MTM2 engine for future sims'?

Perhaps somebody here has thought of a good reason, or two, why we haven't seen any sims' using the Monster Truck Madness 2 physics engine? The trucks in Monster Truck Madness 2 could jump high in the air, spin, fall over, etc. Reminds me of the GPL engine, when it comes to crash effects at least. Just a thought... Best regards, Brian Whitaker - ICQ, 51274367

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> Perhaps somebody here has thought of a good reason, or two, why we > haven't seen any sims' using the Monster Truck Madness 2 physics > engine? > The trucks in Monster Truck Madness 2 could jump high in the air, > spin, fall over, etc. Reminds me of the GPL engine, when it comes to > crash effects at least. > Just a thought...

A good one too. I think CART Precision Racing was made on that engine, or was that the original Monster Truck Madness, which is also very good IMHO. I expected C:PR to be as good as MTM, but as everyone know it failed on the finish line. I guess that to change monster trucks for champcars really didn't work as they expected. TRI should try to put out C:PR 2, but since they are not connected to MS anymore I guess that wont happen. -- Olav K. Malmin remove spam when replying

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>A good one too. I think CART Precision Racing was made on that engine, or was >that the original Monster Truck Madness, which is also very good IMHO. I >expected C:PR to be as good as MTM, but as everyone know it failed on the >finish line. I guess that to change monster trucks for champcars really didn't >work as they expected. >TRI should try to put out C:PR 2, but since they are not connected to MS >anymore I guess that wont happen.

I would certainly like to see more racing simulators use the MTM2 engine, especially for racing off-road, which is where Monster Truck Madness 2 really comes into play. Who actually follows the track routes in Monster Truck Madness 2? Certainly not I. Best regards, Brian Whitaker - ICQ, 51274367

The graphics engine for C:PR was based on the MTM2 or internally known as Photex2 graphics engine. The physics engine for C:PR has nothing to do with the MTM physics engine. Most people assumed they were one in the same because the graphics engines were similar. Before I joined Terminal Reality I almost thought so myself until I took a look at the source code. I can't say right now what types of games we will do (off road, road racing, etc), but you can be sure that we will continue to do all sorts of driving games. We also keep our eyes on this newsgroup and always take note of your feedback, and wishes in deciding on future games. Best Regards, John O'Keefe Development Lead - Motorsports Terminal Reality

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> > >A good one too. I think CART Precision Racing was made on that engine, or > was > > >that the original Monster Truck Madness, which is also very good IMHO. I > > >expected C:PR to be as good as MTM, but as everyone know it failed on the > > >finish line. I guess that to change monster trucks for champcars really > didn't > > >work as they expected. > The graphics engine for C:PR was based on the MTM2 or internally known as > Photex2 graphics engine. The physics engine for C:PR has nothing to do with > the MTM physics engine. Most people assumed they were one in the same > because the graphics engines were similar. Before I joined Terminal Reality > I almost thought so myself until I took a look at the source code.

Thanks a lot for the explaination John. Keep up the good work! btw, what happened to the cart.gamestats.com site, is it dead or have you just lost interest ? -- Olav K. Malmin remove spam when replying

>We also keep our eyes on this newsgroup and always take note of your >feedback, and wishes in deciding on future games. It's always a pleasure to hear that. Best regards, Brian Whitaker - ICQ, 51274367

Not too much has happened lately so I haven't updated it. It is pretty much dead but I leave it up so people can still download files, get information, or use the forum. - John