rec.autos.simulators

-DG-

I think that is what happened. I had to re-load the race because the
electrics failed and I was stuck in first gear. A back marker hit me and
slammed me into the wall. I couldn't go anywhere because I couldn't put
the car in reverse. It was annoying.

: Re: GP2

: > ... I don't like it that a lot of events in a race are
: >"pre-programmed" (You can go to a certain race a couple of times, and more
: >than likely the same car will have the same failure or accident on the
: >same lap that it had the previous races. I've gone to Canada a couple of
: >times, and I always got an electrical failure on lap 22.)

: This isn't true.  I compete in the Little Formula Racing Series
: (LFRS) and always run two to three practice races prior to running
: my actual race.  Each race on the same track has been VERY different -
: who wins the race, who wins pole, who has mechanical failure, etc.

: It IS determined, however, at the start of a particular GAME which
: cars will have mechanical failure.  So, for example, if you save
: a game after qualifying but prior to starting the actual race,
: then run the race and have an engine failure, if you restart
: the game from that save, you will still have engine failure on
: the same lap.  However, if you were to select "race again on the
: same circuit", restarting the entire event, it is highly unlikely
: that a car would experience the same failure.

: I suspect this is what you experienced (restarting a race from a save
: rather than restarting the entire event).  If not, it must have been
: a VERY rare coincidence.

: --
: ************************************************************************
: David A. Ewing                Interleaf - Boulder Lab

: ************************************************************************

The playstation uses dedicated 3D hardware graphics acceleration.  This
works well, but not nearly as well as 3D video cards can run on a PC.
There is no comparison.

I don't want to rekindle the PC/console debate (please...NO!!).  I just
am trying to clear up the information of television resolution in
comparison to PC resolution.  PC graphics can be much sharper (read:
higher resolution) and much faster (framerates) than is possible on the
playstation when using 3D accelerated video hardware.  This is simply
objective information.
--
Matt Lewis

..... If thats the

David,

you have all the right in the world NOT to like GP2. But stop lying: the game
can be played fluently in VGA with ALL details on (maybe some mirror textures
off, but that's something for the future) on a P100. In SVGA, it can be played
fluently on a level of detail that other sims call "maximum detail". Explain to
me how you can blame Crammond for putting in some extras to lengthen the sim's
life? On "the fastest hardware", you can get >20fps in SVGA with all but some
minor textures enabled. Don't whine about sky texture, because that's obviously
something for the future as well.

You know, your posts would be taken much more seriously if you just tried *a
little* to let reason prevail.

JH
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When everything else failed, we can still become im-
mortal by making an enormous blunder....

                             John Kenneth Galbraith
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.... and I don't like it that a lot of events in a race are

As with Gp1, every start of a race is unique. Only when you start several races
from the same saved game (of the START), you will get exactly the same events.

JH
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
When everything else failed, we can still become im-
mortal by making an enormous blunder....

                             John Kenneth Galbraith
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

This is not completely true. Check it: every indivual START OF A RACE is unique.
In other words: if you just restart from a game saved at the end of qualifying
or pre-race practice, you will have unique races.

JH
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
When everything else failed, we can still become im-
mortal by making an enormous blunder....

                             John Kenneth Galbraith
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

I think that Gp2 has the best VGA mode I have seen. It runs smoothly with
almost maximum details at several tracks, but it does get very slow at
places like Hungary and Monaca even with a lot of detail turned off. I
think it should get fun in about half a year to a year, though, when there
are faster computers and more people can afford P200's.

-David Gary-

You're right about that, but if you ever compared DD2 on the PC and
the PlayStation, you can't deny that the PlayStation version looks
much better (lightsourcing on the cars for example).
Now I never said that the TV has a higher resolution than a monitor.
My point was that in order to play games on a PC with the same sense
of speed (framerate) as on a PlayStation, you'll have to play it in
VGA, not SVGA, and thereby the resolution will be less than on a TV.

Filip Humble

Who owns a P200

No what you need to do next is buy a verite based video card. You already have
a bundle in your P200, go out and do yourself a favor and get the verite
board. Thank me later. It will be more like 30+ with all features on including
filtering.

Q.B.M.

This is a response to an older post.
The older post first:

An interesting perspective, considering both Next Generation and PC
Gamer are run by the same company, Imagine Publishing. "Also some of
these mags are owned by game companies." Imagine Publishing is hardly
owned by a game company. It's owned by its founder, Chris Anderson, who
before founding Imagine here in the US created Future Publishing in the
UK.

And since I sit right across the aisle from Next Generation, and I do a
lot of *** PC reviews for them, I can assure you, there is no
Great ***/Advertiser Influence, despite the many strange postings
on these newsgroups.

Jason Bates
PC Gamer

On Mon, 3 Feb 1997 10:07:28 +0000, Dave Bowers

We don't base our reviews on features that the game's publisher says
the game will have when it's released in retail channels. Too many
*** magazines (including PC Gamer, in earlier days) have been
burned by that.

Dan Bennett
Editor, PC Gamer

On Mon, 3 Feb 1997 10:07:28 +0000, Dave Bowers

Dan Bennett
Editor, PC Gamer

Thank you for replying to or concerns Mr Bennett.
Your response is much more "informative" than your employee Jason Bates "As
a matter of fact" "Mr bigshot" post. No offence meant Mr Bates but a person
in your position should expect some critisism and reply properly.
That said.. Why and who gave GP2 such a Overrated "IMO" rating.
95%, thats close to perfection. No computer made can run that thing
properly. Not to
mention all the bugs and lousy modem problems.
Then there is the issue of Microprose leaving it to die. "No updates" ever.
Perhaps you would consider bringing up the issue in your mag? You could
call it
"Microprose's lousy game and customer support".  Microprose sold well over
half a
million copies of that game and I bet most of those people are not real
happy with it.
You may also want to reply about the issue of so much advertising in your
mag.

Thank you for yor time.

Mr Bill.
A fake name and email Im a usin, cause viruses n bombs Im sick of gettin.

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An interesting perspective, considering both Next Generation and PC
Gamer are run by the same company, Imagine Publishing. "Also some of
these mags are owned by game companies." Imagine Publishing is hardly
owned by a game company. It's owned by its founder, Chris Anderson, who
before founding Imagine here in the US created Future Publishing in the
UK.

And since I sit right across the aisle from Next Generation, and I do a
lot of *** PC reviews for them, I can assure you, there is no
Great ***/Advertiser Influence, despite the many strange postings
on these newsgroups.

Jason Bates
PC Gamer
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