GPL questions - I want to learn, then race online

1. Where do I find it if I want to buy it? 2. Where would I find a central place for crucial downloads? 3. Does it support Force Feedback wheels? 4. I don't have 3dFx card. Does it have Direct3D support? 5. How long until I can complete a race without spinning/crashing. I'll turn all the driving aids off. I'm guessing 10-15 hours? (Experience wise: I can complete many laps in F1 2001 (PS2) at Indy, in sim mode, without crashing or spinning. About 1:20 per lap. PB is 1:17.) Thanks, Jamie

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>1. Where do I find it if I want to buy it? >2. Where would I find a central place for crucial downloads? >3. Does it support Force Feedback wheels? >4. I don't have 3dFx card. Does it have Direct3D support? >5. How long until I can complete a race without spinning/crashing. >I'll turn >all the driving aids off. I'm guessing 10-15 hours? (Experience >wise: I can complete many laps in F1 2001 (PS2) at Indy, in sim mode, >without crashing or spinning. About 1:20 per lap. PB is 1:17.) > >Thanks, >Jamie >

The best thing to do would probably be to just check out the archives of this group at: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=rec.autos.simulators (if the above link wraps, make sure to copy and paste it into browser). Pascal

On 17 Oct 2001 05:45:06 -0700, [email hidden] (Jamie) wrote: >1. Where do I find it if I want to buy it?No idea, just try some local stores or online shops first.. >2. Where would I find a central place for crucial downloads?Check out the links in the first column on the left site, then check out all the other links :) http://www.noctua.f2s.com/links.html >3. Does it support Force Feedback wheels?Yep, even more, it has the best ff in any current sim. >4. I don't have 3dFx card. Does it have Direct3D support?Yep. You need to download the d3d patch from www.papy.com for that. >5. How long until I can complete a race without spinning/crashing. >I'll turn >all the driving aids off. I'm guessing 10-15 hours? (Experience >wise: I can complete many laps in F1 2001 (PS2) at Indy, in sim mode, >without crashing or spinning. About 1:20 per lap. PB is 1:17.)Experience with other racing sims is quite irrelevant, the '67 cars (no wings) are so much different to drive, in the beginning it can be quite frustrating.. after 10-15 hours you can drive without spinning too much I guess, but to get up to racing standards.. well it depends heavily, some guys beat me online and then tell me 'hey this is a great game, I bought it yesterday' and some people try it for years now and still have trouble keeping the car on the road. Like me :( Andre > >Thanks, >Jamie

Jamie wrote: > > 1. Where do I find it if I want to buy it? depends what country you're in! Try Amazon? It's in PCworld in the UK. Loads of copies. > 2. Where would I find a central place for crucial downloads? Isn't one really but there is the main forum at http://www.legendscentral.com The best carset is here http://jfcarset.cjb.net/ Tracks are all over the place as are various new car and track cameras, sounds, skins, graphic updates etc. > 3. Does it support Force Feedback wheels? With the 1.2 patch, yes. > 4. I don't have 3dFx card. Does it have Direct3D support? With the D3D patch, yes. > 5. How long until I can complete a race without spinning/crashing. > I'll turn > all the driving aids off. I'm guessing 10-15 hours? (Experience > wise: I can complete many laps in F1 2001 (PS2) at Indy, in sim mode, > without crashing or spinning. About 1:20 per lap. PB is 1:17.) 2 or 3 months.... at LEAST! GPL is VERY hard. It'll take 10-15 hours to just do a lap without spinning off somewhere. I've had it for nearly 18 months and have got a (just) -ve GPL rank and I still find it hard to do a 10 lap race at competitive speeds without at least one spin. Kev

1) Buy it for $19.90 at: http://www.compuexpert.com/html/productinfo/grandprixlegends.shtml 2) www.theuspits.com 3) Best FF ever. Must activate in core.ini file (you'll see as you read about it) 4) D3D Patch works well. 5) Never ;-). Real hard to drive but worth the effort and then some. It really depends on your experience, F1 2001 (PS2) is really not comparable since it is MUCH easier to drive than the PC version which in turn is MUCH easier to drive than GPL. Here's my rating of the 3 games in terms of difficulty: PS2 F1 2001 on Sim mode: 3/10 PC F1 2001 Sim mode no assists: 7/10 GPL no assists: 10/10 This is a hardcore sim, it won't be easy. Have fun. -- Joe Marques "Jamie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > 1. Where do I find it if I want to buy it? > 2. Where would I find a central place for crucial downloads? > 3. Does it support Force Feedback wheels? > 4. I don't have 3dFx card. Does it have Direct3D support? > 5. How long until I can complete a race without spinning/crashing. > I'll turn > all the driving aids off. I'm guessing 10-15 hours? (Experience > wise: I can complete many laps in F1 2001 (PS2) at Indy, in sim mode, > without crashing or spinning. About 1:20 per lap. PB is 1:17.) > > Thanks, > Jamie