First review of FINAL version is up. Anyone compare what they report to warez version?

Only bother if you understand German... :-) http://www.gamesmania.de JoH ------- The best way to accelerate a Mac is 9.81 m/s2 -------- --------------------------------------------------------------

Only bother if you understand German... :-) http://www.gamesmania.de JoH ------- The best way to accelerate a Mac is 9.81 m/s2 -------- --------------------------------------------------------------

Jo Helsen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Only bother if you understand German... :-) >at www.go.com is a translator that will translate the text is something that is familiair to English (even worse than my English...) > http://www.gamesmania.de > > JoH > > ------- The best way to accelerate a Mac is 9.81 m/s2 -------- > --------------------------------------------------------------

"Han Monsees" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> >Jo Helsen <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Only bother if you understand German... :-) >> >at www.go.com is a translator that will translate the text is something that >is familiair to English (even worse than my English...) > > >> http://www.gamesmania.de >> >> JoH

Ok. I'll try to quote a little: First of all, their conclusion is that it is not perfect, but it is the best contemporary F1 sim around (ok, this is not necessarilly indicative for typical r.a.s. posters) - they stress the fact that they could not find ANY bugs in there; think this might be an important quote? - they agree about the sound: engine sound is very GP2-ish, other sounds are new though - dynamical weather changes are reported as very "fluid" (i.e. no apparent sudden transitions) - drying line appears WHERE YOU DRIVE (not just on "the racing line") - good feeling of speed - they mention filtered textures and anti-aliasing. They certainly DON'T talk about apparent pixellation - only graphics critique is about the identical carshapes and cockpits - lateral movement of in-cockpit view in fast curves - movement of in-car view indicates surface - extreme braking-actions cause tiremarks, and they remain on the track for the entire race-weekend -all-in-all impressive attention to graphics detail - able to get out of sandtraps (they reckon this is not as realistic as it should be, but in the interest of gameplay), and "with damage you CAN reach the pits if you are cautious" - AI definitely improved again. Looks more human (also in making mistakes) - they talk about differential setup and also "Radstand". I'm not sure whether this could actually be "camber" after all? - unable to overrev the engine - you can only go to reverse gear if you are standing still - there IS a rev-limiter in the pits Most critique focusses on the "missing features" that have been debated to death. JoH ------- The best way to accelerate a Mac is 9.81 m/s2 -------- --------------------------------------------------------------

Well, it sounds similar... I didn't find any bugs either, couple of clipping problems, but no real showstoppers. It runs well, is well behaved (as an application) and it's got fast load times. It's got loads of graphic options to adapt it to your system and lot's of driver aids to accommodate the novice racers. All beautifully presented, I even like the background tune. I, however, am looking for the game which lifts modern F1 sims to the GPL level, which GP3 doesn't. Again, all depends on how you look at it. For the casual gamer I'd have no problems recommending Gp3 as highly as Game Mania Germany do, but for the people who've "been there, done that", there's not enough there to put it a cut above the rest. IMO, of course. Jan. =--- Jo Helsen wrote...

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> Only bother if you understand German... :-) > > http://www.gamesmania.de > > JoH > > ------- The best way to accelerate a Mac is 9.81 m/s2 -------- > --------------------------------------------------------------

"Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Well, it sounds similar... > >I didn't find any bugs either, couple of clipping problems, but no real >showstoppers. It runs well, is well behaved (as an application) and it's got >fast load times. It's got loads of graphic options to adapt it to your >system and lot's of driver aids to accommodate the novice racers. All >beautifully presented, I even like the background tune. I, however, am >looking for the game which lifts modern F1 sims to the GPL level, which GP3 >doesn't. > >Again, all depends on how you look at it. For the casual gamer I'd have no >problems recommending Gp3 as highly as Game Mania Germany do, but for the >people who've "been there, done that", there's not enough there to put it a >cut above the rest. > >IMO, of course. > >Jan.

I could take that, but there are so many complaints about pixellated graphics and such. Nothing about that in the Gamesmania review. The opposite, even. ("anti-aliasing and filtering") JoH ------- The best way to accelerate a Mac is 9.81 m/s2 -------- --------------------------------------------------------------

I think it looked ok... little blocky in places, but who cares if it flashes by at 180mph? At 800x600 with everything on, BTW. Besides, who says these people got their graphic card to work properly? -took me 3 hours to figure out the best settings. Jan. =--- Jo Helsen wrote... > <snip> > I could take that, but there are so many complaints about pixellatedgraphics

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> and such. Nothing about that in the Gamesmania review. The opposite, even. > ("anti-aliasing and filtering") > > JoH > > ------- The best way to accelerate a Mac is 9.81 m/s2 -------- > --------------------------------------------------------------

Try it in a higher resolution than 800 x 600. It will look much better. "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I think it looked ok... little blocky in places, but who cares if itflashes

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> by at 180mph? > > At 800x600 with everything on, BTW. > > Besides, who says these people got their graphic card to work > properly? -took me 3 hours to figure out the best settings. > > Jan. > =--- > Jo Helsen wrote... > > <snip> > > I could take that, but there are so many complaints about pixellated > graphics > > and such. Nothing about that in the Gamesmania review. The opposite,

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> > ("anti-aliasing and filtering") > > > > JoH > > > > ------- The best way to accelerate a Mac is 9.81 m/s2 -------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > >

On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 01:08:46 GMT, "Todd Sorensen" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Try it in a higher resolution than 800 x 600. It will look much better. But then the SLOWMO problem gets worse and worse... Andre

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> > > >"Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> I think it looked ok... little blocky in places, but who cares if it >flashes >> by at 180mph? >> >> At 800x600 with everything on, BTW. >> >> Besides, who says these people got their graphic card to work >> properly? -took me 3 hours to figure out the best settings. >> >> Jan. >> =--- >> Jo Helsen wrote... >> > <snip> >> > I could take that, but there are so many complaints about pixellated >> graphics >> > and such. Nothing about that in the Gamesmania review. The opposite, >even. >> > ("anti-aliasing and filtering") >> > >> > JoH >> > >> > ------- The best way to accelerate a Mac is 9.81 m/s2 -------- >> > -------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > >

Thanks Jo, can anybody translate this into German for me ;-) Jens On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 00:15:49 +0200, Jo Helsen <[email hidden]> wrote: >Ok. I'll try to quote a little: > >First of all, their conclusion is that it is not perfect, but it is the best >contemporary F1 sim around (ok, this is not necessarilly indicative for typical >r.a.s. posters)<snip> --------------------------------------------- [email hidden] Remove "NOSPAM" before using my email-address JensSchumi homepage at http://members.xoom.com/JensSchu/ Racing simulation, esp. GPL Logitech Wingman FF optimization Classic cars, esp. Morris Minor Radio controlled airplanes

What CPU and 3D-card with you ? On Sun, 23 Jul 2000 11:08:25 GMT, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote: > >But then the SLOWMO problem gets worse and worse... > >Andre --------------------------------------------- [email hidden] Remove "NOSPAM" before using my email-address JensSchumi homepage at http://members.xoom.com/JensSchu/ Racing simulation, esp. GPL Logitech Wingman FF optimization Classic cars, esp. Morris Minor Radio controlled airplanes

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