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Great to hear some news and awfully glad it sounds like your prioritys are in
order.
Perhaps you could give us a hint as for the release date of the demo and the
sim.
Thanks, JM

Todd Heckel wrote:

> To all who have expressed interest (not to mention a bit of frustration)
> about a demo of Trans Am Racing, I apologize.  It was decided that it is
> important to support multiple cars in the demo and the performance isn't
> quite there yet.  Nobody would be happy with a demo that requires a 450 Mhz
> PII to run, even if the final release runs on a 200.  Ultimately, our
> priorities
> are framerate and the driving model, followed closely by Internet multiplay,
> graphics and sound (don't get me wrong - graphics and sound are
> important, but the sim's gotta be realistic and playable).  Also, with
> regard to the recent screen shots that have shown up on the web, these are
> not officially released images and appear to be from a build with graphics
> that are at least several months old.  Again, I apologize for getting
> everybody's hopes up, but we won't release a demo (or the final game) until
> we're sure it's ready.
>
> Todd Heckel
> Lead Programmer
> Trans Am Racing '68-'72
> Engineering Animation, Inc.



