> Overall a much improved sequel to Official F1 Racing. Gets myrecommendation
> for people who don't have the time or equipment to appreciate a goodphysics
> model and just want to race "as seen on tv".
oops, I forgot something really, really important:
it sucks, because it's not GPL ;o)
cheers,
Alex
pros -much more visually pleasing than F1-2000 (less cartoony)
-track model looks more impressive
-that's about it...
cons -physic engine *seems* only comparable to CPR, I'd give it a chance
with a wheel but i get a really shitty frame rate
-i got only a health frame to half a frame a second, the install wasn't
much faster either
-i was about to bitch about the sound, but it was flawed because of the
fps
I don't know how my opinion will stand, but with my computer; give F1-2k
this games graphics, keep the EA's frame rate (rough guesstimate being
18/.5... 36 times faster), and F1-2k with sound patches isn't all that
bad. And that would make the better of the F1 games, sim doesn't quite
apply, to date.
The 'but with my computer' supposed to imply for optimum performance
with my system. I seem to get an unusually high fps with F1-2k compared
to better systems. On a p3 450, 128, tnt 1 16 i get +/-18 with F1-2k and
the .5-1 with F1WGP.
I like it too, i can't see my mirrors working in panning view with my Voodoo3 3000,
is it a bug???
Graphics and gameplay, setup + performance telemetry graph are there ( no telemetry
in F1 2000).
Will try network TCP/IP soon, this is included in the demo also :))
Shaun Robinson wrote:
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> pros -much more visually pleasing than F1-2000 (less cartoony) > -track model looks more impressive > -that's about it... > > cons -physic engine *seems* only comparable to CPR, I'd give it a chance > with a wheel but i get a really shitty frame rate > -i got only a health frame to half a frame a second, the install wasn't > much faster either > -i was about to bitch about the sound, but it was flawed because of the > fps > > I don't know how my opinion will stand, but with my computer; give F1-2k > this games graphics, keep the EA's frame rate (rough guesstimate being > 18/.5... 36 times faster), and F1-2k with sound patches isn't all that > bad. And that would make the better of the F1 games, sim doesn't quite > apply, to date. > The 'but with my computer' supposed to imply for optimum performance > with my system. I seem to get an unusually high fps with F1-2k compared > to better systems. On a p3 450, 128, tnt 1 16 i get +/-18 with F1-2k and > the .5-1 with F1WGP.On Fri, 2 Jun 2000 06:49:08 +0200 Alexander Marx <[email hidden]> wrote:
% - great driving views, including a panning cockpit view that simulates
% looking at the apex when turning in and a nice gimmick view "through the
% helmet".
I just couldn't get the hang of the panning into the corners before I
even wanted to look that way. Also the downside to this is that one of
your mirrors will disappear during sharp corners (this will make for
alot of online wrecks).
The car also seemed almost impossible to steer if you where on the
brakes at the same time for slow corners. And I don't mean locked up,
just on the brakes....
I never could figure out how to "smooth" out the steering, it seemed
awfully notchy in the middle.
However, it does look like a good F1 sim that is weighted more to the
arcade racer with enough sim attributes for some.
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Is the "panning view" an option that can be turned off? Is there a standard
cockpit view?
"Michael E. Carver" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 2 Jun 2000 06:49:08 +0200 Alexander Marx <[email hidden]> wrote:
> % - great driving views, including a panning cockpit view that simulates
> % looking at the apex when turning in and a nice gimmick view "through the
> % helmet".
>
