Re: F1 2000 general question

Wait for the real thing, GP3! "Mark Jeangerard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8dtrkd$klj$[email hidden]... Came by to see what the consensus was on F1 2K. I have read a lot of interesting stuff and in some ways it looks like a lot of fun. But then in other ways it looks like a let down. So I have one question I haven't been able to answer for myself from what I've read. Is F1 2K at least as good as Sports Car GT? -- Mark Jeangerard www.soundchaserweb.com New Mexico, USA

it is pants if you aint got a ninja pc Mark Jeangerard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8dtrkd$klj$[email hidden]... Came by to see what the consensus was on F1 2K. I have read a lot of interesting stuff and in some ways it looks like a lot of fun. But then in other ways it looks like a let down. So I have one question I haven't been able to answer for myself from what I've read. Is F1 2K at least as good as Sports Car GT? -- Mark Jeangerard www.soundchaserweb.com New Mexico, USA

Came by to see what the consensus was on F1 2K. I have read a lot of interesting stuff and in some ways it looks like a lot of fun. But then in other ways it looks like a let down. So I have one question I haven't been able to answer for myself from what I've read. Is F1 2K at least as good as Sports Car GT? -- Mark Jeangerard www.soundchaserweb.com New Mexico, USA

Yes! Mark Jeangerard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8dtrkd$klj$[email hidden]... Came by to see what the consensus was on F1 2K. I have read a lot of interesting stuff and in some ways it looks like a lot of fun. But then in other ways it looks like a let down. So I have one question I haven't been able to answer for myself from what I've read. Is F1 2K at least as good as Sports Car GT? -- Mark Jeangerard www.soundchaserweb.com New Mexico, USA

To me it is, if not better. Having said that, I don't think you'd like it Mark. Jan. Mark Jeangerard <snip> Is F1 2K at least as good as Sports Car GT? -- Mark Jeangerard www.soundchaserweb.com New Mexico, USA

That didn't answer his question. IMO it is better than SCGT but it needs a powerful PC to run it well. -- Ian P == Chris Bloom <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Wait for the real thing, GP3! > > "Mark Jeangerard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:8dtrkd$klj$[email hidden]... > Came by to see what the consensus was on F1 2K. I have read a lot of > interesting stuff and in some ways it looks like a lot of fun. But then in > other ways it looks like a let down. So I have one question I haven't been > able to answer for myself from what I've read. > > Is F1 2K at least as good as Sports Car GT? >

I'll second Ian's opinion, and as far as GP3 is concerned, I'll bet that in order to produce cars that look as nice as the screenshots floating around you'll need an even more powerful PC. Just the unfortunate steady increase of system requirements. I hoped that hardware T&L would short circuit this for a while - it's cheaper to replace a video card than the motherboard & CPU - but has any game in any genre been released which shows the dramatic improvement forecast by nVidia? Back to the question - although I really liked SCGT (and it's still my favorite for playing head-to-head), I am more 'involved' with F1 thanks to television coverage etc, so I find F1 2000 even more enjoyable. ...Colin French "Ian P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:IcDM4.2294$[email hidden]...

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> That didn't answer his question. > > IMO it is better than SCGT but it needs a powerful PC to run it well. > -- > Ian P > > == > Chris Bloom <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Wait for the real thing, GP3! > >

Yes!! Better than Sports Car GT * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

Mel Lanzer Co. <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > What the hell is "pants"?!? Am I gettin' *that* old?!? > No you are not getting old. "pants" is most likely some esoteric british term similar to "tosser" :-) Cherro, old man! -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com > Warlock! > > Some Call Me Tim wrote: > > > I've got a monster machine PIII running at 581 ant GeForce DDR at have been > > getting poor frame rates. However I've switched off the force feedback > > (which is pants anyway) and it's now running OK with full detail. > > > > I hope they do a patch to resolve this FF problem > > > > Some Call Me Tim >

You know...everyone says it runs bad on anything but a killer machine. I have an AMD K6-3 450mhz, 196meg SDRAM, Voodoo3 3000 and it runs with a full grid just fine. I was able to make a nice little move on Frentzen that put me in fourth place where I finished Silverstone. Not once did I have a problem with framerates. Personally, it is a very fun sim...buy it if only for that reason. L. Sobkoviak, a simmer having fun with sims 8^) On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 11:05:01 +0100, "Kieran Larkin" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>it is pants if you aint got a ninja pc > Mark Jeangerard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8dtrkd$klj$[email hidden]... > Came by to see what the consensus was on F1 2K. I have read a lot of interesting stuff and in some ways > it looks like a lot of fun. But then in other ways it looks like a let down. So I have one question I haven't > been able to answer for myself from what I've read. > > Is F1 2K at least as good as Sports Car GT? > > -- > Mark Jeangerard > www.soundchaserweb.com > New Mexico, USA

You must be running on fairly low detail. How many cars drawn? I too am enjoying it, but really have to crank some details down to get a smooth framerate on my 464 mhz celeron. -- Don Burnette Dburn in N3 and Legends "L.R.S." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > You know...everyone says it runs bad on anything but a > killer machine. I have an AMD K6-3 450mhz, 196meg SDRAM, > Voodoo3 3000 and it runs with a full grid just fine. I was > able to make a nice little move on Frentzen that put me in > fourth place where I finished Silverstone. Not once did I > have a problem with framerates. > > Personally, it is a very fun sim...buy it if only for that > reason. > > L. Sobkoviak, a simmer having fun with sims 8^) > > > On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 11:05:01 +0100, "Kieran Larkin" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >it is pants if you aint got a ninja pc > > > Mark Jeangerard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8dtrkd$klj$[email hidden]... > > Came by to see what the consensus was on F1 2K. I have read a lot of interesting stuff and in some ways > > it looks like a lot of fun. But then in other ways it looks like a let down. So I have one question I haven't > > been able to answer for myself from what I've read. > > > > Is F1 2K at least as good as Sports Car GT? > > > > -- > > Mark Jeangerard > > www.soundchaserweb.com > > New Mexico, USA >

I think thats the reason i like SCGT more than F1 2000. I have watched all but two F1 GP's since the French GP in 1981 and have always read other media concerning GP racing, used to be magazines but know mostly stuff on the web. I know very little about GT racing these days though. SCGT I liked because it was fun and even if there were some innacuracies it didn't bug me as I would not know about them. To me SCGT seems like a reasonably accurate sim. Seeing as I know alot about F1 the inaccuracies in F1 2000 do annoy me because they are so obvious. There's track innacuracy, cars crashing on parade lap, pathetic sound, unrealistic performance of AI and can you imagine Ross Brawn telling Micheal Scumacher "You can do better than that, stick to the track!" LOL! What a joke! Chris In article <TtJM4.2291$qY2.44863@newscontent- 01.sprint.ca>, "Klinn" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Back to the question - although I really liked SCGT (and it'sstill my >favorite for playing head-to-head), I am more 'involved' withF1 thanks to >television coverage etc, so I find F1 2000 even more enjoyable. > > ...Colin French > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

I've got a monster machine PIII running at 581 ant GeForce DDR at have been getting poor frame rates. However I've switched off the force feedback (which is pants anyway) and it's now running OK with full detail. I hope they do a patch to resolve this FF problem Some Call Me Tim

Did a 20 laper on Silverstone last night, got away second, took coulthard on the second lap, thought I would get away but that bloody coulthard just kept right on my arse. Cave in to the pressure on lap 10 and spun. went back to 5th spent the next 7 laps getting back to the lead. Bloody Coulthard again, right up my arse all the rest of the way! I won, but only just Coulthard was 1.2 behind. What a great race! I was so pumped when I finished that one. Mark Jeangerard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8dtrkd$klj$[email hidden]... Came by to see what the consensus was on F1 2K. I have read a lot of interesting stuff and in some ways it looks like a lot of fun. But then in other ways it looks like a let down. So I have one question I haven't been able to answer for myself from what I've read. Is F1 2K at least as good as Sports Car GT? -- Mark Jeangerard www.soundchaserweb.com New Mexico, USA

What the hell is "pants"?!? Am I gettin' *that* old?!? Warlock! Some Call Me Tim wrote:

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> I've got a monster machine PIII running at 581 ant GeForce DDR at have been > getting poor frame rates. However I've switched off the force feedback > (which is pants anyway) and it's now running OK with full detail. > > I hope they do a patch to resolve this FF problem > > Some Call Me Tim

>What the hell is "pants"?!? Am I gettin' *that* old?!? PANTS n (pl), a. colloq "underpants". 1) UK: An undergarment generally worn around the groinal area, although can often appear on the head during a state of drunkenness. US: An overgarment, usually trousers. 2) A generic term used to describe an object or situation wherein certain elements of quality are lacking. :-) -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

That's good enough for me. I'll wait for the ten dollar bin. Did so with SCGT and absolutely love it. Might not if I paid 50 bucks. :-) -- Mark Jeangerard www.soundchaserweb.com New Mexico, USA Jan Verschueren <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:YxzM4.168404$[email hidden]... To me it is, if not better. Having said that, I don't think you'd like it Mark. Jan. Mark Jeangerard <snip> Is F1 2K at least as good as Sports Car GT?

"Mark Jeangerard" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Came by to see what the consensus was on F1 2K. There are a few people around here who really like it, and in my opinion will not really tell you about the flaws. Not that it's a terrible sim, but it's far from perfect. The biggest problem is frame rate. Even on the most powerful systems the graphics engine is a dog. If you have a store like EB that accepts returns on software, try it out. Joe McGinn _____________________ Radical Entertainment

Pants is roughly the UK equivalent to the US term sucks ;) -- Ian Parker == Greg Cisko <no.spam.email.for.me> wrote in message news:8e32el$7bm$[email hidden]... > Mel Lanzer Co. <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > What the hell is "pants"?!? Am I gettin' *that* old?!? > > > > No you are not getting old. "pants" is most likely some esoteric > british term similar to "tosser" :-) > > Cherro, old man! > > -- > > Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. > > cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com > > > > Warlock! > > > > Some Call Me Tim wrote: > > > > > I've got a monster machine PIII running at 581 ant GeForce DDR at have > been > > > getting poor frame rates. However I've switched off the force feedback > > > (which is pants anyway) and it's now running OK with full detail. > > > > > > I hope they do a patch to resolve this FF problem > > > > > > Some Call Me Tim > > > >