New from DN: GPL to N3/NL track converter

Uhm, came here looking for comments on this but no mention of it. Basically it allows you to convert 13 GPL tracks to run in N3 or NL (sorry, No Ring, but there is Spa/Monza/Solitude). I posted a few comments to a mailing list which I've pasted below, followed by the readme : BTW: get it from the US pits www.theuspits.com PS. Thanks Dave Maxx Well, I couldn't resist, took a short spurt around Soli in NL, looks pretty good, only a few graphic anomolies. Also tried a lap of Goodwood, all was OK. Then did a 3 lap race against an 80% AI at Monza and managed a 1:45 in some old banger :) got up to 190 on the back straight which is quite scary in these things. Quite a few graphic glitches on this one, especially when you are close to the AI cars (you can see through them). Maxx At 17:40 23/04/2001 +0100, you wrote: Phil, Afriad not, at least not in this version. 13 Tracks in all, inc most of the Papy 11 and Brands, Imola, ORing, Crystal Palace & Goodwood, oh and Solitude :) Works for Nascar Legends apartently, I don't have N3 (anyone know where I can get one in UK), I should be working but may give Soli a spin in NL later. Maxx GPLTON.EXE This WIN95,98,NT program will convert GPL tracks to N3 and NL. The tracks which can be converted are:- Brands Hatch, Crystal Palace, Goodwood, Imola, Kyalami, Monza, Mosport, Osterreichring, Road Atlanta, Silverstone, Snetterton, Solitude, Spa, Watkins Glen and Zandvoort. Other tracks that are not included will NOT work with NASCAR racing at all. To convert make sure you have correctly set the directories for N3/NL and GPL. You should be entering the application directories (e.g c:\sierra\nascar3 and c:\sierra\gpl and NOT the track directories). If the GPL directory is correctly set a list of tracks available to convert will appear in the list box. Select from the list box and hit the convert button. You should get an error message if the incorrect Nascar directory has been set or you run out of disk space. New entries will be added to the file all.cal These tracks have heavy memory demands. In the cases of Goodwood, Spa, Snetterton and Solitude you may get slow frame rates. The only solution to this is to download less detailed versions of these tracks. NOTE: Many computers will not run some of the more detailed tracks, or it will crash when the track is attempted to be run. There is nothing that can be done about this other than upgrade your computer memory and graphics card. Special Note on Snetterton: The GPL version of Snetterton is not packed into a .dat, therefore the converter will not find it. The solution is to pack all the pertinent files into a .dat file (use any of the packing programs found at The Pits in the Stockcar editors section) and then the converter will work. There are some problems at the edges of the tracks on the wide bends. By the time you hit the fence you may be 'under' the grass (but not in arcade view). You will notice some the pit lanes are long this is to ensure a large field of opponents. Happy racing! Dave Noonan 22-APR-2001

I can't get the file to unzip. I get a message to d/l again. I've d/l the file 3 times. Any suggestions to get it to work? buzard "Maxx" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > Uhm, came here looking for comments on this but > no mention of it. Basically it allows you to convert 13 > GPL tracks to run in N3 or NL (sorry, No Ring, but there > is Spa/Monza/Solitude). > > I posted a few comments to a mailing list which > I've pasted below, followed by the readme : > > BTW: get it from the US pits www.theuspits.com > PS. Thanks Dave > > Maxx > > > Well, I couldn't resist, took a short spurt around Soli in NL, looks > pretty good, only a few graphic anomolies. Also tried a lap of > Goodwood, > all was OK. Then did a 3 lap race against an 80% AI at Monza and > managed > a 1:45 in some old banger :) got up to 190 on the back straight which > is quite scary in these things. Quite a few graphic glitches on this > one, > especially when you are close to the AI cars (you can see through > them). > > Maxx > > > At 17:40 23/04/2001 +0100, you wrote: > > Phil, > > Afriad not, at least not in this version. 13 Tracks in all, inc > most of the Papy 11 and Brands, Imola, ORing, Crystal Palace > & Goodwood, oh and Solitude :) > > Works for Nascar Legends apartently, I don't have N3 (anyone know > where I can get one in UK), I should be working but may give Soli > a spin in NL later. > > Maxx > > GPLTON.EXE > > This WIN95,98,NT program will convert GPL tracks to N3 and NL. > The tracks which can be converted are:- Brands Hatch, Crystal Palace, > Goodwood, Imola, Kyalami, Monza, Mosport, Osterreichring, > Road Atlanta, Silverstone, Snetterton, Solitude, Spa, Watkins Glen and > Zandvoort. Other tracks that are not included will NOT work with > NASCAR racing at all. > > To convert make sure you have correctly set the directories for > N3/NL and GPL. You should be entering the application directories > (e.g c:\sierra\nascar3 and c:\sierra\gpl and NOT the track > directories). > > If the GPL directory is correctly set a list of tracks available to > convert > will appear in the list box. Select from the list box and hit the > convert > button. You should get an error message if the incorrect Nascar > directory > has been set or you run out of disk space. > > New entries will be added to the file all.cal > > These tracks have heavy memory demands. In the cases of Goodwood, Spa, > Snetterton and Solitude you may get slow frame rates. The only > solution to > this is to download less detailed versions of these tracks. > NOTE: Many computers will not run some of the more detailed tracks, > or it > will crash when the track is attempted to be run. There is nothing > that > can be done about this other than upgrade your computer memory and > graphics > card. > > Special Note on Snetterton: The GPL version of Snetterton is not > packed > into a .dat, therefore the converter will not find it. The solution > is > to pack all the pertinent files into a .dat file (use any of the > packing > programs found at The Pits in the Stockcar editors section) and then > the > converter will work. > > There are some problems at the edges of the tracks on the wide bends. > By > the time you hit the fence you may be 'under' the grass (but not in > arcade view). > > You will notice some the pit lanes are long this is to ensure a large > field > of opponents. > > Happy racing! > > Dave Noonan 22-APR-2001

Yea, it's a bit weird. File downloads as "gpl2n3_v1", you then need to rename it to gpl2n3_v1.exe and run it, should run fine then. File size should be 9,893kb Maxx On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 18:53:43 GMT, "Bob Thurman" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I can't get the file to unzip. I get a message to d/l again. >I've d/l the file 3 times. Any suggestions to get it to work? > >buzard

Actually.. look about 10 threads up :) "Maxx" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > Uhm, came here looking for comments on this but > no mention of it. Basically it allows you to convert 13 > GPL tracks to run in N3 or NL (sorry, No Ring, but there > is Spa/Monza/Solitude). > > I posted a few comments to a mailing list which > I've pasted below, followed by the readme : > > BTW: get it from the US pits www.theuspits.com > PS. Thanks Dave > > Maxx > > > Well, I couldn't resist, took a short spurt around Soli in NL, looks > pretty good, only a few graphic anomolies. Also tried a lap of > Goodwood, > all was OK. Then did a 3 lap race against an 80% AI at Monza and > managed > a 1:45 in some old banger :) got up to 190 on the back straight which > is quite scary in these things. Quite a few graphic glitches on this > one, > especially when you are close to the AI cars (you can see through > them). > > Maxx > > > At 17:40 23/04/2001 +0100, you wrote: > > Phil, > > Afriad not, at least not in this version. 13 Tracks in all, inc > most of the Papy 11 and Brands, Imola, ORing, Crystal Palace > & Goodwood, oh and Solitude :) > > Works for Nascar Legends apartently, I don't have N3 (anyone know > where I can get one in UK), I should be working but may give Soli > a spin in NL later. > > Maxx > > GPLTON.EXE > > This WIN95,98,NT program will convert GPL tracks to N3 and NL. > The tracks which can be converted are:- Brands Hatch, Crystal Palace, > Goodwood, Imola, Kyalami, Monza, Mosport, Osterreichring, > Road Atlanta, Silverstone, Snetterton, Solitude, Spa, Watkins Glen and > Zandvoort. Other tracks that are not included will NOT work with > NASCAR racing at all. > > To convert make sure you have correctly set the directories for > N3/NL and GPL. You should be entering the application directories > (e.g c:\sierra\nascar3 and c:\sierra\gpl and NOT the track > directories). > > If the GPL directory is correctly set a list of tracks available to > convert > will appear in the list box. Select from the list box and hit the > convert > button. You should get an error message if the incorrect Nascar > directory > has been set or you run out of disk space. > > New entries will be added to the file all.cal > > These tracks have heavy memory demands. In the cases of Goodwood, Spa, > Snetterton and Solitude you may get slow frame rates. The only > solution to > this is to download less detailed versions of these tracks. > NOTE: Many computers will not run some of the more detailed tracks, > or it > will crash when the track is attempted to be run. There is nothing > that > can be done about this other than upgrade your computer memory and > graphics > card. > > Special Note on Snetterton: The GPL version of Snetterton is not > packed > into a .dat, therefore the converter will not find it. The solution > is > to pack all the pertinent files into a .dat file (use any of the > packing > programs found at The Pits in the Stockcar editors section) and then > the > converter will work. > > There are some problems at the edges of the tracks on the wide bends. > By > the time you hit the fence you may be 'under' the grass (but not in > arcade view). > > You will notice some the pit lanes are long this is to ensure a large > field > of opponents. > > Happy racing! > > Dave Noonan 22-APR-2001

Kyalami and Solitude keep crashing back to desktop after half a lap. buzard "Maxx" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > Yea, it's a bit weird. File downloads as "gpl2n3_v1", you then need to > rename it to gpl2n3_v1.exe and run it, should run fine then. > File size should be 9,893kb > > Maxx > > > On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 18:53:43 GMT, "Bob Thurman" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >I can't get the file to unzip. I get a message to d/l again. > >I've d/l the file 3 times. Any suggestions to get it to work? > > > >buzard

On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:51:55 GMT, "Bob Thurman" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Kyalami and Solitude keep crashing back to desktop >after half a lap. > >buzard Soli was OK in practice but I started a race against 3-4 AI cars it kicked me out before T1. Not tried Kya yet. Maxx

I think the Bigger tracks are going to overwhelm a-lot of systems. I am frankly suprised they did Spa and Solitude. I have run laps at Monza and Mosport with no problem, but dang me if I can get even a practice lap finished with those two long tracks. dave henrie V5, AMD 1.1ghz, 256megs/pc133 ram so I 'should' have enough headroom. I'm betting the 32meg texture bufffer in the V5 is a limiting factor. "Maxx" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 23:51:55 GMT, "Bob Thurman" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Kyalami and Solitude keep crashing back to desktop > >after half a lap. > > > >buzard > > Soli was OK in practice but I started a race against 3-4 AI cars > it kicked me out before T1. Not tried Kya yet. > Maxx

Dave Henrie wrote: > I have run laps at Monza and Mosport with no problem, Mosport in a big heavy sedan with skinny tires and WAY too much horsepower(NL)? Sounds like a hoot! I'll have to give it a go later. (I ain't got near enough beer in me yet to make THAT fun!) Gary Stephenson

>"gary stephenson" <[email hidden]> wrote > Mosport in a big heavy sedan with skinny tires and WAY too much > horsepower(NL)? Sounds like a hoot! I'll have to give it a go later. (I > ain't got near enough beer in me yet to make THAT fun!) All tracks work for me, except Spa. Well, at other tracks, be easy and don't force too much the software. I went over a weird bend at Solitude and it crashed N3 :) N3 WC cars seem about 10% slower. I was able to do some 1:33's at Silverstone after 5minutes. At Spa, I can load the track without a problem. But, even without any graphics, I can't drive it. I can hop in the pits and rev my engine, but if I ever go forward, my PC freezes :( -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...