Exactly,
This guy gets it ^^
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This AGAIN just proves the point I'm trying to make (but seems to be getting overlooked each time I post, because people get defensive thinking its a "dig")
Forget Ian, forget the blog, forget any emotional, attachment...
Now...
Does the guys INFORMATION that he posts (forget him, forget WMD, focus on his INFORMATION) have any validity!
If yes > Don't call it a lie, untrue, and flame people etc "WITHOUT" backing it up in some way! Otherwise, when YOU are proven to be wrong, you not only you discredit yourself, but you prove yourself to be unreasonable and willing to take in new information or admit to a fault or flaw, and make yourself out to be liar!
It's NOT a discredit that the damage model was dumbed down.. It's not. No one truly cares. It's fine, it's ok, it's still good enough.
But by screaming "liar liar pant in fire" and running away and NOT posting facts or evidence to back it up, only allows for <insert your nemesis here> to make YOU look like the fool/liar/dishonest one!
It's a rudimentary mistake re: behaviour and NOT a dig at SMS/WMD/Damage model etc.
Also, it's ians job to do damage control, PR, Marketing (to a degree) so it's in his best interest to not make him self out to be a liar or unreasonable.
Imagine you were at work and did something wrong (deleted some files) and you know it could be proven as it was logged and on camera... Would you deny it u til they pulled you in and embarrassed you with the evidence, discrediting you, shaming you! Or would you say "****" I ****ed up.. Here's what I did and why!
This is my point exactly.
They really really need to get Iain on a real management course or stop him talking to public at all.
a few years ago he (Ian) made some pretty bold statements regarding Shift and shift 2 to the world! Stating that his game was better than any SIMULATION on the market! Stating that the physics engine was the most complex and sophisticated available!
Now... I'm not saying Ian is a liar... But he doesn't have a very good track record at telling the truth, unless of course you think "Need a For Speed Shift" was indeed the best most complex and realistic SIMULATION available!
All I'm saying is, Ian could and really should handle this more professionally. I love PCars! I'm building my Rig around it, it's the reason I'm building a new pc and the reason I built my CSWV2 rig... But Ian... He is not great for business. It's perfectly OK to question his choices, I have my choices questioned weekly if not daily during the managing a stage boundary process where we update everything... It's healthy AND is one of the underlying PRINCIPLES of Prince2 Project Managment (so this isn't speculation).
Ian is there to hype everyone up, but he is doing it in a way similar to one if those guys on stage who tell you how to bed women, how to make a million etc and charge you £49 fir the seminar.
I'd rather he sat down and said:
I see the reports that we dumbed down the damage model... Here's exactly what happened. We had to remove the d'état chsnge parts due to licensing reasons from xyz, we then reduced the amount of complex damage due to high over head and optimisation... But here is a video of the before and after, displaying the old model vs the new model DISPLAYING the FPS advantage or reduction in CPU overhead.
That's what I would do.
I wouldn't tell lies and call everyone else a liar!
It's like a footballer diving and claiming he was fouled... then shouting to all 40,000 spectators... "YOU'RE ALL WRONG"
it doesn't matter if damage was dumbed down, what matters is the credibility of the company and its members and so far, by acting the way they are, saying the things they are saying... They are only discrediting themselves and therefore VALIDATING the guy over at PretendRaceCars!
Rookie mistake at best!
Quote from Ian bell Regarding "Need ForSpeed Shift"
"We have a full realism hardcore mode called Pro that you can choose to race in from the start that will feel natural and comfortable as well as raising the bar for handling compared to anything out there (or due out soon) for all of our hardcore race sim fans."
Quote from Ian Bell regarding "Need For Speed Shift"
"The most realistic sim ever made”, using “a more complex physics engine than anything on the market”.
Really.........
You can see the point being made here now hopefully!
Ian does not have a good track record with many of the BIG sim racing publications/Websites etc and has spouted a lot of hyperbole. He is NOT held in high regard by many in the sim raceing community and sites. Just search his past interviews and reader comments! (Even this very site)
So take from that what you will.
The ONLY point bring made, is that Ian is not going about this the right way... In fact... He is doing what he did last time round... And he angered so many people, that the franchise was tarnished and... Well... You know the rest!
