Any chance of an updated version of this little gem?

[KDLadage]

Is their a chance we will see an updated version of this game in teh future? I think it has some real potential to be used in a "circuit" mode, with money being awarded, repairs being made between races, and trying to last to the final round to win it all!

[cricket]

> Is their a chance we will see an updated version of this game
> in teh future? I think it has some real potential to be used
> in a "circuit"
> mode, with money being awarded, repairs being made between
> races, and trying to last to the final round to win it all!
> ==========
>
> I don't know, but thanks for asking.
> For those of you who are interested, here's a little history on PC...
> Back in 1994, as I was walking through a Toys 'R Us, I saw a wondrous
> site: Racing Champions Winged Outlaw Sprint Cars.
> I stopped and stared wide-eyed for a while. But immmediately
> the wheels started turning, and one of my first thoughts
> was... there has to be a game here somewhere.
> So I picked up a few of them.
> Several days later, the first version of what has become
> known around here as "the stupid racing game" was born.
> But it was on a small oval representing a typical dirt track.
> Well, that small oval track led be bigger oval tracks, which
> led to an Indy style "squared oval," which led to road
> tracks. Which are still my favorite tracks to play on.
> For several years we ran leagues here, where we'd race five
> or six races, one per week, over a five or six week time
> frame. I used a scoring system similar to what they use in
> formula-1 racing, but with some minor modifications.
> When I sent the game to Dan, who I'd met through some ARES
> correspondence, he asked if it would be possible to come up
> with a sci-fi version.
> Piece 'o cake.
> Add lasers, mines, sled armor, and legal ramming, and there you go.
>
> And the latest version of "the stupid racing game" revolves
> around chariot racing.
> We playtested this last year, and I think it works great.
> The nice thing about the game is that, with a few minor
> modifications to the card deck, you can race in about any
> genre you want to. The game is very abstract, so you don't
> get caught up worrying about every little detail.
> As far as more development for PC though, I guess I'm not sure.
> Over the past several years there just hasn't seemed to be
> much interest in it. The problem with PC is because it's a
> board game played with cards, the individual components can
> get a little expensive to produce.
> But it does kind of have a special place in my heart.
>

As it should. The game ROCKS!

But I wonder what is meant by "updated version"? Are there problems with the mechanics as they are? Or are we just talking about adding to the game as it is?

[Taltos]

As it should. The game ROCKS!

It does rock. I really enjoy PC... and never play it enough.

[KDLadage]

I mean adding to the game (the ability to create teams of racers, determine winnings, repair costs, etc. if you ware into that sort of thing), cleaning up the tracks (there are some mistakes in them), perhaps even having a track creation program written up.

Anything... this game is too good to let sit like this.