Re: GP3 News

Finally some positive feedback from a hands-on test. Incouraging. One question remains... how could he tell anything about the physics with all the aides on? Jan. =--- SaddleTramp wrote... > Thread from the High Gear GP3 Forum today 19/07/00 : > > <Snip> > The physic of the car is excellent. > <snip> > I played with all driving aids on at 1024x768 32 bit of colour.

This is encouraging... --

Thread from the High Gear GP3 Forum today 19/07/00 : Today,here in Milan (ITALY),there is a free test of the game,offer by the local distributor of the game in Italy.(www.leaderspa.it) There were about 30 PC for testing the game. There was also the real 99 Jordan of H.H.Frentzen and .... a lot of beautiful hostess!!!! I was there and i had the opportunity to play for about 30 min. The game was running on a PIII 600 Mhz 128 MB RAM and a GeForece 32MB. Is fantastic,the frame rate is never a problem the weather effect are incredible. The physic of the car is excellent. I played in Montecarlo and at Monza (obviously)with all details on (even the mirrors). It's just like watch a GP at television! People of the Hasbro told me that the game will be on the shelves the 28 July for sure. It'very imprssive ... the show will end at 22.00 of this evening,and i must be back to try to make some other laps. Ciao Tillone Is there AI cars on the track, if there was how many? There were 22 cars on the track. I tried a fast race at Monaco and i was in the last row...the AI is quite good,no stupid crash like F1 2000 at starting. I played with all driving aids on at 1024x768 32 bit of colour. Sound good, how you think about FPS, are they better than 25FPS? The FPS,in my opinion,should be between 25-30. And i think that this is the worst situation,because all the details were on ... In the graphic menu,you can even set your desired FPS and the game automatically desable some grapihc option to obtain the desired FPS. Ciao Tillone Regards to All SaddleTramp

Jan Verschueren <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Finally some positive feedback from a hands-on test. Incouraging. > > One question remains... how could he tell anything about the physics with > all the aides on? He actually had them of at the start but it was a bit too difficult:-) He says that further down the post.

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> Jan. > =--- > SaddleTramp wrote... > > Thread from the High Gear GP3 Forum today 19/07/00 : > > > > <Snip> > > The physic of the car is excellent. > > <snip> > > I played with all driving aids on at 1024x768 32 bit of colour. > > >

25039 ain't enough I'm afraid... Oliver BEOROCKET Racing: www.beorocket.co.yu "SaddleTramp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:dqkd5.204$[email hidden]...

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> Thread from the High Gear GP3 Forum today 19/07/00 : > > Today,here in Milan (ITALY),there is a free test of the game,offer by the > local distributor of the game in Italy.(www.leaderspa.it) > There were about 30 PC for testing the game. > There was also the real 99 Jordan of H.H.Frentzen and .... a lot of > beautiful hostess!!!! > I was there and i had the opportunity to play for about 30 min. > The game was running on a PIII 600 Mhz 128 MB RAM and a GeForece 32MB. > Is fantastic,the frame rate is never a problem the weather effect are > incredible. > The physic of the car is excellent. > I played in Montecarlo and at Monza (obviously)with all details on (even

the > mirrors). > It's just like watch a GP at television! > People of the Hasbro told me that the game will be on the shelves the 28 > July for sure. > It'very imprssive ... the show will end at 22.00 of this evening,and imust

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> be back to try to make some other laps. > Ciao > Tillone > > Is there AI cars on the track, if there was how many? > > There were 22 cars on the track. > I tried a fast race at Monaco and i was in the last row...the AI is quite > good,no stupid crash like F1 2000 at starting. > I played with all driving aids on at 1024x768 32 bit of colour. > > Sound good, how you think about FPS, are they better than 25FPS? > > The FPS,in my opinion,should be between 25-30. > And i think that this is the worst situation,because all the details were

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> ... > In the graphic menu,you can even set your desired FPS and the game > automatically desable some grapihc option to obtain the desired FPS. > Ciao > > Tillone > > > > Regards to All > > SaddleTramp > > > > >

This is encouraging... -- [email hidden] "SaddleTramp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:dqkd5.204$[email hidden]... > Thread from the High Gear GP3 Forum today 19/07/00 : > > Today,here in Milan (ITALY),there is a free test of the game,offer by the > local distributor of the game in Italy.(www.leaderspa.it) > There were about 30 PC for testing the game. > There was also the real 99 Jordan of H.H.Frentzen and .... a lot of > beautiful hostess!!!! > I was there and i had the opportunity to play for about 30 min. > The game was running on a PIII 600 Mhz 128 MB RAM and a GeForece 32MB. > Is fantastic,the frame rate is never a problem the weather effect are > incredible. > The physic of the car is excellent. > I played in Montecarlo and at Monza (obviously)with all details on (even the > mirrors). > It's just like watch a GP at television! > People of the Hasbro told me that the game will be on the shelves the 28 > July for sure. > It'very imprssive ... the show will end at 22.00 of this evening,and i must > be back to try to make some other laps. > Ciao > Tillone > > Is there AI cars on the track, if there was how many? > > There were 22 cars on the track. > I tried a fast race at Monaco and i was in the last row...the AI is quite > good,no stupid crash like F1 2000 at starting. > I played with all driving aids on at 1024x768 32 bit of colour. > > Sound good, how you think about FPS, are they better than 25FPS? > > The FPS,in my opinion,should be between 25-30. > And i think that this is the worst situation,because all the details were on > ... > In the graphic menu,you can even set your desired FPS and the game > automatically desable some grapihc option to obtain the desired FPS. > Ciao > > Tillone > > > > Regards to All > > SaddleTramp > > > > >

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 23:33:07 +1000, "Bruce Kennewell" <[email hidden]> mangled uncounted electrons thus: >In that case, if what you say is true, my prayers have been answered!! >Thank you, Sir Geoffrey! :-) > >(If it ain't broke, there's no need to fix it) Here here! I GP2 is *still* my favourite driving sim, and if GP3 'merely' adds the one thing missing in GP2 - weather effects - I'll be more than happy. To be fair, though, I don't know if I'd still be happy if I was going to pay the full RRP for it - thank heavens for special pre-release discounts! Martin D. Pay Still thinking about getting a FF wheel for GP3. Especially as it will work with NFS3, TOCA 2 and GPL as well...

On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 17:43:06 -0500, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote: >This is encouraging... I'm sorry to say that, but in italian simulators NG there are tons of people that are saying that GP3 is too similarar to GP2 to justify 4 years of developement. the game was a full version (all tracks all options), but not the gold version.. so maybe some minus details are different in final version. check also this site: www.f1gp3.it (the GP3 coverage is only in italian, sorry about that). basically they say that GP3 is exactly GP2 with weather conditions, 3d accelerated graphics, and some minor improvements. geps. Driving per gli appassionati di Grand Prix Legends http://www.multiplayer.it/driving

You know who you want to believe. <g> Jan./sorry, couldn't resist. =--- Jo Helsen wrote...

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> <snip> > That's funny.. I just read a message in another forum by another > visitor of the Milan event, and he insists that GP3 definitely ISN'T > just GP2 with new graphics. > > I don't know who's right or wrong, but well... > > JoH

Sorry for you guys, but i tried gp3 at Milan too, and i would say one word : gp3= gp2 . Five years for a wet race and a 3d graphic. Now i understand why in this long time Geoff Cramond never release a 3d patch for gp2, the patch was gp3. Believe in me the phisic, the sound, the Ai are all identical to gp2. Sorry for my bad english but i'm italian. Greg Cisko <[email hidden]> wrote in message H8qd5.34152$[email hidden]...

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> This is encouraging... > > -- > > [email hidden] > > > "SaddleTramp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:dqkd5.204$[email hidden]... > > Thread from the High Gear GP3 Forum today 19/07/00 : > > > > Today,here in Milan (ITALY),there is a free test of the game,offer by

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> > local distributor of the game in Italy.(www.leaderspa.it) > > There were about 30 PC for testing the game. > > There was also the real 99 Jordan of H.H.Frentzen and .... a lot of > > beautiful hostess!!!! > > I was there and i had the opportunity to play for about 30 min. > > The game was running on a PIII 600 Mhz 128 MB RAM and a GeForece 32MB. > > Is fantastic,the frame rate is never a problem the weather effect are > > incredible. > > The physic of the car is excellent. > > I played in Montecarlo and at Monza (obviously)with all details on (even > the > > mirrors). > > It's just like watch a GP at television! > > People of the Hasbro told me that the game will be on the shelves the 28 > > July for sure. > > It'very imprssive ... the show will end at 22.00 of this evening,and i > must > > be back to try to make some other laps. > > Ciao > > Tillone > > > > Is there AI cars on the track, if there was how many? > > > > There were 22 cars on the track. > > I tried a fast race at Monaco and i was in the last row...the AI is

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> > good,no stupid crash like F1 2000 at starting. > > I played with all driving aids on at 1024x768 32 bit of colour. > > > > Sound good, how you think about FPS, are they better than 25FPS? > > > > The FPS,in my opinion,should be between 25-30. > > And i think that this is the worst situation,because all the details

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> on > > ... > > In the graphic menu,you can even set your desired FPS and the game > > automatically desable some grapihc option to obtain the desired FPS. > > Ciao > > > > Tillone > > > > > > > > Regards to All > > > > SaddleTramp > > > > > > > > > > > >

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:49:53 +0200, "Niko" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Sorry for you guys, but i tried gp3 at Milan too, and i would say one word : >gp3= gp2 . Five years for a wet race and a 3d graphic. Now i understand why >in this long time Geoff Cramond never release a 3d patch for gp2, the patch >was gp3. Believe in me the phisic, the sound, the Ai are all identical to >gp2. >Sorry for my bad english but i'm italian. That's funny.. I just read a message in another forum by another visitor of the Milan event, and he insists that GP3 definitely ISN'T just GP2 with new graphics. I don't know who's right or wrong, but well... JoH

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:29:40 +0200, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote: >You know who you want to believe. <g> > >Jan./sorry, couldn't resist. Yes, "want". But (unfortunately) that doesn't mean that I completely neglect the possibility <G> JoH, with a slightly uncomfortable feeling that will last at least 7 more days :-)

In that case, if what you say is true, my prayers have been answered!! Thank you, Sir Geoffrey! :-) (If it ain't broke, there's no need to fix it) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Niko <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8l6lbr$c43$[email hidden]... > Sorry for you guys, but i tried gp3 at Milan too, and i would say one word : > gp3= gp2 . Five years for a wet race and a 3d graphic. Now i understand why > in this long time Geoff Cramond never release a 3d patch for gp2, the patch > was gp3. Believe in me the phisic, the sound, the Ai are all identical to > gp2. > Sorry for my bad english but i'm italian. > Greg Cisko <[email hidden]> wrote in message > H8qd5.34152$[email hidden]... > > This is encouraging... > > > > -- > > > > [email hidden] > > > > > > "SaddleTramp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:dqkd5.204$[email hidden]... > > > Thread from the High Gear GP3 Forum today 19/07/00 : > > > > > > Today,here in Milan (ITALY),there is a free test of the game,offer by > the > > > local distributor of the game in Italy.(www.leaderspa.it) > > > There were about 30 PC for testing the game. > > > There was also the real 99 Jordan of H.H.Frentzen and .... a lot of > > > beautiful hostess!!!! > > > I was there and i had the opportunity to play for about 30 min. > > > The game was running on a PIII 600 Mhz 128 MB RAM and a GeForece 32MB. > > > Is fantastic,the frame rate is never a problem the weather effect are > > > incredible. > > > The physic of the car is excellent. > > > I played in Montecarlo and at Monza (obviously)with all details on (even > > the > > > mirrors). > > > It's just like watch a GP at television! > > > People of the Hasbro told me that the game will be on the shelves the 28 > > > July for sure. > > > It'very imprssive ... the show will end at 22.00 of this evening,and i > > must > > > be back to try to make some other laps. > > > Ciao > > > Tillone > > > > > > Is there AI cars on the track, if there was how many? > > > > > > There were 22 cars on the track. > > > I tried a fast race at Monaco and i was in the last row...the AI is > quite > > > good,no stupid crash like F1 2000 at starting. > > > I played with all driving aids on at 1024x768 32 bit of colour. > > > > > > Sound good, how you think about FPS, are they better than 25FPS? > > > > > > The FPS,in my opinion,should be between 25-30. > > > And i think that this is the worst situation,because all the details > were > > on > > > ... > > > In the graphic menu,you can even set your desired FPS and the game > > > automatically desable some grapihc option to obtain the desired FPS. > > > Ciao > > > > > > Tillone > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards to All > > > > > > SaddleTramp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >