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Its been a whole year !!!!

T.Galvi

Its been a whole year !!!!

by T.Galvi » Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:00:00

 I just looked at the date 9th of April, I thought it was familiar, In fact
it was the date the GPL demo was released last year. So its been a year and
I have to confess that there has only been a handfull of days that I haven't
taken the Lotus out for a spin.
 I guess at this time of year we should also spare a thought for the men who
really did drive these beasts at their limit.
 http://www.racesimcentral.net/~bramwell/jim.htm

 Todd.

David L. Coo

Its been a whole year !!!!

by David L. Coo » Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Well, since N3 is slated for about the same time of the year as GPL was, maybe
we'll soon see a demo of that...  I don't think one track for N3 will steal me
away from GPL for too long though ;)

Question:  When N2 was in the works, did Papy release a demo?

D.Cook


>  I just looked at the date 9th of April, I thought it was familiar, In fact
> it was the date the GPL demo was released last year. So its been a year and
> I have to confess that there has only been a handfull of days that I haven't
> taken the Lotus out for a spin.
>  I guess at this time of year we should also spare a thought for the men who
> really did drive these beasts at their limit.
>  http://www2.eis.net.au/~bramwell/jim.htm

>  Todd.

Steve Blankensh

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by Steve Blankensh » Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Might as well run with this.   What track would you like to see in the
demo when it comes out?

Steve B.
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Pat Dotso

Its been a whole year !!!!

by Pat Dotso » Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:00:00


> > I don't think one track for N3 will steal me
> >away from GPL for too long though ;)

> Might as well run with this.   What track would you like to see in the
> demo when it comes out?

Rouen :)

--
Pat Dotson
IMPACT Motorsports
http://www.impactmotorsports.com/pd.html

=Gunslinge

Its been a whole year !!!!

by =Gunslinge » Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:00:00



>> I don't think one track for N3 will steal me
>>away from GPL for too long though ;)

>Might as well run with this.   What track would you like to see in the
>demo when it comes out?

Atlanta..
Fast, but not too easy.

--
-Gunslinger-

schwab

Its been a whole year !!!!

by schwab » Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:00:00

You said it rrevved!!! :-)

That is THE only track worth a damn in NASCAR, IMHO (road courses and
some others excepted). I am totally sick of these cookie-cutter,
setup-is-all-that-matters tracks like Texas, Vegas, C***te and
Atlanta. And don't even get me started on the restrictor-place tracks...
all the TV types go ON and ON about how exiting and close it is...
bullshit. Who honestly ever expects a slingshot pass to work on these
tracks? Yeah, they're going 190, but no one can do a damn thing about
passing anyone else.

Bristol, Martinsville, Richmond are the places that make NASCAR come
alive for me...

Papy, bring on Bristol in the DEMO!!! :-)

--Dave


> On Fri, 09 Apr 1999 17:40:49 GMT,


> >> I don't think one track for N3 will steal me
> >>away from GPL for too long though ;)

> >Might as well run with this.   What track would you like to see in the
> >demo when it comes out?

> Bristol !!

> --
> // rrevved posts from mindspring dot com

--
Dave Schwabe
The Aussie Toad -- Grand Prix Legends & Brabham site
http://www.racesimcentral.net/~schwabe
Steve Blankensh

Its been a whole year !!!!

by Steve Blankensh » Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:00:00



NOW you're talkin'!  Or maybe the 'Ring.  Wonder how much air a Monte
Carlo could get at Flugplatz?  The mind reels.  PLEASE let the file
formats be close enough!

Steve B.
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Jo

Its been a whole year !!!!

by Jo » Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:00:00


>NOW you're talkin'!  Or maybe the 'Ring.  Wonder how much air a Monte
>Carlo could get at Flugplatz?  The mind reels.  PLEASE let the file
>formats be close enough!

Well, since it's proved possible to convert N2/Indy tracks to GPL, I'm
sure it will be possible to translate GPL and N3 tracks.

Joe

PhilippeSerge..

Its been a whole year !!!!

by PhilippeSerge.. » Sat, 10 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Amen!

Philster

Byron Forbe

Its been a whole year !!!!

by Byron Forbe » Sun, 11 Apr 1999 04:00:00

How about that oval one?

> > I don't think one track for N3 will steal me
> >away from GPL for too long though ;)

> Might as well run with this.   What track would you like to see in the
> demo when it comes out?

> Steve B.
> Remove "edy" from address for email

Ben Farnema

Its been a whole year !!!!

by Ben Farnema » Sun, 11 Apr 1999 04:00:00

And give us a field larger than 10 cars to bash fenders with (remembering
being miffed about the CTS version of the NR99 demo)!!

Also, Bristol plus Sears Point would be ideal.

- Ben
www.hotyellow98.com/benfarneman
"...well it weren't open wheel this mornin'..."


Ben Farnema

Its been a whole year !!!!

by Ben Farnema » Sun, 11 Apr 1999 04:00:00

Well said (typed)!!

- Ben
www.hotyellow98.com/benfarneman
My car seemed to disagree with my preference for living.


>How about that oval one?

JonGue

Its been a whole year !!!!

by JonGue » Sun, 11 Apr 1999 04:00:00

On Fri, 09 Apr 1999 11:47:20 -0400, "David L. Cook"


>Well, since N3 is slated for about the same time of the year as GPL was, maybe
>we'll soon see a demo of that...  I don't think one track for N3 will steal me
>away from GPL for too long though ;)

Well, I think for me it would steal me away from GPL in the same way
the alpha GPL demo stole me away from just about everything else. :D

From the preview AVI we can see that around 8 AI cars, with all the
graphics is up and running, presumably with a human driver in there
somewhere. I believe the system running the preview in Daytona was a
P450 with SLI V2's... That is quite hefty but 2 V2's cost less than
the price of a single V1 only a year and a bit ago... I can't imagine
if 42+ AI is going to run well on anything at the moment :( and that
might be one of the biggest factors as to why N3 will not be out until
later this year. From what I can picture, N3 only needs add an
aerodynamic aspect to the physics model, the basic physics model being
good enough for todays computer technology (IMO)...

Yep, it was released first at one of those webzine type sites and was
about a 8mb D/Load.... Once installed, it featured the ability to race
any length, with around 8 AI cars, at Atlanta and Watkins Glen. Only
problems were, the pits didn't work so you couldn't run a full length
race, the tire temps were inaccurate (this was noted in the readme)
and the sys.reqs were quite increased. I believe I was running a P66
at the time, and only the SVGA mode was available, which meant only
car textures for me! I soon saw it on a P133 and it was very nice w/o
track texture with the 8 AI..... Of course the spotter was the main
improvement, and the modelling of WG....



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