CPR will still sell like hot-cakes!

Unfortunately, the sad thing is that this game will still sell like it's the best thing since.......oh, since MS Flight Simulator! Why? Because this NG is only a tiny, tiny representation of the software-purchasing public and to a vast number of these people any game with MS on it that will happily run from within Win95 will be snaffled up and shoved into Xmas stockings faster than you can say "Twas the night before Christmas"! As a software retailer I dread what might happen about 2 or 3 days later.................... -- Bruce (at work) "An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought." (Simon Cameron)

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> Unfortunately, the sad thing is that this game will still sell like it's > the best thing since.......oh, since MS Flight Simulator! > Why? Because this NG is only a tiny, tiny representation of the > software-purchasing public and to a vast number of these people any game > with MS on it that will happily run from within Win95 will be snaffled > up and shoved into Xmas stockings faster than you can say "Twas the > night before Christmas"!

Yeah, and even in here they are trying to shut us up... l8er ronny -- |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

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>Unfortunately, the sad thing is that this game will still sell like it's >the best thing since.......oh, since MS Flight Simulator! >Why? Because this NG is only a tiny, tiny representation of the >software-purchasing public and to a vast number of these people any game >with MS on it that will happily run from within Win95 will be snaffled >up and shoved into Xmas stockings faster than you can say "Twas the >night before Christmas"!

Maybe.... But why did Dean go away ?? Because we were doing some bad things to the C:PR sellings. Yes. Fact. More and more people come here to check about racing games. More each day. Even if it was only 2000 people, 2000 non-sold copies is big. But I also think that Micro$oft is doing big publicity in stores with C:PR and will catch the mass critic people by bundling it with new PC's, etc.... But we are a bigger mouth that you think, we can boycott Cart:PR and make bad thing to Micro$oft I am sure of that. Not hurt a lot, but a little bit. C:PR will be a hit for the mass critic gamers, but not to us, the real racers, the serious ones. It's like in the air sims. I know plenty of people that flame Micro$oft for FS98. It's slow, too slow. But hey it's sells like hot bread to the mass gamers. But not to the serious simpilots. Same thing with C:PR Fran?ois Mnard, Creator, rec.autos.simulators With great respect, May the downforce be with you, Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-) ymenard on NROS, sponsored by http://www.awpss.com/ SimRacing director, AWPSS - *Excuse me for my poor English(I'm French speaking) * -

Francois, I went to the flight sim website (www.flightsim.com I think) and FS98 got glowing reviews. Where can I find this legion of FS98 haters? :) I would love to go and see what they have to say. Randy Randy Magruder Staff Writer Digital Sportspage http://www.digitalsports.com/

It suffors from the same problem as C:PR (a.k.a bad implemantation of 3d accelerator technology). Not that the simulator iusnt realistic (it is very much indeed). That`s why people hate it. Bad framerates even on high-tech Pc`s with great 3D video cards. And thanks for calling me Fran?ois ! (but hey next time try to put an "?" instead of a "c") lol just joking ! Fran?ois Mnard, Director of Public relations, rec.autos.simulators ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ (lol) With great respect, May the downforce be with you, Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-) ymenard on NROS, sponsored by http://www.awpss.com/ SimRacing director, AWPSS - *Excuse me for my poor English(I'm French speaking) * -

the best thing since.......oh, since MS Flight Simulator! << software-purchasing public and to a vast number of these people any game with MS on it that will happily run from within Win95 will be snaffled up and shoved into Xmas stockings faster than you can say "Twas the night before Christmas"! << To a large extent I think the above is right. Still, I think that for every sole on ras that posts there'd be a much larger number that just read. Also I'm just one person but I know a number of others who are interested in this kind of game. Most of them never post on ras and a number of them don't 'surf' at all. Yet without exception, everyone who I have talked to who has tried CPR has disliked it. I was standing in a line just the other day at a demo of a Hyper Stimulator driving input device. While waiting in line for my turn with several total strangers the matter of CPR came up. ( The demo was being done on Gp2 BTW ) The several people in the line all agreed the CPR didn't cut it. I just mention this to show that there's a much wider sphere of discerning sim racers around than just those who post on ras. I suspect ras is still a good pulse though. BTW - I made the lap of the day on the demo. Unfortunately there was no prise for it :-( Phillip McNelley

Fran?ois, I didn't think the frame rates were bad but then I'm running on a P300 with a Riva 128. I just wondered why I wasn't more blown away by the additions since version 4! Check it out :) Randy Randy Magruder Contributing Reviewer Digital Sportspage http://www.digitalsports.com

I don't agree with people who hat MS FS 98, it runs great on my system, but CPR is The opposite so far. Are there other flight sims out there that are better than FS 98??? I purchased Sierra Pro Pilot and returned it the next day! The very first time I flew , the airspeed indicator said 50 kts but I had no perception of speed as I went down the runway. Among many other glaring problems I returned sierra Pro pilot. F.S. 98 on the other hand is a refinement of a good program. I hope that MS is able to refine CPR to the level of FS 98.

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>>Unfortunately, the sad thing is that this game will still sell like it's >>the best thing since.......oh, since MS Flight Simulator! >>Why? Because this NG is only a tiny, tiny representation of the >>software-purchasing public and to a vast number of these people any game >>with MS on it that will happily run from within Win95 will be snaffled >>up and shoved into Xmas stockings faster than you can say "Twas the >>night before Christmas"! >Maybe.... But why did Dean go away ?? Because we were doing some bad

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>to the C:PR sellings. Yes. Fact. More and more people come here to check >about racing games. More each day. Even if it was only 2000 people, 2000 >non-sold copies is big. But I also think that Micro$oft is doing big >publicity in stores with C:PR and will catch the mass critic people by >bundling it with new PC's, etc.... But we are a bigger mouth that you >think, we can boycott Cart:PR and make bad thing to Micro$oft I am sure of >that. Not hurt a lot, but a little bit. >C:PR will be a hit for the mass critic gamers, but not to us, the real >racers, the serious ones. It's like in the air sims. I know plenty of >people that flame Micro$oft for FS98. It's slow, too slow. But hey it's >sells like hot bread to the mass gamers. But not to the serious simpilots. >Same thing with C:PR >Fran?ois Mnard, >Creator, rec.autos.simulators >With great respect, >May the downforce be with you, >Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-) >ymenard on NROS, sponsored by >http://www.awpss.com/ >SimRacing director, AWPSS >- *Excuse me for my poor English(I'm French speaking) * -