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But maybe GPaL Version 1.1 will help soothe the pain...

A great sim is about to get even better! Announcing...

GPaL - "The Essential Companion to GPL"

...a single screen interface to Grand Prix Legends that will offer GPL enthusiasts the following features.

GPaL Features
  a.. Select Track, Mode, Car, and Driver from fast, easy, familiar dropdown lists. Tired of joining a race only to discover you're driving the wrong car, have the wrong setup, or are using the wrong driver?
  a.. Select car type (F1/2/3) from a dropdown without having to create a new driver and edit an INI file. Ready for some quick and easy, ultra-competitive Formula 3 action?
  a.. Select grid layouts from a dropdown. A little less starting grid mayhem perhaps with a less accident-inviting grid?
  a.. Select race distances of virtually any length at any level (Novice, Intermediate, Pro) using a slider. Drive 'til you drop at the level of your choice!
  a.. Select AI strength using a single slider and maintain a history of AI settings for training purposes (by car by track by driver). If you think
  you're too fast or too slow for the AI, you haven't tried GPaL!
  a.. Select the range of speeds of the AI using a slider. It's infinitely variable between the tightest of fields and the loosest of fields. Makes for incredible racing and the best training available anywhere if you create a tightly-bunched field at your current speed. If this won't teach you to concentrate, nothing will!
  a.. Select a car type for the entire AI field from a dropdown. Really test your mettle with single marque races with the now dialed-in AI.
  a.. Select user-defined graphic settings from a dropdown without having to change to a different driver or make changes to the GPL options screen. The end of menu-hopping and repetitive mouse-click injuries!
  a.. Select virtually every other option buried across the many, slow GPL screens from a single screen.
  a.. Enjoy all this and more...possibly as soon as the next 7-14 days!
Want a sneak preview of the screen? Take a look at www.RaceLive.com/GPaL/screenshot.htm and tell me what you think!

Soon it will be a lot easier and a lot faster to...See you on the track!

Jack Rambo

<snip>  Looks neat !!!

But just for your health and the health of r.a.s readers I changed the
subject by adding a letter. I just don't want people to fall above their
chair and get a hearth attack thinking that Papyrus released their 1.1 patch
"finally" after <g> only half a year   ;)

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WOW!  Three cheers for Jack, folks.

Jack, a question:  Am I right in thinking that the "graphics settings" option will require that one sets a graphics profile?

thanks,
David

  But maybe GPaL Version 1.1 will help soothe the pain...

  A great sim is about to get even better! Announcing...

  GPaL - "The Essential Companion to GPL"

  ...a single screen interface to Grand Prix Legends that will offer GPL enthusiasts the following features.

  GPaL Features
    a.. Select Track, Mode, Car, and Driver from fast, easy, familiar dropdown lists. Tired of joining a race only to discover you're driving the wrong car, have the wrong setup, or are using the wrong driver?
    a.. Select car type (F1/2/3) from a dropdown without having to create a new driver and edit an INI file. Ready for some quick and easy, ultra-competitive Formula 3 action?
    a.. Select grid layouts from a dropdown. A little less starting grid mayhem perhaps with a less accident-inviting grid?
    a.. Select race distances of virtually any length at any level (Novice, Intermediate, Pro) using a slider. Drive 'til you drop at the level of your choice!
    a.. Select AI strength using a single slider and maintain a history of AI settings for training purposes (by car by track by driver). If you think
    you're too fast or too slow for the AI, you haven't tried GPaL!
    a.. Select the range of speeds of the AI using a slider. It's infinitely variable between the tightest of fields and the loosest of fields. Makes for incredible racing and the best training available anywhere if you create a tightly-bunched field at your current speed. If this won't teach you to concentrate, nothing will!
    a.. Select a car type for the entire AI field from a dropdown. Really test your mettle with single marque races with the now dialed-in AI.
    a.. Select user-defined graphic settings from a dropdown without having to change to a different driver or make changes to the GPL options screen. The end of menu-hopping and repetitive mouse-click injuries!
    a.. Select virtually every other option buried across the many, slow GPL screens from a single screen.
    a.. Enjoy all this and more...possibly as soon as the next 7-14 days!
  Want a sneak preview of the screen? Take a look at www.RaceLive.com/GPaL/screenshot.htm and tell me what you think!

  Soon it will be a lot easier and a lot faster to...See you on the track!

  Jack Rambo

Jack, that is so cool, is it really about to happen??
Tony

:-)

-_Dave

that one sets a graphics profile?

Yes. You'll be able to create as many user-defined profiles as you like,
selecting the same graphics and sound options available in the GPL screens,
and then apply any profile you choose by simply selecting it from the
dropdown list. (e.g. "Standard Online", "Online with Reduced Graphics
Effects" to accommodate larger replay files perhaps, "Standard Offline",
"Training", "Replay Viewing", etc., etc.)

I particularly like the ability to have separate graphics settings for
replay viewing. It allows you to easily view a replay with all details and
features on and at maximum detail bias, even though the replay may have been
captured with many items disabled in order to achieve frame rate. Gives you
the ability to enjoy high quality replays easily and capture great screen
shots.

Thanks for your enthusiasm, David. Add a favorite/bookmark for
www.RaceLive.com/GPaL since I'm updating the preview page periodically and
would appreciate your continuing comments!

Jack Rambo

Well, if 7-14 days is "about to happen," then, yes, it's about to happen. :)

Jack Rambo

Tore

A good question and an issue that I happen to be working on at this very
moment. Expect to be able to set GPaL up so that it can launch and be
launched by Spy Boy. In other words, when you attempt to join a race from
Spy Boy, GPaL will jump in, allow you to confirm that your selections are
correct and/or make changes, and then launch GPL.

Jack Rambo

Looking forward for it

Jens

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