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Second Chance: Spirit of Speed... 1957

2 posts by 2 people · 16 Oct 2002 06:46 UTC - 16 Oct 2002 13:34 UTC

Ruud Dingemans 16 Oct 2002 06:46 UTC#93959
I hope I'm not regurgitating old news here, but I just noticed a message about a sequel to Spirit of Speed on Broadsword's website. Didn't believe it at first, but they did answer my email and said that "although it's on the backburner now we hope to release Spirit of Speed 1957 in 2003. Suggestions are welcome." Well that seems like interesting news.. I think SoS was one of the best *looking* and most atmospheric racing games (...sims...humhum) of its day, although it suck... eh was rather challenged in the physics department. If there will indeed be a Spirit of Speed 1957, maybe worth to let 'em know that people took notice and have "a few suggestions" for a sequel to this particular title. Regards, Ruud
Even in its challenged form, the original Spirit of Speed has managed to spawn an intrepid group of offline racers. The third series in the Offline Challenge, featuring the streamlined Auto Unions and Mercs which were developed but not included in the shipping version of SoS, is just wrapping up. There was supposedly a demo of the new SoS engine at ECTS this year. Reports indicate that the new engine has been tweaked to take advantage of all the new graphic tricks which have appeared over the past few years. For anyone who might be interested, the current home of the Spirit of Speed Offline Challenge can be found here: http://jkuk.com/f1gamer/forum/viewforum.php?f=15 On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 08:46:35 +0200, Ruud Dingemans <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (17 lines)>I hope I'm not regurgitating old news here, but I just noticed a message >about a sequel to Spirit of Speed on Broadsword's website. > >Didn't believe it at first, but they did answer my email and said that >"although it's on the backburner now we hope to release Spirit of Speed >1957 in 2003. Suggestions are welcome." > >Well that seems like interesting news.. I think SoS was one of the best >*looking* and most atmospheric racing games (...sims...humhum) of its >day, although it suck... eh was rather challenged in the physics department. > >If there will indeed be a Spirit of Speed 1957, maybe worth to let 'em >know that people took notice and have "a few suggestions" for a sequel >to this particular title. > >Regards, Ruud >
Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....

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