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> "Who is the more foolish?  The fool, or the fool who follows him?" -
> Obi-Wan Kenobi

> Go #43 and #44!

> volksy (at) yahoo (dot) com

> > > Will your race be over when you end up on your roll-bar?
> > I'd love to know ho you expcet to continue after that?  :-)

> Jan.
> ----


> > <Snip>
> > Beat that GPL!!!

> Go ahead.. and make my day!?

>> Does it simulate engine braking?

>> Are the tracks cambered?

>You back off.. you slow down  :-)

> hope you'll be able to forward some of these "not sure's" later this
> weekend.

> When you answer "possibly..", does that mean that you asked it and it
> was not yet decided by the developers to put it in or not?

> Some remarks...

> On Sat, 11 Mar 2000 01:05:36 +1100, "James Pickard"

> >> - can you disable the movement of the on-screen steeringwheel?

> >YES!!!.. and this is a big thing.. they will enable you to do that..
> >(whew..  :-)

> Now this is a big YES!!!  :-)

> >> - what happens when (front)tires are punctured. Can you spot it from
> >> within the***pit?

> >Possibly..  The tires are modelled in terms of Pressures.. and
temperatures
> >(not modelled in GP2)

> So this is in telemetry now also?

> >> - more details regarding the annual updates that are planned?

> >The plan to release GP4 next year.. and GP5 the year after.. they WILL be
> >releasing a year 2000 patch later on...

> Ok, but WHAT will they consist of? Changes to the core (warmup lap if
> not in GP3, pacecar, still improved AI...) or only cosmetical things
> like new carshape, textures and tracks?

> >> - IMPORTANT! what about the internals of the graphics engine. DOes it
> >> still allow "slow motion", when the processor tries to calculate the
> >> number of fps you ask but is not fast enough to render them in time?
> >> Instead of skipping frames, that is. This was THE biggest problem with
> >> GP2.

> >There were some slow downs in the Alpha build.. but they will most likely
> >iron those out...

> Slowdown due to no frame skipping????

> >> - is the LAN option based on TCP/IP or IPX?? (might be possible to
> >> hack TCP/IP to enable Internet play???)

> >IPX only....

> <grmbl>   :-(

> If They read this: why not just put TCP/IP in it, officially
> "restricted" to local networks, but quite easy to hack around?  :-)

> >>  What do you mean "I saw the file
> >> structure"? Could you look into the files and notice that they were
> >> structured the same as the GP2 files, for example not encrypted???
> >> Talking about the trackfiles and textures for example.

> >I mean that I saw the Win98 Explorer and it looked like the GP2 files
with
> >an f1gamestat.sav  etc..

> >Not necessarily a bad thing...

> But it doesn't really tell us a lot either...

> >> - What are thei feelings regarding the GP2-editing scene on the Net?
> >> Are they even aware of it?

> >They are VERY aware of it..  they do read RAS!!  and they do read teh
> >Grandprix3.com forums....

> Is this good or is this bad?

> HI GUYS!! LOVE YOU ALL!!  ;-)

> If you need someone to betatest keyboard (Norman seems only using his
> handheld steeringwheel  :-)  ) Please contact me via
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/'ll send you a
> postcard <G>

> JoH

> ========================================
> Jo Helsen    EDP Operations BF Belgium

> ========================================

> > KEEP THOSE QUESTIONS COMING!!

> > James Pickard

> > ==============================================
> > These are what I have discovered by talking to the Producer and
Technical
> > Director.  They are NOT my opinions as expressed by myself, Hyper
Stimulator
> > International nor Hasbro and the GP3 Production team.  They are
unbiased.

> > They are purely the facts as I have recieved them from the GP3
Producers..
> > and what I have driven and seen.

> OK, here goes:

> - How is the tyre model, does it transition as abruptly from the
> slightly slipping to fully sliding as it did in GP2, making slides
> almost uncatchable, can the car slip angles be better felt? Is the slip
> ratio also modelled, as in, you guessed it GPL, where the revs drop
> almost instantly when you release the throttle due to this effect?

> JoH

> ========================================
> Jo Helsen    EDP Operations BF Belgium

> ========================================

> > Hi guys...

> > I was the first person at the Grand Prix to drive GP3  (of which I am
> > suitably impressed).

> > I work for Hyper Stimulator and can get in contact with the GP3
designers
> > from Hasbo who are down here.  I had a long and extensive chat to Nick
> Court
> > (Producer of GP3) about as much as I could think of.  I'm not going to
> list
> > it all, because there is too much and I would probably forget most of
it.

> > But, I will be able to answer any questions you may have about GP3....

> > And if I don't know, I will ask the Producer and the Head Technical
> Director
> > from Hasbro directly.

> > So......   List your questions here and I will endevour to make a list
to
> > ask them on Saturday (now Thursday night).

> > Look forward to them.....

> > James Pickard

> > ================================================
> > All opinions are my own and only my own.
> > I speak for myself.

> My two cents/questions

> Cheers
> Datoner

> > Hi guys...

> > I was the first person at the Grand Prix to drive GP3  (of which I am
> > suitably impressed).

> > I work for Hyper Stimulator and can get in contact with the GP3
designers
> > from Hasbo who are down here.  I had a long and extensive chat to Nick
> Court
> > (Producer of GP3) about as much as I could think of.  I'm not going to
> list
> > it all, because there is too much and I would probably forget most of
it.

> > But, I will be able to answer any questions you may have about GP3....

> > And if I don't know, I will ask the Producer and the Head Technical
> Director
> > from Hasbro directly.

> > So......   List your questions here and I will endevour to make a list
to
> > ask them on Saturday (now Thursday night).

> > Look forward to them.....

> > James Pickard

> > ================================================
> > All opinions are my own and only my own.
> > I speak for myself.