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Just my opinion....

To quote from the latest "Edge" magazine which reviewed GP2...

"F1GP2 has the fastest polygon engine that currently exists on the PC.
In both VGA and SVGA it easily out-paces all its rivals, running at
around 25fps on a slow Pentium in VGA and near that on a P-100 with a
decent graphics card in SVGA......the assembler engine just copes with
the overload".

Other choice items are...

"For those with a lower end PC it is possible to alter the scenery using
the extremely effective in-game detail settings. This enables even a
486/66 to run the game quite adequately"

"But it's behind the wheel once the graphical splendour has worn off
that the exceptional nature of GP2becomes apparent........and the more
GP2 is played the more apparent the advances over Papyrus' games become"

The review has some great SVGA screen shots and goes on to describe with
great enthusiasm the sounds, handling, telemetry data, setup screens, AI
and especially mentions "These [weather conditions] are randomised for
each track, the rain effect looking particularly pleasant incidentally"

The mag also has a detailed review of "F1" by Psygnosis which is also
looking pretty damn mouthwatering. Looks like a feast of fun for us GP2
fans...!! Go buy the mag and drooooool!

Cheers!
John

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Its still quite confusing, because you dont know what what to believe. Other reviews give you
hope but then again some dont.

Another impatient customer....

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How fantastic is that FPS ? Numbers please (of course with all details on
in SVGA and max. numbers of oponets cars around you).

I suppose  you know how to figure out real FPS ( in numbers).

Because INdy2 could look fantastic with 20 FPS ,until you see it on 30 FPS:)

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Run Indycar racing II in SVGA. Turn all details except asphalt, grass and
grandstands to ON. Set asphalt and grass to OFF, and grandstands to AUTO.

Set maximum framerate as high as it will go. Then see how high you can
set the minimumframerate before the grandstands disappear at Laguna Seca.
The way to do this is to start Laguna Seca in 'practise'. The first time
the grandstands might disappear. Hit restart (shift-R). If the grandstand
textures do not disappear the next 10 secs you passed that framerate.
Publish the highest framerate that the grandstands DO NOT disappear.

Here are some stats for my computer:

FPS     CPU     Cache     Videocard                 Note
16      P120    256Kb     ATI Mach64 2MB VRAM       This is what I started out with
18      P133    256Kb     ATI Mach64 2MB VRAM       Same computer overclocked to 133
22      P133    512Kb PB  ATI Mach64 2MB VRAM       New motherboard w/ 512 Kb pipeline
                                                    burst cache.

Please add to the list.

Markus Strobl

If you do mean practince then please post #opponents, #drawn, #heard
These have an effect on frame rate according to the manual.

Also it might make a difference weather this is run within W95, or
after restating in dos.

how many cars do you have drawn forward?

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-Jim

Perhaps a better test would be to take a prerecorded replay (someone want to
offer a standard?) and see if the grandstand textures (or asphalt, or grass)
turn on/off. This would test the framerate when objects are in motion.

So perhaps this test might do?

Run IndyCar2 in SVGA with all graphics options ON except Grass, Asphalt, and
Grandstand. Grass and Asphalt are OFF, and Grandstand set to AUTO.

max opponents, 16 cars drawn ahead, 4 cars drawn behind, 2 heard

Max framerate = 30

Min framerate is the parameter you are tweaking.

Go to Laguna Seca and replay (the replay file will should pass by the
grandstand). The camera view should be "In-Car."

You should specify your computer configuration (processor, speed, L2 cache,
memory, graphics card, running under DOS or Win95)

Does this test work better? Who will offer a fantastic replay?

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-Jim