not sure if this is just "noise" to some or not.
After running a billion+ (or more :)) laps in GP2, then not picking it
up for the last year, here is my first impressions of GP3, after
running about 4 dozen hot laps at Spa today.
1) I expected better graphics. They look a bit grainy to me, even at
1280x1024, on a GeForce256. Not terrible though.
2) Performance is good on P3 733, GeForce256 (plain, 5.22 CT drivers)
3) Absolutely no chance to recover from many of the spins. I'm
spoiled by GPL I guess. Sometimes here, you are obviously going
around, reguardless of correctional maneuvers. Many times, the
corrections don't even cause ANYTHING, the car just continues
around,like you didn't do anything. The entry into the first chicane at
Spa is example. No biggie though. We are spoiled by GPL in this
category, methinks.
4) Zero PC crashes/hangs (yet)
5) The curbs at Spa are toooooo forgiving... not sure what that's
about. Sometimes when your outside tires should be on the
dirt/grass/gravel outside the curb, the car just floats I guess.
6) Is it me... or is front bite harder to dial in?? I'm wearing my
fronts out like nobodies business, I just can't get front bite.
7) I think some of the warez versions out there are partially bogus...
I checked out a warez version last night, with my retail coming via UPS
today... and I could notice a difference after getting the retail box
today. Don't make your judgement off the warez, unless your sure the
warez was from the retail build.
So far so good though. Been waiting for this to come out for soooooo
long. I'm happy to have it.
-=hammer
--
MC
"I've been trying to get as far away from myself as I can" - Bob Dylan
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Before you buy.
Don't recover from the spins using GPL (on the throttle) technique. Tap the
brake pedal and you'll be recovering from those spins quite easy. I've spun
out on the kerbs at Brazil many times.
-Cheers!
"Hammer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> not sure if this is just "noise" to some or not. > > After running a billion+ (or more :)) laps in GP2, then not picking it > up for the last year, here is my first impressions of GP3, after > running about 4 dozen hot laps at Spa today. > > 1) I expected better graphics. They look a bit grainy to me, even at > 1280x1024, on a GeForce256. Not terrible though. > 2) Performance is good on P3 733, GeForce256 (plain, 5.22 CT drivers) > 3) Absolutely no chance to recover from many of the spins. I'm > spoiled by GPL I guess. Sometimes here, you are obviously going > around, reguardless of correctional maneuvers. Many times, the > corrections don't even cause ANYTHING, the car just continues > around,like you didn't do anything. The entry into the first chicane at > Spa is example. No biggie though. We are spoiled by GPL in this > category, methinks. > 4) Zero PC crashes/hangs (yet) > 5) The curbs at Spa are toooooo forgiving... not sure what that's > about. Sometimes when your outside tires should be on the > dirt/grass/gravel outside the curb, the car just floats I guess. > 6) Is it me... or is front bite harder to dial in?? I'm wearing my > fronts out like nobodies business, I just can't get front bite. > 7) I think some of the warez versions out there are partially bogus... > I checked out a warez version last night, with my retail coming via UPS > today... and I could notice a difference after getting the retail box > today. Don't make your judgement off the warez, unless your sure the > warez was from the retail build. > > So far so good though. Been waiting for this to come out for soooooo > long. I'm happy to have it. > > -=hammer > > -- > MC > "I've been trying to get as far away from myself as I can" - Bob Dylan > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.In article <[email hidden]>,
NOMAIL wrote:
[snip]
> What difference did you notice? One requires a cdrom to play and the
> other doesn't?
> --
> Nos
LOL. Yup, that's it...
-=hammer
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Before you buy.
In article <6UUn5.9715$[email hidden]>,
"Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote:
[snip]
> Exactly what differences did you notice?
>
> --
>
> [email hidden]
I could be full of BS, maybe they are the same. The replay function
didn't work in the warez but did in the retail. I never tried to
troubleshoot it though, could have just been a glitch.
And the performance in 1280x1024 seems better, but again, I didn't
quantify that.
Other than that, not much. Might even be my imagination.
-=hammer
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Before you buy.
i agree, increasing your throttle does nothing but give you lots of smoke (i
have the replay to prove it)
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 23:24:43 GMT, Hammer <[email hidden]> thus
spoke:
>7) I think some of the warez versions out there are partially bogus...
>I checked out a warez version last night, with my retail coming via UPS
>today... and I could notice a difference after getting the retail box
>today. Don't make your judgement off the warez, unless your sure the
>warez was from the retail build.
What difference did you notice? One requires a cdrom to play and the
other doesn't?
--
Nos
"Hammer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> 7) I think some of the warez versions out there are partially bogus...
> I checked out a warez version last night, with my retail coming via UPS
> today... and I could notice a difference after getting the retail box
> today. Don't make your judgement off the warez, unless your sure the
> warez was from the retail build.
Exactly what differences did you notice?
--
[email hidden]
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000 23:18:29 GMT, Hammer <[email hidden]> thus
spoke:
>Other than that, not much. Might even be my imagination.
It is.
--
Nos
Mainly the price :)
Greg Cisko <[email hidden]> schreef in berichtnieuws
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> "Hammer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8nn4vb$s7a$[email hidden]... > > 7) I think some of the warez versions out there are partially bogus... > > I checked out a warez version last night, with my retail coming via UPS > > today... and I could notice a difference after getting the retail box > > today. Don't make your judgement off the warez, unless your sure the > > warez was from the retail build. > > Exactly what differences did you notice? > > > -- > > [email hidden] > > > > >and most importantly
the warez did not come with manual
and box
I hate it when that happens
:-(
Karl Zosel <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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bogus...
> > > I checked out a warez version last night, with my retail coming viaUPS
