F1RC2 Howto ...any good

Hi, I am a big fan of F1 Sims. I hardly cannot find F1 Racing Championship any good. I used to play both GP2 & GP3 as well as F1RS and F1RC. They were all very good - however,the Ubisofts were always a bit buggy though - and I still enjoy GP3 very much. A couple of weeks ago I purchased F1RC 2 and have several issues with it : 1. The sound is so bad that I cannot stand it any longer than 5 minutes. Reminds me of some of those Arcade type F1 Sims we had couple of years ago. Crap! 2. The graphics are buggy. When I switch through the different views, my car and all walls and buildings suddenly become transparent. 3. The handling is absolutely unpredictable : In GP3 you can learn how your car "feels" or behaves with a certain setup or on a specific track. In this sim I cannot get my "feet on the ground" - no feeling for the car. 4. Cockpits : No comment! However, I think the graphical engine isn�t that bad. Tracks look great until they start to become buggy. It certainly needs a big patch. But do you believe that they can turn it in something good? At this moment it is no fun playing that game - a waste of time and money. If you disagree - how did you change the game? Why do you like it the way it comes? Cheers Chris HW : Athlon 900, Asus V7100+Detonator 12.9, Asus A7V133

"Raider" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9lak7i$aj6$03$[email hidden]...

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> Hi, > > I am a big fan of F1 Sims. I hardly cannot find F1 Racing Championship any > good. > I used to play both GP2 & GP3 as well as F1RS and F1RC. They were all very > good - however,the Ubisofts were always a bit buggy though - and I still > enjoy GP3 very much. > > A couple of weeks ago I purchased F1RC 2 and have several issues with it : > > 1. The sound is so bad that I cannot stand it any longer than 5 minutes. > Reminds me > of some of those Arcade type F1 Sims we had couple of years ago. Crap! > > 2. The graphics are buggy. When I switch through the different views, my

car > and all walls and buildings suddenly become transparent. > I had a simaler problem with a Radeon but with my GeForce's 1 & 2 I've never had any problems. > 3. The handling is absolutely unpredictable : In GP3 you can learn howyour > car > "feels" or behaves with a certain setup or on a specific track. Inthis > sim I cannot > get my "feet on the ground" - no feeling for the car. > If the setup is wrong the cars get very 'snappy' but if you use good setups like Ian Bell's the real feeling of the physics come out. Also wheel setup makes a 'big' diference to the feel of the game try epotential steering with about 24-25 degrees of lock or linear with 19-20 degrees. IMO the physics are very good not anywhere near GPL/N4 level but the best of the rest, I get a much better feel from F1RC then GP3 I supose it's just what you are used to. > 4. Cockpits : No comment! > The cockpits are a bit shoddy but the T-cam views are very nice and give a great feel.

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> However, I think the graphical engine isn�t that bad. Tracks look great > until they start > to become buggy. It certainly needs a big patch. But do you believe that > they can turn > it in something good? At this moment it is no fun playing that game - a > waste of > time and money. >

It is a matter of opinon but I feel it has allot to offer, I bought Le Mans 24 hour now that's what you call a waste of time and money ;-) > If you disagree - how did you change the game? Why do you like it the wayit > comes? > I'm curently running the game in virtualy standerd trim but for a few AI and FF adjustments and enjoying it allot inbetween playing N4 and GPL. Alex

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> > Cheers > > Chris > > HW : Athlon 900, Asus V7100+Detonator 12.9, Asus A7V133 > > >

F1RC2 isn't out yet is it ? -- Ian P <email invalid due to spammers> "Raider" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9lak7i$aj6$03$[email hidden]... > Hi, snipped > A couple of weeks ago I purchased F1RC 2 and have several issues with it : snipped > Cheers > > Chris

| F1RC2 isn't out yet is it ? | Ian....it was out a few weeks ago, did you miss it ? Bah ......got ya :) Ash

On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 09:31:33 +0200, "Raider" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hi, > >I am a big fan of F1 Sims. I hardly cannot find F1 Racing Championship any >good. >I used to play both GP2 & GP3 as well as F1RS and F1RC. They were all very >good - however,the Ubisofts were always a bit buggy though - and I still >enjoy GP3 very much. > >A couple of weeks ago I purchased F1RC 2 and have several issues with it : > >1. The sound is so bad that I cannot stand it any longer than 5 minutes. >Reminds me > of some of those Arcade type F1 Sims we had couple of years ago. Crap!

1. Next time buy it from a retail store and not some guy on the corner selling cd copied versions of alpha software. 2. Download some new sounds, there are dozens out. 3. Make your own sounds. 4. Get off that mono 8bit sound system. >2. The graphics are buggy. When I switch through the different views, my car > and all walls and buildings suddenly become transparent. 1. RTFM, theres a keyboard shortcut to turn that off. 2. Stop using the see-through-the-wall OpenGL drivers. > >3. The handling is absolutely unpredictable : In GP3 you can learn how your >car > "feels" or behaves with a certain setup or on a specific track. In this >sim I cannot > get my "feet on the ground" - no feeling for the car. 1. Buy a wheel 2. Practice. 3. It has the best FF of any game, so turn it on if you have a FF wheel.

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> >4. Cockpits : No comment! > >However, I think the graphical engine isn�t that bad. Tracks look great >until they start >to become buggy. It certainly needs a big patch. But do you believe that >they can turn >it in something good? At this moment it is no fun playing that game - a >waste of >time and money.

1. You should have downloaded the demo. 2. Take it back if you don't like it. 3. Make your own game.

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> >If you disagree - how did you change the game? Why do you like it the way it >comes? > > >Cheers > >Chris > >HW : Athlon 900, Asus V7100+Detonator 12.9, Asus A7V133 > >

On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 09:31:33 +0200, "Raider" <[email hidden]> wrote: >At this moment it is no fun playing that game - a >waste of >time and money. the main appeal of f1rc is the ghostlaps. this is the *coolest* feature when *training*.