This is how Geoff 'should' answer these... Warning this is tongue in cheek (sometimes). Although the dig at bloomy is very real!
mortalwombat wrote:
>
> (1) Are you aware that many users are unable to run this
> simulation on some platforms whereas ea sport's f1_2002 will
> run on all platforms?
I don't have time to keep up with how other games are running. I am just concerned with GP4 at the moment.
> (2) Is it fair to say that GP4 was rush released due to the
> release of ea's F1_2002?
Yes
> (3) Are we likely to see any future development of the
> series, ie: will there be a GP5 and if so will you be
> returning to microprose or are you negotiating with a new
> publisher?
If you recall correctly, Microprose was actually bought out by Hasbro a while ago it has been inevitable that the Microprose office would eventually close. It's unfortunate that the last game to come for the office is GP4, but it had to close eventually. Remember they were just a publisher.
> (4) Have you seen the buglist collated by the members of this
> forum and how do you respond to it?
No. Too busy trying to fix all the bugs we are still yet to fix that our testing team has raised.
> (6) Can you give us your opinion please on the farcical
> release of the GP4 patch by Infogrames in Germany? Do you
> feel that this patch has damaged GP4's reputation as in some
> cases the patch has actually made some problems worse and
> even introduced new problems for a lot of users?
Hopefully some people will lose there jobs over that incident, it has definately damaged the GP4 brand but we will be doing our best to rectify this.
> (7) Are you happy with the way you have been treated by
> Infogrames in general, given that it now appears that they
> were only in it for the money and not for the long term
> development of what is an excellent series?
Publishers are always in it for the money! That's what they do. They give you money up front to work and then hope you do a good job so they make lots of money - it's call business.
> (8) Do you take note of what users post on forums?
Especially the vial that comes from Bloomy. Perhaps I should start a law suit against him for wasting everyones bandwidth and time with his meaningless dribble. It's obvious that he doesn't have anything to do with the number of meaningless posts he makes these forums. For someone that doesn't have one positive thing to say about the game, I am surprised he hasn't asked for a refund.
> (9) How do you feel about users editing GP4, given that you
> actually managed to make it harder to do so than it was with
> GP3, although early press releases stated that user editing
> was not considered a problem by you.
Our editors work fine. Perhaps the creators of your editors are not skilled enough. We should probably release either a) some documentation on formats or b) our editors for you guys. Editing is very important to us as it adds to the user experience.
> (10) Can you say what system specs you have and does GP4 run
> well on it, do you actually use your own creation?
I have a pentium 60 with 16 meg or ram and I get 45 fps.
> Lastly, I would like to thank you for giving me and I'm sure
> many others countless hours of enjoyment and also for
> providing us with this opportunity to ask you about GP4, it
> is not often fans get to quiz the creator of their favourite
> sim. Regards MW Grandprix3/4.com forum
At last some decent questions... cheers.