Le Mans Sim anyone?? Regards Nick Burling

I emailed codemasters a couple of times - I love BTCC and they have the opportunity to make a NASCAR killer. The last reply I got was 'it's too early to give details out'. BUT, I was in WHSMITHS the other week and some PC mag or another had 2 small screenshots of it! It looked like NASCAR 1 :( My wish list for this title (are you there codemasters ?) would be (for now) 1) 3dfx support using the native Glide NOT D3D (which SUCKS) 2) 16bit photorealistic textures (which you can have if you do '1' 3) Car setup options closer to GP2 than Psygnosis F1 4) A stunning car physics model - individual wheel locks etc 5) multi-player support - internet/modem/direct link 6) Real world mechanical failures - punctures, bodywork damage etc Rob

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>>Afew months ago I read in this newsgroup that there was a BTCC sim >>coming out from Codemasters, has anyone got any information? >>And what about that supposed Le Mans Sim anyone?? >I emailed codemasters a couple of times - I love BTCC and they have the >opportunity to make a NASCAR killer. The last reply I got was 'it's too early to >give details out'. >BUT, I was in WHSMITHS the other week and some PC mag or another had 2 small >screenshots of it! It looked like NASCAR 1 :( >My wish list for this title (are you there codemasters ?) would be (for now) >1) 3dfx support using the native Glide NOT D3D (which SUCKS) >2) 16bit photorealistic textures (which you can have if you do '1' >3) Car setup options closer to GP2 than Psygnosis F1 >4) A stunning car physics model - individual wheel locks etc >5) multi-player support - internet/modem/direct link >6) Real world mechanical failures - punctures, bodywork damage etc

I'm sorry, but I can't see Codemasters doing a decent sim. In fact, I'm surprised it's the quality of a Papy sim, even if it is an out of date one. You'd be best emailing Codemasters with your ideas. At least we'll get to thrash around Oulton, even if it is the ***one this year... -- Dave Bowers

writes Forget my earlier post, I take it back after having seen the screenshots at http://www.codemasters.com/tocapage.htm It looks really good at this stage and has incredible detail from the looks of it. The thing is, the gameplay will probably be more arcadey than anything else, since it's also being released on Playstation. At the moment it looks more like Destruction Derby 2 than Nascar2, so I hope this will change and the cars wil be able to get punctures etc. What would be nice would be if the cars could flip, which super-tourers do quite a lot :) -- Dave Bowers

Those screen shots certainly look fab! Looks like a 3D version to me. Strange that there isn't a***pit view yet. I hope it doesn't turn out like another Psygnosis F1 (great graphics, lousy gameplay). On another note, I noticed in Autosport that eidos is apparently doing an update to F1 which would allegedly be a better sim than its predeccessor. Anyone know about that? And the new Psygnosis F1 97 looks terrfic in the wet, hope it's really much more sim like (and can that dumb interface!) Cheers, Stanley Chan

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> writes > >Afew months ago I read in this newsgroup that there was a BTCC sim > >coming out from Codemasters, has anyone got any information? > >And what about that supposed Le Mans Sim anyone?? > >Regards > >Nick Burling > Forget my earlier post, I take it back after having seen the screenshots > at [link lost in import] > It looks really good at this stage and has incredible detail from the > looks of it. > The thing is, the gameplay will probably be more arcadey than anything > else, since it's also being released on Playstation. At the moment it > looks more like Destruction Derby 2 than Nascar2, so I hope this will > change and the cars wil be able to get punctures etc. What would be nice > would be if the cars could flip, which super-tourers do quite a lot :) > -- > Dave Bowers

writes Yeah but wil it be a simulation, or an arcade game? Will there be a lot of setup options, and will you get a realistic eeling of understeer and oversteer? I mean, the cars can barrel roll in DDerby 2. Still, this is good news so far... Also, on the screenshots I notice a lot of shattered and broken windows. There seems to be quite a lot for super-touring racing. -- Dave Bowers