rec.autos.simulators

> Well, I've been reading some of these irate posts from people about GPL
> 1.1 and can imagine the veins popping out on necks and foreheads.  There
> is only one reason for this, it's called ***ION!  We've all been
> hooked into an I.V. feeding us the most immersive, realistic, freakishly
> awesome racing simulator ever created for the computer and suddenly
> there's a small amount of poison coming down the tube (v 1.1).  I've
> played all of the big name racing games for many years now and never
> have I found myself close to calling myself ***ed (to any game) until
> GPL came along.  Since 1.1 came out though, after reading the newsgroup
> posts, I'm happy to say that I'm not nearly as bad off as some of these
> guys!!  JEEZ!  (Ritalin anyone?)

> That said, let's give Papy (Randy and Eric et. al.) a break!!  They've
> been incredibly helpful all year since the game came out with regular
> postings to this group.  As an engineer myself, I know they are probably
> not happy campers right now and are working hard (on their own time?) to

> it!!!  Remember how much fun you've had in the last 8 months for only
> $35!!!!! (computer upgrade costs don't count...).

> Martin (mellow) Fay

>That said, let's give Papy (Randy and Eric et. al.) a break!!  They've
>been incredibly helpful all year since the game came out with regular
>postings to this group.  As an engineer myself, I know they are probably
>not happy campers right now and are working hard (on their own time?) to
>find a solution.  Let's not dump any more ***on these guys ...

> >That said, let's give Papy (Randy and Eric et. al.) a break!!  They've
> >been incredibly helpful all year since the game came out with regular
> >postings to this group.  As an engineer myself, I know they are probably
> >not happy campers right now and are working hard (on their own time?) to
> >find a solution.  Let's not dump any more ***on these guys ...

> If you are talking about people flaming Papy/Randy et al, I agree. I
> am grateful for their efforts as are all sim fans. OTOH, any post that
> calmly provides more information about the problems is of benefit to
> them, and people should be encouraged to continue reporting problems.

> Also, if we can replicate problems on more than one system they are
> easier to solve; for example I haven't heard from anyone who has
> online wwarping quite as bad as me.

> I mean you should SEE how 1.1 acts here (on a very fast cable modem,
> low pings, perfect frame rate, GPL 1.0-compatible system). Cars
> warping out for 10-15 seconds at a time, even when they are STANDING
> STILL. I'll go to the starting gate at the beginning of a race. Cars
> start popping in. Then, five seconds before the race starts, POOF,
> every one of them warps out! Then fif*** seconds later they warp back
> in, already running, 200 feet down the track.

> (BTW, Papyrus/Randy/Eric: I'm not sure, but this seems to happen every
> time I get a massive 10-15 second warp - I seem to lose ALL cars, not
> just one of them.)

> If I hadn't seen GPL 1.0 working online (flawlessly, on this exact
> same system as recently as last week) I would have difficulty
> believing that the GPL online code worked at all. That's how bad it is
> on some systems. I've tried every CORE.INI setting on the net.
> Something very wierd is going on, so we need to provide Papy with as
> much information about it as possible (like you I am sure they are not
> too happy and are working hard to diagnose problems).

> Joe McGinn
> ==========================================
> Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/***.com/
> ==========================================

>I was talking about the people flaming Papy only, i.e. "the Dash
>------------- Man" etc.