> > So...... List your questions here and I will endevour to make a list
to
> > ask them on Saturday (now Thursday night).
> Here's a few:
> Did you notice if it was based on the fixed framerate/slo-mo thing that
really
> killed of any sence of speed in GP2 at a low spec system ?
Hmm.. similar to GP2... but I still thought it was very good...
No driver arms.. but you can turn on or off the wheel movement...
Not sure...
> > 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.
Not sure
> --
> Cheers,
> Robin Lord - Trance DJ & Sim Racer.
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> Nrburgring and Grand Prix Legends
> | 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.
> |
> |
> Good, that's the way to approach customers ;)
> The only question that interest me is "Why do you have an elitist approach
> over internet multiplayer racing? It has already been established with
> Papyrus racing simulations that online racing with 20drivers is possible
> without any big latency or warping. I mean.. you guys have worked since
GP2
> is out, yet the advancement in this sim looks like it's going to be GP2
with
> 3d graphics. Quite small for 4years of development".
1. The GP3 guys don't believe that you can race on a DUN connection.
They believe that cable is good.. but not everyone has it.. They obviously
haven't seen GPL :-)
2. Licensing.. they can't use it with their current licence
You back off.. you slow down :-)
They have worked on the AI a lot.. they say it is "much more human" :-)
> >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.
> >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
> Cheers James, here's a couple then:
> Will dirty air be simulated through the corners so that you have to back
> off if you get too close to the car ahead otherwise the car starts to
> wash out?
Not sure....
The controller screen is IDENTICAL to GP2.. so it is VERY customisable
etc....
Geoff Crammonds brother in law is the only beta test driver... he uses a
hand held steering wheel (held in one hand and steered with the other!!!)
I speak for myself and myself only.
James Pickard
Melbourne
Thanks for the consideration, but no...
?!?
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-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.WeRace.net
-- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.
I guess it is possible
> > Thanks James,
> > 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
> > ========================================
> >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
> Got another one for ya:
> The qualifying lapcharts screen in GP2 was way to small, only showing 6
> drivers with their best laptime and position. Has this been improved
> at all, adding such touches as, a flag showing who's on track, what
> their split-times are etc. Basically allowing for more info to be
> displayed on it.
