I read an email from a fellow in France stating that F1RS is extremely
hardware instensive. He had a P133 with 3dfx and said it was unplayably
slow. Any other users care to comment on how well it runs on thier
systems?
dave henrie
Washington State University. (it's not the end of the Earth, but you
can see it from there!)
P133, Monster 3D (3Dfx), 64 MB of RAM. It runs very smooth with most
or all detail turned on, except when there are a bunch of cars in
front of you.
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>> I read an email from a fellow in France stating that F1RS is extremely
>>hardware instensive. He had a P133 with 3dfx and said it was unplayably
>>slow. Any other users care to comment on how well it runs on thier
>>systems?
>P133, Monster 3D (3Dfx), 64 MB of RAM. It runs very smooth with most
>or all detail turned on, except when there are a bunch of cars in
>front of you.
Clark
Cyrix 6x86MX 233 with Monster 3d overclocked to 61 Mhz:
Smooth when alone on the track, jerky at race start, in fact it is
impossible to drive in traffic. Don't run F1RS on Cyrix, I hear AMD K6 isn't
much better.
Borut
>> I read an email from a fellow in France stating that F1RS is extremely
>>hardware instensive. He had a P133 with 3dfx and said it was unplayably
>>slow. Any other users care to comment on how well it runs on thier
>>systems?
>P133, Monster 3D (3Dfx), 64 MB of RAM. It runs very smooth with most
>or all detail turned on, except when there are a bunch of cars in
>front of you.
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Hmm the games speed is not the question
it's the playability which is lacking and the graphics are terrible
the backgrounds are appalling, in 3dfx mode it simply glazes the
hideous pixels with a foggy mess, the sound is terrible too
it sounds like two bees in a jar.
The menus are appalling, the steering is unsensitive, the AI is
totally unrealistic, the worst thing though is the colour palette used
in the game all the colours are far too deep, it does not look natural
at all considering the palette available, 6500 colours the programmers have
been
a bit shallow.
It seems in this newsgroup that far too many people prop up this program as
the
bees knees and far better than anything available, but that's just so
untrue.
I remember the fuss around the release of gp2, I used to check this news
group for
news of any demos or release dates etc, it was quite exiting and when gp2
came out I think most
people were quite rightly impressed.
Americans post this group quite regularly checking to see when the program
will be released in
their country,..its quite sad because every store in my town seems too have
a copy of the
godforsaken game.
I am not afraid to put my hand up and say that I purchased a bum game, I buy
many games and
have tried to like this one thinking it must be me!!, but all my pals are in
agreement and we thrash the shit
out of racing sims all the time. Unless UBISOFT release another version of
this program then my opinion will
continue to drop.
Hope that may help in your quest for the truth.
Save up your money and wait for gp3 or better still get psygnosis f1
may not be a simulator but looks better and is a lot more fun than f1rs.
Regards Paul Knox.
>>> I read an email from a fellow in France stating that F1RS is extremely
>>>hardware instensive. He had a P133 with 3dfx and said it was unplayably
>>>slow. Any other users care to comment on how well it runs on thier
>>>systems?
>>P133, Monster 3D (3Dfx), 64 MB of RAM. It runs very smooth with most
>>or all detail turned on, except when there are a bunch of cars in
>>front of you.
>It's all relative to what you're used to....
>Clark
Intel 233MMX, TX Chipset mobo, Matrox Millenium, Righteous 3D, 64Mb EDO -
Runs perfectly at all times. Don't experience the slowdowns when things are
busy.
If only the game were any good, I'd be in heaven.
***menus, poor physics model, appalling AI, sounds like ATARI "Pole
Position" arcade game of the 80's.
That's another 29.99 UKP down the pan....
<PLEADING>
Mr Crammond, please, please please please please please please release a
3DFX version of GP !
</PLEADING>
Cheers, Mike.
Mike,
Which sim are you playing? I think the physics model is pretty good, and
the AI is among the best I've seen. The AI cars drive like other people,
they don't just run round oblivious to your presence.
Steve.
I'm running P-II 266mhz on LX chipset, with 64mb 10ns SDRAM, Matrox
Millenium, Diamond Monster 3DFX, Seagate Barracuda SCSI drives, old
SoundBlaster 16 card. Game plays perfect for me. I love it. Everyone has
compained about AI being terrible, or other things not being so good, but
maybe I'm lucky, the game runs great for me. Yes, the AI may need a little
work, as I can outrun them after a few laps of practice, but I love the
graphics and just about every other part of the game.
I've shelved GP2 for now.......maybe GP3 (if it ever comes out, and if it
does, it better have native 3DFX support!) will have a chance at topping
F1RS.
Craig Marcho
http://www.cmpu.net/public/marcho/
On Sun, 4 Jan 1998 01:44:18 -0000, "Paul Knox"
On Sun, 4 Jan 1998 08:48:30 -0000, "Mike Fisher"
>Intel 233MMX, TX Chipset mobo, Matrox Millenium, Righteous 3D, 64Mb EDO -
>Runs perfectly at all times. Don't experience the slowdowns when things are
>busy.
>If only the game were any good, I'd be in heaven.
>***menus, poor physics model, appalling AI, sounds like ATARI "Pole
>Position" arcade game of the 80's.
lots of unqualified drivel snipped
You're very sure about your subjective oppinion being the truth,
aren't you?
Well, your suggestion to buy the toy game by psygnosis actually
disqualifies
you to judge F1RS.
l8er
ronny
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> > I read an email from a fellow in France stating that F1RS is extremely
> >hardware instensive. He had a P133 with 3dfx and said it was unplayably
> >slow. Any other users care to comment on how well it runs on thier
> >systems?
> Dave,
> Intel 233MMX, TX Chipset mobo, Matrox Millenium, Righteous 3D, 64Mb EDO -
> Runs perfectly at all times. Don't experience the slowdowns when things are
> busy.
> If only the game were any good, I'd be in heaven.
> ***menus, poor physics model, appalling AI, sounds like ATARI "Pole
> Position" arcade game of the 80's.
> That's another 29.99 UKP down the pan....
l8er
ronny
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|,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car,
'---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!
>>Save up your money and wait for gp3 or better still get psygnosis f1
>>may not be a simulator but looks better and is a lot more fun than f1rs.
>>Regards Paul Knox.
>Have you actually played both F1RS and Psygnosis' F1?
>I have both and F1RS is so much better itsnot even funny.
>Psygnosis isnt even an arcade game, its easier than an arcade game!
>As for F1RS having ***graphics, maybe you should get your eyes
>checked...
>F1 RS kicks any other F1 game released to date
Marc.
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Beg your pardon ronny old chap!!
he asked for an opinion and i gave him mine!
Of course i was incredibly drunk!.
>lots of unqualified drivel snipped
>> Hope that may help in your quest for the truth.
>You're very sure about your subjective oppinion being the truth,
>aren't you?
>> Save up your money and wait for gp3 or better still get psygnosis f1
>> may not be a simulator but looks better and is a lot more fun than f1rs.
>Well, your suggestion to buy the toy game by psygnosis actually
>disqualifies
>you to judge F1RS.
>> Regards Paul Knox.
>l8er
>ronny
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> |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather,
> ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep.
> |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car,
> '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!
Come on Nathan the graphics are bad
and the sound is bad
and it handles bad.
What's left to stimulate the simulator?.
My eyesight is perfect by the way maybe i need a new monitor?..a special one
like yours!.
>>Save up your money and wait for gp3 or better still get psygnosis f1
>>may not be a simulator but looks better and is a lot more fun than f1rs.
>>Regards Paul Knox.
>Have you actually played both F1RS and Psygnosis' F1?
>I have both and F1RS is so much better itsnot even funny.
>Psygnosis isnt even an arcade game, its easier than an arcade game!
>As for F1RS having ***graphics, maybe you should get your eyes
>checked...
>F1 RS kicks any other F1 game released to date
