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OF1R - observations

Iain Mackenzi

OF1R - observations

by Iain Mackenzi » Fri, 28 May 1999 04:00:00

I bought OF1R and I have some (initial) observations -
- it will not load again after a quit back to the desktop
- no steering resistance in the FF effects
- if serious damage occurs, e.g. lose tyre, then steering wheel is
impossible to control (ok) but even after getting new tyres put on the wheel
is still suffering from the earlier damage effects and that makes it
impossible to continue. The control menu has got to be activated before the
wheel returns to normal
- dreadful menu system
- no active wing mirrors in 3Dfx version only a large window at the top of
the screen (yet the mirrors work in software version!)
- Interlagos has no hills effectively
- the spins are (despite what I've read elsewhere in this group) totally
canned and impossible to control
- the graphics are really pathetic even in 800x600 Glide
- the car***pit leaps halfway up the screen when touching some kerbs, e.g.
Imola, giving a totally unrealistic feel
All in all there is nothing good about this sim (?) that I can see at all
except the sound!
Now, where's my MGPRS CD?
Iain
Iain Mackenzi

OF1R - observations

by Iain Mackenzi » Fri, 28 May 1999 04:00:00

I bought OF1R and I have some (initial) observations -
- it will not load again after a quit back to the desktop
- no steering resistance in the FF effects
- if serious damage occurs, e.g. lose tyre, then steering wheel is
impossible to control (ok) but even after getting new tyres put on the wheel
is still suffering from the earlier damage effects and that makes it
impossible to continue. The control menu has got to be activated before the
wheel returns to normal
- dreadful menu system
- no active wing mirrors in 3Dfx version only a large window at the top of
the screen (yet the mirrors work in software version!)
- Interlagos has no hills effectively
- the spins are (despite what I've read elsewhere in this group) totally
canned and impossible to control
- the graphics are really pathetic even in 800x600 Glide
- the car***pit leaps halfway up the screen when touching some kerbs, e.g.
Imola, giving a totally unrealistic feel
All in all there is nothing good about this sim (?) that I can see at all
except the sound!
Now, where's my MGPRS CD?
Iain
Iain Mackenzi

OF1R - observations

by Iain Mackenzi » Fri, 28 May 1999 04:00:00

Still a bit silly I'm afraid!
It's a very irritating game. I would say 75% arcade fun and 25% sim.
Iain

> On Thu, 27 May 1999 07:21:09 +0100,


> >- the car***pit leaps halfway up the screen when touching some kerbs,
e.g.
> >Imola, giving a totally unrealistic feel

> Try changing the dynamic view, to fixed view - INS key.

> --
> // rrevved posts from mindspring dot com

Iain Mackenzi

OF1R - observations

by Iain Mackenzi » Sat, 29 May 1999 04:00:00

I agree with a lot of your points. In some ways OF1R is more FUN than MGPRS,
but you get a better feeling in MGPRS of precision and reactions to the
different setup options. In OF1R it is possible to win a race using the
default setups. Where is the challenge there?
TOCA2 is also great fun, but suffers from a similar problem in the respect
that it is too easy to win races and championships. I won the championship
at my second attempt using the same (non-default) setup on every track!
Do you use a FF wheel? If so, do you get resistance in the steering in OF1R?
Iain

> On Thu, 27 May 1999 15:09:42 +0100,


> >Still a bit silly I'm afraid!
> >It's a very irritating game. I would say 75% arcade fun and 25% sim.
> >Iain

> Iain, I might make it 60/40.. :)

> After reading your post, I tried an hour or so of OF1R and then went
> directlly to MGPRS.  To me, the 'feel' of racing and the overall driving
> model was better in OF1R.

> I don't think that either one has nearly the level of realism that a lot
of us
> have to come to expect, since GPL. If you still have it, try racing it for
> an hour and then switch. Be sure that you have lessened the dead-zone
> by whatever means necessary. I had to specify joystick, instead of
> wheel, for my TSW, to reduce it. After that, I found it much more fun
> than MGPRS, as an -overall- experience. Actually, I removed MGPRS
> after doing the test today.

> I now have GPL, TOCA2, SCGT, OF1R, NR1999, Viper and ICR2 living on
> my hard drive. If Papy would make a modern F1 sim using the physics
> engine from ICR2 and at the graphics level of SCGT/TOCA2, I would
> be a very happy camper. ICR2 is STILL a great open wheel sim, IMO.

> I wish that someone would step up to the challenge of a realistic modern
> F1 sim (?GP3?), but for now, it is OF1R for me.



> >> On Thu, 27 May 1999 07:21:09 +0100,


> >> >- the car***pit leaps halfway up the screen when touching some
kerbs,
> >e.g.
> >> >Imola, giving a totally unrealistic feel

> >> Try changing the dynamic view, to fixed view - INS key.

> --
> // rrevved posts from mindspring dot com


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