Midway signs CART deal

Just saw this so I don't know if it has been posted yet Midway Games and CART Licensed Products announced today a multi-year licensing agreement that will add CART racing games to Midways line- up. The agreement gives Midway exclusive rights to publish CART racing games for all major video game platforms. The Midway CART games will include a combination of replica and fantasy CART tracks, incorporating CART teams and drivers. Here is the link to the story on Avault [link lost in import] Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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> Just saw this so I don't know if it has been posted yet > Midway Games and CART Licensed Products announced today a multi-year > licensing agreement that will add CART racing games to Midways line- > up. The agreement gives Midway exclusive rights to publish CART racing > games for all major video game platforms. The Midway CART games will > include a combination of replica and fantasy CART tracks, incorporating > CART teams and drivers.

Oh please don't tell me this deal means no one else can make a CART game/sim for the next 4 years! The exclusive word sounds very scary... I just don't have any faith in Midway Games (who are they anyway?) to produce any good sims, and the thought of no CART sim for four more years sounds terrible! A sad day if this is so :-( -- Arne Martin

> The exclusive word sounds very scary... I just don't have any faith in > Midway Games (who are they anyway?) to produce any good sims, and the > thought of no CART sim for four more years sounds terrible! A sad day if > this is so :-( Well it only means current CART teams and tracks. In theory, Papy could make a historical Indycar simulation. -- Toni Lassila

By the time they are able to get it out the door, it would be historical. Who know's, maybe Papy started working on GPL way back in 1967, and just finished it last year.

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> > Just saw this so I don't know if it has been posted yet > > Midway Games and CART Licensed Products announced today a multi-year > > licensing agreement that will add CART racing games to Midways line- > > up. The agreement gives Midway exclusive rights to publish CART racing > > games for all major video game platforms. The Midway CART games will > > include a combination of replica and fantasy CART tracks, incorporating > > CART teams and drivers. > Oh please don't tell me this deal means no one else can make a CART > game/sim for the next 4 years! > The exclusive word sounds very scary... I just don't have any faith in > Midway Games (who are they anyway?) to produce any good sims, and the > thought of no CART sim for four more years sounds terrible! A sad day if > this is so :-(

Midway are famous originally for pinball machines, then video arcade games. They'll probably do a great CART arcade racer, but don't expect anything ***:-( - Michael

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> > The exclusive word sounds very scary... I just don't have any faith in > > Midway Games (who are they anyway?) to produce any good sims, and the > > thought of no CART sim for four more years sounds terrible! A sad day if > > this is so :-( > Well it only means current CART teams and tracks. In theory, Papy could > make a historical Indycar simulation. > -- > Toni Lassila

Toni, Dream on,it will never happen. If Sierra didn't think at a modern day Cart sim would sell,there is absolutely no way they would ever consider doing a legends of Indy or Cart. Joel Willstein