GP3 Bashers

Oh do be quiet, you are starting to bore me. 1:15.690 at Montreal!!!! :o))

Everyone's entitled to their opinions Rob, just like you... "Rob Swindells" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Oh do be quiet, you are starting to bore me. > > 1:15.690 at Montreal!!!! :o)) >

i mean really...i bet GP3 is alot better than the pos F12000 that is on my hard drive!!!!

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No doubt. -- [email hidden] "Ray127611" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > i mean really...i bet GP3 is alot better than the pos F12000 that is on my hard > drive!!!!

Rob Swindells wrote: > > Oh do be quiet, you are starting to bore me. > > 1:15.690 at Montreal!!!! :o)) Is that in real Earth time, or GP3 slo-mo time?

Erh? ..... No. apart from the weather maybe. but graphically F12K Slaps GP3 in the face with a wet fish :) and IMO physics are slightly better. Ray127611 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > i mean really...i bet GP3 is alot better than the pos F12000 that is on myhard > drive!!!!

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:57:51 GMT, "Jason" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Erh? ..... No. apart from the weather maybe. but graphically F12K Slaps GP3 >in the face with a wet fish :) and IMO physics are slightly better. > No f%cking way. F12000 is the worst F1 sim in recent history, and proves that EA can only make Arcade games, not simulations. Maybe there has been a patch to the game, but if not, it still stinks with poor AI, poor controls, lousy graphics compared to CPU. GP3 looks great in 1024*700 which my "little" P2-400/TNT2 easily can run. .. MVH Anders H. J�rgensen, der snart flytter til �rhus. email: [email hidden]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 23:31:24 +0100, "G.Aitken" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> > >Rob Swindells wrote: >> >> Oh do be quiet, you are starting to bore me. >> >> 1:15.690 at Montreal!!!! :o)) > >Is that in real Earth time, or GP3 slo-mo time?

processor/gfx card dependant it seems.. my k6-2 with v3000 just looks slow in anything but 640*400 then its not using glide either just bollocks D3d emulation. im off to play gpl and/or Mercedes benz truck racing (gr8 fucking game)

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> > On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:57:51 GMT, "Jason" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Erh? ..... No. apart from the weather maybe. but graphically F12K Slaps GP3 > >in the face with a wet fish :) > > I disagree. Strongly as a matter of fact. > > > and IMO physics are slightly better. > > > > In what way?

I'm wondering about all this stuff I see about GP3 being so bad myself I finally got a my hands on a proper copy last night and found a 1 hour time slot for some testing, NFS Porsche is damn fun :-) I like it, no, "it's no GPL" :-), but GPL aside, I've never driven a better F1 sim, not to me anyway, and as far as I'm concerned, it's the best modern F1 sim, I even managed to get my pedals to work in split axis mode using the "calibration driven...." something option, although the brakes seemed to "drag" if that's the proper term, but at least they were recognized as such Yes I agree that with 4 years of development time, it could have been "more" than it is, but what it is ain't bad, GFX look good in 1024x768 on my GEForce256 and runs with less that 40% occ on my P3-700, which should be good news for those with "lesser" PC's Physics, well, I managed to spin quite frequently last night, both in the wet and the dry, wheel spin in 3rd in the wet, seemed a bit "canned" perhaps, but then again you don't see many of the F1 drivers catch their cars once they've gotten it really sideways either Will I play it as much as I played GP2 and GP before it, no, my interest in F1 isn't what it used to be and it's not good enough as a sim in itself for me to spend that kind of time with it, but I consider it money well spent and a fine addition to my extensive collection of sims, one that I would have felt was missing if I had DL'ed the warez version and didn't have a proper copy, I think this is one of those sims that "grow" on you Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Sorry, I sent GP3 Back !. The car physics are atrocious (cold tyres flat out Hockenheim No Spin Please !) 180 % proc at start Athlon 800 32 Geforce 2 CRAP Force Feedback What FF No setup for PADDLES and it puts a 100% loading on the processor when in use, it is unfortunately PANTS and I am VERY Disappointed in Geoff Crammond and all the crew at Microprose 25 fps !!! this is the 21st century and not an Amiga ! Love and Wheelspin Ian

"ian corps" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8m7fd4$n3f$[email hidden]... > Sorry, I sent GP3 Back !. > The car physics are atrocious (cold tyres flat out Hockenheim No SpinPlease > !) Exactly what do you mean by cold tires? Also you were in top gear had your foot mashed on the gas and never let up??? Is that what you are describing here? -- [email hidden] > 180 % proc at start Athlon 800 32 Geforce 2 CRAP > Force Feedback What FF No setup for PADDLES > and it puts a 100% loading on the processor when in use, it is unfortunately > PANTS and I am VERY Disappointed in Geoff Crammond and all the crew at > Microprose 25 fps !!! this is the 21st century and not an Amiga ! > Love and Wheelspin > Ian > >

I keep hearing everyone talk about how disappointed they are with GP3 based on the fact that it was in development for 4 years. I can understand the disappointment, but I for one am hardly surprised that GP3 fails to meet many of our expectations. Any computer game/simulation that is in development for more than about a year or 2 is almost always a disappointment upon release. Computer hardware performance increases so rapidly that a game designed to take advantage of today's systems will generally be viewed as ancient in 4 years. Thus, if a game is in development for a couple of years, the progammers are left with the decision of either continuing with the current model (which will be less than state-of-the-art by the time it is completed) or starting over from scratch so that new hardware and software technologies can be used. Obviously Mr. Crammond and team chose to stick with the original game design and graphics engine, even though it is not state-of-the-art by today's standards. I'm sure the opinions we all have of GP3 would be substantially different had it been released 3 years ago. Whether the long delay in the release of this product was due to insufficient funding from the publisher during development, or from a design team that was too small or not skilled enough to get the product out the door within a reasonable timeframe (18 months or less?) I will probably never know. So what is my point? Actually, I have no idea... (sorry for wasting your time if you have actually read this far!). I guess just that GP3 is a fine product -- if we can just mentally turn back the clocks to 1998 and pretend that computer games/simulations/graphics/etc... have not evolved past that point... Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

ian corps wrote: > > Sorry, I sent GP3 Back !. > The car physics are atrocious (cold tyres flat out Hockenheim No Spin Please > !) Turn off all driving aids. Geez! > 180 % proc at start Athlon 800 32 Geforce 2 CRAP Geforce 2 is CRAP? No, something is wrong with your system. > Force Feedback What FF No setup for PADDLES Can you map keys to the paddles of your wheel (brand?)? > and it puts a 100% loading on the processor when in use, it is unfortunately Huh? You'd like to do some spreadsheet work at the same time, or what do you mean with 100% cpu load? -- l8er ronny Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

What a Dick! -- Mark Jeangerard >>>>>>>Rob Swindells 1:15.690 at Montreal!!!! :o))

ian corps <[email hidden]> wrote: : Sorry, I sent GP3 Back !. : The car physics are atrocious (cold tyres flat out Hockenheim No Spin Please : !) (Grin) If you'd have read the manual you would have seen you could turn driver aids off. (Also you don't have "cold tyres" in modern F1 - if anything new tyres fresh from blankets are warmer) -- Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York UPDATED WWW: http://manor.york.ac.uk/

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> > Sorry, I sent GP3 Back !. > The car physics are atrocious (cold tyres flat out Hockenheim No Spin Please > !) > 180 % proc at start Athlon 800 32 Geforce 2 CRAP > Force Feedback What FF No setup for PADDLES > and it puts a 100% loading on the processor when in use, it is unfortunately > PANTS and I am VERY Disappointed in Geoff Crammond and all the crew at > Microprose 25 fps !!! this is the 21st century and not an Amiga ! > Love and Wheelspin

Don't know what was wrong at your end, but my 700 runs at 40-50% occ with everything on in 1024x768, I AM disappointed about the 25 FPS max though, and the reports that it will bog down when played over a LAN is not too encouraging, as is the lack of MP over i-net, but apart from that, I'm fairly happy, but I still have less than 2 hours with it though.... Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

What a***! -- Mark Jeangerard