GPIII or F1 World Grand Prix?

Anyone got an opinion on which simulator to go for when they are released? Whats the best 3d card to go for for these simulators. Looking to buy a new 3d card and one of these games. Cheers Dirk

"dirk diggler" <[email hidden]> wrote > Anyone got an opinion on which simulator to go for when they are released? Nice movie-related screename ;) If you want a racing simulator, then it's a no-brainer. GP3 is your only choice. Even for an arcade game, GP3 will feature enough help and aids so that every gamer can have a good experience out of it. Geoff Crammond clearly knows (like Papyrus and their old game engine list of titles) how to create a rich environment of arcade features. > Whats the best 3d card to go for for these simulators. > Looking to buy a new 3d card and one of these games. Wait until GP3 is released before taking your choice. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.WeRace.net -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

Thanks for that. I enjoyed using the OF1 Racing as it was easy to get into, & with expert mode on everything and a Msoft Forcefeedback wheel the racing experience was good I thought. The AI was reasonably intelligent. Thats why I'm interested in what Lankhor (the developer for Eidos) was going to produce eg F1WGP. I've downloaded both videos of the forthcoming releases and both look good. Cheers Dirk "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:y84Z4.5287$[email hidden]... > "dirk diggler" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Anyone got an opinion on which simulator to go for when they arereleased?

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> > Nice movie-related screename ;) > > If you want a racing simulator, then it's a no-brainer. GP3 is your only > choice. Even for an arcade game, GP3 will feature enough help and aids so > that every gamer can have a good experience out of it. Geoff Crammond > clearly knows (like Papyrus and their old game engine list of titles) how

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> create a rich environment of arcade features. > > > > > Whats the best 3d card to go for for these simulators. > > Looking to buy a new 3d card and one of these games. > > Wait until GP3 is released before taking your choice. > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.WeRace.net > -- People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't

realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. > > > >

dirk diggler <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8h2hcb$sfg$[email hidden]... > Anyone got an opinion on which simulator to go for when they are released? > > Whats the best 3d card to go for for these simulators. > > Looking to buy a new 3d card and one of these games. Well judging by the prequals(sp?) and since threes no real evidence of much change this time around. It must be GP3.

F1 World Grand Prix will be more arcade than simulator.

I gave into impatience and bought this stinker. It has some nice features but they pale into insignificance to its poor points. The physics are awful. Basically it either snaps away from you violenlty into a spin, or displays a dreadful attempt at oversteer by just locking the front wheels. There is no sliding or gradual loss. The physics engine is poor. Even worse is the computer AI. They take dreadful lines into corners so are easy to catch, and they must be in cars made of paper mache, because they are terribly frightnened whenever you challenge. Wait for GP3. This stinks. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

you must be thinking of a different game. F1 World Grand Prix doesn't ship till the 21st of June. So you didn't buy that one yet :) On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 20:09:11 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:

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>I gave into impatience and bought this stinker. It has some nice >features but they pale into insignificance to its poor points. The >physics are awful. Basically it either snaps away from you violenlty >into a spin, or displays a dreadful attempt at oversteer by just >locking the front wheels. There is no sliding or gradual loss. The >physics engine is poor. > >Even worse is the computer AI. They take dreadful lines into corners >so are easy to catch, and they must be in cars made of paper mache, >because they are terribly frightnened whenever you challenge. > >Wait for GP3. This stinks. > > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Before you buy.

It shipped (certainly in UK) on 16th June. I have it also. I enjoyed OF1R as an arcade racer, never ran the sim mode. As an Arcade racer it was very, very good, hence I bought F1WGP. As other have said, there are some problems with *physics*, in that the braking has problems, very difficult to avoid lock up. Looks good though, great sound and I'm sure after a patch or two it will be a fun arcade racer. I have GP3 on order for my modern day F1 Sim fix. MaXX On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 02:21:04 GMT, [email hidden] (Zep) wrote: >you must be thinking of a different game. F1 World Grand Prix doesn't >ship till the 21st of June. So you didn't buy that one yet :) >

I'm pretty sure I seen it in EB, it was a new release anyway Zep <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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| you must be thinking of a different game. F1 World Grand Prix doesn't | ship till the 21st of June. So you didn't buy that one yet :) | | | | | | On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 20:09:11 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: | | >I gave into impatience and bought this stinker. It has some nice | >features but they pale into insignificance to its poor points. The | >physics are awful. Basically it either snaps away from you violenlty | >into a spin, or displays a dreadful attempt at oversteer by just | >locking the front wheels. There is no sliding or gradual loss. The | >physics engine is poor. | > | >Even worse is the computer AI. They take dreadful lines into corners | >so are easy to catch, and they must be in cars made of paper mache, | >because they are terribly frightnened whenever you challenge. | > | >Wait for GP3. This stinks. | > | > | > | >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ | >Before you buy. |

I think the only redeeming thing in F1WGP is that it is beautiful in the highest resolutions. Which I won't be able to run until I get my Cray back from the shop :) The tracks are modeled nicely, as far as I can tell. FF is kinda fake, but does rumble. The cars are twitchy and hard to control. The setup screens are clunky. The setup screen keeps dropping for some inexplicable reason (just as I enter a hairpin, usually). The control of the car reminds me of MS Precision Racing. I think it's worth trying out if you can get it for nothing, but otherwise suffers from the same problems as the demo. Perhaps if guys start to tweak it, it might be ok. It will take the 3000 user addons that F12K has, though. On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:17:04 +0100, "Ashley McConnell" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I'm pretty sure I seen it in EB, it was a new release anyway > >Zep <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >| you must be thinking of a different game. F1 World Grand Prix doesn't >| ship till the 21st of June. So you didn't buy that one yet :) >| >| >| >| >| >| On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 20:09:11 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: >| >| >I gave into impatience and bought this stinker. It has some nice >| >features but they pale into insignificance to its poor points. The >| >physics are awful. Basically it either snaps away from you violenlty >| >into a spin, or displays a dreadful attempt at oversteer by just >| >locking the front wheels. There is no sliding or gradual loss. The >| >physics engine is poor. >| > >| >Even worse is the computer AI. They take dreadful lines into corners >| >so are easy to catch, and they must be in cars made of paper mache, >| >because they are terribly frightnened whenever you challenge. >| > >| >Wait for GP3. This stinks. >| > >| > >| > >| >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >| >Before you buy. >| >