And - after hearing so much about GPL, I downloaded the demo but it won't
run. Any ideas?
P3-450
Diamond Viper V550
64RAM
SB live
22gig.
Cable.
LWFF wheel.
I seem to have no problems with any other games, but GPL is not happening.
Thanks.
FYI, I didn't see anything in your system specs that would be a
problem...but then I seem to recall some discussions about the Diamond Viper
card...
-Todd
> And - after hearing so much about GPL, I downloaded the demo but it won't
> run. Any ideas?
> P3-450
> Diamond Viper V550
> 64RAM
> SB live
> 22gig.
> Cable.
> LWFF wheel.
> I seem to have no problems with any other games, but GPL is not happening.
> Thanks.
> And - after hearing so much about GPL, I downloaded the demo but it won't
> run. Any ideas?
> P3-450
> Diamond Viper V550
> 64RAM
> SB live
> 22gig.
> Cable.
> LWFF wheel.
> I seem to have no problems with any other games, but GPL is not happening.
> Thanks.
This is your problem - the demo will not run in openGL mode. You
should still be able to run in software, but software mode is pathetic
really. If you get the full version, the openGL patch will allow you
to run. A few tweaks, and you should have max fps no troubles. Well
worth a purchase - there has never been another sim as realistic as
GPL. Tough, but rewarding racing.
Rafe Mc
>And - after hearing so much about GPL, I downloaded the demo but it won't
>run. Any ideas?
I bought GPL a couple weeks back at a much lower price. It was the
best $15US I ever spent. This game is just incredible.
btw I bought mine from www.dragon.ca . They have a pretty good US
exchange.
>And - after hearing so much about GPL, I downloaded the demo but it won't
>run. Any ideas?
>P3-450
>Diamond Viper V550
>64RAM
>SB live
>22gig.
>Cable.
>LWFF wheel.
>I seem to have no problems with any other games, but GPL is not happening.
>Thanks.
>>I've spoken to a reliable source that says ISI/EA Sports' F1 2000 will
>>smoke GPL. This is coming from a person who considered GPL to be
>>the pinnacle of sims. Can't wait for 3/25/00...
>That will be the day... when EA sports makes a half decent racing sim.
>FWIW EA doesn't make sims.. they make games.
Remember in the end, if EA say make crap, ISI is pretty much obligated
to attempt to produce said crap. There have been a few instances where
producers and developers have gone separate ways because of design
choices, but this doesn't seem to be a problem with ISI. This will be
the 2nd program they have produced for EA so they 'should' know at least
how EA operates and what the big boys are looking for. Conversely, EA
knows that ISI produces a pretty good product so they will probably not
try to influence their coding toooo much.(hopefully!)
dave henrie
ps. many marketeers have proclaimed in the last year that their new
product was a gpl beater. To date...I don't think we have seen one
program that does indeed surpass gpl as a sim. So until F12k or GP3 or
any other sim has been released, reviewed and disected, we all should
hesitate from proclaiming the next king. When that day comes and the
king is finally toppled from the throne, then we can shout til we are
hoarse.
> >>I've spoken to a reliable source that says ISI/EA Sports' F1 2000 will
> >>smoke GPL. This is coming from a person who considered GPL to be
> >>the pinnacle of sims. Can't wait for 3/25/00...
> >That will be the day... when EA sports makes a half decent racing sim.
> >FWIW EA doesn't make sims.. they make games.
> Some people are so dense. Dude, EA is just the publisher of this
> upcoming F1 sim, they had nothing to do with making it. ISI is just
> using EA's name to get the game into people's hands. Now if EA had
> made it, like they did Nascar Revolution, then I'd know even without
> seeing it that it would be a joke of a racing game. ISI employed a
> couple people from Crammond's Grand Prix 2 team to help out.
: In this case, they don't make anything. They just "produce" it. It is made
: by the same people who made SCGT.
Funny, EA studios in Canada made the original NFS, which was quite nice at
the time (perhaps it was due to the link with Road & Track). It happens I
am reading a book at the moment called "No Logos" all about the global
branding phenomenom, where companies are moving towards selling a brand
(EA Sports) rather than concentrating on the products. Now, ISI is no
Malaysian sweatshop stitching together $200 buck Nikes for a dollar a day,
so I won't be so bold to draw a direct link, but it's a trend that is hard
to ignore. Sierra contracts Papyrus to produce their premier racing
sims. papyrus in turn gets some (presumably cheap) Russian artists on
board to cut their production costs. It's interesting how fast it has
happened in the games industry - I remember when Electronic Arts was a
little shop making games for Apple IIs.
Um... what was my point? None, really.
Stephen
