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The german magazin PC Player gives in its latest issue (4.96) the
following table on HW requirements for F1GP2 :

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                                                                        VGA           SVGA               VGA             SVGA
                                         (full detail)                  (full detail)    (most det. off) (most det. off)
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486    unplayable     unplayable        just playable   unplayable

P90    just playable     unplayable      playable       just playable

P120     playable      unplayable       well playable    well playable

P166   well playable   just playable   well playable   well playable

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where just playable means "not much fun at all..."

-- akis
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      Markus Morphine

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http://rphc1.physik.uni-regensburg.de:80/~scm04312/F1.html
http://rphc1.physik.uni-regensburg.de:80/~ait08097/F1GP.html
http://rphc1.physik.uni-regensburg.de:80/~scm04312/Frentzen.html

Hey , I read it too and I think that no Pentium 166 could handle the
SVGA graphics . Many other mags like PC Games have the same opinion !
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Und das h?tte so ein sch?nes Spiel werden k?nnen !(oh , sorry)
And that would have been such a nice game !

Ach ja... have you seen a playable demo anywhere ?

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BTW: I liked your F1 pages !

regards
--akis
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Yap.  I guess the HW requirements are the main reason for the delay.
Theyjust had to wait until the P120 came into the low end /private
customer area.

No, only the quicktime movie.

bis die Tage ....

--- akis

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Hi All,

Recently, there have been some questions (and rumors) regarding what type
and speed computer will be required to run Grand Prix II.

After discussing this issue with the test team in the UK, here are the
facts...

The VGA version should run reasonably well on a 486DX4/100. If you've got
a 120 pentium, you'll be able to get a good frame rate in SVGA, with full

textures and full mirror detail.
Also the game is fully customizable, so if there is a performance hit you
can turn off the textures on, say, verges, the sky, curbs or whatever. You

can also play the game at three detail levels.

So what does this mean? To get the very best out of the game, yes, you
will
need a powerful machine (which "future-proofs" the product, bearing in  
mind that we would like to add to, not change or upgrade, this game engine

for the next 2-3 years). However, anyone with a DX4 upwards will have a  
good game and get the full benefit of the graphics engine. We currently do

not regard this as an issue.

Regards,
Brian/Spectrum Holobyte-MicroProse
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Eldred Pickett

Hi Brian

I am about to replace my P60 with P166. Would you suggest me to wait a bit for
a even higher performance CPU in order to deliver the best possible result in
the GP2, or would you suggest me that P166 is good enough for GP2? I am
talking about FULL details and with the ADD-ONs that you mentioned above.

Regards

Chris

Looking forward to the GP2

As much as I want to believe this, excuse me. Take the 4/100 for VGA at
320x200.

A SVA game at 640x480 is nearly 5 times as demanding graphically
*alone*, and I can't believe a P120 is that much faster than a 4/100.

Anyone?

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MarkN

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