I love GPL and am on the lookout for sims in a similar vein. Is 'Spirit Of
Speed 1937' worth buying? Any good?
Steve
I happen to be one of a small group who find SoS
quite enjoyable. That said, it is no GPL. If
you want GPL-style physics, your only other choice
is NASCAR 4. I'm sure the folks here who enjoy F1
can shed light on quality of the current F1
offerings.
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:28:15 +1000, "Ritual"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
>I love GPL and am on the lookout for sims in a similar vein. Is 'Spirit Of
>Speed 1937' worth buying? Any good?
>
>Steve
>
>
Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....
On Wed, 06 Jun 2001 11:14:56 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:
>I happen to be one of a small group who find SoS
>quite enjoyable. That said, it is no GPL. If
I happen to be one of the rest of the world who think SoS sucks
bigtime :)
The -only- thing that comes close to GPL in terms of physics model is
indeed Nascar 4.
Or if you can find it in a bargain bin, pick up Viper Racing, old but
excellent sim..
Andre
SoS does suck bigtime but it could have been so good. Those old cicuits are
fantastic and 600 hp with skinny tires should be a hoot. Unforntunatley the
handling in SoS is plain crap.
I just wish someone would do some of those old circuits for GPL, Donnigton
anyone?
--
Some Call Me Tim
> I'm sure the folks here who enjoy F1
> can shed light on quality of the current F1
> offerings.....
No, more likely, they will argue 130 messages deep about whether GP2 or F1RS
is better... :)
(I think that thread is still going)
If not I'm continuing it here... F1RS is surely the better of the two.
Lead me to that thread... have to get stuck in!!
Jan. ;-)
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Kai Fuller wrote...
Quoted text (7 lines)
> > <snip> > No, more likely, they will argue 130 messages deep about > whether GP2 or F1RS is better... :) > > (I think that thread is still going) > >The handling out of the box was (and remains)
crap. However, apply Bob Church's joystick
configuration utility (CTFJ! 3.20 - find it here:
http://home.att.net/~stickworks/) and SoS becomes
very enjoyable.
You can find some good settings for CTFJ! here:
http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/depart/mar01/stick.html
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:04:01 +0100, "Some Call Me
Tim" <[email hidden]> wrote:
Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....
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>SoS does suck bigtime but it could have been so good. Those old cicuits are >fantastic and 600 hp with skinny tires should be a hoot. Unforntunatley the >handling in SoS is plain crap. > >I just wish someone would do some of those old circuits for GPL, Donnigton >anyone? > > >-- >Some Call Me Tim > >Mr. Lipid is absolutely correct -- the CTFJ utility doesn't transform
SoS into GPL, but I've had a TON of fun campaigning vintage Indy
Deusenbergs and Millers against europe's finest marques!
It's definitely not a GPL-beater, but when it comes to relaxed, fun
racing, SoS approaches the NFSPU end of the spectrum.
-- JB
On Thu, 07 Jun 2001 02:05:06 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:
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>The handling out of the box was (and remains) >crap. However, apply Bob Church's joystick >configuration utility (CTFJ! 3.20 - find it here: >http://home.att.net/~stickworks/) and SoS becomes >very enjoyable. > >You can find some good settings for CTFJ! here: > >http://www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/depart/mar01/stick.html > >On Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:04:01 +0100, "Some Call Me >Tim" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >>SoS does suck bigtime but it could have been so good. Those old cicuits are >>fantastic and 600 hp with skinny tires should be a hoot. Unforntunatley the >>handling in SoS is plain crap. >> >>I just wish someone would do some of those old circuits for GPL, Donnigton >>anyone? >> >> >>-- >>Some Call Me Tim >> >> > > >Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....>"Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote
> If not I'm continuing it here... F1RS is surely the better of the two.
>
> Kai Fuller wrote...
> > No, more likely, they will argue 130 messages deep about
> > whether GP2 or F1RS is better... :)
No way Jan, while F1RS gives you a more realistic feeling of watching F1,
Gp2 gave you a better representation of driving an F1 ;-)
/me is just continuing the thread LOL
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Nah, it would be either:
NASCAR requires no skill cos its just around a circle
Indycar drivers are better than F1 because they have less driving aids.
Regards,
Luke
Kai Fuller <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> > I'm sure the folks here who enjoy F1
> > can shed light on quality of the current F1
> > offerings.
> ....
>
> No, more likely, they will argue 130 messages deep about whether GP2 orF1RS
> is better... :)
>
> (I think that thread is still going)
>
>
