GP2, Why Germany First?

I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before the UK. Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an Englishman after all. Mark

> I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before the > UK. > Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release > it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an > Englishman after all. Local gamestore person said that F1GP2 was originally due to be released in Germany as a "test" to see how well it went down but presumably the whole release thing dragged on so the releases were (will be) almost at the same time? Al

>I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before the >UK. > Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release >it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an >Englishman after all. Payback for the Treaty of Versaille? No, all sides are finally pretty much even on that score. Let's see... Geoffrey von Crammondstein? No, not that either... I just don't know, it is sort of surprising, especially since I sense a great deal of (rightful) British pride in the product. Maybe CD printing is faster in Deutschland, maybe the German manual is much shorter than the English one. Who knows. I still don't quite accept it is really out anywhere, but my god, there are sure a lot of threads devoted to this idea. I still think GP2 will turn out to be a giant Java applet built around the Wacky Wheels graphics engine. Brace yourselves.

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> I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before the > UK. > Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release > it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an > Englishman after all. > Mark

Because Micheal Schumacher is the Champ!!!! ;-) Werenr

: I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before the : UK. : Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release : it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an : Englishman after all. : Germany has a much bigger market for software than the UK. The US market is MUCH bigger, but there are pretty few F1-fans. So germany is more important for MicroProse than other countries. You will see the same, when Westwood will release Red Alert - first USA and germany, than step by step the rest of the world. When will GP2 come out in Poland? Jochen --

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>> I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before the >> UK. >> Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release >> it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an >> Englishman after all. >Local gamestore person said that F1GP2 was originally due to be >released in Germany as a "test" to see how well it went down but >presumably the whole release thing dragged on so the releases were >(will be) almost at the same time?

Test? With 300,000 copies pre-ordered they need to test? _______________________________________ Tim Wortman NASS '96 Series Director Visit the NASS '96 home page http://www.webcom.com/twortman/nasscar/ _______________________________________

> Payback for the Treaty of Versaille? No, all sides are finally pretty > much even on that score. Let's see... Geoffrey von Crammondstein? No, > not that either... Payback for Silverstone '95 ? :-))) There are two manuals inside the german package - a thick one (~50 pages) with many photos in colour. There are chapters explaining the usage of the program and every single track (SimRacingNews won't need to much GP2 track guides :-). It is fully in german and the best manual I've seen for a long time !! The second one is very thin (~15 pages) and has an errata for the first one, some more hints and graphs of all the tracks in b/w. The CD isn't printed in germany, its label just says - german version. I guess it's manufactured in the UK. :-))) In case your right, the wacky wheels engine is hidden -very- good. Stefan ---

> > I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before the > > UK. Mark > Because Micheal Schumacher is the Champ!!!! ;-) Or could it be, when it comes to Formula 1, it looks like the Gremans won't be getting too many other "firsts" this season??? ******************************** * Warning Flame incoming!!!!* ******************************** David

Only 50 pages? The "Finnish" version (only the cover box ad blurb is in Finnish ;) has ~160 pages manual in English. I agree that it's the best manual I've ever seen, printed on a shiny expensive paper and lots of great photos. The only irritating thing about the manual is that it's written by somebody who doesn't know how to spell...or what it this team Benneton or driver Mika Hakinnen ;-) That technical supplement is 28 pages in English. BTW, the cover box text says that it has modem and *network* game support, I wonder where the latter is hidden 8-)

>I just don't know, it is sort of surprising, especially since I sense >a great deal of (rightful) British pride in the product. Maybe CD >printing is faster in Deutschland, maybe the German manual is much >shorter than the English one. Who knows. I still don't quite accept it >is really out anywhere, but my god, there are sure a lot of threads >devoted to this idea. Actually it's allready out in Finland with English manual. So manual is not the reason for delay. -- ---- Heikki Alho p. (90) 661 692 / 61390 337 (tyo)

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> >UK. > > Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release > >it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an > >Englishman after all. > Payback for the Treaty of Versaille? No, all sides are finally pretty > much even on that score. Let's see... Geoffrey von Crammondstein? No, > not that either... > I just don't know, it is sort of surprising, especially since I sense > a great deal of (rightful) British pride in the product. Maybe CD > printing is faster in Deutschland, maybe the German manual is much > shorter than the English one. Who knows. I still don't quite accept it > is really out anywhere, but my god, there are sure a lot of threads > devoted to this idea.

If you "First Wolders" are worried about why Germany, just think about me: I live in RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL)... When the game gets here I'll be tired of reading how it is :(( Mauro Diaz

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> > There are two manuals inside the german package - a thick one (~50 pages) > > with many photos in colour. There are chapters explaining the usage of the > > program and every single track (SimRacingNews won't need to much GP2 track > > guides :-). It is fully in german and the best manual I've seen for a long > > time !! > Only 50 pages? The "Finnish" version (only the cover box ad blurb is in > Finnish ;) has ~160 pages manual in English. I agree that it's the best > manual I've ever seen, printed on a shiny expensive paper and lots of > great photos. The only irritating thing about the manual is that it's > written by somebody who doesn't know how to spell...or what it this > team Benneton or driver Mika Hakinnen ;-) > > The second one is very thin (~15 pages) and has an errata for the first one, > That technical supplement is 28 pages in English.

Sorry, I wrote this not being at home and I had spent _very_ little time on the _manuals_ :-) German manual has 154 coloured pages, the supplement 27. And the team is spelled Benetton and the driver Hakkinen :-) Rumors say that it's hidden in some yet to come and pay update :-( Stefan ---

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>>>I just don't know, it is sort of surprising, especially since I sense >>>a great deal of (rightful) British pride in the product. Maybe CD >>>printing is faster in Deutschland, maybe the German manual is much >>>shorter than the English one. Who knows. I still don't quite accept it >>>is really out anywhere, but my god, there are sure a lot of threads >>>devoted to this idea. >>Actually it's allready out in Finland with English manual. So manual is >>not the reason for delay. >So the Finland version is in English? Which means Microprose is >intentionally delaying UK and USA release... >--KCI

Yep, it is the F1GP2 UK version, 1.0B. I really don't understand why it's not released in the UK yet.

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>> I just don't know, it is sort of surprising, especially since I sense >> a great deal of (rightful) British pride in the product. Maybe CD >> printing is faster in Deutschland, maybe the German manual is much >> shorter than the English one. Who knows. I still don't quite accept it >> is really out anywhere, but my god, there are sure a lot of threads >> devoted to this idea. > If you "First Wolders" are worried about why Germany, just think about >me: I live in RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL)... When the game gets here I'll be >tired of reading how it is :(( > Mauro Diaz

If you're so tired of it that you don't want to play it any more, you could send your copy to ME, here in Belgium :-) "Gravity doesn't exist; the Earth sucks!"

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>: I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before the >: UK. >: Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release >: it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an >: Englishman after all. >: >Germany has a much bigger market for software than the UK. The US market >is MUCH bigger, but there are pretty few F1-fans. So germany is >more important for MicroProse than other countries.

It's probably due to the fact that when a country has one of the best drivers in the world the people of that country suddenly love the sport. The game should have been released when Alan Jones was world champion :) Tony

> If you "First Wolders" are worried about why Germany, just think about >me: I live in RIO DE JANEIRO (BRAZIL)... When the game gets here I'll be >tired of reading how it is :(( > Mauro Diaz Maybe you should try ordering it direct, slip them a few cruzieros or something for shipping...

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> I can't figure why GP2 has been released in Germany & Holland before the > UK. > Don't get me wrong, good luck to them but why couldn't MPS release > it here in the UK at the same time, after all the game was writen by an > Englishman after all. > Mark

Cheating Schumacher had his hands on there ... :-) They want to sell the international versions, which are usually more ex***ive. If the German and (cheaper) English version would be out the same date, no one here would buy the German version. It's probably similiar with Holland, France, Italy, etc. Frank