rec.autos.simulators

by **Enrico Soldan** » Wed, 13 Sep 1995 04:00:00

Prior to taking the big plunge I was wondering if there are
any showstoppers with running F1GP under Windows 95.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

by **Daniel Brate** » Fri, 15 Sep 1995 04:00:00

>Prior to taking the big plunge I was wondering if there are
>any showstoppers with running F1GP under Windows 95.

It works just fine. Since the very beginning, I've run F1GP from Win95
without any problem. With 25 fps my 486 DX2/66 runs with 70-80%
processor occupancy (according to F1GP) and that is with all details
and texture turned on.

by **Rach** » Fri, 15 Sep 1995 04:00:00

It also work fine in os/2. I can run it in a window,
capture a screen shoot and paste it into an ICON for
the desktop!

by **Joe Hartm** » Sat, 16 Sep 1995 04:00:00

> >Prior to taking the big plunge I was wondering if there are
> >any showstoppers with running F1GP under Windows 95.
> It works just fine. Since the very beginning, I've run F1GP from Win95
> without any problem. With 25 fps my 486 DX2/66 runs with 70-80%
> processor occupancy (according to F1GP) and that is with all details
> and texture turned on.

Does it run better than it used to under DOS?

Joe

by **Daniel Brate** » Sun, 17 Sep 1995 04:00:00

>> >Prior to taking the big plunge I was wondering if there are
>> >any showstoppers with running F1GP under Windows 95.

>> It works just fine. Since the very beginning, I've run F1GP from Win95
>> without any problem. With 25 fps my 486 DX2/66 runs with 70-80%
>> processor occupancy (according to F1GP) and that is with all details
>> and texture turned on.

>Does it run better than it used to under DOS?

Well, I would say that there is no real difference even though there
is less processor occupancy in DOS. But what you can not do in DOS is
to, during a race or qualifying, PAUSE the game and switch to an
analyzing program like GPA (Grand Prix Analyser) running in Windows to
check out how good (or bad) your last lap really was.

by **Brian Fergus** » Tue, 19 Sep 1995 04:00:00

: >
: >> >Prior to taking the big plunge I was wondering if there are
: >> >any showstoppers with running F1GP under Windows 95.
: >
: >> It works just fine. Since the very beginning, I've run F1GP from Win95
: >> without any problem. With 25 fps my 486 DX2/66 runs with 70-80%
: >> processor occupancy (according to F1GP) and that is with all details
: >> and texture turned on.
: >
: >
: >Does it run better than it used to under DOS?
: >

: Well, I would say that there is no real difference even though there
: is less processor occupancy in DOS. But what you can not do in DOS is
: to, during a race or qualifying, PAUSE the game and switch to an
: analyzing program like GPA (Grand Prix Analyser) running in Windows to
: check out how good (or bad) your last lap really was.

Yes, but I've been doing that under 3.1 for months - Win 95 isn't the
only way to do that.

--Brian Ferguson | "When I'm racing, I'm alive. | LFRS '95-96
--Newmarket, ON, CAN | Everything else is just | Uranus-Nissan

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by **David Paul Gym** » Tue, 19 Sep 1995 04:00:00

>>Does it run better than it used to under DOS?
>Well, I would say that there is no real difference even though there
>is less processor occupancy in DOS. But what you can not do in DOS is
>to, during a race or qualifying, PAUSE the game and switch to an
>analyzing program like GPA (Grand Prix Analyser) running in Windows to
>check out how good (or bad) your last lap really was.

I haven't noticed any difference in occupancy but like Win3.1 the
fade routine is almost instantaneous (of course, Win3.1 also works
for switching back to analyzers too).

One brief mention; do NOT use the "protected" option in the memory
tab of the properties dialog, or the TSRs won't work.

-- Gizmo
http://www.mal.com/~dgymer/
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