F1 2001 --- An Initial Review from someone who usually only turns left

This is just an initial review from someone who is a Nascar 4 man, through and through, but has always bought good open wheel sims like Indy Car 1,2, GPL, and F12000 for the novelty of it but never spent any real time except for GPL actually learning the tracks or for track conversion. A little background on my system ... PIII-1Ghz 32MB Geforce2 GTS Pro with SGRAM w/21.81 drivers 512 MB of RAM Headphones attached to SB Live! Value TSW2 Stock with Momo wheel and Clutch kit and High Grade pots Resolution for game: 1024x768x16 I had been running Silverstone this weekend on F1 2000 because some of the reviews on here had got me interested again in an F1 Sim. Actually, I had been interested since the US Grand Prix a few weeks ago. Anyway, I learned the track this weekend and got to the point where I could keep the car on the track there and win a race with the default grip setup that came with the game. So, I finally get the game yesterday and bring it home. Installation is a breeze and here I go. Fancy opening which I care nothing about. Anyway, I get to the main menu. Whoa. Now this is a lot different from F1 2000. Anyway, after a second I get used to the new layout which I like a lot better. I set up the controls which seems to go faster than before and all the options. I turn everything on full blast and in high detail just to see what it will do. Set all the options to maximum simism<G> including the no clutch assistance option. No mercy <G>. I select Test Day, the Ferrari and go to Silverstone. I load the setup that comes with the game for that track (btw there is a setup for every track) and click drive. The first thing I noticed was I was actually behind the wall in the garage. That's cool and different. So, I throw her into first, pull forward, and turn to the right. Very cool but that don't mean anything. Rev Limiter on, I drive down the pit lane and exit. The game does not turn the limiter off automatically so I leave my foot on the floor and hit the "L" key to disengage. From that point, I fell in love. The sound of the engine was unbelievable. That has the be the best sound sensation for any game I've ever played because of the range and energy in it. It may not be the most realistic thing on earth but it sounded good. Anyway, I go through the gears. The sensation of speed is wonderful, probably better than I could ever had believed. With F1 2000, it never seemed like I had much more hp than what you sense in Nascar 4. With F12001, though, it was just thrilling. The feeling of acceleration was indescribable. I go around the track taking for granted the slight differences between the two sims and get to the first hairpin, drive in too hard, and then downshift one too many times and the car breaks loose, just like it would with N4 or Heat at the Glen, for example, and I stall the motor! LOL. Anyway, you get the idea. I fall in love with the game. I go to Spa and boy does frame drop city hit!! LOL. Anyway, I spent a lot of time last night just driving and enjoying. I'm not gonna claim how realistic the game is or not because I dont play the open wheel games a lot, especially the newer ones, but I felt like I was driving an F1 car and to someone who doesn't play these kind of games everyday, that is fine with me. Now if I can just learn how to do setups for this game I think I will play it for a long time. Anyway, that is my first impression and it made a very good one. Phillip

LOL - now you'll start to understand that, while critics can slam F1 for regulations, lack of "passing" and what-have-you, it's an absolute thrill to drive these cars. Even if sims are an approximation, it's still a fantastic insight into what it takes to manage one of these babies at speed. And that's the true reason I'm into F1, in the first place! :) "Phillip Malphrus, Jr." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:yenB7.111716$[email hidden]...

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> This is just an initial review from someone who is a Nascar 4 man, through > and through, but has always bought good open wheel sims like Indy Car 1,2, > GPL, and F12000 for the novelty of it but never spent any real time except > for GPL actually learning the tracks or for track conversion. A little > background on my system ... > > PIII-1Ghz > 32MB Geforce2 GTS Pro with SGRAM w/21.81 drivers > 512 MB of RAM > Headphones attached to SB Live! Value > TSW2 Stock with Momo wheel and Clutch kit and High Grade pots > Resolution for game: 1024x768x16 > > I had been running Silverstone this weekend on F1 2000 because some of the > reviews on here had got me interested again in an F1 Sim. Actually, I had > been interested since the US Grand Prix a few weeks ago. Anyway, I learned > the track this weekend and got to the point where I could keep the car on > the track there and win a race with the default grip setup that came with > the game. So, I finally get the game yesterday and bring it home. > Installation is a breeze and here I go. Fancy opening which I care nothing > about. Anyway, I get to the main menu. Whoa. Now this is a lot different > from F1 2000. Anyway, after a second I get used to the new layout which I > like a lot better. I set up the controls which seems to go faster than > before and all the options. I turn everything on full blast and in high > detail just to see what it will do. Set all the options to maximum

simism<G> > including the no clutch assistance option. No mercy <G>. I select TestDay, > the Ferrari and go to Silverstone. I load the setup that comes with thegame > for that track (btw there is a setup for every track) and click drive. The > first thing I noticed was I was actually behind the wall in the garage. > That's cool and different. So, I throw her into first, pull forward, and > turn to the right. Very cool but that don't mean anything. Rev Limiter on,I

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> drive down the pit lane and exit. The game does not turn the limiter off > automatically so I leave my foot on the floor and hit the "L" key to > disengage. From that point, I fell in love. The sound of the engine was > unbelievable. That has the be the best sound sensation for any game I've > ever played because of the range and energy in it. It may not be the most > realistic thing on earth but it sounded good. Anyway, I go through the > gears. The sensation of speed is wonderful, probably better than I could > ever had believed. With F1 2000, it never seemed like I had much more hp > than what you sense in Nascar 4. With F12001, though, it was just

thrilling. > The feeling of acceleration was indescribable. I go around the tracktaking > for granted the slight differences between the two sims and get to thefirst > hairpin, drive in too hard, and then downshift one too many times and the > car breaks loose, just like it would with N4 or Heat at the Glen, for > example, and I stall the motor! LOL. Anyway, you get the idea. I fall in > love with the game. I go to Spa and boy does frame drop city hit!! LOL. > Anyway, I spent a lot of time last night just driving and enjoying. I'mnot > gonna claim how realistic the game is or not because I dont play the open > wheel games a lot, especially the newer ones, but I felt like I wasdriving > an F1 car and to someone who doesn't play these kind of games everyday,that

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> is fine with me. Now if I can just learn how to do setups for this game I > think I will play it for a long time. Anyway, that is my first impression > and it made a very good one. > > Phillip > >

I'll second that. I still prefer GPL for just plain fun (I race online 95% of the time) but for sheer mind-blowing speed there's nothing like a simulated 2001 F1 car. These things are rockets! "briGuy" <simagery@hot...mail.com> wrote in message news:9r5eg7$qud$[email hidden]... > LOL - now you'll start to understand that, while critics can slam F1 for > regulations, lack of "passing" and what-have-you, it's an absolute thrillto > drive these cars. Even if sims are an approximation, it's still afantastic > insight into what it takes to manage one of these babies at speed. And > that's the true reason I'm into F1, in the first place! :)

F1 is the pinnacle of motor sport - 'nuff said.

That must be why at the start of a race the drivers need help from a computer to get the car in motion. Or is it the pinacle of motorsports because the drivers need help keeping the wheels from spinning. Or is it the pinnacle of motorsports because the drivers need help downchanging gears? dave henrie "Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9r5rhl$rfdvq$[email hidden]... > F1 is the pinnacle of motor sport - 'nuff said. > >

Dave Henrie wrote in message ... > That must be why at the start of a race the drivers need help from a >computer to get the car in motion. Or is it the pinacle of motorsports >because the drivers need help keeping the wheels from spinning. Or is it >the pinnacle of motorsports because the drivers need help downchanging >gears? I love F1 but I can't argue with that... I was watching some old in-car footage of Alesi, Patrese, et. al. (Lap of the Gods) - now that was driving - 900+hp, slick tires! Hand off the wheel to shift, one-handed steering, wheelspin coming out of the corner, opposite-lock, yee-haa!! One can argue that all this tech is going to make it to our personal vehicles and make them better and safer but sh*t... my GTI has traction control and I hate it. F1 doesn't need all that stuff. But this isn't the place for *that* discussion... Dale.

Haven't you been paying attention?!? RAS is the place for *any* discussion! <g> (I refer you to the Bridge Builder thread from a few months back for example...) Rob <_> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > F1 doesn't need all that stuff. But this isn't the place for *that* > discussion... > > Dale.

You just described CART of today. Marc > > > I love F1 but I can't argue with that... > > I was watching some old in-car footage of Alesi, Patrese, et. al. (Lap of > the Gods) - now that was driving - 900+hp, slick tires! Hand off thewheel

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> to shift, one-handed steering, wheelspin coming out of the corner, > opposite-lock, yee-haa!! > > One can argue that all this tech is going to make it to our personal > vehicles and make them better and safer but sh*t... my GTI has traction > control and I hate it. > > F1 doesn't need all that stuff. But this isn't the place for *that* > discussion... > > Dale. > > >

Where did he say a single thing about mismanagement in that post?! ;-) :-D -- JB On Fri, 26 Oct 2001 00:16:17 -0400, "Marc Collins" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>You just described CART of today. > >Marc > >> >> >> I love F1 but I can't argue with that... >> >> I was watching some old in-car footage of Alesi, Patrese, et. al. (Lap of >> the Gods) - now that was driving - 900+hp, slick tires! Hand off the >wheel >> to shift, one-handed steering, wheelspin coming out of the corner, >> opposite-lock, yee-haa!! >> >> One can argue that all this tech is going to make it to our personal >> vehicles and make them better and safer but sh*t... my GTI has traction >> control and I hate it. >> >> F1 doesn't need all that stuff. But this isn't the place for *that* >> discussion... >> >> Dale. >> >> >> > >