No, Kyle, that is not my problem, and I will amplify below.
Considering how quick you were to falsely attribute a quote to
@Samus – while quoting the post itself – I think it really is a problem.
- Another example, where you suggested a double standard is enforced at GTPlanet (despite zero evidence to back up the claim), because people had a different opinion to your own.
- Another example, where you determined an arbitrary sales figure was a genre-wide, champagne-popping goal, and did not understand the issue with that.
- Another example, where you got "your opinion should be silenced" by others posting their own. Where you took my suggestion that the Honda Element won't be missed by many as me not being aware of the Standards roster.
- Another example, where you misunderstood someone pointing out the "affordable" cars you love of the 90's were anything but, and somehow took it as them suggesting they could afford Italian exotics. As a funny aside, the tail end of this post, and what you want from the next GT game, is a particularly accurate bit of foreshadowing.
- Another example, more recent than the others. When told responding to others' differing opinions with insults is rude, you resort to... yep, you guessed it, an insult.
That is not what I said and you full well know it. I'd quote my original post, but you know what's in it.
Here, I'll do it for you:
RUF works marvelously as a Porsche stunt double because... well, it is a remanged Porsche and all.
If Porsche will now be free as a bird to let gaming companies license their marquee rides, that would be splendid. But with RUF around to provide a chassis for both street and racing machines, the situation really isn't such a big deal. Depending on the car, because of course there are historic Porsches, but that's a different story.
We could argue over what the meaning of the made-up word is, I suppose.
My original post on the subject (which wasn't even a response to you, it should be noted):
While I absolutely agree RUF is in no way a replacement for Porsche proper - and the suggestion that it is is laughable - considering we've seen over half the car lineup of GT Sport and the oldest car is an '09 Evora, I doubt the vast history of Porsche would be properly represented anyway. Modern road/race cars only, it seems.
While the 919 definitely would be missed, RUF can most certainly provide a suitable Group 3 contender, especially since Polyphony have no qualms making cars up for the class. A Group B car could be done as well, and maybe something for the higher road car classes too.
I almost would rather Porsche be saved for GT7 than made to fit in the focus of GT Sport. There's simply too much to cover!
Right there, I've essentially said the same thing as you: that, sure, if people want a modern-911-shaped Group 3 competitor, a made-up RUF one would work, and hardly seem out of the norm for GT Sport, considering a rather large chunk of the known car lineup is made-up race cars.
You then took issue with the first sentence of that post – seemingly ignoring the rest of it – where I quite clearly stated I don't see Ruf as a replacement for
all of Porsche. The rest of the post should drive that home.
As usual, you have to twist my meaning into something I never said. We could have had something as a discussion if you had simply left it at that middle part. But no, you had to go and turn a post that states how nice it is to have RUF in a racing game because the alternative is NOTHING, into "Who needs Porsche while we have RUF? 919 LMP? Pah, we have a remanufactured Carrera, a remanged 911, a redone 997, a Yellow Bird makeover..."
Twist the meaning? Like
suggesting Ruf is unworthy of consideration in Porsche's legacy?
"Cheap substitutes"?
And your original post wasn't about how having Ruf in a racing game is better than nothing. It was about how, and I quote here, it 'works marvelously as a Porsche stunt double'.
I could see a misunderstanding if english wasn't your primary language. But it is. Stuff like this is rather like trolling, and is not behavior I expect from a mod.
Using words as they're meant to be used is not trolling. Consistently misrepresenting peoples' quotes, or resorting to insults when they don't share your opinion, is. You'd think a recent warning from the staff would be enough to clue you in.
So, for the final time: I like Ruf. I like Porsche. I fully believe the former is in no way a stand-in for the latter, and if anything, I find it unfortunate that so many look at it as simply a Porsche alternative when the license isn't available, instead of its own, unique, fascinating marque. I hope recent events regarding Porsche in the sim world means they're finally going to be available to all games, but I think GT Sport's focus on new cars only (so far) would lessen the impact of the marque if it were to be included in the game.
