Nascar Racing 2 and Grand Prix Legends.
Good post Alan.
We believe what Sierra is up to is a brilliant move/preemptive marketing strike competitive advantage.
There is currently a review on another Papyrus/Sierra racing sim "Grand Prix Legends" which appears also be a potential blockbuster.
The review on C|Net's Gamecenter.com is at
gamecenter.com
"...Gamecenter's reviews editor, Doug Lombardi, motored over to
the Papyrus offices not long ago to see what the reigning sim
champs were brewing up next. What he discovered was not
your run-of-the-mill racing sim; Papyrus has gone all-out with
its upcoming Grand Prix Legends, and Doug was the first to
test-drive this hot new game. Here's what he had to say:
"After creating the official NASCAR Online Racing circuit to
launch this year on the Total Entertainment Network, the bad
boys of Beantown at Papyrus are right back in the garage. Now
they are turning "Mod Squad" and focusing their considerable
talents and energies on a nostalgic speedster aptly titled Grand
Prix Legends. For the first time, racing enthusiasts will be able to
get behind the wheel of classic '60s Formula 1 roadsters and
compete on all the authentic and precarious tracks from the
1967 circuit.
"David Kramer, Papyrus's chief technology officer, calls Legends
the most unique racing simulation Papyrus has ever developed.
As we drove to lunch at 90 mph in his new Porsche 911, he
explained why. "We picked 1967 because that was the last
year of the cigarette-shaped cars, and it has a very romantic
feel," says Kramer. "The tracks of the '60s--even the '70s--were
more spectacular and dangerous." He adds, "Several tracks were
public roads with nothing but bales of hay between the houses
and the road. So the scope of the challenge was completely
different, and that's what we're trying to capture with Legends."
Sounds good so far."
Doug's complete "sneak peek" is waiting for you at..."
gamecenter.com
Thrustmaster's forthcoming force-feedback wheel is being supported and is mentioned at gamecenter.com within this same review.
TMSR's driving wheel strategy appears to be building considerable critical mass , barriers to entry and competitive advantages with the release of these two Papyrus racing sims with the contemporaneous critical acclaim, gaming software developer supported and dominant market share of the TMSR Grand Prix 1 (not a bad name given Sierra's upcoming Grand Prix Legends), Formula T2 and pending Grand Prix Legends supported Motorsport GT force-feedback racing wheels. |
