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Opinions on Grand Prix 4

Pkin

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by Pkin » Tue, 29 Oct 2002 09:51:29

Saw it today at CompUSA
Jan Verschuere

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by Jan Verschuere » Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:27:22

Do you own and like any of he previous titles?

Jan.
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ymenar

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by ymenar » Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:43:08


> Do you own and like any of he previous titles?

Liking F1GP or GP2 would still mean nothing about him liking GP4. 8)

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Damien Smit

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by Damien Smit » Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:40:36

F1 2002 is a bit lame and GP4 is even lamer in virtually every department.

Gerry Aitke

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by Gerry Aitke » Tue, 29 Oct 2002 16:16:35


> Saw it today at CompUSA

It's utter rubbish, imo.

Gerry

Pkin

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by Pkin » Tue, 29 Oct 2002 23:12:55

I just own F12002.

Vintoo

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by Vintoo » Wed, 30 Oct 2002 05:46:37

Well, if you had listened to all the people around here praise crammond
right before GP3 came out then you would have to deduce that anything he put
out was golden. When GP3 came out everyone still seemed to think he was a
god (even when they were told the game was rubbish). Now GP4. I think
everyone has finally gotten the picture that Crammond is actually not a very
good programmer and has milked the same old lame game engine long enouph.
The weather effects are good but that is the ONLY thing good about it.

Vintook


ymenar

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by ymenar » Wed, 30 Oct 2002 07:58:06


> Well, if you had listened to all the people around here praise crammond
> right before GP3 came out then you would have to deduce that anything he
put
> out was golden. When GP3 came out everyone still seemed to think he was a
> god

W-w-what?  Everybody in this NG, just looking at the pictures and all the PR
behind the release of GP3 knew that it would only be a mere evolution, not a
revolution of Crammond's game engine.  We already knew it was still slowing
real-time instead of dropping frames (there were screenshots with the
Processor Occupancy).  You could still see all the usual flat and
extra-grainy textures in those early pics (they were in Australia).
Everybody could "feel" that it was going to be bad ;)

Really, check out google!

Yes, yes in that I agree 8)

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-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
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Damien Smit

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by Damien Smit » Wed, 30 Oct 2002 08:11:06

Stick with it.

mark jeangerar

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by mark jeangerar » Sat, 02 Nov 2002 04:32:06

That's a tough one. I think it's the most accurate driving simulator
available. But I'm likely the only one, in this room anyway. I find F12002
majority disappointing by comparison. It's been my experience that once I
"got" the way the drive is realized, the tire presentation is the most
complete in an sim I've played. (All the majors are on my machine right
now.) (Also, it only took me a few hours to "sink in" to the sims style.)
The perspective is among the best in that eye strain is at a minimum when
looking properly up the track, and the track are stunning. Almost as good as
SBK2K.

If you can return it, pick it up and spend as much time as they allow with
it.

PS Force feedback is strictly out with this title. (Or any title from now
until the next evolution desktop mechanical devices.)
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"Nothing gets closer!" - Crammond

mark


Jan Verschuere

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by Jan Verschuere » Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:01:27

Sorry for late reply, but Damien is right. IMO you're very unlikely to get
to grips with GP4 if you're not used to "the Crammond way".

Not saying Geoff makes poor quality games per se (GP4 is a polished effort
if you can agree to it's "terms of use"), just that they carry a lot of
hanovers from an earlier era of coding/***.

Jan.
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Jan Verschuere

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by Jan Verschuere » Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:01:27

It's the best non-FF sim around. Pity the game allows the user the option to
destroy the illusion. Another limiting factor is that I'm now a complete and
utter FF junkie.

F1 2k2 is a nice (FF) drive, but the tracks.... I mean, I've never been much
of a stickler for track accuracy, but... DAMN!!!

I wonder how much of that is due to (our) long acquaintance with the game
series and Geoff's way of doing things.

True... the tracks are big improvement over the previous titles. The view is
a little "static" for my taste nowadays, but it does the job admirably.

I have little hope of a Crammond novice getting his wheel set up in this
incarnation, let alone him getting to sample the driving, sorry.

Correct.

Disagree, but we've talked through this already.

Jan.
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Tony Rickar

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by Tony Rickar » Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:40:34

That'll be the German version...

Jan Verschuere

Opinions on Grand Prix 4

by Jan Verschuere » Mon, 25 Nov 2002 09:43:02

LOL ;-)

Jan.
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