Anyone play racing sims on their laptop?

I just treated myself to a new P III600 laptop (present to myself for giving up smoking, now I'll have to stay "given up" to pay for the thing :-), and was wondering if anyone plays any racing sims on their laptop? I've loaded GP3, and it plays great in software mode, it will play in 3D as the graphics chip in the laptop is an ATI Rage, but actually has a faster framerate in software mode. One disappointment is GPL, I can install it fine, but can find no way to change key mappings to something easier on the fingers (A & Z for accelerate/brake, cursor arrows for steering?) - it refuses to acknowledge my "key presses" when I try to change controls and stayson "KP8" "KP4" etc ...any ideas?? cheers, Andy.

Same thing with GPL and my Compaq. It installed fine, but I couldn't control the car. On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 17:20:19 -0000, "Andy Lees" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I just treated myself to a new P III600 laptop (present to myself for giving >up smoking, now I'll have to stay "given up" to pay for the thing :-), and >was wondering if anyone plays any racing sims on their laptop? > >I've loaded GP3, and it plays great in software mode, it will play in 3D as >the graphics chip in the laptop is an ATI Rage, but actually has a faster >framerate in software mode. > >One disappointment is GPL, I can install it fine, but can find no way to >change key mappings to something easier on the fingers (A & Z for >accelerate/brake, cursor arrows for steering?) - it refuses to acknowledge >my "key presses" when I try to change controls and stayson "KP8" "KP4" etc > >...any ideas?? > >cheers, > >Andy. > >

I bought a pcmcia joystick adapter from Newmedia a few years ago, works great on my laptop. I have never tried it in GPL tho. Not enough horsepower, works with GP2. David "Power Post 2000" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Same thing with GPL and my Compaq. It installed fine, but I couldn't > control the car. > > > On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 17:20:19 -0000, "Andy Lees" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I just treated myself to a new P III600 laptop (present to myself for

giving > >up smoking, now I'll have to stay "given up" to pay for the thing :-),and > >was wondering if anyone plays any racing sims on their laptop? > > > >I've loaded GP3, and it plays great in software mode, it will play in 3Das > >the graphics chip in the laptop is an ATI Rage, but actually has a faster > >framerate in software mode. > > > >One disappointment is GPL, I can install it fine, but can find no way to > >change key mappings to something easier on the fingers (A & Z for > >accelerate/brake, cursor arrows for steering?) - it refuses toacknowledge > >my "key presses" when I try to change controls and stayson "KP8" "KP4"etc

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> > > >...any ideas?? > > > >cheers, > > > >Andy. > > > > >

If you dont feel uncorfortable with some wiring and soldering iron, the best solution is to create a parallel <-> console game pad adapter and use DirectPad Pro. It is a free windows driver that will let you use any console devices (snes, genesis, n64, playstation, ...) on you computer, with all buttons working. The one I profer the most is the Playstation adapter, it is easy to do, just 5 diodes, a parallel conector (both at Radio Shack) and a Playstation conector (I got mine on a psx extension cable (any Toys"R" Us), and it even supports force feedback. You can get the driver and schemas at http://www.ziplabel.com/dpadpro/ Nice racing, Brian "Andy Lees" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:96h330$92d$[email hidden]... > I just treated myself to a new P III600 laptop (present to myself forgiving > up smoking, now I'll have to stay "given up" to pay for the thing :-), and > was wondering if anyone plays any racing sims on their laptop? > > I've loaded GP3, and it plays great in software mode, it will play in 3Das

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> the graphics chip in the laptop is an ATI Rage, but actually has a faster > framerate in software mode. > > One disappointment is GPL, I can install it fine, but can find no way to > change key mappings to something easier on the fingers (A & Z for > accelerate/brake, cursor arrows for steering?) - it refuses to acknowledge > my "key presses" when I try to change controls and stayson "KP8" "KP4" etc > > ...any ideas?? > > cheers, > > Andy. > >

Good for you on the smoking! I wish I could do the same thing. Hope it all works out. =================== Dwayne -------------------------------------- Saw It... Wanted It... Had A Fit... Got It! -------------------------------------- Remove nojunk to email

A brief answer to your questions: The standard Rage chip doesn't have enough horespower for GPL in hardware mode, or for GP3. The least you would need is a notebook with a Savage IX, ATI Mobility 128 or GeForce2go. But as you've found, GP3 in software mode can still be fun. GPL won't allow you to define keys other than the keypad for controlling the car. Doesn't your notebook have a USB port? Stephen notebook simmer Andy Lees <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:96h330$92d$[email hidden]... > I just treated myself to a new P III600 laptop (present to myself forgiving > up smoking, now I'll have to stay "given up" to pay for the thing :-), and > was wondering if anyone plays any racing sims on their laptop? > > I've loaded GP3, and it plays great in software mode, it will play in 3Das

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> the graphics chip in the laptop is an ATI Rage, but actually has a faster > framerate in software mode. > > One disappointment is GPL, I can install it fine, but can find no way to > change key mappings to something easier on the fingers (A & Z for > accelerate/brake, cursor arrows for steering?) - it refuses to acknowledge > my "key presses" when I try to change controls and stayson "KP8" "KP4" etc > > ...any ideas?? > > cheers, > > Andy. > >

Someone in a recent thread mentioned that they have the following key assignments in GPL, which seem to be easier on the fingers: Steering - keypad left and right arrow Throttle - keypad up arrow Brake - F6 Shift up - F7 Shift down - F5 Andy Lees <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> I just treated myself to a new P III600 laptop (present to myself for giving > up smoking, now I'll have to stay "given up" to pay for the thing :-), and > was wondering if anyone plays any racing sims on their laptop? > I've loaded GP3, and it plays great in software mode, it will play in 3D as > the graphics chip in the laptop is an ATI Rage, but actually has a faster > framerate in software mode. > One disappointment is GPL, I can install it fine, but can find no way to > change key mappings to something easier on the fingers (A & Z for > accelerate/brake, cursor arrows for steering?) - it refuses to acknowledge > my "key presses" when I try to change controls and stayson "KP8" "KP4" etc > ...any ideas?? > cheers, > Andy.