1937 Spirit of Speed

OK - I know Spirit of Speed is a bad game and I shouldn't have bought it, and I went back to GPL within a week. But... It did seem to have some potential if little details were improved (physics model, AI, frame rate, number of other drivers etc etc etc). However, nobody seems to be talking about it even to slag it off! Are there any useful sites or other NGs which might help make this game not a total loss? Jon

Well you figure CPR is the same thing as SoS, and the time nor effort was put in to a make this game worth having patch. I wouldn't hold your breath.

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> OK - I know Spirit of Speed is a bad game and I shouldn't have bought it, > and I went back to GPL within a week. > But... It did seem to have some potential if little details were improved > (physics model, AI, frame rate, number of other drivers etc etc etc). > However, nobody seems to be talking about it even to slag it off! > Are there any useful sites or other NGs which might help make this game not > a total loss? > Jon

If the CD cover has a pretty picture, you could crack it open enough to stand up and put it on top of your monitor to admire. It wouldn't be a total loss. Have you done a 'search' for newsgroups, or does their home page have a forum? Thankfully, some of you guys bought it and warned the rest of us. If only it had multi player. I'd race toasters online if they were pretty enough, as a change of pace. Slot

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> Well you figure CPR is the same thing as SoS, and the time nor effort > was put in to a make this game worth having patch. I wouldn't hold your > breath. > > OK - I know Spirit of Speed is a bad game and I shouldn't have bought

it, > > and I went back to GPL within a week. > > But... It did seem to have some potential if little details were improved > > (physics model, AI, frame rate, number of other drivers etc etc etc). > > However, nobody seems to be talking about it even to slag it off! > > Are there any useful sites or other NGs which might help make this game not > > a total loss? > > Jon

Ok I'll slag it off it's the worse piece of ***driving game ever out!!! Frame rates on a PIII along with the GForce are ridiculous! -- Oli BeoRocket Racing http://www.beorocket.co.yu/

No one is talking bad about it because very few people actually bought it after playing the demo, in my opinion. If they would have released the demo after the game had come out, most of us here in RAS would have bought it, and would have then talked about how bad it was. Thankfully they released the demo before the game came out, so we didn't have to waste our money.

I bought it and took it back after playing it for an hour or so. I was incredibly disappointed with the game as I'm an enormous fan of pre-war racing especially the battle between Auto-Union and Mercedes. I haven't seen any discussion, websites, or reviews on this game since release, apart from a few posts in this group. Not even the developers have said anything. - Michael

The developers, if they have an ounce of conscience, will be*** their heads in shame.

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> > OK - I know Spirit of Speed is a bad game and I shouldn't have bought it, > > and I went back to GPL within a week. > > But... It did seem to have some potential if little details were improved > > (physics model, AI, frame rate, number of other drivers etc etc etc). > > However, nobody seems to be talking about it even to slag it off! > > Are there any useful sites or other NGs which might help make this game not > > a total loss? > I bought it and took it back after playing it for an hour or so. I was > incredibly disappointed with the game as I'm an enormous fan of pre-war > racing especially the battle between Auto-Union and Mercedes. > I haven't seen any discussion, websites, or reviews on this game since > release, apart from a few posts in this group. Not even the developers > have said anything. > - Michael

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Jon, face it. It _IS_ a total loss and unfortunately you are one of the few who post to RAS who bought it. Now spare a thought for the possibly hundreds of innocents who bought it and whom we will never hear about. They will forever shy away from the genre in future.

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> OK - I know Spirit of Speed is a bad game and I shouldn't have bought it, > and I went back to GPL within a week. > But... It did seem to have some potential if little details were improved > (physics model, AI, frame rate, number of other drivers etc etc etc). > However, nobody seems to be talking about it even to slag it off! > Are there any useful sites or other NGs which might help make this game not > a total loss? > Jon

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> OK - I know Spirit of Speed is a bad game and I shouldn't have bought it, > and I went back to GPL within a week. > But... It did seem to have some potential if little details were improved > (physics model, AI, frame rate, number of other drivers etc etc etc). > However, nobody seems to be talking about it even to slag it off! > Are there any useful sites or other NGs which might help make this game not > a total loss?

You are calling mediocre physics, AI, frame rate just "little details"? To me that sounds like all important parts of this game are screwed up, so how could anybody besides the developers (starting from scratch) do something about it? l8er ronny

On my humble system, SOS proved to be the most expensive screensaver I have ever owned. Still, it was worth every penny. Those images are beautiful <G> MS

When Oh when will developers grasp the concept that cars ars steered with a wheel and not a switch? MS

This completely spoilt my christmas. Someone bought it for me as a present. I never had the heart to tell the truth about it to the sender. MS > Jon, face it. It _IS_ a total loss and unfortunately you are one of the few > who post to RAS who bought it. > Now spare a thought for the possibly hundreds of innocents who bought it and > whom we will never hear about. They will forever shy away from the genre in > future. > > OK - I know Spirit of Speed is a bad game and I shouldn't have bought it, > > and I went back to GPL within a week. > > But... It did seem to have some potential if little details were improved > > (physics model, AI, frame rate, number of other drivers etc etc etc). > > However, nobody seems to be talking about it even to slag it off! > > Are there any useful sites or other NGs which might help make this game not > > a total loss? > > Jon > -----------== 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 ==-----

Fair point....

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>You are calling mediocre physics, AI, frame rate just "little details"? >To me that sounds like all important parts of this game are screwed up, >so >how could anybody besides the developers (starting from scratch) do >something >about it? >l8er >ronny

The developers were quick to respond to the (fair) criticism aimed at the demo in this newsgroup but have not done so since the game was released. I posted a long list of faults with the game (and have found more since...). Its a pity that they don't appear to be rushing out a patch to correct some of the more dire errors in the game (for those few of us that did buy it). Ah well, we live and learn... > The developers, if they have an ounce of conscience, will be*** their heads

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> in shame. > > > OK - I know Spirit of Speed is a bad game and I shouldn't have bought

it, > > > and I went back to GPL within a week. > > > But... It did seem to have some potential if little details were improved > > > (physics model, AI, frame rate, number of other drivers etc etc etc). > > > However, nobody seems to be talking about it even to slag it off! > > > Are there any useful sites or other NGs which might help make this game not

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> > > a total loss? > > I bought it and took it back after playing it for an hour or so. I was > > incredibly disappointed with the game as I'm an enormous fan of pre-war > > racing especially the battle between Auto-Union and Mercedes. > > I haven't seen any discussion, websites, or reviews on this game since > > release, apart from a few posts in this group. Not even the developers > > have said anything. > > - Michael > -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News

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Yes....I know what you mean. My son nearly bought it for me until he heard me sledging it to a friend! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- > This completely spoilt my christmas. Someone bought it for me as a present. > I never had the heart to tell the truth about it to the sender. > MS > > Jon, face it. It _IS_ a total loss and unfortunately you are one of the > few > > who post to RAS who bought it. > > Now spare a thought for the possibly hundreds of innocents who bought it > and > > whom we will never hear about. They will forever shy away from the genre > in > > future. > > > OK - I know Spirit of Speed is a bad game and I shouldn't have bought > it, > > > and I went back to GPL within a week. > > > But... It did seem to have some potential if little details were > improved > > > (physics model, AI, frame rate, number of other drivers etc etc etc). > > > However, nobody seems to be talking about it even to slag it off! > > > Are there any useful sites or other NGs which might help make this game > not > > > a total loss? > > > Jon > > -----------== 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 > ==----- -----------== 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 ==-----

LOL

Don't laugh, you would too.

What Gender was that someone? -- Oli BeoRocket Racing http://www.beorocket.co.yu/