NASCAR and GPL info

Hi everyone... First off, you may remember our site had an interview/visit to Papyrus last month. In it we talk about NASCAR 2000. Well, NASCAR 2000 is no more. The product that was known as NASCAR 2000 will be released as NASCAR 3. NASCAR Legends is still being worked on, under that title, and a Q4-99 release is targeted. Finally, the GPL patch. The news I have is that it's being held up, and right now no ETA is available. Sorry I couldn't get any more info than that, so the readme file will have to satisfy your curiousity for a while. Meanwhile, back to TOCA2. Why hasn't this game been released in the USA yet? It's very enjoyable! -- Dan Clarke Managing Editor Operation Sports http://www.operationsports.com

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>Hi everyone... >First off, you may remember our site had an interview/visit to Papyrus >last month. In it we talk about NASCAR 2000. Well, NASCAR 2000 is no >more. The product that was known as NASCAR 2000 will be released as >NASCAR 3. >NASCAR Legends is still being worked on, under that title, and a Q4-99 >release is targeted. >Finally, the GPL patch. The news I have is that it's being held up, and >right now no ETA is available. Sorry I couldn't get any more info than >that, so the readme file will have to satisfy your curiousity for a >while. >Meanwhile, back to TOCA2. Why hasn't this game been released in the USA >yet? It's very enjoyable! >-- >Dan Clarke >Managing Editor >Operation Sports >http://www.operationsports.com

Dan, I went to your site and read the visit to Papyrus. Nothing new that hasn't been reported,but you did confirm that Papyrus/Sierra was disappointed in the sales figures for GPL. And that's what I feel is the real underlying reason for shelving Nas3 and detuning the new Nas3. As with all companies,they are sales driven. They exist to make a profit. Why produce a cutting edge sim like Nas3 that will most likely be a commercial failure. While at the same time,open up the door for another competitor. Joel Willstein

Actually Joel, it *was* new about a month ago, and thanks to Dan we all got more info on the N3/2000 mess than we had access to from anywhere else at the time... David Cook

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> I went to your site and read the visit to Papyrus. Nothing new that > hasn't been reported > <snip> > >Hi everyone... > >First off, you may remember our site had an interview/visit to Papyrus > >last month. In it we talk about NASCAR 2000.