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Indy in particular is a blast (only 1:17 so far!)

Some questions:

Do I need to keep my original GP3 installation? (as GP3 2000 seems to
re-install the game from scratch).

Is there a no-cd patch for GP3 2000? if so, where can I get it from
please?

Even if I point GP3 2000 at the correct folder, it does not appear to
*see* my old GP3 saved games, hotlaps, etc.

However, if I manually copy these files to the new GP3 2000
gpsaves directory, it can and does see the files. Why?

Thanx for any info you can pass on....

8-)

*Peter* -  http://www.racesimcentral.net/~peterpc/home.html

There is indeed a no-CD patch, it's the decrypted GP3 2000 exe at
http://www.alphaf1.com/gp3/ on the Misc / Fixes page.

Indy is a hoot, isn't it?  Easy to learn but deceptively tricky to be quick.
After 30-odd laps, I'd be happy with a 1.17 (mind you, it seems to rain an
awful lot at Indy according to GP3).

GMF

It seems to rain an awful lot everywhere in GP3 2000.  1 in every 3
races have been wet for me so far..

Excellent expansion pack though - 3D sound is cool and I really like
having the ability to play with the diff setup in a lot more detail.
The AI is quite a bit smarter now and doesn't do ridiculous things to
put you out of the race.  Still the best F1 sim' by far!

P.S. Get Ralph Hummerichs 2000 car graphics update - it improves the
game's graphics quite considerably.

You can delete your GP3 directory after installing GP3 2000.

I've installed the decripted GP3.exe which is also a no-cd patch, and
that works fine, so the cd is not now needed (either the original GP3 cd
or the GP3 2000 cd).

8-)

*Peter* -  http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html