Re: Simracers - please read this

Thanks for your input What would be really great is giving us a link to the files you mention. Hans-Otto <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message : kL9W4.11939$[email hidden]... > Hi guys! > > First of all I just want to tell you a few words about my simbackground. > Through the last decade I have gone through my time as a GP1, GP2 and now > GPL racing fan. And I have really loved those games above anything else.I > also partisipated in 97/98 in LFRS ( Little Formula Racing Series World > Championship ) where I came out in 8th spot overall among 370 driverswhile

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> finishing 13 of 16 races. I really enjoyed GP2 and put in quite a lot of > laps to improve my performance. Nowadays I don't drive that often, but put > in some effort now and then and send laps to Schubi's Hotlap Competition > just for fun. > Anyway, what I wanted to say is that times have changed and the graphics > have gotten very good the last couple of years, but I have had problems > finding a good modern F1 sim on the market. > So what I have done is to buy three new sims to see if they where any good > in my opinion. > First I bought Superbike 2000 which I just deleted from my HD after one

day

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> as the overall product was just terrible. Then I bought GP500 which I just > instantly loved. It was just great in both driveability, framerate and > graphics. I will for sure play this sim quite often. A month ago I also > grabbed F1 2000 from the shelves on my way home from work and I have been > struggling quite a lot to get something out of this game. The default > installation gave me a sense of wasted money.but here comes the real > intention with this post. The game can be patched with a lot of different > addons, but if you choose the right addons you can make the game VERY good > indeed. I have struggled with cars getting out of sync after 10-15 laps in > multiplayer over LAN and I haven't managed to research more on this

lately, > but in singleplay mode I have managed to get the game both look a lotbetter

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> than the original and also really feel great to drive. So this is my small > guide to make the game a lot better. > > First the few addons I have included in my installation: > > 1. The superb new Mclaren 98 sound package from Gerard Reitsma. The sound > just takes the game to a totally new higher level and I have been looking > through most sound addons to GPL without finding a single sound which I

like > better than the original. So still searching there. > > 2. This is a cockpit addon compiled by various guys and I think it makesthe

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> in general dark looking cockpit a lot better. The main improvement for me > lies in the new wheelrims which is also part of this package. The filename > was "f12kcockpitpack.zip" when I downloaded it a few days ago. In general > highly recommended. > > 3. I also like the "slicks" (Slicks.zip) addon from a guy with the > nickname "F1Racer". It looks good with the new wheelrims. And now with the > new unofficial 1.06 patch for F1 2000 the tires doesn't have those > transparent holes in them anymore. This was a problem with my Nvidia based > Geforce card. > > 4. I also patched the sim with the above mentioned unofficial 1.06 patch > which have improved the game with better framerate at least on my system

and

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> also added some important new options into the main menues. Some of these > have been accessable by editing the *.PLR files before. The AI behavior is > also considerable better. > > > Below I have included the settings I use on my CL TNT card and CL Geforce > card. I have tested this well on my TNT card and the playability and > framrate is very good even on my slowest machine which is a Celeron 66/400

@ > 83/500 MHz. It may seem that I have turned of most of the graphicsoptions,

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> but what matters is how it looks in the game. I think it looks great with > these settings. > > Here are my "in game" settings: > > Display: > > Cockpit Detail = High > Moving Steeringwheel = On > Mirrors = Off > Miscellaneous Mirrors = Off > Threes (mirrors) = Off > Billboards (mirrors) = Off > Buildings (mirrors) = Off > Bridges (mirrors) = Off > Grandstands (mirrors) = Off > Pitlane Objects (mirrors) = Off > > Special Effects: > > Bilinear Filtering = On (Best on my TNT) > Spectacular Highlightning = Off > Environment Mapping = Off > Shadows = Off > Race Groove = On > Skid Marks = Off > Smoke = Off > Dust = Off > Particles = Off > Skybox = Off > > > Miscellaneous: > > Movies = Off > Tooltips = 1.3 > Measurement Units = Metric > Page Transitions = Off > Plcement Map = Off > Messagecenter Detail = Off > Default View = Cockpit > > > World: > > Resolution = 800 x 600 (on my old 15 inch monitor) > Viewing Distance = Medium > Level of Detail Distance = Medium > Fog Distance = Low > Texture Mapping Distance = Medium > Player Vehicle Detail = Maximum > Other Drivers Vehicle Detail = Medium > Max No. Visible Vehicles = 4 > Miscellaneous = Off > Trees = Off > Billboards = Off > Buildings = Off > Bridges = Off > Grandstands = Off > Pit Lane Objects = Off (important in start of race) > > > Audio: > > Speech Content = Off > Speech Buffer = 1s > Audio Quality = Medium > > > > Replays: > > Off > > Unsupported features of F1 2000: > 0 - 8 drivers > > > Apart from the settings above I think it is important that you patch F1

2000

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> so that you don't need the CD. This combined with enough memory (at least > 128 Mb) and a optimal setting for disk cache will make sure you get little > or no frame stuttering while driving. Also you can get rid of that > annoying "EA SPORTS IT'S IN THE GAME" message by putting a semicolon in > front of the "MoveDir." and "MusicDir." params in the Config.ini file. If > you do this I think you have to patch the game first to not use the CD. > These are just the settings I found to function very well on my two

computer > systems and they have made the game go from almost unplayable to the gameI > play most of the time these days. I hope you get it right too while wewait

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> for GP3. > > > Cya, > Hans-Otto Lund > http://home.c2i.net/simracer > > > > > >

Hi guys! First of all I just want to tell you a few words about my simbackground. Through the last decade I have gone through my time as a GP1, GP2 and now GPL racing fan. And I have really loved those games above anything else. I also partisipated in 97/98 in LFRS ( Little Formula Racing Series World Championship ) where I came out in 8th spot overall among 370 drivers while finishing 13 of 16 races. I really enjoyed GP2 and put in quite a lot of laps to improve my performance. Nowadays I don't drive that often, but put in some effort now and then and send laps to Schubi's Hotlap Competition just for fun. Anyway, what I wanted to say is that times have changed and the graphics have gotten very good the last couple of years, but I have had problems finding a good modern F1 sim on the market. So what I have done is to buy three new sims to see if they where any good in my opinion. First I bought Superbike 2000 which I just deleted from my HD after one day as the overall product was just terrible. Then I bought GP500 which I just instantly loved. It was just great in both driveability, framerate and graphics. I will for sure play this sim quite often. A month ago I also grabbed F1 2000 from the shelves on my way home from work and I have been struggling quite a lot to get something out of this game. The default installation gave me a sense of wasted money.but here comes the real intention with this post. The game can be patched with a lot of different addons, but if you choose the right addons you can make the game VERY good indeed. I have struggled with cars getting out of sync after 10-15 laps in multiplayer over LAN and I haven't managed to research more on this lately, but in singleplay mode I have managed to get the game both look a lot better than the original and also really feel great to drive. So this is my small guide to make the game a lot better. First the few addons I have included in my installation: 1. The superb new Mclaren 98 sound package from Gerard Reitsma. The sound just takes the game to a totally new higher level and I have been looking through most sound addons to GPL without finding a single sound which I like better than the original. So still searching there. 2. This is a cockpit addon compiled by various guys and I think it makes the in general dark looking cockpit a lot better. The main improvement for me lies in the new wheelrims which is also part of this package. The filename was "f12kcockpitpack.zip" when I downloaded it a few days ago. In general highly recommended. 3. I also like the "slicks" (Slicks.zip) addon from a guy with the nickname "F1Racer". It looks good with the new wheelrims. And now with the new unofficial 1.06 patch for F1 2000 the tires doesn't have those transparent holes in them anymore. This was a problem with my Nvidia based Geforce card. 4. I also patched the sim with the above mentioned unofficial 1.06 patch which have improved the game with better framerate at least on my system and also added some important new options into the main menues. Some of these have been accessable by editing the *.PLR files before. The AI behavior is also considerable better. Below I have included the settings I use on my CL TNT card and CL Geforce card. I have tested this well on my TNT card and the playability and framrate is very good even on my slowest machine which is a Celeron 66/400 @ 83/500 MHz. It may seem that I have turned of most of the graphics options, but what matters is how it looks in the game. I think it looks great with these settings. Here are my "in game" settings: Display: Cockpit Detail = High Moving Steeringwheel = On Mirrors = Off Miscellaneous Mirrors = Off Threes (mirrors) = Off Billboards (mirrors) = Off Buildings (mirrors) = Off Bridges (mirrors) = Off Grandstands (mirrors) = Off Pitlane Objects (mirrors) = Off Special Effects: Bilinear Filtering = On (Best on my TNT) Spectacular Highlightning = Off Environment Mapping = Off Shadows = Off Race Groove = On Skid Marks = Off Smoke = Off Dust = Off Particles = Off Skybox = Off Miscellaneous: Movies = Off Tooltips = 1.3 Measurement Units = Metric Page Transitions = Off Plcement Map = Off Messagecenter Detail = Off Default View = Cockpit World: Resolution = 800 x 600 (on my old 15 inch monitor) Viewing Distance = Medium Level of Detail Distance = Medium Fog Distance = Low Texture Mapping Distance = Medium Player Vehicle Detail = Maximum Other Drivers Vehicle Detail = Medium Max No. Visible Vehicles = 4 Miscellaneous = Off Trees = Off Billboards = Off Buildings = Off Bridges = Off Grandstands = Off Pit Lane Objects = Off (important in start of race) Audio: Speech Content = Off Speech Buffer = 1s Audio Quality = Medium Replays: Off Unsupported features of F1 2000: 0 - 8 drivers Apart from the settings above I think it is important that you patch F1 2000 so that you don't need the CD. This combined with enough memory (at least 128 Mb) and a optimal setting for disk cache will make sure you get little or no frame stuttering while driving. Also you can get rid of that annoying "EA SPORTS IT'S IN THE GAME" message by putting a semicolon in front of the "MoveDir." and "MusicDir." params in the Config.ini file. If you do this I think you have to patch the game first to not use the CD. These are just the settings I found to function very well on my two computer systems and they have made the game go from almost unplayable to the game I play most of the time these days. I hope you get it right too while we wait for GP3. Cya, Hans-Otto Lund http://home.c2i.net/simracer

On Mon, 22 May 2000 12:30:08 GMT, "Hans-Otto" <[email hidden]> thus spoke: >2. This is a cockpit addon compiled by various guys and I think it makes the >in general dark looking cockpit a lot better. The main improvement for me >lies in the new wheelrims which is also part of this package. The filename >was "f12kcockpitpack.zip" when I downloaded it a few days ago. In general >highly recommended. Where did you get the above file? I can't find it. You should try out the file called "realistic_cockpits.zip". It puts your view closer to the steering wheel and cuts out almost half of the mirrors which helps frame rate if you have mirrors on. Get it here. http://www.simracing.com/downloads/f12000/addons.shtml -- Nos

Bravo Hans-Otto, I want to thank you for all the work you put into the post about the add-ons for F1 2000. Sometimes it is so easy to simply read a post as yours and ignore the effort you put into it. I really appreciate the advice and will resurrect my copy of F1 2000 and try all of your suggestions. I sooo want an F1 sim that works and am looking forward to tweaking it and seeing if I can get it from its current, out-of-the-box, unplayable state to one I play more often. Again thanks very much. Larry Hans-Otto wrote:

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> > Yes of course sorry about that. > You should find them at www.bhmotorsports.com in F1 2000's utilities section > and at www.simracing.com > > Take care! > > Cya, > Hans-Otto Lund > http://home.c2i.net/simracer > > LL <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8gba26$k3$[email hidden]... > > > Thanks for your input > > > > What would be really great is giving us a link to the files you mention.

Yes of course sorry about that. You should find them at www.bhmotorsports.com in F1 2000's utilities section and at www.simracing.com Take care! Cya, Hans-Otto Lund http://home.c2i.net/simracer LL <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8gba26$k3$[email hidden]... > Thanks for your input > > What would be really great is giving us a link to the files you mention.

On Mon, 22 May 2000 12:30:08 GMT, "Hans-Otto" <[email hidden]> wrote: Great tips for F1 2000 here it seems. I have installed this game on my pc and gave up after a couple of days completely disappointed. But the things you mentioned in this post seem to be exactly why I couldnt play this game even though I, like a lot of guys out there was desperate for a modern F1 sim. One thing though, could you post some url addresses where I could get these patches and utilities from, as I havent explored the F1 2000 world out there at all. Thanks in advance. Mauricio

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>Hi guys! > >First of all I just want to tell you a few words about my simbackground. >Through the last decade I have gone through my time as a GP1, GP2 and now >GPL racing fan. And I have really loved those games above anything else. I >also partisipated in 97/98 in LFRS ( Little Formula Racing Series World >Championship ) where I came out in 8th spot overall among 370 drivers while >finishing 13 of 16 races. I really enjoyed GP2 and put in quite a lot of >laps to improve my performance. Nowadays I don't drive that often, but put >in some effort now and then and send laps to Schubi's Hotlap Competition >just for fun. >Anyway, what I wanted to say is that times have changed and the graphics >have gotten very good the last couple of years, but I have had problems >finding a good modern F1 sim on the market. >So what I have done is to buy three new sims to see if they where any good >in my opinion. >First I bought Superbike 2000 which I just deleted from my HD after one day >as the overall product was just terrible. Then I bought GP500 which I just >instantly loved. It was just great in both driveability, framerate and >graphics. I will for sure play this sim quite often. A month ago I also >grabbed F1 2000 from the shelves on my way home from work and I have been >struggling quite a lot to get something out of this game. The default >installation gave me a sense of wasted money.but here comes the real >intention with this post. The game can be patched with a lot of different >addons, but if you choose the right addons you can make the game VERY good >indeed. I have struggled with cars getting out of sync after 10-15 laps in >multiplayer over LAN and I haven't managed to research more on this lately, >but in singleplay mode I have managed to get the game both look a lot better >than the original and also really feel great to drive. So this is my small >guide to make the game a lot better. > >First the few addons I have included in my installation: > >1. The superb new Mclaren 98 sound package from Gerard Reitsma. The sound >just takes the game to a totally new higher level and I have been looking >through most sound addons to GPL without finding a single sound which I like >better than the original. So still searching there. > >2. This is a cockpit addon compiled by various guys and I think it makes the >in general dark looking cockpit a lot better. The main improvement for me >lies in the new wheelrims which is also part of this package. The filename >was "f12kcockpitpack.zip" when I downloaded it a few days ago. In general >highly recommended. > >3. I also like the "slicks" (Slicks.zip) addon from a guy with the >nickname "F1Racer". It looks good with the new wheelrims. And now with the >new unofficial 1.06 patch for F1 2000 the tires doesn't have those >transparent holes in them anymore. This was a problem with my Nvidia based >Geforce card. > >4. I also patched the sim with the above mentioned unofficial 1.06 patch >which have improved the game with better framerate at least on my system and >also added some important new options into the main menues. Some of these >have been accessable by editing the *.PLR files before. The AI behavior is >also considerable better. > > >Below I have included the settings I use on my CL TNT card and CL Geforce >card. I have tested this well on my TNT card and the playability and >framrate is very good even on my slowest machine which is a Celeron 66/400 @ >83/500 MHz. It may seem that I have turned of most of the graphics options, >but what matters is how it looks in the game. I think it looks great with >these settings. > >Here are my "in game" settings: > >Display: > >Cockpit Detail = High >Moving Steeringwheel = On >Mirrors = Off >Miscellaneous Mirrors = Off >Threes (mirrors) = Off >Billboards (mirrors) = Off >Buildings (mirrors) = Off >Bridges (mirrors) = Off >Grandstands (mirrors) = Off >Pitlane Objects (mirrors) = Off > >Special Effects: > >Bilinear Filtering = On (Best on my TNT) >Spectacular Highlightning = Off >Environment Mapping = Off >Shadows = Off >Race Groove = On >Skid Marks = Off >Smoke = Off >Dust = Off >Particles = Off >Skybox = Off > > >Miscellaneous: > >Movies = Off >Tooltips = 1.3 >Measurement Units = Metric >Page Transitions = Off >Plcement Map = Off >Messagecenter Detail = Off >Default View = Cockpit > > >World: > >Resolution = 800 x 600 (on my old 15 inch monitor) >Viewing Distance = Medium >Level of Detail Distance = Medium >Fog Distance = Low >Texture Mapping Distance = Medium >Player Vehicle Detail = Maximum >Other Drivers Vehicle Detail = Medium >Max No. Visible Vehicles = 4 >Miscellaneous = Off >Trees = Off >Billboards = Off >Buildings = Off >Bridges = Off >Grandstands = Off >Pit Lane Objects = Off (important in start of race) > > >Audio: > >Speech Content = Off >Speech Buffer = 1s >Audio Quality = Medium > > > >Replays: > >Off > >Unsupported features of F1 2000: >0 - 8 drivers > > >Apart from the settings above I think it is important that you patch F1 2000 >so that you don't need the CD. This combined with enough memory (at least >128 Mb) and a optimal setting for disk cache will make sure you get little >or no frame stuttering while driving. Also you can get rid of that >annoying "EA SPORTS IT'S IN THE GAME" message by putting a semicolon in >front of the "MoveDir." and "MusicDir." params in the Config.ini file. If >you do this I think you have to patch the game first to not use the CD. >These are just the settings I found to function very well on my two computer >systems and they have made the game go from almost unplayable to the game I >play most of the time these days. I hope you get it right too while we wait >for GP3. > > >Cya, >Hans-Otto Lund >http://home.c2i.net/simracer > > > > >

These add ons are great Thanks BR Thomas "Hans-Otto" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:kL9W4.11939$[email hidden]... > Hi guys! > > First of all I just want to tell you a few words about my simbackground. > Through the last decade I have gone through my time as a GP1, GP2 and now > GPL racing fan. And I have really loved those games above anything else.I > also partisipated in 97/98 in LFRS ( Little Formula Racing Series World > Championship ) where I came out in 8th spot overall among 370 driverswhile

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> finishing 13 of 16 races. I really enjoyed GP2 and put in quite a lot of > laps to improve my performance. Nowadays I don't drive that often, but put > in some effort now and then and send laps to Schubi's Hotlap Competition > just for fun. > Anyway, what I wanted to say is that times have changed and the graphics > have gotten very good the last couple of years, but I have had problems > finding a good modern F1 sim on the market. > So what I have done is to buy three new sims to see if they where any good > in my opinion. > First I bought Superbike 2000 which I just deleted from my HD after one

day

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> as the overall product was just terrible. Then I bought GP500 which I just > instantly loved. It was just great in both driveability, framerate and > graphics. I will for sure play this sim quite often. A month ago I also > grabbed F1 2000 from the shelves on my way home from work and I have been > struggling quite a lot to get something out of this game. The default > installation gave me a sense of wasted money.but here comes the real > intention with this post. The game can be patched with a lot of different > addons, but if you choose the right addons you can make the game VERY good > indeed. I have struggled with cars getting out of sync after 10-15 laps in > multiplayer over LAN and I haven't managed to research more on this

lately, > but in singleplay mode I have managed to get the game both look a lotbetter

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> than the original and also really feel great to drive. So this is my small > guide to make the game a lot better. > > First the few addons I have included in my installation: > > 1. The superb new Mclaren 98 sound package from Gerard Reitsma. The sound > just takes the game to a totally new higher level and I have been looking > through most sound addons to GPL without finding a single sound which I

like > better than the original. So still searching there. > > 2. This is a cockpit addon compiled by various guys and I think it makesthe

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> in general dark looking cockpit a lot better. The main improvement for me > lies in the new wheelrims which is also part of this package. The filename > was "f12kcockpitpack.zip" when I downloaded it a few days ago. In general > highly recommended. > > 3. I also like the "slicks" (Slicks.zip) addon from a guy with the > nickname "F1Racer". It looks good with the new wheelrims. And now with the > new unofficial 1.06 patch for F1 2000 the tires doesn't have those > transparent holes in them anymore. This was a problem with my Nvidia based > Geforce card. > > 4. I also patched the sim with the above mentioned unofficial 1.06 patch > which have improved the game with better framerate at least on my system

and

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> also added some important new options into the main menues. Some of these > have been accessable by editing the *.PLR files before. The AI behavior is > also considerable better. > > > Below I have included the settings I use on my CL TNT card and CL Geforce > card. I have tested this well on my TNT card and the playability and > framrate is very good even on my slowest machine which is a Celeron 66/400

@ > 83/500 MHz. It may seem that I have turned of most of the graphicsoptions,

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> but what matters is how it looks in the game. I think it looks great with > these settings. > > Here are my "in game" settings: > > Display: > > Cockpit Detail = High > Moving Steeringwheel = On > Mirrors = Off > Miscellaneous Mirrors = Off > Threes (mirrors) = Off > Billboards (mirrors) = Off > Buildings (mirrors) = Off > Bridges (mirrors) = Off > Grandstands (mirrors) = Off > Pitlane Objects (mirrors) = Off > > Special Effects: > > Bilinear Filtering = On (Best on my TNT) > Spectacular Highlightning = Off > Environment Mapping = Off > Shadows = Off > Race Groove = On > Skid Marks = Off > Smoke = Off > Dust = Off > Particles = Off > Skybox = Off > > > Miscellaneous: > > Movies = Off > Tooltips = 1.3 > Measurement Units = Metric > Page Transitions = Off > Plcement Map = Off > Messagecenter Detail = Off > Default View = Cockpit > > > World: > > Resolution = 800 x 600 (on my old 15 inch monitor) > Viewing Distance = Medium > Level of Detail Distance = Medium > Fog Distance = Low > Texture Mapping Distance = Medium > Player Vehicle Detail = Maximum > Other Drivers Vehicle Detail = Medium > Max No. Visible Vehicles = 4 > Miscellaneous = Off > Trees = Off > Billboards = Off > Buildings = Off > Bridges = Off > Grandstands = Off > Pit Lane Objects = Off (important in start of race) > > > Audio: > > Speech Content = Off > Speech Buffer = 1s > Audio Quality = Medium > > > > Replays: > > Off > > Unsupported features of F1 2000: > 0 - 8 drivers > > > Apart from the settings above I think it is important that you patch F1

2000

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> so that you don't need the CD. This combined with enough memory (at least > 128 Mb) and a optimal setting for disk cache will make sure you get little > or no frame stuttering while driving. Also you can get rid of that > annoying "EA SPORTS IT'S IN THE GAME" message by putting a semicolon in > front of the "MoveDir." and "MusicDir." params in the Config.ini file. If > you do this I think you have to patch the game first to not use the CD. > These are just the settings I found to function very well on my two

computer > systems and they have made the game go from almost unplayable to the gameI > play most of the time these days. I hope you get it right too while wewait

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> for GP3. > > > Cya, > Hans-Otto Lund > http://home.c2i.net/simracer > > > > > >

Yes of course sorry about that. You should find them at www.bhmotorsports.com in F1 2000's utilities section and at www.simracing.com Take care! Cya, Hans-Otto Lund http://home.c2i.net/simracer