So what has happend to Racing Legneds

So.. as my post asks.. what has happend to this racing game !!

It look so promising...

Doesn't anybody have a clue... even if some one lives next to these guys..
go tap on there door and ask them some question....

Or do I have to find out for myself...

Or is it like the people behind the gizmoid..?

Emma

"Emma Ward" <senninha1@ sad.btinternet.com> wrote in
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> So.. as my post asks.. what has happend to this racing game !!
>
> It look so promising...
>
> Doesn't anybody have a clue... even if some one lives next to these
> guys.. go tap on there door and ask them some question....
>
> Or do I have to find out for myself...
>
> Or is it like the people behind the gizmoid..?
>
> Emma
>
>
>
>

The story behind Racing Legends is about as murky as any real legend.
There are reputable guys, like Gregor Veeble who was a regular poster here
whenever physics subjects popped up, who have been working with the West
brothers, who swear it is still a viable project.
But there are sooooo many here who's hopes have been repeatedly dashed
that even if the Box was on a store shelf, I don't think they would
beleive it was actually for sale.
Suffice it to say, if we are going to ever really appreciate Racing
Legends, then most likely it will be with one of those new 10,000 US
Dollar Monster/Mega systems with 4 SLI video cards and the physics
accelerator. (Dell is advertising just such a system)

Dave Henrie wrote:

> But there are sooooo many here who's hopes have been repeatedly dashed
> that even if the Box was on a store shelf, I don't think they would
> beleive it was actually for sale.

For me it just ranks as another IT project that has taken significantly
longer then expected. Governments are notoriously bad at estimating IT
project duration - the UK National firearms register still hasn't gone
live 9 years after it was proposed having been recommended after the
Dunblane tragedy in 1996, and was passed into law in the 1997 Firearms
(Amendment) Act. The project has seen multiple go live dates pushed back.

That is a project under with significant public interest and resource
which even hardcore sim racers may concede is of greater priority than
Racing Legends.

For fellow sim racing enthusiasts to have been over optimistic in
estimating delivery of what they believe will be a ground breaking sim
is hardly a cause for the drama that has enfolded IMHO

Cheers
Tony

>"Tony Rickard" > wrote
> For me it just ranks as another IT project that has taken significantly
> longer then expected.


Exactly, a R&D venture that went beyond their business plans. Happens
everyday, everywhere. Meanwhile they had to, you know, pay their bills.
One of the brothers worked on that RC sim, etc... Eventually I doubt we'll
ever see the results, but it was a nice idea.





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Maybe he's just busy and knows he'd be hammered with RL
questions/potshots if he popped his head up.

Kendt

(Tony Rickard) wrote:

> For me it just ranks as another IT project that has taken
> significantly longer then expected.

My big fear for RL was always that the guys would spend a lot of time
and money on a highly detailed & complex sim engine, only to find it
didn't feel significantly better or different from the competition.
There's a limit to how much of a realistic experience you can get sat at
a desk, and it may be we're already as close as we're ever going to get
in every respect apart from graphically.

I hope I'm wrong though, it's nice to have something to look forward
to... though not necessarily RL.

Andrew McP

(Andrew MacPherson) wrote in

> My big fear for RL was always that the guys would spend a lot of time
> and money on a highly detailed & complex sim engine, only to find it
> didn't feel significantly better or different from the competition.
> There's a limit to how much of a realistic experience you can get sat at
> a desk, and it may be we're already as close as we're ever going to get
> in every respect apart from graphically.
>
> I hope I'm wrong though, it's nice to have something to look forward
> to... though not necessarily RL.
>
> Andrew McP
>

I feel the two areas that will change our perceptions the most will be
new physics engines that take advantage of the physics accelerator boards
and hopefully someday that Force Feedback patent will lapse and other
methods of FF can be explored.

dave henrie

>>
>
> I feel the two areas that will change our perceptions the most will be
> new physics engines that take advantage of the physics accelerator boards
> and hopefully someday that Force Feedback patent will lapse and other
> methods of FF can be explored.
>
> dave henrie
>
Force feedback patent?
Whats that all about?
dan

"Dan Leach" > wrote in

>>
> Force feedback patent?
> Whats that all about?
> dan
>
>
>

I cannot recall the details. I think a company named iMotion had one of
the original FF modules. They somehow got an overly broad patent that
prevents any further improvements or changes to FF since, according to
them, any changes would impinge on their patent. It's screwy.
Maybe someone else can fill in the details.

dh

Dave Henrie > writes:

> "Dan Leach" > wrote in
>
> >>
> > Force feedback patent?
> > Whats that all about?
> > dan
>
> I cannot recall the details. I think a company named iMotion had one of
> the original FF modules. They somehow got an overly broad patent that
> prevents any further improvements or changes to FF since, according to
> them, any changes would impinge on their patent. It's screwy.
> Maybe someone else can fill in the details.

Hey, Microsoft has patented the double click! If there's anyone left who
doesn't hink the present patent system is totally corrupt, please raise
a hand!

/Andreas

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