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Gran Turismo 2 announced

Larr

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Larr » Thu, 18 Feb 1999 04:00:00

Everyone Duck!!!

:)

-Larry


> I must
> admit the graphics are nice and the game play is neat. But I still
> think that after 2 weeks at GPL, GT is a better game over-all.

Paul Jone

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Paul Jone » Thu, 18 Feb 1999 04:00:00


>  I feel for
> you parents that paid for your education.

Don't you mean "I feel for your parents WHO paid for your education".
Sorry, couldn't help pick up on this one with the inherent contradiction.
:-)

You should shop around a bit. You can get a machine pretty close to top of
the range that will play GPL at 36 fps for half this. Try a 400MHz Celeron
(*** cheap in the current price war), dual Voodoo2 etc. For an extra
few quid you can get a modem and play online.

Oooo, temper, temper.

Cheers,
Paul

Paul Jone

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Paul Jone » Thu, 18 Feb 1999 04:00:00


> GPL never crashed on my system, except that freeze on startup which was
> easily fixed.

I get lock up at the startup screen occasionally. How do you fix it? I have
to kill GPL and start it up again and sometimes I have to reboot. I'd love
to know the answer to this.

Cheers,
Paul

Ronald Stoe

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Ronald Stoe » Thu, 18 Feb 1999 04:00:00


snip

> I swear you people are way too serious about this shit. You forget its
> just a game, and its just one person's opinion. You need to get uo
> from the computer and go out and play with the other kids for a while.

Yeah, that's the exact line I always tell people when they tell me about
their hobby, e.g. stamp collecting, watching soccer matches, whatever.

"Hey, you take that serious? Get a life!" End of discussion.

l8er
ronny

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Remco Moe

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Remco Moe » Fri, 19 Feb 1999 04:00:00


>What backwards school did you not graduate from. According to your
>formula you would buy a new Playstation and game every week. It should
>be (129+40)/52= 3.25. This doesn't take in account that fact that you
>can rent games for a buck a day in most places.  If you played GPL for
>a year (1700+40+40)/52 = 32.23 per week that you played. I feel for
>you parents that paid for your education.

Hehe Marvin, guess you didn't get it. Go to the part of 2 weeks
attention span. Then do the math again, it will make sense.

Remco

Larr

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Larr » Fri, 19 Feb 1999 04:00:00

Anyone here ever do Radio Controlled Helicopters?

Folks, this ain't _squat_ compared to that hobby :)

-Larry



> snip

> > I swear you people are way too serious about this shit. You forget its
> > just a game, and its just one person's opinion. You need to get uo
> > from the computer and go out and play with the other kids for a while.

> Yeah, that's the exact line I always tell people when they tell me about
> their hobby, e.g. stamp collecting, watching soccer matches, whatever.

> "Hey, you take that serious? Get a life!" End of discussion.

> l8er
> ronny

> --
> How to get rid of censorship in German game releases
> <http://www.gamesmania.com/german/maniac/freedom/freedom.htm>

>           |\      _,,,---,,_        I want to die like my Grandfather,
>    ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_              in his sleep.
>         |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'     Not like the people in his car,
>        '---''(_/--'  `-'\_)            screaming their heads off!

Paul Jone

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Paul Jone » Fri, 19 Feb 1999 04:00:00


> Anyone here ever do Radio Controlled Helicopters?

> Folks, this ain't _squat_ compared to that hobby :)

I've watched those things - they look like flying rotary mowers, without the
safety casing - I wouldn't like to take my kids into the park if someone were
flying one of those,
Cheers,
Paul
Ronald Stoe

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Ronald Stoe » Fri, 19 Feb 1999 04:00:00



> > GPL never crashed on my system, except that freeze on startup which was
> > easily fixed.

> I get lock up at the startup screen occasionally. How do you fix it? I have
> to kill GPL and start it up again and sometimes I have to reboot. I'd love
> to know the answer to this.

Although I'm now reading news offline (thanks, Linus! ;^) I'm still in the
<type replys quick> mode... The freeze I experienced was NOT fixed easily.
After several reboots I thought: Hmm, this thing always jumps to the joystick
calibration and the MOUSE don't move no more. I removed the Logitech MouseWare
drivers and, voila, no freeze anymore. So the Glide drivers were not the problem
like for some others, it was those damn rodent drivers...

l8er
ronny

--
How to get rid of censorship in German game releases
<http://www.gamesmania.com/german/maniac/freedom/freedom.htm>

          |\      _,,,---,,_        I want to die like my Grandfather,
   ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_              in his sleep.
        |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'     Not like the people in his car,
       '---''(_/--'  `-'\_)            screaming their heads off!

Larr

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Larr » Fri, 19 Feb 1999 04:00:00

Radio Controlled Helicopters are, without a doubt, one of the most
dangerous hobbies one can undertake.

However, you will also find RC Helicopter builders/flyers some of the
most safety concious people you will ever meet.  I have never met one
yet that did not fully understand what they were involved in, the
dangers involved, and the safety proceedures to be adheered to.

Be stupid, and you will be immediately kicked off the flying field.
There is zero acceptance of idiocy in that hobby at established flying
sites.

These are incredibly difficult machines to fly, and like GPL, you
develop a great sense of accomplishment and pride when you get good at
it.

It is not a hobby for the weak of heart or weak of dollar.  They are
expensive, and you _will_ break them and have to rebuild them.

Nothing beats the satisfaction gained after mastering the Nose-In Hover,
the most difficult manuever there is in RC flying :)

-Larry


> I've watched those things - they look like flying rotary mowers, without the
> safety casing - I wouldn't like to take my kids into the park if someone were
> flying one of those,
> Cheers,
> Paul

Zonk

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Zonk » Sat, 20 Feb 1999 04:00:00



>> Anyone here ever do Radio Controlled Helicopters?

>> Folks, this ain't _squat_ compared to that hobby :)

>I've watched those things - they look like flying rotary mowers, without the
>safety casing - I wouldn't like to take my kids into the park if someone were
>flying one of those,
>Cheers,
>Paul

Look out for RC Stunt Copter  http://www.stuntcopter.com

By Shiny.

Dave Perry (the creative 'genius' behind Shiny) is something of a freak on  RC
Copters, and has has put this game together for PSX. (the dual shock/analog
controllers are apparently perfectly close to real RC Controls...)

I played it at ECTS last year... it's well er.... Challenging 8)

Z.

Larr

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Larr » Sat, 20 Feb 1999 04:00:00

Then it's realistic :)

-Larry


> I played it at ECTS last year... it's well er.... Challenging 8)

Zonk

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Zonk » Sat, 20 Feb 1999 04:00:00


>Then it's realistic :)

>-Larry


>> I played it at ECTS last year... it's well er.... Challenging 8)

Well, strangely enough in the demo... you have to hit a target... on the side
of a barn.

hehe

Well, they say it can;t be hard to hit the side of a barn... but well :P

it seems small, quick corrections are the way to fly the thing, but i
recommend it without hesitation.

Z.

Derek Jol

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Derek Jol » Sat, 20 Feb 1999 04:00:00

Zonker wrote this.  Honest guv!



>>Then it's realistic :)

>>-Larry


>>> I played it at ECTS last year... it's well er.... Challenging 8)

>Well, strangely enough in the demo... you have to hit a target... on the side
>of a barn.

>hehe

>Well, they say it can;t be hard to hit the side of a barn... but well :P

>it seems small, quick corrections are the way to fly the thing, but i
>recommend it without hesitation.

Slightly safer and cheaper than the real thing as well.  I'm looking
forward immensely to this.
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Larr

Gran Turismo 2 announced

by Larr » Tue, 23 Feb 1999 04:00:00

I hit the back window of a Camper Shell once :)

-Larry


> Well, strangely enough in the demo... you have to hit a target... on the side
> of a barn.

> hehe

> Well, they say it can;t be hard to hit the side of a barn... but well :P

> it seems small, quick corrections are the way to fly the thing, but i
> recommend it without hesitation.

> Z.


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