Empire Interactive Announces 'Ford Racing'

Having purchased Flying Corp from Empire a few years ago and never got it to work correctly I have serious reservations about what kind of a sim this group could put together. I do hope I'm wrong...Buttt.. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice and shame on me! Mitch

http://avault.com/news/displaynews.asp?story=921999-182622 Thursday, September 2, 1999 - 18:26 CDT Empire Interactive Announces Ford Racing Licensing Agreement Empire Interactive today announced it has signed a global licensing agreement with Ford Motor Company to develop a franchise based on Ford Racing. Ford has has considerable success in NASCAR Winston Cup racing with more teams sporting the blue oval than any other manufacturer's symbol. Ford ran its flagship brand Taurus on the curcuit in 1998 for the first time, and the car won 15 races in its inaugural season. Ford Racing, the official licensed game, will feature 12 cars selected from Ford's U.S. and European road car models, including the Taurus, the Mustang, F-Series, Explorer, GT90 and several concept cars. All the automobiles can be used to compete at any one of the game's 10 detailed and realistic race courses. The publisher claims a sophisticated car physics model will offer real-world handling when coupled with the configurable and extensive vehicle setup. The games career mode offers competition against 80 other drivers in five race classes, while the single and online modes provide opposition from up to 15 drivers. According to Empire, the career mode is an integral component of the offering. Starting out as a novice, success in the amateur class races enables people to build up finances and a reputation that will lead to sponsorships and invitations to more races. Eventually, people will be offered a contract to race for a team. The player will eventually acquire a financial base adequate enough to fund his or her own racing at the highest world level. At this point, a whole new range of vehicle and accessory combinations become available. Ford Racing is slated for a Q1 2000 release on PC and console platforms. -- * rrevved at mindspring dot com * http://www.cabal.net * http://www.sputum.com

: Having purchased Flying Corp from Empire a few years ago and never got it to : work correctly I have serious reservations about what kind of a sim this : group could put together. I do hope I'm wrong...Buttt.. : Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice and shame on me! Then again, those of us who did get Flying Corps to work found one of the best prop sims out there, one that keeps us coming back for more. Stephen

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>: Having purchased Flying Corp from Empire a few years ago and never got it to >: work correctly I have serious reservations about what kind of a sim this >: group could put together. I do hope I'm wrong...Buttt.. >: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice and shame on me! >Then again, those of us who did get Flying Corps to work found one of the >best prop sims out there, one that keeps us coming back for more. >Stephen

True, and now Empire's MiG Alley is the best *** jet sim of the year. I can't wait to check out Ford Racing. -- * rrevved at mindspring dot com * http://www.cabal.net * http://www.sputum.com

: True, and now Empire's MiG Alley is the best *** jet sim of the year. : I can't wait to check out Ford Racing. Not to stray off topic for too long, but I would say (in my opinion) that MiG Alley is the *only* jet sim for me, since I always found shooting at radar blips tedious and unfullfilling. Stephen

I dont think you ever should feel shame for being fooled, no matter how many times you're fooled. /Chrille

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>Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice and shame on me! >Mitch >> http://avault.com/news/displaynews.asp?story=921999-182622 >> Thursday, September 2, 1999 - 18:26 CDT >> Empire Interactive Announces Ford Racing Licensing Agreement >> Empire Interactive today announced it has signed a global licensing >> agreement with Ford Motor Company to develop a franchise based on Ford >> Racing. Ford has has considerable success in NASCAR Winston Cup racing >> with more teams sporting the blue oval than any other manufacturer's >> symbol. Ford ran its flagship brand Taurus on the curcuit in 1998 for >> the first time, and the car won 15 races in its inaugural season. >> Ford Racing, the official licensed game, will feature 12 cars selected >> from Ford's U.S. and European road car models, including the Taurus, >> the Mustang, F-Series, Explorer, GT90 and several concept cars. All >> the automobiles can be used to compete at any one of the game's 10 >> detailed and realistic race courses. The publisher claims a >> sophisticated car physics model will offer real-world handling when >> coupled with the configurable and extensive vehicle setup. >> The game's career mode offers competition against 80 other drivers in >> five race classes, while the single and online modes provide >> opposition from up to 15 drivers. According to Empire, the career mode >> is an integral component of the offering. Starting out as a novice, >> success in the amateur class races enables people to build up finances >> and a reputation that will lead to sponsorships and invitations to >> more races. Eventually, people will be offered a contract to race for >> a team. The player will eventually acquire a financial base adequate >> enough to fund his or her own racing at the highest world level. At >> this point, a whole new range of vehicle and accessory combinations >> become available. >> Ford Racing is slated for a Q1 2000 release on PC and console >> platforms. >> -- >> * rrevved at mindspring dot com >> * http://www.cabal.net >> * http://www.sputum.com

Okay, this is WAY off-topic (so flame me), but does the MiG Alley demo do the game justice? I recently downloaded it, but I have yet to load it. Is it worth loading, or should I save the disk space? Back ON-TOPIC, as a Chrysler fan who currently owns a Honda and a Toyota (but no Chrysler products), I have to say that Ford Racing sounds good to me -- as long as they give us something with more merit than "Andretti Racing." -- JB

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>On 3 Sep 1999 06:53:36 GMT, >>: Having purchased Flying Corp from Empire a few years ago and never got

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>>: work correctly I have serious reservations about what kind of a sim this >>: group could put together. I do hope I'm wrong...Buttt.. >>: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice and shame on me! >>Then again, those of us who did get Flying Corps to work found one of the >>best prop sims out there, one that keeps us coming back for more. >>Stephen >True, and now Empire's MiG Alley is the best *** jet sim of the year. >I can't wait to check out Ford Racing. >-- >* rrevved at mindspring dot com >* http://www.cabal.net >* [link lost in import]

Just so long as they get the Pinto in there . . .

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> >... including the Taurus... > Watch out! > :-) > -- > Gamer / Programmer > But not a Game Programmer

I think they mean the Nascar Winston Cup car with the Tarus type body. They dont exactly look like a Tarus and have rear wheel drive with V8's. Lutrell

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>>... including the Taurus... >Watch out! >:-) >-- > Gamer / Programmer > But not a Game Programmer

then we could get some fire going like nfs 3&4 ; ) -- the friendly pysco > Just so long as they get the Pinto in there . . . > > >... including the Taurus... > > Watch out! > > :-) > > -- > > Gamer / Programmer > > But not a Game Programmer