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[mads]

i'm surprised Ron let him been seen near anything but a Silver Arrow...

[DrDickAction]

well atleast he'll LOOK fast while he's stuck in gridlock traffic in LA

This is a huge misconception about L.A....the traffic isn't that ba....no, wait it's fucking terrible. Usually takes just over an hour fifteen to cover the 20 miles or so to downtown.

[DrDickAction]

i'm surprised Ron let him been seen near anything but a Silver Arrow...

seriously...especially when it'd be a good marketing plug something like the c63

[More&Faster]

This is a huge misconception about L.A....the traffic isn't that ba....no, wait it's fucking terrible. Usually takes just over an hour fifteen to cover the 20 miles or so to downtown.

lol

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seriously...especially when it'd be a good marketing plug something like the c63

let me see, if given an option of a techart 911 or a merc c63.... hmmm... that's a tough one.

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Ecclestone calls Mosley to stand down

Saturday, May 31st 2008, 12:31 GMT

Formula One commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone has called FIA president Max Mosley to step down from his position voluntarily by the end of this year, saying Mosley can no longer continue in his role after the sexual allegations made against him by the News of the World.

Mosley faces a vote of confidence at the FIA's General Assembly next Tuesday, and he is adamant that he should not be required to stand down despite embarrassing revelations about his sexual habits in the British tabloids.

And Ecclestone believes Mosley now risks being humiliated once more if he does not step down on his own accord - and the F1 supremo has called his friend of 40 years to make the inevitable sacrifice.

"The last thing most people involved in the sport, including the clubs, would want to see is Max in a position where he could be forced to stand down," Ecclestone told the Telegraph.

"I don't want to see that. I've been a friend of Max for 40 years. I would hate to see him go in this way after all he has done for the sport."

Ecclestone revealed there is a growing discontent among those involved in F1 by the fact that Mosley has not resigned immediately after the story appeared in the News of the World almost two months ago.

"Since the story broke I have been under enormous pressure from the people who invest in Formula One, sponsors and manufacturers, over this issue," Ecclestone told the newspaper.

"They point out that as a chief executive or chief operating officer of a major company they would have gone either immediately, or within 24 hours, in the same circumstances. They cannot understand why Max has not done the same.

"Max is a strong man. Once he makes a decision he sticks to it. He feels that there is still important work to do at the FIA. But in my view there is a way to accomplish this and retire at the end of the year at the FIA general assembly in November. I would be happy to sit at his side to help him to achieve that.

"He should stand down out of responsibility for the institution he represents, including F1. Everyone who I speak to in a position of authority across F1 rings me to say he should leave. It is regretful that he has not made that decision."

Ecclestone emphasized that Mosley will not be able to carry his job any further because his reputation has been tarnished. And the Briton revealed even among friends, Mosley is being shunned.

"The big problem is that he can no longer represent the FIA worldwide because of these incidents," Ecclestone said. "The general feeling is that people would no longer be comfortable speaking to him in the same way.

"My wife had invited Max to her birthday party, (but) she was told to ask Max not to appear because of the embarrassment it might cause to a number of corporate guests. She was extremely upset about that, but she accepted she had to speak to him. It was very difficult for her to do that.

"Max is being punished for the wrong reasons. He has done a first-class job as president. Like all of us he has made some mistakes but 90 per cent of the decisions he has taken have been to the benefit of all. He deserves to be remembered for all the positive work he has done, not for an expose in a tabloid newspaper.

"That is why he should announce his decision to resign now and not go through with a vote of confidence. That is not in his best interests, the FIA's or the sport's."

oh snap

[MrHahn]

This just in - Max Mosley's reply to Bernie Ecclestone's call for him to stand down

Fuck off, you sod!

[yonson]

i'm surprised Ron let him been seen near anything but a Silver Arrow...

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[yonson]

This just in - Max Mosley's reply to Bernie Ecclestone's call for him to stand down

that's what my response would be...

[MrHahn]

Interview with Codemasters on F1.com

http://www.formula1....008/5/7859.html

but a lot of the assets have already been created - we have a number of the tracks because they already exist in GRID™, and we have the basics of the car dynamics and handling.

So we are going to port the tracks from GRID and we know that when you press left your car will turn left - we dont know how to adjust it though.

clearly we’ll be targeting formats where there’s been no Formula One experience for a number of years, and the Nintendo Wii, the fastest-selling hardware console in the world today, where the plan is to use the controller like a steering wheel.

......

ut if you want to take the game to an even wider audience, particularly the United States (for us the largest gaming market in the world), then you have to appeal to a mass audience and so we blend the simulation with an awful lot of arcade elements too.

I think this is gonna be alot of fail this game. Specifically catering for the US crowd (no offense) but that sounds like the worst idea possible. How about you cater for the European crowd and let the americans catch up - I imagine you'd probably sell more that way. Dumbing it down will only piss off the F1 enthusiast more - and not mentioning the PC and most likely minimal mod support. Sounds like a winner

[AErrorist]

Yeah, the thing with F1 here is its not really a casual hobby or anything. Because of the lack of popularity the American F1 fans are diehard F1 fans, often forsaking other motor sports in its favor. Making a game more "arcadey" isn't going to appeal to that audience. The people that watch F1 state side want to see Emoso's eyebrow's through his visor, and have the suspension fall apart on the Red Bull every race, ya know, realism.

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i downloaded the demo of GRID for the ps3 and that was complete shit. handling was all fucked up, physics from somewhere, not earth though, AI was all over the place, handling was all retarded, just complete shit...

if they're porting that game, physics, and tracks... and then dumb it down to an arcade racer type game...as much as i'm an f1 fan, i'm out. fuck that noise.

[Nacho]

i downloaded the demo of GRID for the ps3 and that was complete shit. handling was all fucked up, physics from somewhere, not earth though, AI was all over the place, handling was all retarded, just complete shit...

if they're porting that game, physics, and tracks... and then dumb it down to an arcade racer type game...as much as i'm an f1 fan, i'm out. fuck that noise.

Tomash claims that the full game drives totally different than the demo, but he's playing it on PC.

[b7r]

Hmmm, I don't think i'll be playing any new F1 games

[More&Faster]

Tomash claims that the full game drives totally different than the demo, but he's playing it on PC.

despite what he says, tomash judges games solely on their graphics

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Tomash claims

well in that case...

[Redliner]

I need me some F1 this week to keep me sane sometimes even a 2 week break is too long

[Nacho]

well in that case...

I dunno anyone else that's really played the full game.

I just happened to read his 'review' of it on ot.

[tefnut]

I need me some F1 this week to keep me sane sometimes even a 2 week break is too long

Yeah especially with the NBA conference finals being over so quickly, there's nothing happening this week. And I want Kimi to redeem himself, soon

[mads]

i played f1.06 on ps3 last night it was pretty disapointing.

but then i played GT5 with the steering wheel and it was orgasmically good.

[DocGolem]

I've been playing GRID for probably 10 hours total and I have to say it's pretty decent.

The controls take some tweaking in order to be able to steer at all with a keyboard, but the graphics look good, the physics are halfway decent (could be better, but not horrible), and the AI is real good if you put them up to the highest settings.

Spa looks amazing, along with the other tracks. You can pick between four major areas of racing, American, European, and Japanese. Each one has their own respective classes, such as Le Mans, Open Wheel (all I've driven was a F3 car), and drifting.

Again, I haven't been too far into the game because I was trying to get the controls to a manageable level for awhile.

[Dr. Jimmmah!]

despite what he says, tomash judges games solely on their graphics

what the fuck does tomash know about vehicle dynamics and handling? its not like this game is supposed to be an ice cream van simulator.

[yonson]

what the fuck does tomash know about vehicle dynamics and handling? its not like this game is supposed to be an ice cream van simulator.

[mads]

what the fuck does tomash know about vehicle dynamics and handling? its not like this game is supposed to be an ice cream van simulator.

[vietlol]

what the fuck does tomash know about vehicle dynamics and handling? its not like this game is supposed to be an ice cream van simulator.

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