Just picked up F1 2000 today and I must say I'm VERY dissapointed :(
When the game actually started I thought, oops this must be in software
mode, better change the 3d device setup. So I did. No difference. It
was already in d3d :( Then I changed to software mode to double check.
That was of course even worse.
I haven't heard anyone else mention the POOR graphics (IMHO). I was
expecting something close to SCGT, if not better. Nope. The first track
I played, Hockenheim, looked just awful. Then I tried Monaco. Better.
But still some of the buildings looked horrible.
The screenshots look MUCH better (looks like a different game to me).
The trees and many of the buildings look especially poor. Its like I'm
playing @640*480 (I'm actually playing @ 1024*768) It's actually hard
to make out the cars in front of you at a distance. The tracksides need
to be anti-aliased in a big way. Its very distracting.
The screenshots show the cars with 3d wheels. They are not. (that I
have seen). Am I missing something? I've got all the details maxed out
and options turned on.
The frame rates are poor too even on my P3 600E @ 702 +V3. (even after
turning down the options) I was of course warned about this.
I'm also getting kicked to the desktop after hitting anything when FF
is turned on (Act Force RS). I see alot of others are having the same
problem. I agree the sound needs some work. I'm sure it wont be long
before we see 3rd party support for that.
I WILL still play this game because of course graphics are not
everything. It's just not what I had expected after seeing all the
screenshots and lack of complaints about the graphics.
Oh well sorry for the rant......at least I also picked up Thief2
tonight :)
Ivan
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On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 21:48:39 -0800, Falcon26 <[email hidden]> wrote:
>I agree with you 100% , you couldn't have said it any better
>
>falcon26
>
But, falcon26, you are attempting to run F1-2000 on Win2000
which is not supported. I am surprised it ran at all.
>Ivan wrote:
>
>> Just picked up F1 2000 today and I must say I'm VERY dissapointed :(
>>
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On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 07:18:54 -0000, "Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>Why do you insist on going on about W2K? I've said it several times
>previously to you - IT WORKS FINE IN W2K! Why are you surprised it works?
Because it specifically excludes Win2K support, on the bottom of the box?
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* rrev at mindspring dot com *
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>Almost everything else does too - F1RS, MGPRS2, GPL, N3, etc. etc. >Iain > >> But, falcon26, you are attempting to run F1-2000 on Win2000 >> which is not supported. I am surprised it ran at all. >> >> * rrev at mindspring dot com * >I agree with you 100% , you couldn't have said it any better
falcon26
Ivan wrote:
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> Just picked up F1 2000 today and I must say I'm VERY dissapointed :( > > When the game actually started I thought, oops this must be in software > mode, better change the 3d device setup. So I did. No difference. It > was already in d3d :( Then I changed to software mode to double check. > That was of course even worse. > > I haven't heard anyone else mention the POOR graphics (IMHO). I was > expecting something close to SCGT, if not better. Nope. The first track > I played, Hockenheim, looked just awful. Then I tried Monaco. Better. > But still some of the buildings looked horrible. > > The screenshots look MUCH better (looks like a different game to me). > The trees and many of the buildings look especially poor. Its like I'm > playing @640*480 (I'm actually playing @ 1024*768) It's actually hard > to make out the cars in front of you at a distance. The tracksides need > to be anti-aliased in a big way. Its very distracting. > > The screenshots show the cars with 3d wheels. They are not. (that I > have seen). Am I missing something? I've got all the details maxed out > and options turned on. > > The frame rates are poor too even on my P3 600E @ 702 +V3. (even after > turning down the options) I was of course warned about this. > > I'm also getting kicked to the desktop after hitting anything when FF > is turned on (Act Force RS). I see alot of others are having the same > problem. I agree the sound needs some work. I'm sure it wont be long > before we see 3rd party support for that. > > I WILL still play this game because of course graphics are not > everything. It's just not what I had expected after seeing all the > screenshots and lack of complaints about the graphics. > > Oh well sorry for the rant......at least I also picked up Thief2 > tonight :) > > Ivan > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.Why do you insist on going on about W2K? I've said it several times
previously to you - IT WORKS FINE IN W2K! Why are you surprised it works?
Almost everything else does too - F1RS, MGPRS2, GPL, N3, etc. etc.
Iain
> But, falcon26, you are attempting to run F1-2000 on Win2000
> which is not supported. I am surprised it ran at all.
>
> * rrev at mindspring dot com *
So what if it excludes Win2k support. He is right those other sims do work with Win2k.
Don't believe everything you read!!!.
rrevved wrote:
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> On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 07:18:54 -0000, "Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Why do you insist on going on about W2K? I've said it several times > >previously to you - IT WORKS FINE IN W2K! Why are you surprised it works? > > Because it specifically excludes Win2K support, on the bottom of the box? > > >Almost everything else does too - F1RS, MGPRS2, GPL, N3, etc. etc. > >Iain > > > >> But, falcon26, you are attempting to run F1-2000 on Win2000 > >> which is not supported. I am surprised it ran at all. > >> > >> * rrev at mindspring dot com * > > > > -- > * rrev at mindspring dot com *As I said in an earlier thread, it says that on the box probably because the
techie support don't know much about it at the moment.
Iain
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> On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 07:18:54 -0000, "Iain Mackenzie"<[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> >Why do you insist on going on about W2K? I've said it several times
> >previously to you - IT WORKS FINE IN W2K! Why are you surprised itworks?
