I hope this doesn't sound stupid. It also has probably been discussed when
GP3 first came out but some help from you computer experts would be nice.
GP3 has a multi-player menu. What sort of multi-player is possible? Can you
play multi-player through a cable modem? I just want to play against one
other person. Isn't a cable modem a TCP/IP connection?
Please try to explain it so us novices have a clue.
Thanks,
Chris G.
"cgenn27" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I hope this doesn't sound stupid. It also has probably been discussed when
> GP3 first came out but some help from you computer experts would be nice.
>
> GP3 has a multi-player menu. What sort of multi-player is possible? Canyou
> play multi-player through a cable modem? I just want to play against one
> other person. Isn't a cable modem a TCP/IP connection?
>
> Please try to explain it so us novices have a clue.
>
>If you're trying to understand multiplayer, cable modems and all the rest,
don't go to GP3 for your explanation. That is a bad model, as the process
of trying to play online and all you have to go through to get it not to
work, is too convoluted.
You do need a TCP/IP protocol installed to play using a cable modem. That's
for any game that has TCP/IP support. But it's very unlikely that you'll be
able to play GP3 over the net. I've tried it before-- only briefly-- and it
was so slow that I gave up even thinking that the game had a chance of
having decent online play. Playing the game at home on a LAN is possible
and works pretty well, despite, again, having to go through some unorthodox
procedures to get it to work.
Alanb
I do not know what it would be like on a cable modem etc but I have 2 PCs at
home of reasonable spec (P3 550 and P2 233 ) with a LAN connection and it is
playable but I doubt it would be very good any other way. Can be glitchy at
times.
Adrian.
"cgenn27" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I hope this doesn't sound stupid. It also has probably been discussed when
> GP3 first came out but some help from you computer experts would be nice.
>
> GP3 has a multi-player menu. What sort of multi-player is possible? Canyou
