Anyone tried AMA Superbike yet?

Hi, Just curious if anyone has it yet. I called motorsims today & they were really nice. I can't remember the name but he told me that while I could order it over the phone < $45 + shipping> That the trucks were in route to babbages etc. So perhaps I would be better served to save a few bucks & get it probably Friday locally. I am really looking forward to this sim ;-) Mike

Demo has yet to be released yet to my knowledge. However, there will also be an online downloadable version of the game [don't know the dates] that will contain the full functionality, except no AI riders, and somewhat smaller textures [to save download time] that you could try before you buy. However, you should note that multiplayer for the game will be handled solely through Motorsims' pay-to-play proprietary network which is in a way very similiar to TEN.

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> Hi, > Just curious if anyone has it yet. > I called motorsims today & they were really nice. > I can't remember the name but he told me that while I could order it > over the phone < $45 + shipping> That the trucks were in route to > babbages etc. So perhaps I would be better served to save a few bucks & get > it > probably Friday locally. > I am really looking forward to this sim ;-) > Mike

I have pre-ordered my copy from EBworld.com. I supposed to come out on September 22, 1999. Ordering from www.motorsims.com costs 45$ + 29$ shipping (to Canada). And that's in US $! Way too expensive. Looking forward to it. I hope the online experience is better than N3. At least, somebody will organize decent races/championship. Philster

> > Hi, > > Just curious if anyone has it yet. [...] It "should" be on the shelves at Babbages and EB today (Weds 9/22) ... these stores did in fact drive down to the kitting facility and pick up the stock. CompUSA and others shoukd have it by Friday. Also note that if you're an AMA member you can order direct at a discounted price. We wanted to have a demo version out this week but it didn't work out. We're working on a bunch of online-related issues and since the demo version is a subset of the online version, there was some impact there. In the next week or so we'll be announcing our first prize-bearing online event too. -MSM -- __________________________________________________________________________ Mark S. Miller "Be regular and orderly in your life, Director of Design that you may be *** and original Motorsport Simulations in your work." [link lost in import]

Will AMA include Phoenix and/or the HD VR1000. The only track I get to and the bike I hope will someday run up front. Probably still want it without either though. Thanks Dale White On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 16:16:24 GMT, "Mark S. Miller"

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>It "should" be on the shelves at Babbages and EB today (Weds 9/22) ... these >stores did in fact drive down to the kitting facility and pick up the stock. >CompUSA and others shoukd have it by Friday. Also note that if you're an AMA >member you can order direct at a discounted price. >We wanted to have a demo version out this week but it didn't work out. We're >working on a bunch of online-related issues and since the demo version is a >subset of the online version, there was some impact there. >In the next week or so we'll be announcing our first prize-bearing online >event too. > -MSM >-- >__________________________________________________________________________ >Mark S. Miller "Be regular and orderly in your life, >Director of Design that you may be *** and original >Motorsport Simulations in your work." >[link lost in import]

Sorry, but no to both. Harley wouldn't grant us a license for bizarre reasons. Which sucked because we had the bike modelled and sampled and everything. We hope that in time they will come to see the error of their ways. ;-) Phoenix is owned by ISC (which also owns Daytona) and we couldn't come to financially agreeable licensing terms for their tracks. As with Harley, we haven't given up, we'll continue to try to come to terms that make sense. If Harley comes back to us and says "go" we can have the bike back in the game with a couple of days. -MSM -- __________________________________________________________________________ Mark S. Miller "Be regular and orderly in your life, Director of Design that you may be *** and original Motorsport Simulations in your work." [link lost in import]

On Wed, 22 Sep 1999 22:20:39 GMT, "Mark S. Miller"

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>> Will AMA include Phoenix and/or the HD VR1000. The only track I get >> to and the bike I hope will someday run up front. Probably still want >> it without either though. >Sorry, but no to both. >Harley wouldn't grant us a license for bizarre reasons. Which sucked because >we had the bike modelled and sampled and everything. We hope that in time >they will come to see the error of their ways. ;-) >Phoenix is owned by ISC (which also owns Daytona) and we couldn't come to >financially agreeable licensing terms for their tracks. >As with Harley, we haven't given up, we'll continue to try to come to terms >that make sense. If Harley comes back to us and says "go" we can have the >bike back in the game with a couple of days. > -MSM >-- >__________________________________________________________________________ >Mark S. Miller "Be regular and orderly in your life, >Director of Design that you may be *** and original >Motorsport Simulations in your work." >[link lost in import]

Too bad about Harley, that bike sounds great at the track. It's the speed on the straights that makes me shake my head. Maybe if you modeled that extra horsepower they're always looking for to keep up. It seems like it would make sense for them to show the bike every chance they could now that they own Buell and make a sport bike. Thanks for the reply. Dale

Dude, whats up with the walls in AMA, I shot my bike up about 100 feet in the air and 150 yards off the track and was only doin about 75. Its like running around a wrestling ring hurling yourself off the ropes. Sorry but this one might not have been ready for primetime, Norm

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> > Will AMA include Phoenix and/or the HD VR1000. The only track I get > > to and the bike I hope will someday run up front. Probably still want > > it without either though. > Sorry, but no to both. > Harley wouldn't grant us a license for bizarre reasons. Which sucked

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> we had the bike modelled and sampled and everything. We hope that in time > they will come to see the error of their ways. ;-) > Phoenix is owned by ISC (which also owns Daytona) and we couldn't come to > financially agreeable licensing terms for their tracks. > As with Harley, we haven't given up, we'll continue to try to come to

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> that make sense. If Harley comes back to us and says "go" we can have the > bike back in the game with a couple of days. > -MSM > -- > __________________________________________________________________________ > Mark S. Miller "Be regular and orderly in your life, > Director of Design that you may be *** and original > Motorsport Simulations in your work." > [link lost in import]

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Its not even close to being ready for the "Primetime".I can't say how disappointed I am in this game(which is exactly what it is)and Motorsims company.This is just a pitiful effort.I'd hate to see what happens when no one is racing on their online service,I honestly wouldn't be surprised to see them fold. Mark

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> Dude, whats up with the walls in AMA, I shot my bike up about 100 feet in > the air and 150 yards off the track and was only doin about 75. Its like > running around a wrestling ring hurling yourself off the ropes. > Sorry but this one might not have been ready for primetime, > Norm > > > Will AMA include Phoenix and/or the HD VR1000. The only track I get > > > to and the bike I hope will someday run up front. Probably still want > > > it without either though. > > Sorry, but no to both. > > Harley wouldn't grant us a license for bizarre reasons. Which sucked > because > > we had the bike modelled and sampled and everything. We hope that in time > > they will come to see the error of their ways. ;-) > > Phoenix is owned by ISC (which also owns Daytona) and we couldn't come to > > financially agreeable licensing terms for their tracks. > > As with Harley, we haven't given up, we'll continue to try to come to > terms > > that make sense. If Harley comes back to us and says "go" we can have the > > bike back in the game with a couple of days. > > -MSM > > -- > > __________________________________________________________________________ > > Mark S. Miller "Be regular and orderly in your life, > > Director of Design that you may be *** and original > > Motorsport Simulations in your work." > > [link lost in import] > -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- > http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! > ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

There will be a patch available on the transmitter very soon which should address most of the collision problems. Our release date had zilcho to do with GP500. Seriously. Don't expect to see us go away anytime soon either. Trust me (or don't) ... ain't no one more aware of the rough edges than our development staff. -MSM -- __________________________________________________________________________ Mark S. Miller "Be regular and orderly in your life, Director of Design that you may be *** and original Motorsport Simulations in your work." [link lost in import]