rec.autos.simulators

Unfortunately, I  ignored the bad reviews on the newsgroups as I thought
they were dealing with beta code for the game and the final product would be
far better.

Lets start with my system spec - I run an AMD 1400 with 512 ram and a
Geforce 3 TI 500 card. Not exactly a slow system. (BTW, F12002 flys on this
system and at  higher resolutions).

The game auto detects the optimum resolution at only  1024 X 768 , (which is
***y low compared to other F1 games), and it looks very pixelated and
worse still very slow. There are some very bad refections visible in the
***pit which dont look very realistic either.

At the start of a race, I am running 300% processor occupancy and the
slowdown is total pants. It is a ***y slideshow. I would 'geusstimate'
that I am getting 10 fps at the start of the game and I dont have all the
detail turned on either. It is unplayable at this stage and reminds me of
playing GP2 years ago with the sky turned on at Monaco.

By the way, I am playing the European GP on GP4 which is not as graphically
intense as Monaco so I assume it gets worse for more complicated tracks.

I have had to play the game using the keys because after an hour of
fiddling, I couldnt get the Cyborg joystick throttle/brake to work at all.
(It works first time in other games).

Also, the menus, as well as being clunky and akward to use play have this
really annoying music which I had to turn off after 3 mintues.

I hate to say it but F12002 is light years ahead and I will be returning my
GP4 to EB later today.

GP4 is a real backward step for the GP series and to be honest, GP32000 is
better to play and less pixelated because you can run it at higher
resolutions.

It is such a let down!

***y low? Are you normally using 1600x1200, or what?
No reflections here.

Something is very wrong with your system. I have great fps during start even
in the rain... Graphics drivers?

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Yes, the menus are now as stupid as F12k's menus. Ok and Cancel button on
the left and right side of the screen! Who the *** thinks that is user
friendly (GUI designer, trying to calm down again... ;)

The music is always the first thing I turn off, quite easy actually.

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l8er
ronny

Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change
to take effect. Reboot now?

I don't believe GP4 has a software mode. Although the requirements don't
specifically say "3D card required" it does say "Directx 8.1 compatible card
required". Also the in-game options don't offer anything but my 3D card as
render device.

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Frode

Do you have a reccomended graphics card?

I also have an AMD 1.4, but the performancer of GP4 is bad for me.
Set to Auto detect/settings I get max 15fps.

I currently have an NV GeForce MX400 64MB

Thanks for any advice.

Regards
Martyn

BTW - after patching GP3 with the latest track patch and car set, it
looks far superior to the current look of GP4.  Will continue to try
GP4, but a this rate am likely to go back to GP3.

Make that a GeForce 2 and I think I've now answeed my own question.

i also had some trouble with gp4 at the first attempt. but after
reinstalling my system (which was needed for other reasons) i found that it
suddenly runs much better :) i have only a geforce2mx, two years old, it
seems it doesn't do good anti-aliasing, or not at all, so i have some rough
pixels there.

before reinstalling i tried it at barcelona, during the lap the po was ok,
but on the main straight my po raised to 800% ?!? this is all gone now,
fortunately.

about everything else i can't say much, tried it only for a couple of hours
yet.

stefan

The graphics engine is poor - it relies on CPU to do most of the world not
handing off to graphics card.

However, with some detail knocked down i can play 1024 x 768 with PO spike
of 130 starting a race and between 70-80 in a race so it can be done.

On Sun, 8 Sep 2002 13:37:57 +0200, "Stefan Roth"