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by **kmcla..** » Fri, 13 Nov 1998 04:00:00

I'm thinking of getting into GPL, how much hard drive space will I
need to do a FULL install. I think I will need a full install as I
have a p200 and it will run faster fully installed..

thanks
Ken in Ottawa

by **Ronald Stoeh** » Fri, 13 Nov 1998 04:00:00

> I'm thinking of getting into GPL, how much hard drive space will I
> need to do a FULL install. I think I will need a full install as I
> have a p200 and it will run faster fully installed..

Well, it will load faster with a full install, but your p200 will ***
on the physics. To really enjoy GPL, you definitly should upgrade your
system.

l8er
ronny

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by **MeatWate** » Fri, 13 Nov 1998 04:00:00

Just to answer your question: 139MB. But it won't make much sense on a P200.

by **D. Gwyn Jone** » Sat, 14 Nov 1998 04:00:00

> Well, it will load faster with a full install, but your p200 will ***
> on the physics. To really enjoy GPL, you definitly should upgrade your
> system.

Eh? I have a Pentium 200 MMX with a 3dfx card and it runs fine. I haven't
done much racing yet, so I know I'll get less fps with other cars around
and I'll need to turn off detail, but on my own I'm getting around 26fps in
***pit view and 30fps from chase view (becuase there's no mirrors, I
guess) with all detail on.

I know I'd be better off with more hardware, but lets face it, the orginal
Formula 1 Grand Prix game only had a maximum of 25 fps whatever you ran it
on (mind you, you could get that on a 33Mhz 486...)

Cheers, Gwyn.
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by **Ronald Stoeh** » Sat, 14 Nov 1998 04:00:00

snip

> Eh? I have a Pentium 200 MMX with a 3dfx card and it runs fine. I haven't
> done much racing yet, so I know I'll get less fps with other cars around
> and I'll need to turn off detail, but on my own I'm getting around 26fps in
>***pit view and 30fps from chase view (becuase there's no mirrors, I
> guess) with all detail on.

Hmm, that's what I meant. If you drive alone, there's no AI to compute,
but
add just 12 drivers and its not drivable anymore. At least to me,
anything
below 30fps is useless. On my PII-333, V2 SLI I reduced graphics in the
mirrors
and on the cars to stay always at around 30fps...

l8er
ronny

--
Toys'R'Us '99: "So, would you like a hand gun with that action figure,
kiddo?"

|\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather,
ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep.
|,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car,
'---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

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