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** 4 new GP3 screenshots? **

Trevor Thoma

** 4 new GP3 screenshots? **

by Trevor Thoma » Sun, 06 Feb 2000 04:00:00


>Excellent find!  I read Crammond say that it would be ready in March.  I
>don't see anything at EB about it...

>--David Cook

Dave, from everything I've read about GP3, the release date is June/July :(.

Trev

ymenar

** 4 new GP3 screenshots? **

by ymenar » Sun, 06 Feb 2000 04:00:00


You would be surprised in real-life how minimal the angle is on those tyres.
Even in tight corners, the angle is really low and it's mostly the only time
you see it.  And also, Im about sure it's not linear depending if the car
turns right or left.  I say they do not turn lock-to-lock more than
5-6degrees.

http://www.gamesmania.de/cgi-bin/acpreview/ActivePreview.pl?Modus=GET...
uments=1|||9

Tiny angle of cornering in that picture above^^^. Very accurate.

http://www.gamesmania.de/cgi-bin/acpreview/ActivePreview.pl?Modus=GET...
uments=1|||15

Easily seen ^^

--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

Aubre

** 4 new GP3 screenshots? **

by Aubre » Sun, 06 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Oops!  Wait a minute!  The textures aren't anti-aliased, they just look that
way at first glance because the screenshots have been resampled.


>Umm, there's a lot more than 4 screenshots there!  Click on the link to
page
>2 at the bottom.

>Looks hardware accelerated to me.  That is to say the textures are all
>anti-aliased, and there's a helluva lot more than 256 colors.  Check out
the
>smoke!  It all looks much nicer than the first screenshots we saw.

>-A


>>Paul Tomlinson, from http://gp3.gamestats.com, let me know that
>>http://www.gamesmania.de have posted 4 new screenshots of Grand Prix 3 and
>>are promising a special on the game later today!

>>They claim they're hardware accelerated shots, but only the 1st and 4th
>shot
>>look like they're accelerated shots, although I could be wrong of course.
>>You can find them at
>>http://www.gamesmania.de/cgi-bin/acup4/ActiveUpdate4.pl?Modus=GET&Arg...
s
>=
>>DataSet|||1&TemplateFile=template_addinfo.htm&DisableDayLine=1

>>--
>>Kenneth Verburg
>>Editor-in-Chief, High Gear
>>http://www.simracingnews.com

Martin Wigginto

** 4 new GP3 screenshots? **

by Martin Wigginto » Sun, 06 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Yeah. Take a look at the shadow cast by the nose and the tire - it looks
jagged.

So if this IS software mode, what's it going to need to run at a
reasonable speed? Are they going to make up for GP2 needing a PII 400 to
run all graphics with a full field by making this fast enough on an
average machine?

I can run MGPRS2 with most graphics on and 22 cars using a Voodoo2 card
on my P233 MMX (perhaps not an average machine, but it works for me for
most things). It would be nice if i didn't have to go out and break the
piggy bank to be able to run GP3.


> Oops!  Wait a minute!  The textures aren't anti-aliased, they just look that
> way at first glance because the screenshots have been resampled.


> >Umm, there's a lot more than 4 screenshots there!  Click on the link to
> page
> >2 at the bottom.

> >Looks hardware accelerated to me.  That is to say the textures are all
> >anti-aliased, and there's a helluva lot more than 256 colors.  Check out
> the
> >smoke!  It all looks much nicer than the first screenshots we saw.

> >-A


> >>Paul Tomlinson, from http://gp3.gamestats.com, let me know that
> >>http://www.gamesmania.de have posted 4 new screenshots of Grand Prix 3 and
> >>are promising a special on the game later today!

> >>They claim they're hardware accelerated shots, but only the 1st and 4th
> >shot
> >>look like they're accelerated shots, although I could be wrong of course.
> >>You can find them at
> >>http://www.gamesmania.de/cgi-bin/acup4/ActiveUpdate4.pl?Modus=GET&Arg...
> s
> >=
> >>DataSet|||1&TemplateFile=template_addinfo.htm&DisableDayLine=1

> >>--
> >>Kenneth Verburg
> >>Editor-in-Chief, High Gear
> >>http://www.simracingnews.com

Karl Zose

** 4 new GP3 screenshots? **

by Karl Zose » Mon, 07 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Who gives a *** anyway?

Geoff Crammond's games take so long to finish, it will be obsolete by the
time its released.

David Kar

** 4 new GP3 screenshots? **

by David Kar » Mon, 07 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Oh, go back to your board games!


DjFI

** 4 new GP3 screenshots? **

by DjFI » Tue, 08 Feb 2000 04:00:00

I know I'll get flamed for this... but is it me or are those screenshots of gp2
in an extra high resolution?  Truth is screenshots say one thing and gameplay
says another... and for that we'll have to wait another few months.  *damn
careful and picky bastard*

DjFIL

Jo Hels

** 4 new GP3 screenshots? **

by Jo Hels » Tue, 08 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Won't flame you :-D

But... Can you expand a little on your remark?

I see F1 cars in the screenshots. That indeed looks pretty much like
GP2!
I see Monaco. Also looks like GP2!
Camera positions look much like GP2.

Just what did you *expect* then to see from a F1 simulator??? Pit
girls? Bodies of dead animals on the track?

JoH


>I know I'll get flamed for this... but is it me or are those screenshots of gp2
>in an extra high resolution?  Truth is screenshots say one thing and gameplay
>says another... and for that we'll have to wait another few months.  *damn
>careful and picky bastard*

>DjFIL

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