Hey Dave, I remember you taking me to task about two years ago for
suggesting that the EA ought to have the SBK team help out ISI with their
graphics engine.    :)

KFG

taking me to task about two years ago for
  Something to the effect, that although EA produces both titles, they are
NOT made by the same programmers so it would be almost impossible for such a
feat to occur.???
  I still feel that was a fairly accurate statement.  But I just wonder how
the ISI guys can junk three years of code and get it out the door in less
than a year.
  Of course as much CROW as I've been eating lately, maybe I'd better refill
the salt shaker..
dave henrie

I have GP3, Ubisoft's F1 Racing Championship (F1RC), and EA's F1
Championship Season 2000 (F1CS2K), and I would wholeheartedly
recommend F1CS2K as the closest thing to GPL in terms of modern F1
sims.  I have a Duron 750 with a GeForce256 card, and F1CS2K runs
fine, so use this as a benchmark for your possible performance.  Also,
check out the demo and see for yourself:

http://www.3dfiles.com/games/f1championshipseason2000.shtml

There is a TON of third-party support for F1CS2K, including a CART
conversion and a Trans Am conversion, and also an advanced physics
patch that I put together that really makes the physics come alive
(you can find that at the Blackhole Motorsports site, and I believe it
works fine with the demo).

The High Gear forum has a VERY active F1CS2K community, and there are
lots of helpful people there:

http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~hg/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=23

There is also an F1CS2K Rank site, much like the GPLRank:

http://f1cs2krank.dhs.org/

And also an active offline competition as well:

http://hem.spray.se/redeby/f1/offline.htm

Of the three current modern F1 sims, F1CS2K wins hands-down as far as
I'm concerned.

Enjoy!

-- JB

On Sun, 27 May 2001 09:14:54 -0500, "Tim Deatherage"

That might be a good idea!

;-)

-- JB

Cheers, David.
TopLoader.
Melbourne, Australia.

Cheers, David.
TopLoader.
Melbourne, Australia.

Well, they did that at Papyrus.  They probably were working on it before the
other releases.

--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.ymenard.com/
-- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez
Corporation - helping America into the New World...

GP3 has a lot going for it, but the graphics are dated, and the driving
model seems too forgiving compared to F12000 and F1RC.

I was one of the first here at r.a.s. to say F12000 was excellent. It does
many things well, but after F1RC, it doesn't hold up anymore. F12001 by EA
may be something special. In the meantime, F1RC is the way to go.

David G Fisher

Oh hihihih I always am in the need for humour ;-)

--
-- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.ymenard.com/
-- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez
Corporation - helping America into the New World...

| Yeah! Thom go Here:
| http://www.pcgameplay.co.uk/Previews/f12001/f12001.htm

I havn't bought a modern F1 sim since MGPRS. This one looks like it might be
worth my money.

KFG

Damn Fran?ois, whats wrong with you?? Its 1000% true F1RC2.. hahaha

| > "David G Fisher" tried to write:
| > A patch is to be released soon

| Oh hihihih I always am in the need for humour ;-)
| --
| -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard>
| -- May the Downforce be with you...
| -- http://www.ymenard.com/
| -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez
| Corporation - helping America into the New World...

| Now THAT looks nice! ISI has always been held back by the graphics engine
| that they inherited with the SCGT project. It was, and is, horrible.
|
| I havn't bought a modern F1 sim since MGPRS. This one looks like it might
be
| worth my money.
| KFG

--

Ah, but can you count to 21 without taking your clothes off?  : )

KFG