Spirit of Speed at ECTS

Just thought people might want an update on this as no one else seems to have mentioned it. Spirit of Speed looked much more polished than at E3, and the developer said it would probably be released in October/November. Good points: - Shiny environmnent mapped aluminium cars - Good engine noise - Only chance to drive old tracks such as Brooklands - Nice feel for the car when driving - Physics seemed good, though not up to GPL standards Bad points: - they really mean the "spirit" of 30's racing rather than trying to reproduce the exact period as in GPL. This means the cars other than the Mercedes and Auto-Union are vastly improved so that they can keep up, otherwise there would be no point in picking them. The cars also race where they never would have, such as the silver arrows at Brooklands. Finally the tracks are not accurate. Tripoli, for example has been shortened and modified - I don't think you ever drove through rock tunnels in the original for example. - seemed a bit easy to drive - car seemed to "stick" to the polygons forming the track, causing an abrupt attitude change as the camber of the road surface changed. This was difficult to work out what was happening and could be a physics problem. Overall I'd say it was worth buying though as you won't get the same experience with any other driving game. (I still wish someone would do a 1930's total-conversion though for GPL!) - Michael

> Just thought people might want an update on this as no one else seems to > have mentioned it. This exactly what I was waiting for... Some smart guy must be able to repair that. I don't think so. But which tracks are included? I already heard about Tripoli, Brooklands and Monza, but what about - Avus - Nurburgring - Donnington - RooseVelt Raceway - Bremgarten - Spa-Franchorchamps difficulty may be adjustable... Let's hope that it is solved in the final release. We should at least give it a chance... I would prefer a 1950s conversion because the 1930s era will be covered by SoS one way or another. Greetings, hgrm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- drs. H.G.R. Monsees tel : 035-6 83 33 80 GSM : 06-23 57 92 48 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I have a plan so cunning that you can put a tail on in and call it a weasel" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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> > Just thought people might want an update on this as no one else seems to > > have mentioned it. > This exactly what I was waiting for... > > Spirit of Speed looked much more polished than at E3, and the developer > > said it would probably be released in October/November. > > Good points: > > - Shiny environmnent mapped aluminium cars > > - Good engine noise > > - Only chance to drive old tracks such as Brooklands > > - Nice feel for the car when driving > > - Physics seemed good, though not up to GPL standards > > Bad points: > > - they really mean the "spirit" of 30's racing rather than trying to > > reproduce the exact period as in GPL. This means the cars other than the > > Mercedes and Auto-Union are vastly improved so that they can keep up, > > otherwise there would be no point in picking them. > Some smart guy must be able to repair that. > > The cars also race > > where they never would have, such as the silver arrows at Brooklands. > > Finally the tracks are not accurate. Tripoli, for example has been > > shortened and modified - I don't think you ever drove through rock > > tunnels in the original for example. > I don't think so. But which tracks are included? > I already heard about Tripoli, Brooklands and Monza, but what about > - Avus

Included, but not seen Not included:-( Included, but not seen Included, but this was a much derided layout at the time. Not included:-( Not included:-( Maybe someone could do a GPL->SoS converter? The mysterious Dave Noonan for example. - Michael

I agree it's a shame, but maybe the format will be easier for the community to edit than GPL and someone will restore the tracks to their former glory:-) - Michael

Now I'd like to see THAT!

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> > (snip) > > >Tripoli, for example has been > > > shortened and modified - I don't think you ever drove through rock > > > tunnels in the original for example. > > (unsnip) > > Well, as a great fan of historical racing simulations (namely GPL!),

this > > means that I will have nothing else to add to the collection. If there was

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> > one thing that has killed the interest, it's this snippet. > I agree it's a shame, but maybe the format will be easier for the > community to edit than GPL and someone will restore the tracks to their > former glory:-) > - Michael

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