Anybody making a 'game' out of racing?

In the past few months I have purchased and enjoyed CPR and Burnout, but I have a problem with this whole genre really. Take Burnout for example...I can jump into a car and suddenly add huge custom engine, transmission etc without any cost or the enjoyment of having 'earned' these things. Is anybody making or planning on making an auto racing or drag sim that involves winning money, buying and mainting equipment, gaining sponsors etc? I enjoy auto-sims but it seems like they could be so much more of a complete game than they have been to this date. Just thinking out loud:) Myros

>Take Burnout for example...I can jump into a car and suddenly add huge >custom engine, transmission etc without any cost or the enjoyment of having >'earned' these things. Years ago, there was a game called Hot Rod 2. Really cool. You started out with the classifieds and 500 bucks. You picked out a late 50's-60's car from a variety of real cars -Galaxies, Vette's, etc. You could street race for money and buy new parts for the car. It was cool, since you could up the bet on the race, and I think it even let you race for pink slips. The computer driver would accept or deny your offer. You could swap engines. You could replace the exhaust, carb, trans, and repaint. I played through the game with a 427 Galaxie 500. It was cheap and fast. The game was probably out in around 93 or so, and would be way out of date now. It ran great on a 286. If you could snag it somewhere, it'd still be fun to play. -- http://www.users.fast.net/~fusion1 (dirt bikes, rat bikes, rental car abuse...)

>Years ago, there was a game called Hot Rod 2. Really cool. Brain fart... it was Street Rod 2. -- http://www.users.fast.net/~fusion1 (dirt bikes, rat bikes, rental car abuse...)

Hi Myros, Not sure if you would like this but it has some of the features you describe. Its called F1 Career and it is free. You can get it here.......http://www.ozemail.com.au/~bazar/ This works with F1rs or GP2 and it is a stand alone program. You just enter your results etc. You get a contract and pay etc. All in all quite fun.Try it if you already have a F1 type sim that you can enter the results from. BTW I think your idea would be cool to see implemented in a sim. Mike

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> Hi Myros, > Not sure if you would like this but it has some of the > features you describe. > Its called F1 Career and it is free. You can get it > here.......http://www.ozemail.com.au/~bazar/ > This works with F1rs or GP2 and it is a stand alone program. You just > enter > your results etc. > You get a contract and pay etc. All in all quite fun.Try it if you > already > have a F1 type sim that you can > enter the results from. BTW I think your idea would be cool to see > implemented in a sim.

Is there a similar program available for Nascar 2. Thank You Patrick Shumar

Hiya Mike, Thanks for the tip...will check that out. Myros

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>Hi Myros, > Not sure if you would like this but it has some of the >features you describe. >Its called F1 Career and it is free. You can get it >here.......http://www.ozemail.com.au/~bazar/ >This works with F1rs or GP2 and it is a stand alone program. You just enter >your results etc. >You get a contract and pay etc. All in all quite fun.Try it if you already >have a F1 type sim that you can >enter the results from. BTW I think your idea would be cool to see >implemented in a sim. >Mike >> In the past few months I have purchased and enjoyed CPR and Burnout, but >I >> have a problem with this whole genre really. >> Take Burnout for example...I can jump into a car and suddenly add huge >> custom engine, transmission etc without any cost or the enjoyment of >having >> 'earned' these things. >> Is anybody making or planning on making an auto racing or drag sim that >> involves winning money, buying and mainting equipment, gaining sponsors >etc? >> I enjoy auto-sims but it seems like they could be so much more of a >complete >> game than they have been to this date. >> Just thinking out loud:) >> Myros

Hi, There was a program under development by one of the people at Papy, it was called NASCAR Manager, but I think it was scrapped, or at least put on hold. From what I understand, you could manage a team, pick crew members (watching out for personallity conflicts, etc). You could also be an owner/driver, or you could just watch your car from the sidelines. It's too bad, it would have added an interesting new dimention to the game. Later, John

Well I for one was told(by a mate) that you raced a meet, earned some money based on results and was able too buy more *** and better quality parts(eg Street Rod). Well I played and bummer nothing of the sort. Absolutley no probs with the game for me but not having the money/buying side really let it down. Really who wants to be a champion if it only takes a couple of hours, work it out over a couple of seasons I rekon.

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> In the past few months I have purchased and enjoyed CPR and Burnout, but I > have a problem with this whole genre really. > Take Burnout for example...I can jump into a car and suddenly add huge > custom engine, transmission etc without any cost or the enjoyment of having > 'earned' these things. > Is anybody making or planning on making an auto racing or drag sim that > involves winning money, buying and mainting equipment, gaining sponsors etc? > I enjoy auto-sims but it seems like they could be so much more of a complete > game than they have been to this date. > Just thinking out loud:) > Myros

I Have it:) give me a mail

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> >Take Burnout for example...I can jump into a car and suddenly add huge > >custom engine, transmission etc without any cost or the enjoyment of having > >'earned' these things. > Years ago, there was a game called Hot Rod 2. Really cool. > You started out with the classifieds and 500 bucks. You picked out a > late 50's-60's car from a variety of real cars -Galaxies, Vette's, > etc. You could street race for money and buy new parts for the car. > It was cool, since you could up the bet on the race, and I think it > even let you race for pink slips. The computer driver would accept or > deny your offer. > You could swap engines. You could replace the exhaust, carb, > trans, and repaint. I played through the game with a 427 Galaxie 500. > It was cheap and fast. > The game was probably out in around 93 or so, and would be way out of > date now. It ran great on a 286. > If you could snag it somewhere, it'd still be fun to play. > -- > http://www.users.fast.net/~fusion1 > (dirt bikes, rat bikes, rental car abuse...)

>>Years ago, there was a game called Hot Rod 2. Really cool. >Brain fart... it was Street Rod 2. Yep, it was awesome. The original Street Rod was even better. I wish they made another sequel. PPIG #12

>Years ago, there was a game called Hot Rod 2. Also, the Original Marrio Andretti (Not the one that came out in the last year, this one came out in the early 90's) racing was like this. You started of in the sprint serris, and with the winnings, you could move up to Moddifies, Stock Cars, Indy Cars, F-1, Prototype's. Cool little game,