Crowdfunding GP5?
Posted by Ronage
Tell me if I am wrong but the source code of the game is no longer the property of Geoff Crammond but Atari's one.
Until the game falls into the public domain as an abandonware, it would not be possible to get it. And once into the public domain, I guess it would cost a lot of money to buy it.
The game was probably coded with a language that actual devs don't use anymore.
It would be probably possible to integrate the new rules and new features but to avoid some technicals limits, time lost and to save money, better would be to start from scratch with a new source engine.
So, unless Geoff Crammond decides to create a new GP5, I think that it will stay a "dream project" ... unfortunately.... , even without the official F1 license.
A project like "Project Cars" community needs a lot of investors and great devs, not only modders. It means people working on it 24/24h and getting paid.
Maybe the GP4 community has got good devs but would it be ingenious to invest people, time and a lot of money into a huge project around an old source code?
Hummm..not sure....
@Ronage: Thanks anyway to share your "dream" idea because it was interesting to read different points of view and to talk about it ! But all ideas starts with a dream, so who knows?
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/03/2012 09:45PM by Excalibur.
Until the game falls into the public domain as an abandonware, it would not be possible to get it. And once into the public domain, I guess it would cost a lot of money to buy it.
The game was probably coded with a language that actual devs don't use anymore.
It would be probably possible to integrate the new rules and new features but to avoid some technicals limits, time lost and to save money, better would be to start from scratch with a new source engine.
So, unless Geoff Crammond decides to create a new GP5, I think that it will stay a "dream project" ... unfortunately.... , even without the official F1 license.
A project like "Project Cars" community needs a lot of investors and great devs, not only modders. It means people working on it 24/24h and getting paid.
Maybe the GP4 community has got good devs but would it be ingenious to invest people, time and a lot of money into a huge project around an old source code?
Hummm..not sure....
@Ronage: Thanks anyway to share your "dream" idea because it was interesting to read different points of view and to talk about it ! But all ideas starts with a dream, so who knows?
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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 10/03/2012 09:45PM by Excalibur.
You are such a pessimist...
Live for Speed was developed by just 3 people for crying out loud!
GPGSL -
GPGSL-3 - Pizza Party Racing manager and driver
Nations Cup - Team Scotland manager
Live for Speed was developed by just 3 people for crying out loud!
GPGSL -
GPGSL-3 - Pizza Party Racing manager and driver
Nations Cup - Team Scotland manager
Of course we have to admit: It is possible, undoubtedly! But to prove your dream(s) are able to come true, something practical has to become out of this here 
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So, are you brave enough?
.So, are you brave enough?
I'd rather think of: Is someone able to reconstruct the unique GPx-feeling with another engine? These game always were special about the behaviour of their cars, so this is something crucial to get a proper GPx-game. One is always able to make an F1-game with another engine, but i doubt it's something worth being called GP5.
Just something to think of
Greetings
Silverman
Just something to think of
Greetings
Silverman
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