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by **S. Ah-He** » Wed, 04 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Well.. after playing Mona***Grand Prix Racing 2,, I was longing for a GOOD
F1 sim. GP3... too far away. So, I decided to tempt my chance and install
GP2 with Win98. My God! the thing works! I have a Logitech USB sterring, a
SB Live, and a Guillemot TNT2. Wow I didn't have to configure anything! The
only prob I had was that I had to run the pedals combined. GP2 recongnized
my steering, and my sound card... I guess Win98 does a great job at
supporting old software. If it only could support new software as well:)

Back to GP2! What a great game. I get a better sense of speed in this game.
I can tell when I am at the limit of braking....It is not 3d accelerated,
but it works like a wonder. I remember getting this for my Pentium
90...wow.. this things is much smoother on a PII 450!

by **Tony L** » Thu, 05 Aug 1999 04:00:00

I just bought a run-out Thrustmaster T2. I also found my
copy of GP2. OH MY GOD!!! Look what 464Mhz and > 1,200 MIPS
does for GP2! The car is 100% alive and absolutely WILD!

I was never ever satisfied with the way that the cars
drove in GP2, not even on p133-p166's. They felt a
bit ponderous. Jeez, now with well over 25.6 fps,
it's a different story. It shites all over F1RS IMO.
Try a few tightly strung together twisting corners like
Flinders Street on Adelaide (fantastic track that all
Australian fans call home).... absolute nirvana.

T.

by **Rob Swindel** » Thu, 05 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Tut, tut... you guys! How could you ever doubt this stupendous game?

:))

Rob Swindells
3rd equal in Goldline Bearing FFord Championship (18 Points);
9 points behind Championship Leader (as of round 4 of 6)
"If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than any time
before." ~Martin Brundle

by **Bruce Kennewel** » Thu, 05 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Tony, I am having trouble getting GP2 to actually run on my PII450, W98, V2,
128Mb.
It appears to install okay but I just can't get into the game, either
through DOS, W98 or a DOS window.
I never had a moments problem on my "old" system (p166, SVGA card, 32Mb).
Any tips, as I'd like to re-experince the best "contemporary" F1 sim?

> I just bought a run-out Thrustmaster T2. I also found my
> copy of GP2. OH MY GOD!!! Look what 464Mhz and > 1,200 MIPS
> does for GP2! The car is 100% alive and absolutely WILD!

> I was never ever satisfied with the way that the cars
> drove in GP2, not even on p133-p166's. They felt a
> bit ponderous. Jeez, now with well over 25.6 fps,
> it's a different story. It shites all over F1RS IMO.
> Try a few tightly strung together twisting corners like
> Flinders Street on Adelaide (fantastic track that all
> Australian fans call home).... absolute nirvana.

> T.

by **Chris Squie** » Thu, 05 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Ok, anyone know where I can buy a copy??? I have looked at computer shows
and such with no luck.

...been listening to these praises for almost 2yrs now.

Chris

by **Alan Gauto** » Thu, 05 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> Ok, anyone know where I can buy a copy??? I have looked at computer shows
> and such with no luck.

> ...been listening to these praises for almost 2yrs now.

> Chris

> >Tut, tut... you guys! How could you ever doubt this stupendous game?

It's just been re-re-released in the UK - try looking at the hasbro web
site, or see if you can get it on import from one of the UK companies.

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by **Kirk Lan** » Thu, 05 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Maybe the fact that although it runs fast (most of the time) I can still get

lower during the race???? :)

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by **Chri** » Thu, 05 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Go to the game icon and click the following:

-Properties
-Program
-Advanced
-Enable "Prevent DOS Programs from seeing Windows"

Worked for me. Hopefully for you too.

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by **Simon Goodwi** » Thu, 05 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Dusted off? Except for short excursions on NFS, Toca 1+2, Viper, Indycar,
Nascar, etc. etc. I ALWAYS return to this game. You can keep your VooDooX or TNT
nonsense, this is simply the best racing game ever made (of course, I'm still
waiting for my copy of GPL to arrive in the mail). I just wish they would spend
less time doing lens flare and more time improving the sims.. how about all
flags (and in context), safety car, dynamic team orders (changing as
championship develops), better overall AI, etc. I sure hope all these things
turn up in GP3!!

Simon Goodwin

> Well.. after playing Mona***Grand Prix Racing 2,, I was longing for a GOOD
> F1 sim. GP3... too far away. So, I decided to tempt my chance and install
> GP2 with Win98. My God! the thing works! I have a Logitech USB sterring, a
> SB Live, and a Guillemot TNT2. Wow I didn't have to configure anything! The
> only prob I had was that I had to run the pedals combined. GP2 recongnized
> my steering, and my sound card... I guess Win98 does a great job at
> supporting old software. If it only could support new software as well:)

> Back to GP2! What a great game. I get a better sense of speed in this game.
> I can tell when I am at the limit of braking....It is not 3d accelerated,
> but it works like a wonder. I remember getting this for my Pentium
> 90...wow.. this things is much smoother on a PII 450!

by **Chri** » Thu, 05 Aug 1999 04:00:00

I still play GP2 as well. The game is just phenomenal. Lately I have been
playing alot of GPL, but I always return to GP2. Check out Grandprix2.com for
updated carsets and teams and stuff. Makes the game even better.
Chris

by **Ruud** » Thu, 05 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> Dusted off? Except for short excursions on NFS, Toca 1+2, Viper, Indycar,
> Nascar, etc. etc. I ALWAYS return to this game. You can keep your VooDooX or TNT
> nonsense, this is simply the best racing game ever made (of course, I'm still
> waiting for my copy of GPL to arrive in the mail). I just wish they would spend
> less time doing lens flare and more time improving the sims.. how about all
> flags (and in context), safety car, dynamic team orders (changing as
> championship develops), better overall AI, etc. I sure hope all these things
> turn up in GP3!!

> Simon Goodwin

I totally agree with you on this!!!!
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by Jo » Thu, 05 Aug 1999 04:00:00

>Tut, tut... you guys! How could you ever doubt this stupendous game?

>:))

Um, because there wasn't a computer that could run it decently until
three years after it's release? Was that a trick question? ;-)

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by **Bruce Kennewel** » Fri, 06 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a go and see what happens!

by **Steve Ferguso** » Fri, 06 Aug 1999 04:00:00

: Um, because there wasn't a computer that could run it decently until
: three years after it's release? Was that a trick question? ;-)

Actually, I see it the other way... it keeps getting better each year,
adding to its value. I started in VGA, no textures in 1996 on a DX2,
moved to SVGA, no textures in 1997 on a P133 notebook, then to SVGA, most
textures in 1998. Each year a new game!

:)

Stephen

by **Toni Lassi** » Fri, 06 Aug 1999 04:00:00

>Maybe the fact that although it runs fast (most of the time) I can still get

>lower during the race???? :)

Dump the sky. There's a bug.

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