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From: pjgtech@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Peter Gagg")
Subject: Re: PC Gamer Review of GPL, Rather unkind scores!
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Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 19:26:24 GMT
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In article <74jple$m2$1@newsreader4.core.theplanet.net>, 
zonker@teletubbies.net (Zonker) wrote:

> A valid measurement of any Game- sim, or otherwise has to be it's 
> accessability, as well as it's realism, and i think too many this 
> has been the beauty of stuff like GP2, which has worked on so many 
> levels- from hard, to easy, and enjoyed by so many people.
> 
> Rightly or wrongly, GPL doesn't have the scalable difficulty as 
> well, and i think is quite fairly scored on these accounts, for 
> lack of accessability.

I Have to disagree here, I think GPL has plenty to offer the new sim 
racer, or the arcade racer, or even the "never driven a computer car 
before sir" racer?

A friend of mine was visiting a few weeks ago, (building a new wall 
in my drive) but as it was raining (I'm in the UK!!!) he had to stop 
work for most of the afternoon. He asked if he could have a go on 
this *game* I'de been raving about all day (GPL).

I hooked up my two pc lan in my study and loaded up GPL multiplayer, 
and set him up with an Eagle (trainer) on auto braking, auto throttle 
and auto gear changes, we drove a few laps at Monza.

After those first couple of laps he asked me to turn off the auto 
throttle & brakes, leaving auto gears on. We had a few more laps, and 
then we spent about two hours racing each other, he loved the sim, 
and had a blast of an afternoon, and got the hang of the car after a 
few laps, and even learnt the circuit well by the end of the 
afternoon.

And this is a guy who doesn't own a pc (or a console) and who's only 
driving experience is in a real car, or a trip to the seaside arcades 
about once a year!!!
 
There are plenty of options in GPL to make it a *LOT* easier for the 
novice, so to say it has to be marked down in reviews because it is 
too difficult is a nonsence.

*Peter*   #:-)
