Grand Prix Simulator

http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?show=622 might be a good game. Andrew.

</start racey comment> Did the West Brothers concept get sold to an unsuspecting company? I mean one hell of hard way to market Teddy Bears... </racey comment> <aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?show=622 might be a good > game. > > Andrew.

Sounds interesting, although the claims they make have been made before. Still, it could be good, and at the very least it sounds open to community development. Wonder how they are getting around the Sony exclusive license? Perhaps they will completely avoid all mention of F1 and other trademarked terms, hence the title. As long as there is a way for the user to put the correct names in that wouldn't bother me a bit. <aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?show=622 might be a good > game. > > Andrew.

"Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:becni7$3p76h$[email hidden]... > Sounds interesting, although the claims they make have been made before. > Still, it could be good, and at the very least it sounds open to community > development. Wonder how they are getting around the Sony exclusivelicense? > Perhaps they will completely avoid all mention of F1 and other trademarked > terms, hence the title. As long as there is a way for the user to put the > correct names in that wouldn't bother me a bit. Non-current cars, or pseudo-names, perhaps? There was some buzz and some screenies of something that sounded like this floating around Italian sim sites a year or so back; rumor was Milestone was involved. Anyone still got any pics hiding deep in the recesses of their (obviously too-big) HD's?

<aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?show=622 might be a good > game. > > Andrew. Well, LAGO certainly makes exceptional terrain for the flight sim series. Having bought their meshes for my "hometown" of Switzerland and having climbed a lot in the Alps, the accuracy was jaw-dropping. Now, this means nothing about their ability to make a racing sim of course. Stephen

"Steve Blankenship" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:becni7$3p76h$[email hidden]... > > Sounds interesting, although the claims they make have been made before. > > Still, it could be good, and at the very least it sounds open tocommunity > > development. Wonder how they are getting around the Sony exclusive > license? > > Perhaps they will completely avoid all mention of F1 and othertrademarked > > terms, hence the title. As long as there is a way for the user to putthe > > correct names in that wouldn't bother me a bit. > > Non-current cars, or pseudo-names, perhaps? There was some buzz and some > screenies of something that sounded like this floating around Italian sim > sites a year or so back; rumor was Milestone was involved. Anyone stillgot > any pics hiding deep in the recesses of their (obviously too-big) HD's? > > Well, the article says Milestone is involved, and considering that their version of EA Superbike was (perhaps still is) one of the most beautiful sims, I'm encouraged.

"Steve Blankenship" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:becni7$3p76h$[email hidden]... > > Sounds interesting, although the claims they make have been made before. > > Still, it could be good, and at the very least it sounds open tocommunity > > development. Wonder how they are getting around the Sony exclusive > license? > > Perhaps they will completely avoid all mention of F1 and othertrademarked > > terms, hence the title. As long as there is a way for the user to putthe > > correct names in that wouldn't bother me a bit. > > Non-current cars, or pseudo-names, perhaps? There was some buzz and some > screenies of something that sounded like this floating around Italian sim > sites a year or so back; rumor was Milestone was involved. Anyone stillgot > any pics hiding deep in the recesses of their (obviously too-big) HD's? > Here's a link to a site which has four screen shots. http://www.ggmania.com/?smsid=13966 Judging by those screens, the graphics don't look very impressive. IMHO, F1 2001 looked way better. Of course graphics aren't everything (that's were the mod community step in), and I don't know at what stage of development these screens are from. The most interesting thing about those screens is the fact that they would appear to have a FIA license. How can this be given Sony's recent deal?

On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 13:52:27 GMT, "Fatbob" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Judging by those screens, the graphics don't look very impressive. IMHO, F1 >2001 looked way better. Of course graphics aren't everything (that's were >the mod community step in), and I don't know at what stage of development >these screens are from. The most interesting thing about those screens is >the fact that they would appear to have a FIA license. How can this be given >Sony's recent deal? >

Textures look a bit blurry but maybe the final will be improved. I'm looking forward to it anyway.

"Fatbob"said: > Judging by those screens, the graphics don't look very impressive. IMHO,F1 > 2001 looked way better. Of course graphics aren't everything (that's were > the mod community step in), and I don't know at what stage of development > these screens are from. The most interesting thing about those screens is > the fact that they would appear to have a FIA license. How can this begiven > Sony's recent deal? An FIA licence really dont mean crap.... as it only allow you to use the names F1 or Formula 1 World Championship (or something in that ballpark)... What you really need though, is a FOCA (Formula One Contructors Assosiation) lisence, a license from all drivers, circuits and more.. Take a look at the 'credits' of any Papy sim - and you'll get the idea of how much really is needed. -- ed_

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003 21:27:56 +0200, "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote: >An FIA licence really dont mean crap.... as it only allow you to use the >names F1 or Formula 1 World Championship (or something in that ballpark)... >What you really need though, is a FOCA (Formula One Contructors Assosiation) >lisence, a license from all drivers, circuits and more.. I would think F1 licenses would be much easier to acquire than NASCAR. For F1 all you need is FIA which covers the sport and tracks and FOCA which covers the teams, cars, and drivers. NASCAR requires negotiating with each individiual track owning body, each team, each sponsor, each driver, etc etc in order to get rights for everything. Seems a pain in the ass to me when you could just make a CART sim. Jason

> I would think F1 licenses would be much easier to acquire than NASCAR. > For F1 all you need is FIA which covers the sport and tracks and FOCA > which covers the teams, cars, and drivers. NASCAR requires > negotiating with each individiual track owning body, each team, each > sponsor, each driver, etc etc in order to get rights for everything. > Seems a pain in the ass to me when you could just make a CART sim. Just out of curiosity, how popular are the open wheelers in the US these days compared to Nascar?

> Just out of curiosity, how popular are the open wheelers in the US these > days compared to Nascar? Not very :-(

On Wed, 09 Jul 2003 01:50:51 GMT, "frederickson" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> Just out of curiosity, how popular are the open wheelers in the US these >> days compared to Nascar? > > Not very :-( It's kind of sad really. Before the IRL/CART split CART and NASCAR were very nearly dead even in popularity. Since then of course NASCAR has boomed and open wheeled cars, aside from Outlaws, have become less popular. CART still packs the stands however. If they had better TV coverage I think they'd be fine. Jason