Now I Wish for CanAm (Group 7)

Ok, we have the great GP2 (with GP3 coming), the fantastic GPL, Viper Racing, with LeMans and Trans-Am coming---- IF ONLY someone would produce a sim based on the CanAm series of 1966-1974 (Group 7), I could die a happy man. And stop spending so much money on these damn games. Imagine driving the 900hp TurboPanzer L&M Porsche of Mark Donohue, or the Chapparal 2E (or the banned 2J). The beautiful McLaren M8D.... well, I can only dream that one day it will come to pass. K. Dheano -- KLAATU...BARADA...NIKTO!!!!

Imagine driving Mark Donohue's 917/30 twin turbo reported to put out near 1500HP.....still the most powerful road racing machine of all time!!! Brian Fox Sim ***world [link lost in import: /***world/]

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> Ok, we have the great GP2 (with GP3 coming), the fantastic GPL, Viper > Racing, with LeMans and Trans-Am coming---- IF ONLY someone would produce a > sim based on the CanAm series of 1966-1974 (Group 7), I could die a happy > man. And stop spending so much money on these damn games. > Imagine driving the 900hp TurboPanzer L&M Porsche of Mark Donohue, or the > Chapparal 2E (or the banned 2J). The beautiful McLaren M8D.... well, I can > only dream that one day it will come to pass. > K. Dheano

Being 51 years old,the golden era of racing for me is 1965-75. This is the racing that I love the best. As you said,we already have gpl which I spend almost all night racing,and Trans-Am 68-72 on the way. I think about the possibility of a Can-Am sim becoming reality within a few years,as sim makers are constantly looking for new race series to produce. And with the success of gpl,maybe they will see the light. Joel Willstein

What I would like to see is a sim with the different classes running at the same time. Sorta like the SCGT where you can have 3(?) classes, GT1, GT2, GT3.. Something to the effect of a GPLs GP1, GP2, GP3 would be awesome. IMO it would make for a fun race to be able to run for not only the win, But, if you ran the slower cars you could run for the Class win AND the place over all AND the win. Or even better yet.. be able to buy the original SIm with defaulted cars. ie: a Lotus GP1,2,3, A Ferrari GP1,2,3. Then be able to download other cars. ie: Geo Storm, VW Bug, ect and be able to run all of these together. Of coarse I wouldn't want to download a VW and have it perform like a Ferrari, It would have to have the characteristics of a VW Bug. Just dreaming I guess, Mike Barlow

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> Ok, we have the great GP2 (with GP3 coming), the fantastic GPL, Viper > Racing, with LeMans and Trans-Am coming---- IF ONLY someone would produce a > sim based on the CanAm series of 1966-1974 (Group 7), I could die a happy > man. And stop spending so much money on these damn games. > Imagine driving the 900hp TurboPanzer L&M Porsche of Mark Donohue, or the > Chapparal 2E (or the banned 2J). The beautiful McLaren M8D.... well, I can > only dream that one day it will come to pass. > K. Dheano > -- > KLAATU...BARADA...NIKTO!!!!

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>Ok, we have the great GP2 (with GP3 coming), the fantastic GPL, Viper >Racing, with LeMans and Trans-Am coming---- IF ONLY someone would produce a >sim based on the CanAm series of 1966-1974 (Group 7), I could die a happy >man. And stop spending so much money on these damn games. >Imagine driving the 900hp TurboPanzer L&M Porsche of Mark Donohue, or the >Chapparal 2E (or the banned 2J). The beautiful McLaren M8D.... well, I can >only dream that one day it will come to pass.

AMEN!!!! If Papy ever did a CanAm sim, I think I would be able to stop buying games forever. Hell, I'd be overjoyed if we simply end up with a CanAm car set for GPL a year or so from now. BTW - I nearly (well, you know) in my pants last night when I discoverd that Exoto was going to be doing a series 1/18th scale CanAm models. I will have them. Oh yes, I WILL have them! -- Bill Mette | "A person is smart. People are dumb." Enteract, Chicago | - K MiB

Hey! Thanks for the tip!! >BTW - I nearly (well, you know) in my pants last night when I discoverd >that Exoto was going to be doing a series 1/18th scale CanAm models. I >will have them. Oh yes, I WILL have them! >-- >Bill Mette | "A person is smart. People are dumb." >Enteract, Chicago | - K MiB

Yea! This would be great but like my dream of a late seventy's GP game ............IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!!!! I like you can only wish.

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> Ok, we have the great GP2 (with GP3 coming), the fantastic GPL, Viper > Racing, with LeMans and Trans-Am coming---- IF ONLY someone would produce a > sim based on the CanAm series of 1966-1974 (Group 7), I could die a happy > man. And stop spending so much money on these damn games. > Imagine driving the 900hp TurboPanzer L&M Porsche of Mark Donohue, or the > Chapparal 2E (or the banned 2J). The beautiful McLaren M8D.... well, I can > only dream that one day it will come to pass.

I couldn't agree more. Jim Hall was my first sports hero. I would love to be able to drive a Chaparral around Riverside, Laguna Seca, and all the other tracks of that series. Dave Ewing

On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 18:16:33 -0500, Brian Fox Amen. I hope someone in the game industry is listening. This type of game should be produced. Along with F1 from the Turbo Era. M

Sounds cool to me too. Now you've got me dreaming.