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'Spirit Of Speed 1937' - any good?

Ritua

'Spirit Of Speed 1937' - any good?

by Ritua » Thu, 07 Jun 2001 19:28:15

I love GPL and am on the lookout for sims in a similar vein.  Is 'Spirit Of
Speed 1937' worth buying?  Any good?

Steve

himrli..

'Spirit Of Speed 1937' - any good?

by himrli.. » Thu, 07 Jun 2001 20:14:56

I happen to be one of a small group who find SoS
quite enjoyable.   That said, it is no GPL.  If
you want GPL-style physics, your only other choice
is NASCAR 4.  I'm sure the folks here who enjoy F1
can shed light on quality of the current F1
offerings.

On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:28:15 +1000, "Ritual"


>I love GPL and am on the lookout for sims in a similar vein.  Is 'Spirit Of
>Speed 1937' worth buying?  Any good?

>Steve

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Andre Warrin

'Spirit Of Speed 1937' - any good?

by Andre Warrin » Thu, 07 Jun 2001 22:34:54


>I happen to be one of a small group who find SoS
>quite enjoyable.   That said, it is no GPL.  If

I happen to be one of the rest of the world who think SoS sucks
bigtime :)
The -only- thing that comes close to GPL in terms of physics model is
indeed Nascar 4.
Or if you can find it in a bargain bin, pick up Viper Racing, old but
excellent sim..

Andre

Kai Fulle

'Spirit Of Speed 1937' - any good?

by Kai Fulle » Fri, 08 Jun 2001 05:56:37

....

No, more likely, they will argue 130 messages deep about whether GP2 or F1RS
is better... :)

(I think that thread is still going)

Some Call Me Ti

'Spirit Of Speed 1937' - any good?

by Some Call Me Ti » Fri, 08 Jun 2001 04:04:01

SoS does suck bigtime but it could have been so good. Those old cicuits are
fantastic and 600 hp with skinny tires should be a hoot. Unforntunatley the
handling in SoS is plain crap.

I just wish someone would do some of those old circuits for GPL, Donnigton
anyone?

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Jan Verschuere

'Spirit Of Speed 1937' - any good?

by Jan Verschuere » Fri, 08 Jun 2001 09:27:12

If not I'm continuing it here... F1RS is surely the better of the two.

Lead me to that thread... have to get stuck in!!

Jan. ;-)
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himrli..

'Spirit Of Speed 1937' - any good?

by himrli.. » Fri, 08 Jun 2001 11:05:06

The handling out of the box was (and remains)
crap.  However, apply Bob Church's joystick
configuration utility (CTFJ! 3.20 - find it here:
http://home.att.net/~stickworks/) and SoS becomes
very enjoyable.

You can find some good settings for CTFJ! here:

http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/depart/mar01/stick.html

On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:04:01 +0100, "Some Call Me


>SoS does suck bigtime but it could have been so good. Those old cicuits are
>fantastic and 600 hp with skinny tires should be a hoot. Unforntunatley the
>handling in SoS is plain crap.

>I just wish someone would do some of those old circuits for GPL, Donnigton
>anyone?

>--
>Some Call Me Tim

Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....
John Bod

'Spirit Of Speed 1937' - any good?

by John Bod » Fri, 08 Jun 2001 12:35:44

Mr. Lipid is absolutely correct -- the CTFJ utility doesn't transform
SoS into GPL, but I've had a TON of fun campaigning vintage Indy
Deusenbergs and Millers against europe's finest marques!

It's definitely not a GPL-beater, but when it comes to relaxed, fun
racing, SoS approaches the NFSPU end of the spectrum.

-- JB


>The handling out of the box was (and remains)
>crap.  However, apply Bob Church's joystick
>configuration utility (CTFJ! 3.20 - find it here:
>http://home.att.net/~stickworks/) and SoS becomes
>very enjoyable.

>You can find some good settings for CTFJ! here:

>http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/depart/mar01/stick.html

>On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:04:01 +0100, "Some Call Me

>>SoS does suck bigtime but it could have been so good. Those old cicuits are
>>fantastic and 600 hp with skinny tires should be a hoot. Unforntunatley the
>>handling in SoS is plain crap.

>>I just wish someone would do some of those old circuits for GPL, Donnigton
>>anyone?

>>--
>>Some Call Me Tim

>Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....

ymenar

'Spirit Of Speed 1937' - any good?

by ymenar » Sat, 09 Jun 2001 06:16:28


> If not I'm continuing it here... F1RS is surely the better of the two.

> Kai Fuller wrote...
> > No, more likely, they will argue 130 messages deep about
> > whether GP2 or F1RS is better... :)

No way Jan, while F1RS gives you a more realistic feeling of watching F1,
Gp2 gave you a better representation of driving an F1 ;-)

/me is just continuing the thread LOL

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Luke Phillip

'Spirit Of Speed 1937' - any good?

by Luke Phillip » Sat, 09 Jun 2001 09:16:34

Nah, it would be either:

NASCAR requires no skill cos its just around a circle
Indycar drivers are better than F1 because they have less driving aids.

Regards,
Luke



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