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F1 Championship Season For Mac!

Larr

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by Larr » Fri, 15 Nov 2002 05:45:56

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

There is a Demo available.  45MB.  There is also a Trailer.

-Larry

Schoone

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by Schoone » Fri, 15 Nov 2002 05:48:52

Games?!? On a Mac??!?

Wow!  ;-)


Phillip Malphrus J

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by Phillip Malphrus J » Fri, 15 Nov 2002 06:13:12

http://www.wiredvideo.com/public/video/apple_gamer.wmv

Enjoy, Phillip


Schoone

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by Schoone » Fri, 15 Nov 2002 06:53:22

Ya seen that before but its still funny and true. :-)



> http://www.wiredvideo.com/public/video/apple_gamer.wmv

> Enjoy, Phillip



> > http://www.feral.co.uk/english/

> > There is a Demo available.  45MB.  There is also a Trailer.

> > -Larry

The Carvalho Famil

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by The Carvalho Famil » Fri, 15 Nov 2002 14:13:00

Looks like Macplay will do the marketing in the US. The specs require a
G4 starting at 500 mHz and 32 MB video card. I'm wondering if they
ported it as is or added anything like changable weather and telemetry.
Their web site says a Nov. 15 release date. I'm hopeful.

In the meantime Racer looks great on a PB G4. The install was a piece of
cake as well. Great work Ruud!

Jim


>http://www.feral.co.uk/english/

>There is a Demo available.  45MB.  There is also a Trailer.

>-Larry

Ruud Dingeman

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by Ruud Dingeman » Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:29:13


> Looks like Macplay will do the marketing in the US. The specs require a
> G4 starting at 500 mHz and 32 MB video card. I'm wondering if they
> ported it as is or added anything like changable weather and telemetry.
> Their web site says a Nov. 15 release date. I'm hopeful.

No, 22 november, and the demo says 333 MHz G3 and 8 MB Videocard on
OpenGL. That's the usual understatement, though. Like the PC version,
this one really wants something faster.

I have a 400 MHz G3 and a Radeon  7000 (VE) and still had to turn nearly
all the gfx options off to get decent fps on MacOS X.

Also, this one wants a wheel, of course. (Mac users usually don't have
wheels since there haven't been any (!) race sims since Nascar 1 in
1996.) I was not-too-shabby with the keyboard in GPL, but in this one I
can only manage a measly 1:21.799 on the Indy F1 course... Gotta look at
a USB wheel I guess...

Still, hats off to Feral for finally giving us a racing game. Even if
it's only F1 2000 (!) CS and no GPL...

Yeah! Ruud is da man! (The other Ruud, that is!   ;)

Drove around the Nurburgring Nordschleife on a Mac... Cool!   ;)  Too
bad the track's still so bumpy (buggy). Still, when this is done, it may
five F1 2000 (!) a run for its money on the Mac.

Regards, Ruud (the other one)

Larr

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by Larr » Fri, 15 Nov 2002 23:14:43

And that has what to do with the subject ?

Sheesh, why do the zealots always come out of the woodwork...

-Larry



> http://www.wiredvideo.com/public/video/apple_gamer.wmv

> Enjoy, Phillip



> > http://www.feral.co.uk/english/

> > There is a Demo available.  45MB.  There is also a Trailer.

> > -Larry

Larr

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by Larr » Sat, 16 Nov 2002 04:52:02

Sorry for my crankyness, but this us vs. them, them vs. us stuff is
something I'm just about fed up with :)

And I agree Apple's 'switch' campaign deserves all the ridicule it gets.
It's quite stupid, really.

-Larry


> And that has what to do with the subject ?

> Sheesh, why do the zealots always come out of the woodwork...

> -Larry



> > http://www.wiredvideo.com/public/video/apple_gamer.wmv

> > Enjoy, Phillip



> > > http://www.feral.co.uk/english/

> > > There is a Demo available.  45MB.  There is also a Trailer.

> > > -Larry

The Carvalho Famil

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by The Carvalho Famil » Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:53:39

Who'duv thunk: A choice of driving sims for Mac! I choose both! But I'll
probably run GPL on my PC most of the time. I was looking around and saw
a USB wheel for Mac somewhere. I'll have to find it again. I haven't
downloaded the feral demo, yet. I'm wating till I can get back to my T1
line; looks like a big file.
Jim


>> Looks like Macplay will do the marketing in the US. The specs require
>> a G4 starting at 500 mHz and 32 MB video card. I'm wondering if they
>> ported it as is or added anything like changable weather and
>> telemetry. Their web site says a Nov. 15 release date. I'm hopeful.

> No, 22 november, and the demo says 333 MHz G3 and 8 MB Videocard on
> OpenGL. That's the usual understatement, though. Like the PC version,
> this one really wants something faster.

> I have a 400 MHz G3 and a Radeon  7000 (VE) and still had to turn
> nearly all the gfx options off to get decent fps on MacOS X.

> Also, this one wants a wheel, of course. (Mac users usually don't have
> wheels since there haven't been any (!) race sims since Nascar 1 in
> 1996.) I was not-too-shabby with the keyboard in GPL, but in this one
> I can only manage a measly 1:21.799 on the Indy F1 course... Gotta
> look at a USB wheel I guess...

> Still, hats off to Feral for finally giving us a racing game. Even if
> it's only F1 2000 (!) CS and no GPL...

>> In the meantime Racer looks great on a PB G4. The install was a piece
>> of cake as well. Great work Ruud!

> Yeah! Ruud is da man! (The other Ruud, that is!   ;)

> Drove around the Nurburgring Nordschleife on a Mac... Cool!   ;)  Too
> bad the track's still so bumpy (buggy). Still, when this is done, it
> may five F1 2000 (!) a run for its money on the Mac.

>>> http://www.feral.co.uk/english/

> Regards, Ruud (the other one)

Ruud Dingeman

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by Ruud Dingeman » Sun, 17 Nov 2002 15:19:21

(Note that should be 1:16.2 now, after changing some setups  ;) Still,
it does need a wheel really. Most USB wheels should do with the USB
Overdrive util on the Mac..

Yeah, me too.. (and SCGT, in my case. Not much else will run decently on
my old PII setup...)

I was looking around and saw

It is, 45 Megabytes. Turns out we will be able to use several pc files
(track updates, tracks?) on the Mac version, since it seems they have
preserved the old .mas and .aiw-structures.

Regards, Ruud

The Carvalho Famil

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by The Carvalho Famil » Mon, 18 Nov 2002 03:24:23


>>>> wheels since there haven't been any (!) race sims since Nascar 1 in
>>>> 1996.) I was not-too-shabby with the keyboard in GPL, but in this
>>>> one I can only manage a measly 1:21.799 on the Indy F1 course...

> (Note that should be 1:16.2 now, after changing some setups  ;) Still,
> it does need a wheel really. Most USB wheels should do with the USB
> Overdrive util on the Mac.

Ruud, I'm depressed...I mean impressed! Yeah, both.
What is the "USB Overdrive util" you mention?  Is it OS X? OS 9? Part of
system software? Download site?
TIA

The Racer files are also cross-platform compatible, as I understand it.

Jim

speed_n_trixie_rule_bab

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by speed_n_trixie_rule_bab » Mon, 18 Nov 2002 05:44:10


SNIP!

 http://www.usboverdrive.com
Versions for both 9 and X. Driver works with mice and etc. (for mice,
better drivers than logictech, not quite as good as kennsington
mouseworks). Shouldn't be necessary for wheels (see below).

Amen!!!!  'Specially since I'm w/o a peecee till later this year so no
GPL or F1 2k2 till then.

MOMO force is working fine, don't even need usboverdrive, as the wheel
goes right to the hid.
Apple should be adding FF sometime soon (we hope ;-) and Feral will
release a FF patch soon after.

I grabbed some 2002 cars from:
http://www.natazone.narod.ru/f1cs2000_3.htm
the ferrari works (and has tobacco decals), with the demo and the
others should work with the full game (put the toyota in the prost
folder).

I DL'd several setups for Indy, they work. New tracks (Sebring, LSeca),
don't. Think it's a demo issue and they should be fine for the full
version.

car mods (brake glow, new tires etc.), need to be edited on the pc or
virtual pc (.mas thing), saved and opened on the mac.

<homer simpson>
Mmmmm,.... Racer
</homer simpson>

 Ciao a tutti,

   -dan

Ruud Dingeman

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by Ruud Dingeman » Mon, 18 Nov 2002 06:20:16


>> it does need a wheel really. Most USB wheels should do with the USB
>> Overdrive util on the Mac.

> What is the "USB Overdrive util" you mention?  Is it OS X? OS 9? Part of
> system software? Download site?

No, it's a shareware util that's got a reputation for getting all kinds
of USB input thingies to work on a Mac. Dunno how many people have tried
it with a wheel, but it's OS9/OSX I believe. You can reach it through
Versiontracker.com.

Yes, they are. I downloaded the Zandvoort, Brands, Brno and Nurburgring
tracks and they work fine. Some tracks (like Brands) slow things way
down though, while Zandvoort and Brno are OK.

Regards, Ruud

Herwig Hensele

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by Herwig Hensele » Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:21:19



> > The Racer files are also cross-platform compatible, as I understand it.

> Yes, they are. I downloaded the Zandvoort, Brands, Brno and Nurburgring
> tracks and they work fine. Some tracks (like Brands) slow things way
> down though, while Zandvoort and Brno are OK.

Unfortunately, I have yet to find any additional car that works for the
0.5b6-mac-version. I always get the message that the car is for an
incompatible version of racer. I've read the remarks on Ruuds (the
other one 8^)) pages and it seems that some things have changed
internally and most car files are either too old or too new (0.5b7).

Any more Mac "Racer" users out there?

Herwig

The Carvalho Famil

F1 Championship Season For Mac!

by The Carvalho Famil » Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:44:22

Ruud,
Did you see speed_n_trixie_rule_baby's post? I'll try to DL Zandvoort &
Brno. Thanks for the tips.
Jim


>>> it does need a wheel really. Most USB wheels should do with the USB
>>> Overdrive util on the Mac.

>> What is the "USB Overdrive util" you mention?  Is it OS X? OS 9? Part
>> of system software? Download site?

> No, it's a shareware util that's got a reputation for getting all
> kinds of USB input thingies to work on a Mac. Dunno how many people
> have tried it with a wheel, but it's OS9/OSX I believe. You can reach
> it through Versiontracker.com.

>> The Racer files are also cross-platform compatible, as I understand it.

> Yes, they are. I downloaded the Zandvoort, Brands, Brno and
> Nurburgring tracks and they work fine. Some tracks (like Brands) slow
> things way down though, while Zandvoort and Brno are OK.

> Regards, Ruud


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