Gary, I almost envy you, getting to discover some really cool sims that a
lot of us have used for months and are starting to take for granted...
Force Feedback is still in it's infancy, but it's already an impressive
child<g>. You might read the reviews of the current hardware and check out
the forum at http://www.racesimcentral.net/; I've had the Logitech FF wheel since
November and like it very much, but wheels are fairly personal, and there is
a lot of good new hardware out there to chose from.
You asked about Formula Car sims and others have recommended Grand Prix
Legends, and for good reason, it's simply the best driving experience
available in a simulation at this time, but it's an aquired taste. It is
also an ***ion that many of us suffer willfully<vbg>. You mentioned that
you have GP2 and many will argue that it is still the "best" simulation of
the modern F1 car, I certainly can't offer an opinion on that, the closest I
ever gotten to driving a big formula car was a very short run in an old
Surtees F-5000 car that frankly, scared the s**t out of me<g>. I still have
GP2 but have converted it to a CART sim. Formula 1 Racing Simulation(F1RS)
and it's successor, Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2(MGPRS2) from
UBISoft are well liked by many and vilified by a few, both titles support
3DFX and Force Feedback, as do most new simulations. UBIsoft had an FIA
license when creating F1RS so all the teams and most of the drivers are
present out of the box. MGPRS2 however, does not have an FIA license but
editors are included in the sim which will allow you to upgrade the title in
a matter of minutes.
There are many other cool sims available now, Viper Racing, Sports Car GT
and Colin McRae Rally, to name a few, and some interesting new titles on
the horizon including a LeMans 24 Hour sim due this year, and a modern
Can-Am/SCCA sim due sometime next year. And of course, there is yet another
Neckcar sim due from Papy soon. We continue to hear rumours of GP3, but I'm
not holding my breath.
I have the Creative 4 point speakers with the SB Live Value, it's a
reasonable solution, I don't have much space and these speakers have a tiny
footprint, sound great and the software is fun to play with.
don
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>I raced Nascar on Hawaii and TEN. My PC went on the blitz and I havent
been
>in the game for about a year and I went cold turkey..no games. Seems like
>theres a lot of new stuff out there whats good and whats junk...games and
>wheels. Are the force feed backs cool? What Formula game is cool, I still
>have the old GP2? What about the Super/GP motorcycle sims? Is my old
>Thrustmaster 2 obsolete? I bought a new Dell P3 500 with 256 ram, 13.6
>7200RPM HD, 40X CDROM, 16meg Viper TNT AGP, and a 19" Trinitron monitor.
>Now I'm ready for some games! I need speakers was thinking of the
>Cambridge..I did get Soundblaster Live. Any suggestions on speakers also?
>I looked at this newsgroup everyday for about 2 years then I didn't see it
>for 1year!
>Thanks,
>Gary
