All I can say is, I'm speechless. No, it's not a demo or rolling movie, but
it is a picture showing the photo realism. Simply phenominal...
http://www.west-racing.com/
James Pickard
It looks awesome! Maybe by next Christmas we can drive it :)
"James Pickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> All I can say is, I'm speechless. No, it's not a demo or rolling movie,but
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> it is a picture showing the photo realism. Simply phenominal... > > http://www.west-racing.com/ > > > > James Pickard > > > >"James Pickard" <[email hidden]> writes:
> All I can say is, I'm speechless. No, it's not a demo or rolling movie, but
> it is a picture showing the photo realism. Simply phenominal...
>
> http://www.west-racing.com/
Absolutely fabulous! And they claim it is still things missing in
it. The big question will be what system will be needed to drive
something like that at 40 fps :)
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On 21 Dec 2000 10:07:45 +0100, [email hidden] (Olav K.
Malmin) wrote:
>Absolutely fabulous! And they claim it is still things missing in
>it. The big question will be what system will be needed to drive
>something like that at 40 fps :)
40? Are you sure about your numbers?
SCNR ;-)
Wow!
this is looking promising!
in the small pictures you can also see something like a GT40 or a 250LM, I'm not
sure.. COOL!!!!
it would be great if they put some classic GT cars in it!
James Pickard wrote:
> All I can say is, I'm speechless. No, it's not a demo or rolling movie, but
> it is a picture showing the photo realism. Simply phenominal...
>
> http://www.west-racing.com/
>
> James Pickard
Must be good if it made you "Speechless" :)
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> it is a picture showing the photo realism. Simply phenominal... > > http://www.west-racing.com/ > > > > James Pickard > > >:-P
"Guy Leach" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Must be good if it made you "Speechless" :) > > > James Pickard <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:6mf06.27278$[email hidden]... > > All I can say is, I'm speechless. No, it's not a demo or rolling movie, > but > > it is a picture showing the photo realism. Simply phenominal... > > > > http://www.west-racing.com/ > > > > > > > > James Pickard > > > > > > > >Start saving now, people - and for all of you that are sitting smug with
your Athlons etc - remember GPL's minimum spec is a P166... I guess y the
time WSC comes out, showing all the little touches will take a Cray or
somwthing... :-)
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Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.
On 21 Dec 2000 14:12:46 GMT, [email hidden]
(David Buttery) wrote:
>Start saving now, people - and for all of you that are sitting smug with
>your Athlons etc - remember GPL's minimum spec is a P166... I guess y the
>time WSC comes out, showing all the little touches will take a Cray or
>somwthing... :-)
LOL, I'm thinking the same thing but, that's O.K.. When GPL came along
and I saw how great it was I gladly upgraded in order to play it. If
WSC is equally impressive, I'll do the same.
On the interviews I've seen the west guys dont seem to think that WSC's
going to be a HUGE HUGE power hungry game - almost everything will be
turn-on-and-offable
Doug
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> On 21 Dec 2000 14:12:46 GMT, [email hidden] > (David Buttery) wrote: > > >Start saving now, people - and for all of you that are sitting smug with > >your Athlons etc - remember GPL's minimum spec is a P166... I guess y the > >time WSC comes out, showing all the little touches will take a Cray or > >somwthing... :-) > > LOL, I'm thinking the same thing but, that's O.K.. When GPL came along > and I saw how great it was I gladly upgraded in order to play it. If > WSC is equally impressive, I'll do the same.On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 17:27:33 -0000, "Douglas Ellison"
<[email hidden]> wrote:
>On the interviews I've seen the west guys dont seem to think that WSC's
>going to be a HUGE HUGE power hungry game - almost everything will be
>turn-on-and-offable
But with almost everything turned off it will probably not look as
good as that screenshot, which is the topic of this thread. :)
Jan
Replicant <> writes:
Hehe, I've done different upgrades (PIII450@566 -> Cel566@850, V3 ->
V5) just to make GPL fly :) I'm sure that when the time comes for a
WSC release, both the CPU and graphics card are subject for another
upgrade. Take things in small steps and the economical impact isn't
that bad...
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> On 21 Dec 2000 14:12:46 GMT, [email hidden] > (David Buttery) wrote: > > >Start saving now, people - and for all of you that are sitting smug with > >your Athlons etc - remember GPL's minimum spec is a P166... I guess y the > >time WSC comes out, showing all the little touches will take a Cray or > >somwthing... :-) > > LOL, I'm thinking the same thing but, that's O.K.. When GPL came along > and I saw how great it was I gladly upgraded in order to play it. If > WSC is equally impressive, I'll do the same.In article <46r06.761$[email hidden]>,
"Douglas Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> On the interviews I've seen the west guys dont seem to think thatWSC's
> going to be a HUGE HUGE power hungry game - almost everything will be
> turn-on-and-offable
>
> Doug
I think F12000/F1CS2K has proven that people with today's modern
hardware are just simply unwilling to make any graphics compromises
whatsoever, regardless of the physics model beneath the graphics.
Allow me to predict one of the first posts we'll see once the WSC demo
hits the streets:
===============
I just checked out the WSC demo and I have to warn you all that this
thing is TOTAL CRAP! Do not waste your time downloading this -- we
have been lied to!
I have an Athlon 1400 (overclocked to 1800) with 256 MB of RAM and a
new 64 MB NVidia VoodooForce3 Ultra (running a 500MHz core and 475MHz
memory, natch), and I should not have to turn down a single detail with
ANY sim! EVERYTHING I own runs great on this system, including F1CS2K,
GPL, NFSPU, CMR2, Crimson Skies, Gunman Chronicles, Q3, etc., but I
can't get WSC to deliver over 30fps unless I disable smoke, particles,
animated clouds, skidmarks, pitlane details, etc., and it gets even
worse when I try to enable FSAA!!! This is a total crock! N4 also ran
like crap on my system, too, and I ended up uninstalling it because I
couldn't run a full 43-car field without slowdowns at the start, and
not only that, it didn't even have an animated pit crew! Now the West
Brothers bring us this total piece of crap -- what a sad day for sim
racers everywhere! The West Brothers are evil. Thank God that
Crammond's Grand Prix 5 is due out next month -- THAT will be the be-
all and end-all of racing sims, and then I can uninstall all the rest
of the shoddy piece of crap racing sims that are barely able to satisfy
my racing urges while I wait for the next best racing sim ever to come
out.
===============
Some of you will want to save this thread for future use -- it'll save
you a lot of typing when WSC finally does come out. While you're
cutting-and-pasting, though, the rest of us will crank back the details
a bit and enjoy all the goodness underneath that the West Brothers have
been promising.
The fact that they're doing the development work on PIII-450s (I think
that's what I've heard) does sound promising as well, but I am prepared
to scale back the details as needed.
-- JB
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In article <91tthl$s34$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] wrote:
>I think F12000/F1CS2K has proven that people with today's modern
>hardware are just simply unwilling to make any graphics compromises
>whatsoever, regardless of the physics model beneath the graphics.
While I do agree that there is considerable sentiment to that effect, I
question as to whether you are implying that the physics model is a major
reason for the relatively poor graphics/framerate compromise in F12K/F1CS2K.
Perhaps that was the case with GPL, but it isn't with the F12K series.
Framerates of 60 can be reached if one dials back the graphics. If the
physics was the primary reason for sub-standard graphics speed, you wouldn't
be able to realize a 3x improvement in FPS by fiddling with the graphics
settings. Compare to the Superbike sims. I can only conclude that they (ISI)
did indeed do a less than top-notch job on their graphics engine. But now
that I've played with the settings, I do think you can get pretty contemporary
graphics, keep mirrors, and framerate that is even acceptable at the start
with an "average" machine like mine (c566@850, V3-2000).
>Allow me to predict one of the first posts we'll see once the WSC demo
>hits the streets:
On target, I'm sure.
<[email hidden]> wrote in message news:91tthl$s34$[email hidden]...
>EVERYTHING I own runs great on this system, including F1CS2K,
>...........................
>N4 also ran like crap on my system, too,
Yup, that's the kind of posts we'll probably see ;)
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On Thu, 21 Dec 2000 21:43:19 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:
[snip]
>Some of you will want to save this thread for future use -- it'll save
>you a lot of typing when WSC finally does come out. While you're
>cutting-and-pasting, though, the rest of us will crank back the details
>a bit and enjoy all the goodness underneath that the West Brothers have
>been promising.
Actually, I prefer the scenario you wrote to yet another mind-numbing
GPL comparison.
There is hardly anything posted in here that doesn't wind up being
about GPL within 6 posts. I'm not saying it isn't a good sim, but at
this point, but I'm utterly tired of the 60's cars and drivers.
I can't wait for the sim that comes along and finally pushes it off
the cliff.
Tim
40 FPS... yes if you have� a� P4 (SSE2 enhanced) <g>
hmm� don't take my words for it.. anyway a P4 will show all what you can do...
besides I've done a nice article on this with Chris West few weeks ago... you
missed it ? Normally I never give direct links of an article on Sim Racing Mag..
but it's xmas <g>� here goes : http://simracingmag.gameloft.com/wsc_main.html
take care
Eric
http://www.simracingmag.com
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