rec.autos.simulators

> >Hi.
> >Has anyone tried this demo? Is it worth the download? I saw it at
> >www.3dfiles.com.

> I downloaded it and I deleted it five minutes later. Compared to F1
> 2000 it is crap.
> --
> Nos

> >That's amazing! I've been tweaking and racing for several hours and I
> >am not sure about it. The graphics are better than F-1 2000, once I
> >found an acceptable combination, and I am still not sure that I've got
> >the best one. There is a lot to adjust, even a choice between "Arcade"
> >and "Simulation" mode. How anyone could make up their mind about this
> >program in five minutes and then admit it is, as I said, amazing.
> >Bill Yowell

> OK, you want me to justify my "crap" comment. First off the front end
> interface reminds me too much of F1RS, which had a ***front end too.
> Next I couldn't customize my wheel, everytime I tried to assign the
> throttle to my acceleration pedal it would lock up. After rebooting
> three times I gave up. I set  the game to full realism and used the
> default steering wheel set up. Which had put the brake and gas on the
> same pedal, even though the game recognized my wheel and pedals fine
> in the front end. Then I drove the sim, graphics looked way more
> cartoonish than F1 2000 to me. This was on full detail on a P3

> arcade game to me so I quit in disgust and deleted the POS and then
> deleted the downloaded file knowing I would never bother even giving
> it a second look. Nope, this game is definately "crap". Just like
> their first version of F1 racing was. There is only one kind of ***
> and EIDOS knows how to make it. Was that good enough for you or do I
> have to download it again so that I can justify to *you* calling it
> "crap"?

> --
> Nos

> >Nos, I wasn't defending the game; I just thought it amazing that you
could
> >reach that conclusion in five minutes. After spending some more time with
> >it, I am inclined to think that you are correct, but don't you agree that
> >some of the posters are too quick to judge?
> >Cheers,
> >Bill Yowell

> Maybe. But, sometimes things are just obvious.
> --
> Nos

>>Nos, you are making the terribly egocentric assumption that everyone has (or
>>should have) the same likes and dislikes as you do.  We don't.  What might
>>not appeal to you may be acceptable, even enjoyable, to another.....and vice
>>versa.

>>Show just a smidgin of tolerance, mate.  There's no point in verbally
>>pounding the bejesus out of a fellow gamer simply because he likes what you
>>don't!

>I did no such thing. I simply voiced my opion of a game and then was
>attacked for it. I didn't need more than five minutes with FIWGP to
>see it's rubbish, IMO. But, I never verbally abused anyone. Must be
>that Ozzie to english translation thing.