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F1 200X

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F1 200X

by g » Sun, 02 Jun 2002 18:15:54

Its an obvious one, but have you installed DirectX 8.1, not 8.0.
It had me stumped for days, now it works fine, and its fantastic!!!!


>x-no-archive: yes

>Just had a real revelation type experience!!!

>I've recently got into real kart racing, and due to my many years of sim
>racing, was pretty quick straight off. Just over a second off the lap
record
>on my first weekend!

>The other day, I had a blast in F1 2001 again, to practice overtaking, and
I
>got really frustrated, because I couldn't complete 10 laps without going
off
>in a big way. I really couldn't understand why.

>So, after reading the group about the F1 2002 demo, and noticing someone
>mentioned setting the axis sensitivity to 50% in F1 2001/2, I gave it a
try,
>and I couldn't believe the difference! It's like a whole new game!! (Don't
>forget to set the pedal axes, too).

>I still have moments on corners, when I go in too deep, or miss a braking
>point by lack of concentration, but the car really responds as I expect it
>to now, and I just completed a full GP at one sitting!! When I did outbrake
>myself, I was able to recover in a very similar manner to real life, rather
>than just going into the scenery, and not understanding why!!

>It's not that the game is easier, and I'm not any quicker, it's just that
it
>responds more like I would expect, and I can now drive it much more
>consistently.

>It's no wonder people slam sims as crap, when even a hardened sim racer
like
>myself takes so long to get a sim operating correctly!

>Now...can anyone help me to get the F1 2002 demo to work? It installed OK,
>but when I try to run it, it just crashes. W98, GF2.

>*Aside*
>Those people who said that the grass grip is inaccurate in F1 2001, are
>wrong! After 2 big trips across the grass in real life, F1 2001 is very
>similar - except that your teeth don't rattle ;-)

>R.


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