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Nascar 99 in the UK?

9 posts by 7 people · 01 Jun 1999 - 07 Jun 1999

Hello I've been too busy enjoying Nascar 2 to notice, until recently, that Nascar 99 has been released. I've checked all my local shops and nobody seems to have heard of Nascar 99, everyone tries to sell me the new EA Nascar game. Yuck! Where can I buy Nascar 99 in the UK? Paul -- _____ _____ ___ ____ \|/ / _ // _ // |/ / ---------------------------------------------*-- / _/ // _/ // / Paul Margetson [link lost in import] / ___// _ // /|// / in Lowestoft, UK's most easterly town. /_/ /____//__/ /__/ _______________________________________________
Hi Paul Here is a copy of the response from Sierra Uk to the same question. We wont be releasing Nascar 99 in the UK as we no longer have the licence (it has gone to EA until 2000 when we get it back (?!?) and we will be releasing Nascar 2000 based on the GPL engine). The US version should work fine but we in the UK cannot support it and you will have to go to the US offices for support. Regards Hope this helps I've ordered it from the US - awaiting delivery. $36 including shipping.
Er..... they need to take a lesson on how licenses work, i'm English, and am a little embarrassed that Sierra UK sound so f*cking stupid! If they have a license for NASCAR 1998 Season, they can make their 1998 season game, and sell it! Are they saying that on 31st December 1994 Microprose should of stopped selling GP2? Simply because their license was for 1994? Reply to them and call them***s.... please. WHAT!? Jeez! TALK TO SIERRA USA! Are they really that damn stupid? I remember when I e-mailed them about a screenshot of GPL they had which had weather! They apologised and took it down..... THEN I bought Caeser 3 for my little brother, only to find a slightly offensive 'mistake' in the manual, which they apologised very badly for, and said they would 'investigate' yeah right. Wow, you UK Sierra guys must of worked some long hours to work that out. offices for support. Hey, aren't they kind! -- Tim "Calm Down" Wheatley ________________________________________________ Tim Wheatley "Yellow menacing helmet in the mirror" http://start.at/igps_stats IGPS - Ferrari Challenge - UKGPL - Summer Cup Driver http://drive.to/grandprixlegends http://website.lineone.net/~nascar ________________________________________________
That's a sort of "left hand-right hand" -syndrome. Even if the mother company is even somewhat accessible (like Sierra US used to be), the European office can have simply horibble service.
Meiji 02 Jun 1999#471501
I ended up buying a copy for a friend who wanted it when I went abroad at Xmas. Seems we don't merit N99. Okay so they may not want to sell it in the shops as I doubt they'd shift too many units but it'd be nice if they held a small stock for fans to buy direct. M
Meiji 02 Jun 1999#471502
Sierra UK get very little info from the people in the US. I used to run a games site and my contact at Sierra would get his news from people like myself who were running "fan sites" as we got the news, screenshots and movies long before he did thru official channels. Sucky really, but that's why the people at Sierra UK don't know much. Personally I've found that when they have the info they need they're a well clued up bunch of people. Plus they're a good laugh :) M
ankin.freeserve.co.uk> writes Yep, sure did, thanks. Great, where did you order that from, Sierra's site? A new game here will cost about 35ukp's, so $36 is a great price. Is there any import tax to pay on top of that? Paul -- _____ _____ ___ ____ \|/ / _ // _ // |/ / ---------------------------------------------*-- / _/ // _/ // / Paul Margetson http://www.easttown.demon.co.uk / ___// _ // /|// / in Lowestoft, UK's most easterly town. /_/ /____//__/ /__/ _______________________________________________
Paul, I ordered mine directly from the Sierra site back in February. Total cost was $64-95 (around 40-00), which included $15-00 shipping costs. Took around about a month to arrive which was really frustrating but better late than never. Want any more info let me know. Peter Hooper > ankin.freeserve.co.uk> writes > >Here is a copy of the response from Sierra Uk to the same question. > >We wont be releasing Nascar 99 in the UK as we no longer have the licence > >(it has gone to EA until 2000 when we get it back (?!?) and we will be > >releasing Nascar 2000 based on the GPL engine). The US version should work
Quoted text (17 lines)> >fine but we in the UK cannot support it and you will have to go to the US > >offices for support. > >Hope this helps > Yep, sure did, thanks. > >I've ordered it from the US - awaiting delivery. $36 including shipping. > Great, where did you order that from, Sierra's site? A new game here > will cost about 35ukp's, so $36 is a great price. Is there any import > tax to pay on top of that? > Paul > -- > _____ _____ ___ ____ \|/ > / _ // _ // |/
/ ---------------------------------------------*-- > / ___// _ // /|// / in Lowestoft, UK's most easterly town. > /_/ /____//__/ /__/ _______________________________________________

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