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by **James Harmo** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Hey All,

I've read from a couple of sources that there will be no internet
multiplayer support for this game, just LAN support. That's a huge flaw for
me and I would think for everyone that has ever raced online. The only way
that I would buy this game is if they disect all the F1 drivers brains and
incoporate them into the AI.

Rock On

Jcharm

by **A. kha** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

>Hey All,

>I've read from a couple of sources that there will be no internet
>multiplayer support for this game, just LAN support. That's a huge flaw
for
>me and I would think for everyone that has ever raced online. The only way
>that I would buy this game is if they disect all the F1 drivers brains and
>incoporate them into the AI.

>Rock On

>Jcharm

I could not agree more. EA's F12000 looks very promising indeed.

by **Mike Blackmor** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Is F1 2000 going to incorporate internet multiplay ?

Regards Mike

>>Hey All,

>>I've read from a couple of sources that there will be no internet
>>multiplayer support for this game, just LAN support. That's a huge flaw
>for
>>me and I would think for everyone that has ever raced online. The only way
>>that I would buy this game is if they disect all the F1 drivers brains and
>>incoporate them into the AI.

>>Rock On

>>Jcharm

>I could not agree more. EA's F12000 looks very promising indeed.

by **Harjan Bran** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

No way, it's not allowed by the the F1 license, so we'll have to wait and
then probably pay a lot to race against real data.

> Is F1 2000 going to incorporate internet multiplay ?

> Regards Mike

> >>Hey All,

> >>I've read from a couple of sources that there will be no internet
> >>multiplayer support for this game, just LAN support. That's a huge flaw
> >for
> >>me and I would think for everyone that has ever raced online. The only
way
> >>that I would buy this game is if they disect all the F1 drivers brains
and
> >>incoporate them into the AI.

> >>Rock On

> >>Jcharm

> >I could not agree more. EA's F12000 looks very promising indeed.

by **HEWIT** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Personally I don't buy games for single player anymore. The days of playing
games alone has gone really - even consoles are now recognising this.

I view the single player options only as practice for online play, so if
there is no internet play option then there is no point whatsoever in the
game and I certainly will not be buying it.

Mark

by **Andre Warrin** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

I don't get this, why the hell don't they allow online racing???

Andre

by **GraDe** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

And what makes you think Sir Geoff didn't do this?

We come in pea...... erm, well, what makes you think that?

Come on, I bet he did, ah he did, go on go on go on go on go on, he did!

--
GraDee (...who likes Father Ted and dislikes GP3 bashing)
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Karting "3.65"
www.esatclear.ie/~karting
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"The dozens and dozens........."

by **GraDe** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

The don't add internet play because you either can get internet play or an
FIA licence!

Adn thats because of Bernies grredyness, but not sure of his actual reason
for not allowing it.

--
GraDee
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Karting "3.65"
www.esatclear.ie/~karting
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"The dozens and dozens........."

> I don't get this, why the hell don't they allow online racing???

> Andre

> >No way, it's not allowed by the the F1 license, so we'll have to wait and
> >then probably pay a lot to race against real data.

by **Goy Larse** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

> The don't add internet play because you either can get internet play or an
> FIA licence!

> Adn thats because of Bernies grredyness, but not sure of his actual reason
> for not allowing it.

I see a lot of people saying this, do we know this for sure, or is this
one of those things that has been repeated so often that we know believe
this to be a fact ?

The part about FIA license and I-net play I mean, the greediness *is* a
fact :-))

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

by **Chris Bloo** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Apparently Bernie Ecclestone is programming his own F1 sim which will be the
only one you can race on-line with. The sim will also have a pay for (a
decent) view feature. The original sim will only allow a gearbox view
(facing backwards) and you will only be allowed to ride in a Minardi unless
you buy the additional "Pay-TV" expansion pack.

> I don't get this, why the hell don't they allow online racing???

> Andre

> >No way, it's not allowed by the the F1 license, so we'll have to wait and
> >then probably pay a lot to race against real data.

by **ymenar** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

IIRC it all started when somebody from Ubisoft said that. For them, the
reason why they did not get a FIA license for the drivers/cars/sponsors but
only to Monaco GP for the likeness of the tracks is because they had
background plans for the GameService. Having a FIA license like F1RS meant
the automatic lost of a serious multiplayer-based system.

Still, LAN may mean IPX, and we all know that the protocol is still
Net-friendly.

--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

by **Rafael Medeiro** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Are you guys forgetting The Eidos Official Formula 1 game? it had the FIA
license and also Internet play(tcp/ip).
And even if gp3 doesn't come with tcp/ip, ,there's always KALI or similar
online servers. If the IPX code is good it will play very well Through Kali.
Rafael

> > The part about FIA license and I-net play I mean, the greediness *is* a
> > fact :-))

> IIRC it all started when somebody from Ubisoft said that. For them, the
> reason why they did not get a FIA license for the drivers/cars/sponsors
but
> only to Monaco GP for the likeness of the tracks is because they had
> background plans for the GameService. Having a FIA license like F1RS
meant
> the automatic lost of a serious multiplayer-based system.

> Still, LAN may mean IPX, and we all know that the protocol is still
> Net-friendly.

> --
> -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
> -- May the Downforce be with you...

> "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
> how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

by **David L. Co** » Thu, 03 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Does anyone know for sure that F1-2000 "wont" have internet play? If it
does than Geoff will look foolish. Your comment about IPX is valid. I
believe there are a number of services on the net that allow IPX
multiplayer ***.

--David Cook

> > The part about FIA license and I-net play I mean, the greediness *is* a
> > fact :-))

> IIRC it all started when somebody from Ubisoft said that. For them, the
> reason why they did not get a FIA license for the drivers/cars/sponsors but
> only to Monaco GP for the likeness of the tracks is because they had
> background plans for the GameService. Having a FIA license like F1RS meant
> the automatic lost of a serious multiplayer-based system.

> Still, LAN may mean IPX, and we all know that the protocol is still
> Net-friendly.

> --
> -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
> -- May the Downforce be with you...

> "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
> how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

by **Jo Hels** » Fri, 04 Feb 2000 04:00:00

Really? :-)

JoH

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by **Martin Wigginto** » Sun, 06 Feb 2000 04:00:00

I believe that SCGT has IPX network multiplayer support, but from what
I've seen on a few forums it hasn't been terribly successful. It seems
that a lot of the development is geared towards the 'wired' house -
network cards are cheap, and a number of companies are selling
networking kits so that a home can be outfit with a few networked
computers. Apple even has an "AirPort" for wireless networking.

It seems that the bandwidth problems and lag on the internet are going
to be around for a while as far as the producers are concerned, so why
make promises you can't keep.

> Does anyone know for sure that F1-2000 "wont" have internet play? If it
> does than Geoff will look foolish. Your comment about IPX is valid. I
> believe there are a number of services on the net that allow IPX
> multiplayer ***.

> --David Cook

> > > The part about FIA license and I-net play I mean, the greediness *is* a
> > > fact :-))

> > IIRC it all started when somebody from Ubisoft said that. For them, the
> > reason why they did not get a FIA license for the drivers/cars/sponsors but
> > only to Monaco GP for the likeness of the tracks is because they had
> > background plans for the GameService. Having a FIA license like F1RS meant
> > the automatic lost of a serious multiplayer-based system.

> > Still, LAN may mean IPX, and we all know that the protocol is still
> > Net-friendly.

> > --
> > -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
> > -- May the Downforce be with you...

> > "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
> > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

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