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wrote:

> in a few years, how many people would consider GPL, NR2003, etc to be
> hardcore "sims" ?

Well, given that even in twenty years it will *still* take yer average
Joe several months to learn GPL enough to stay on the roads at racing
speed (NR, being mostly about ovals, bit less so), I'd say that would
still be seen as pretty hardcore - outdated, sure, but still pretty
'core I guess.

Nothing very relative about the blood, sweat, tears and lots of
swearwords it takes to get a 67 wingless F1 car under control!

(Unless mankind evolves into something alien-like in the upcoming
decades, of course...)

> Revs gave me more than enough goosebumps to rank as a hardcore sim of
> its day.

Amen, brother. I still have the original disk somewhere.

Regards, Rudy
(GPLRank -24)

Dan Leach wrote:

> GPL doesn't get a mention?
> jeez

Quit flogging a dead horse.

> Quit flogging a dead horse.
Did someone mention NSR? ;-)

> wrote in message
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> Dan Leach wrote:
>
>> GPL doesn't get a mention?
>> jeez
>
> Quit flogging a dead horse.
>

I'm kinda wondering what EA F12003 is.

At some point someone needs to correct all the glaring errors on that
page. Sim racing did not magically start with GP2 (one wonders what
GP1 was in that case). Someone should write up a good history going
back to the early projection system from the 70's and working it's way
through the early arcade games and the crammond and papyrus and ISI
titles.

"jason moyer" wrote:

> At some point someone needs to correct all the glaring errors on that
> page. Sim racing did not magically start with GP2 (one wonders what
> GP1 was in that case). Someone should write up a good history going
> back to the early projection system from the 70's and working it's way
> through the early arcade games and the crammond and papyrus and ISI
> titles.

Found the edit button! My history goes back to Indy 500 so if someone
else could add the early stuff that would be great - cos I'm way too
young

Cheers
Tony

In article >,
says...
> "jason moyer" wrote:
>
> > At some point someone needs to correct all the glaring errors on that
> > page. Sim racing did not magically start with GP2 (one wonders what
> > GP1 was in that case). Someone should write up a good history going
> > back to the early projection system from the 70's and working it's way
> > through the early arcade games and the crammond and papyrus and ISI
> > titles.
>
> Found the edit button! My history goes back to Indy 500 so if someone
> else could add the early stuff that would be great - cos I'm way too
> young
>
> Cheers
> Tony
>

Well it depends on what you'd call a sim and whether people are just
referring to PC-based racing. I can remember playing motor racing games
on my old Sinclair Spectrum back in the early 80's. They weren't
exactly realistic but they involved driving an F1 car around the current
F1 circuits of the time. I think Nigel Mansell had his name in one such
title.

Though not an F1 sim, my favourite of the time was a motor bike racing
game called TT Racer. I remember being in awe of the fact you could
stop at some corners on various circuits and watch the other AI racers
head by on other parts of the track. You could also tinker with the
bike's setup in some basic ways as well.

Btw, none of these allowed you to plug in a steering wheel, which was a
shame.

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Pete Ives
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