rec.autos.simulators

> Crammond spent three (four?) years on this?! What the hell was he doing
with
> all that time? It's the same game! He added wet weather, higher resolution
> graphics and 3D support, and a moving steering wheel (which can't be
turned
> off, dammit!). Some may doubt me, but I'm quite serious. I can't believe
it
> took him that long just to essentially patch up GP2 and re-release it as
GP3. I
> wasn't expecting much in the first place since I'd heard long ago that it
was
> just a patched GP2, but this is even worse than I could have imagined.
There's
> still no replay! Not even that dinky 20 second thing!

> Ugh... Anyway I had preordered GP3 from GameStreet in the UK, but went
ahead
> and cancelled it. Not worth the money. Maybe in the future when the price
hits
> $10 or so a copy. My advice for you folks looking to step up from GP2 and
don't
> know if it's worth the money is check out the warez version first. It's
from
> CLASS so it may not necessarily be the final release version, but you know
it's
> not far off. If, on the other hand, this is your first F1 game then it's
> probably worth the money. It is a good game, just not the major version
upgrade
> everyone anticipated.

> --
> -----------------------------------
> Morgan Vincent Wooten
> GPLRank: +31.07

> http://members.tripod.com/~morganv/
> -----------------------------------

> GPL makes this look like an 8 bit amiga game.

> Crammond spent three (four?) years on this?! What the hell was he doing
with
> all that time? It's the same game! He added wet weather, higher resolution
> graphics and 3D support, and a moving steering wheel (which can't be
turned
> off, dammit!). Some may doubt me, but I'm quite serious. I can't believe
it
> took him that long just to essentially patch up GP2 and re-release it as
GP3. I
> wasn't expecting much in the first place since I'd heard long ago that it
was
> just a patched GP2, but this is even worse than I could have imagined.
There's
> still no replay! Not even that dinky 20 second thing!

> Ugh... Anyway I had preordered GP3 from GameStreet in the UK, but went
ahead
> and cancelled it. Not worth the money. Maybe in the future when the price
hits
> $10 or so a copy. My advice for you folks looking to step up from GP2 and
don't
> know if it's worth the money is check out the warez version first. It's
from
> CLASS so it may not necessarily be the final release version, but you know
it's
> not far off. If, on the other hand, this is your first F1 game then it's
> probably worth the money. It is a good game, just not the major version
upgrade
> everyone anticipated.

> --
> -----------------------------------
> Morgan Vincent Wooten
> GPLRank: +31.07

> http://members.tripod.com/~morganv/
> -----------------------------------

> Very true,im still in shock at this rubbish.
> no tire temps
> no tire pressure
> no camber adjustments
> basically same driving model as gp2
> the car has no feel or inertia
> shit graphics
> I can count the pixels on the barriers
> 3 years out of date this game is
> GPL makes this look like an 8 bit amiga game.
> People who have no idea about car physics and sims will no doubt lap this
> junk up

> Sad


> > Crammond spent three (four?) years on this?! What the hell was he doing
> with
> > all that time? It's the same game! He added wet weather, higher
resolution
> > graphics and 3D support, and a moving steering wheel (which can't be
> turned
> > off, dammit!). Some may doubt me, but I'm quite serious. I can't believe
> it
> > took him that long just to essentially patch up GP2 and re-release it as
> GP3. I
> > wasn't expecting much in the first place since I'd heard long ago that
it
> was
> > just a patched GP2, but this is even worse than I could have imagined.
> There's
> > still no replay! Not even that dinky 20 second thing!

> > Ugh... Anyway I had preordered GP3 from GameStreet in the UK, but went
> ahead
> > and cancelled it. Not worth the money. Maybe in the future when the
price
> hits
> > $10 or so a copy. My advice for you folks looking to step up from GP2
and
> don't
> > know if it's worth the money is check out the warez version first. It's
> from
> > CLASS so it may not necessarily be the final release version, but you
know
> it's
> > not far off. If, on the other hand, this is your first F1 game then it's
> > probably worth the money. It is a good game, just not the major version
> upgrade
> > everyone anticipated.

> > --
> > -----------------------------------
> > Morgan Vincent Wooten
> > GPLRank: +31.07

> > http://members.tripod.com/~morganv/
> > -----------------------------------

> There's
>>still no replay! Not even that dinky 20 second thing!

>>Ugh...

>think you'll find that's a beta version, check out the preview at
>gamespot, they played a handson version with a replay.

>wait for the final

>think you'll find that's a beta version, check out the preview at
>gamespot, they played a handson version with a replay.

>wait for the final

>> Crammond spent three (four?) years on this?! What the hell was he doing
>>with all that time?
>Imola, Brands Hatch, Dubai, O'Ring, half of Suzuka and several converters
><G>

> There's
>>still no replay! Not even that dinky 20 second thing!

>>Ugh...

>think you'll find that's a beta version, check out the preview at
>gamespot, they played a handson version with a replay.

>wait for the final

> It's got replay...same 20 secs. as before, same menus, keystrokes...

> On Sat, 22 Jul 2000 18:32:59 +0200, Rich

> > There's
> >>still no replay! Not even that dinky 20 second thing!

> >>Ugh...

> >think you'll find that's a beta version, check out the preview at
> >gamespot, they played a handson version with a replay.

> >wait for the final

> >Hey there badmouth the game all u want

> >BUT LEAVE THE AMIGA ALONE !!!!!

> ME TOO!!!! (the only all-caps post you'll *ever* see from me ;-)