Excalibur Wrote:
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> We don't have to worry about GP4 mods as long as
> we stay quiet.
>
> Grand Prix 4 is not officially sold anymore, even
> if you can find some legal copies on amazon etc...
> But the game is not sold on Steam, for example.
> Infogrames-Atari has been in compulsory
> liquidation in 2013.
> It is more like an abandonware (even if not
> official, yet) with a community made of fans.
> The FOM and his lawyers ordered to take down
> unlicensed F1 mods due to F1 's commercial rights.
> It concerns F1 games sales. They don't want
> concurrency from others Sim racing games and from
> their enthusiasts who are making F1 mods without
> the F1 official license because they don't want
> that these games such as Rfactor, Assetto Corsa,
> Automobilista etc.. be more attractive than F1
> from Codemasters, which would means that it would
> be less less interesting to buy the F1 license, so
> less money for them.
>
> As GP4 is not on the market anymore, that the game
> do not make money anymore and that we have nothing
> to sell, we are not the ones they are seeking and
> haunting because GP4 is not in concurrency with
> actual F1 or Sim racing sales. But better is to
> preserve us from any arguments which could
> disserve us...
>
> Just let continue to keep GP4 alive and put aside
> F1 commercial arguments to live our passion for
> this game. If the community is threatened, Mal
> will inform us and we will found others solutions
> to keep the community alive.
>
> For the moment, keep calm and drink cold!
Very well written my friend!
However, if the community is threatend in some way down the line, do we have a backup one?
To be honest, I don't see myself letting GP4 go for quite some time, but if they take it away from me, I will fight it!
I read an article that told us what shape F1 is currently in and all the modding is a good representation of the sport and
will help spread the interest around the world. Why on earth would they want to take that away when they are loosing more
and more fans every year? Does not make sense to me.
And of course, if codemasters would make a game good enough, this problem would not even be a problem. I still see GP4 as a better and
more enjoyble representation of F1 than what codemasters have made with their games since 2010. What does that tell you? Why do you
think people mod other racing games? It's pretty clear.
And if they clamp down on every small detail that can pass as an F1 car in another game. I play Project CARS on PS4 every now and then.
In that game, the Formula A car, looks similar to the cars we saw in 2011, with KERS and DRS. Do Slightly Mad Studios also have to delete their cars
because there are some resemblence to the rear world F1?
Im sticking with GP4, it never disapoints me!
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/2016 03:13PM by SkaaningeN.