rec.autos.simulators

> And the first time I overlooked some pretty nice features. The game
really
> gets a lot better with much tweaking. After setting my System Rating to
the
> recommended Setting and turning off Mipmapping and such the framerate is
> acceptable, if not even good sometimes (Celeron500, Voodoo3, 256mb). THe
> next step that allowed me to get into this sim was downloading the new
> driving cams from Blackhole Motorsports. The 2nd in-car camera is perfect!
I
> tweaked the deadzone out of my controller using CTFjoy and surprise :the
> Driving Physics are better than every other currently available modern F1
> Sim. But I absolutely hate the default setups - way too much understeer.
> They are so bad for me that I initially confused really way off setups
with
> a way off driving model. I was wrong - I fiddled a bit with the setups,
> especially the brake balance and it is really not that bad... hell, it's
> good. I loaded up Imola and was disappointed again - bad track model , bad
> accuracy ... BUT: once I got into it I found it enjoyable on its own. So
the
> only really lasting criticism I have is the bad track accuracy,  the weak
> sound (which seem to be  pretty accurate samples but they are ruined by a
> bad sound system), and the AI, which I found totally unacceptable.

> and so I went to do the unthinkable ......

> I bought it. In the hope that ISI can exploit the full potential of a
> basically good game engine and get the money to hire good track modellers
> and AI programmers. And I have a (dare I say) decent F1 sim for hotlapping
> on (pretty much) fantasy tracks until the final GP3 comes along (which
will
> blow F1-2000 away for Sound, F1 feeling and track accuracy, you heard it
> here).

> I still don't think it's really worth the money considering the
satisfaction
> I get out of another sim that I won't mention because I could stir up a
huge
> thread about it's *** of this group, but I'm somewhat sorry now
about
> my too harsh criticism of the warez release. The basics of a good sim are
> there, it just seems to be released at least one year too early.  That
(and
> the fact that it was only 55DM - 25$ :-) is the reason why I have turned
180
> and bought a disappointing product ...in the hope that ISI does listen and
> produces one hell of a good sim for 2001.

> That was my last Rant about F1-2000.

> ---
> Alexander Marx

>And the first time I overlooked some pretty nice features. The game really
>gets a lot better with much tweaking. After setting my System Rating to the
>recommended Setting and turning off Mipmapping and such the framerate is
>acceptable, if not even good sometimes (Celeron500, Voodoo3, 256mb). THe
>next step that allowed me to get into this sim was downloading the new
>driving cams from Blackhole Motorsports. The 2nd in-car camera is perfect! I
>tweaked the deadzone out of my controller using CTFjoy and surprise :the
>Driving Physics are better than every other currently available modern F1
>Sim. But I absolutely hate the default setups - way too much understeer.
>They are so bad for me that I initially confused really way off setups with
>a way off driving model. I was wrong - I fiddled a bit with the setups,
>especially the brake balance and it is really not that bad... hell, it's
>good. I loaded up Imola and was disappointed again - bad track model , bad
>accuracy ... BUT: once I got into it I found it enjoyable on its own. So the
>only really lasting criticism I have is the bad track accuracy,  the weak
>sound (which seem to be  pretty accurate samples but they are ruined by a
>bad sound system), and the AI, which I found totally unacceptable.

>and so I went to do the unthinkable ......

>I bought it. In the hope that ISI can exploit the full potential of a
>basically good game engine and get the money to hire good track modellers
>and AI programmers. And I have a (dare I say) decent F1 sim for hotlapping
>on (pretty much) fantasy tracks until the final GP3 comes along (which will
>blow F1-2000 away for Sound, F1 feeling and track accuracy, you heard it
>here).

>I still don't think it's really worth the money considering the satisfaction
>I get out of another sim that I won't mention because I could stir up a huge
>thread about it's *** of this group, but I'm somewhat sorry now about
>my too harsh criticism of the warez release. The basics of a good sim are
>there, it just seems to be released at least one year too early.  That (and
>the fact that it was only 55DM - 25$ :-) is the reason why I have turned 180
>and bought a disappointing product ...in the hope that ISI does listen and
>produces one hell of a good sim for 2001.

>That was my last Rant about F1-2000.

>---
>Alexander Marx

> So I guess that guy who said he saw a incar cam with Barrichello
> running imola is nuts. He claimed the F1 2000 imola track was
> accurrate according to the incar cam. Know what? I'll be watching
>  the race tomorrow. Even though I have seen imola on TV for over
> a dozen years and raced with many sims there, I will be very
> interested to see the race tomorrow.

> If the imola track model in F1 2000 sucks I will say so here and
> apologize to frankie. If it is accurate, you guys better wear some
> asbestos undies :-)

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> > only really lasting criticism I have is the bad track accuracy,  the
weak
> > sound (which seem to be  pretty accurate samples but they are ruined by
a
> > bad sound system), and the AI, which I found totally unacceptable.