GP3 vs F1-2002

Well here is the latest "release date of Grand Prix 3 listed for 2nd August 2000 in US, but release date of GP3 is listed for 3rd July 2000 in Europe so this makes the situation very confusing... which release date is correct!" So, maybe F1-2000 will be the best F1 sim THIS year after all....remember Half-Life, Diablo 2 ... the list goes on. Also, can I just say I am tired of seeing all the real racing sims open to the European audience first. RC2K, GP500, CMR1&2, LeMans, WSC. How hard would it be to release them WORLDWIDE at the same time? Are most Americans these tasteless, water-my-racing-down, is there a deathmatch drones the publishers make us out to be or is that the perception because we stand in line at the store and have to chose between one and the same....much like our political system. Your choice is ***or ***and you picked ***so you must like it - here is some more. So - here is wishing all the European distributors and stores my best because it is you, who I will be sending my money too....thus fueling the system that I so hate.

I was simply stating a few other "legends while in the making" that suffered very lengthy release delays. They have nothing to do with racing....just pointing out that everyone is so keyed on a game that hasn't been released yet (gp3) and has been delayed more than a few times. I think HalfLife took Game of the Show at E3 two years before it ended up making it to the shelves.. > >Well here is the latest > >"release date of Grand Prix 3 listed for 2nd August 2000 in US, but release

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> >date of GP3 is listed for 3rd July 2000 in Europe so this makes the > >situation very confusing... which release date is correct!" > Probably 3rd December :) > >So, maybe F1-2000 will be the best F1 sim THIS year after all....remember > >Half-Life, Diablo 2 ... the list goes on. > Yes, I rember Half-Life, Diablo 2 ain't out yet, but what have those > games got to do with F1 2000 being the best sim THIS year? > Andre

They may both be correct. Distributorship rights are not automatically global: contracts have to be thrashed out between production house and distributor before an agreement can be reached on when the product hits the retail shelves. In addition, particularly with a F1 game, the idea is to first get it to those parts of the world where the market is the strongest....thus the reason for the USA being in the second schedule. (Note....when a NASCAR game is released it usually saturates the USA before going international). Simple marketing principles are applied and they do not take into account whether you might be champing at the bit to get your hands on a copy. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- SlipStream <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Well here is the latest > > "release date of Grand Prix 3 listed for 2nd August 2000 in US, but release > date of GP3 is listed for 3rd July 2000 in Europe so this makes the > situation very confusing... which release date is correct?"

Just buy the darn game online... -- -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

<snip> <snip> We'll start letting you Yankees have our games on time when you start letting us have your movies on time ;-) Seriously, though, how do you manage to classify Le Mans as a "real racing sim"??? -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

>Well here is the latest >"release date of Grand Prix 3 listed for 2nd August 2000 in US, but release >date of GP3 is listed for 3rd July 2000 in Europe so this makes the >situation very confusing... which release date is correct!" Probably 3rd December :) Yes, I rember Half-Life, Diablo 2 ain't out yet, but what have those games got to do with F1 2000 being the best sim THIS year? Andre

It "kinda" makes sense, all the titles you mentioned are based on Mainly European racing series. Publishing deals across the Atlantic are sometimes very complex. {go to the flightsim newsgroup and ask about the problems DID had getting EF2000 to the states} You'll probably find N3, NL and other US sims are released here first then in Euroland. dave henrie

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> Well here is the latest > "release date of Grand Prix 3 listed for 2nd August 2000 in US, but release > date of GP3 is listed for 3rd July 2000 in Europe so this makes the > situation very confusing... which release date is correct!" > So, maybe F1-2000 will be the best F1 sim THIS year after all....remember > Half-Life, Diablo 2 ... the list goes on. > Also, can I just say I am tired of seeing all the real racing sims open to > the European audience first. RC2K, GP500, CMR1&2, LeMans, WSC. How hard > would it be to release them WORLDWIDE at the same time? > Are most Americans these tasteless, water-my-racing-down, is there a > deathmatch drones the publishers make us out to be or is that the perception > because we stand in line at the store and have to chose between one and the > same....much like our political system. Your choice is ***or ***and you > picked ***so you must like it - here is some more. > So - here is wishing all the European distributors and stores my best > because it is you, who I will be sending my money too....thus fueling the > system that I so hate.

Oh, ok, now I understand, it really didn't make sense to me :) I didn't knew HalfLife took so long. HalfLife was a game out of the blue for me. I read my first review of it after it allready was in the stores. I was amazed that I didn't read sooner about it, it's one of my all time favorites! Never liked Diablo though, not much depth in that game, so I won't hold my breath for Diablo 2. Andre On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 23:45:00 -0800, "SlipStream" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I was simply stating a few other "legends while in the making" that suffered >very lengthy release delays. They have nothing to do with racing....just >pointing out that everyone is so keyed on a game that hasn't been released >yet (gp3) and has been delayed more than a few times. I think HalfLife took >Game of the Show at E3 two years before it ended up making it to the >shelves.. > >Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> On Fri, 17 Mar 2000 20:13:37 -0800, "SlipStream" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >> >Well here is the latest >> > >> >"release date of Grand Prix 3 listed for 2nd August 2000 in US, but >release >> >date of GP3 is listed for 3rd July 2000 in Europe so this makes the >> >situation very confusing... which release date is correct!" >> >> Probably 3rd December :) >> >> >So, maybe F1-2000 will be the best F1 sim THIS year after all....remember >> >Half-Life, Diablo 2 ... the list goes on. >> >> Yes, I rember Half-Life, Diablo 2 ain't out yet, but what have those >> games got to do with F1 2000 being the best sim THIS year? >> >> Andre >

You've been working for those legal gits too long Bruce... it *IS* a global market nowadays. I want that sim the same day Joe in Blahblah gets it. Of course, market economy has long ceased to be about what the consumer wants (if it ever was), as it in itself has become a business people profit by. Jan. =--- Bruce Kennewell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:38d30538$[email hidden]... > They may both be correct. > Distributorship rights are not automatically global: <snip>