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F1/GTR2002: how to get correct aspect ratio with widescreen monitor?

Mats Lofkvis

F1/GTR2002: how to get correct aspect ratio with widescreen monitor?

by Mats Lofkvis » Wed, 11 Dec 2002 07:20:51

Even if I change resolution to e.g. 1600x900, it still looks like
the game assumes a 4:3 aspect ratio :-(, anyone out there who know
how to fix this?

      _
Mats Lofkvist

Jerr

F1/GTR2002: how to get correct aspect ratio with widescreen monitor?

by Jerr » Wed, 11 Dec 2002 18:10:56

I do not think F1 2001/2 or GPL for that matter supports widescreen
mode, so the cars all come out looking flattish, I have tried playing
with the monitor display itself, but ended up losing too much real
estate on the screen, which defeats the purpose of having a widescreen
monitor in the first place... I have not tried Powerstrip yet, perhaps
that can be used to come up with some custom resolution and horizontal
timing to make it work. Just an idea.

For the moment I am just running 1024x768x32 on my Unity Motion 32"
monitor, the games are still quite enjoyable even with the wrong
aspect ratio...


> Even if I change resolution to e.g. 1600x900, it still looks like
> the game assumes a 4:3 aspect ratio :-(, anyone out there who know
> how to fix this?

>       _
> Mats Lofkvist


Mats Lofkvis

F1/GTR2002: how to get correct aspect ratio with widescreen monitor?

by Mats Lofkvis » Fri, 13 Dec 2002 00:21:08


> I do not think F1 2001/2 or GPL for that matter supports widescreen
> mode, so the cars all come out looking flattish, I have tried playing
> with the monitor display itself, but ended up losing too much real
> estate on the screen, which defeats the purpose of having a widescreen
> monitor in the first place...

[snip]

Actually, GPL works very well since it uses a letterboxed
driving screen running with a separate video mode: just
maximizing the height of the driving screen image in the
monitor setups makes it close to perfect (without affecting
the menu screens).

      _
Mats Lofkvist


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