Talk:Grand Prix 2

This deterioates into a simple fan page

The second half of this article is just a (enormously tedious, and utterly irrelevent) history of the GP2 modding community, replete with the names of utterly inconsequential contributors to this "szene", followed by a couple of plugs for the current community. I'd recommend slashing all of this down to one paragraph noting that a large modding community developed, referencing the track editor, GP2edit, then in about five words mentioning the current scene. As it is this is a terrible example of fanwank. I came on here through nostalgia for the game following the Monaco GP today, and while for me it's quite nice to remember the amount of modding that went on, which improved my experience of the game enormously, with seasons of improved circuits, a personalised car and decent car models and liveries, it has no place on Wikipedia. Link it to a fan site and be done with it.88.67.240.234 (talk) 20:21, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Completely agree. Total fanwank, as someone else so eloquently put. While I certainly appreciated the effort, there is absolutely no need to mention every notable author of the community, as they are not notable historically or officially. Maybe a mention to Steve Young, due to his groundbreaking input, but that should be it. Seriously.--203.219.255.133 (talk) 08:26, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

NPOV?

"There are many features that make former GP2 players go misty eyed and amongst them were features such as:" "Similarly aged offerings such as Power F1 1995 were simply left in the dirt." Even if these don't constitute Point Of View, they're still not of an encyclopedic tone. There are no references in the article either. A lot of work to be done. Alexj2002 17:40, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I've tried to make some edits to the article with citations, however, the amount of these is limited. Not very many sites carry review for the game.Shifter95 21:07, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

1995 or 1996?

Can we pin down the release date for this game? The article currently has both 1995 and 1996. Some web sources seem to go for one and some for the other, and on my copy, the box says ©1995 but all the files are from 1996. -- DatRoot 20:33, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I believe it was 1996 for the U.S. market? Guroadrunner 15:32, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Yes, the release was in the summer of 1996. The ©1995 is property a legecy from the many delays of the game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.228.71.26 (talk) 11:36, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

The game was released in the UK late 1995 and released in summer 1996 in the USbergqvistjl 2 June 2008

It was definitely released in the UK in summer 1996. I know because I didn't get my first PC until March '96, and I remember going to the game shop every few days during the summer to see if GP2 was out yet. I wouldn't have done that if I didn't have a PC to play it on.Arganoid (talk) 18:39, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

I bought GP2 in the UK in June 1994. I still have the receipt. All this 1995/96 stuff is extremely strange to me. Websites seem to list the release date as either 95 or 96 too. Maybe this is the US release date ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.246.59.116 (talk) 05:37, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Theres no way you bought it in 1994 - I also very much doubt it was released in 1995. It was released after a heavy heavy delay, and I remember getting my copy Christmas 1996. I first played it at a friends house, while it was fairly new, but I definitely remember that to be the summer of 96, in the UK. However, memory alone is not sufficient as a source. I may have some old gaming magazines that may settle the issue. 86.6.34.95 (talk) 13:03, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

I beleive it's 1996, I remember thinking to myself when it came out 'crap, the season's 2 years old at least!'. And the 1994 season at that... odd.

First with SVGA and 3D texture mapping

I've added a fact tag to these two items as Car & Driver (game) (1993, EA) had SVGA as did NASCAR Racing (1994, Papyrus) and Papyrus' IndyCar Racing had 3D texture mapping. -- Guroadrunner (talk) 06:30, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Who has the game manual?

I just wanted to ask who has the game manual. Many of the parts of this game article can be referenced through that, but I don't have it at my current location. -- Guroadrunner (talk) 06:39, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

125.237.45.185 (talk) 18:12, 7 March 2009 (UTC) i got the game manual& the poster that came with the game all in its orignal box, if u want e mail me on wakeley@xtra.co.nz