Re: Grand Prix World

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > has this game been released, if so is it any good? > > and yes i am new here > It's available for sale in Hong Kong. I also want to ask for comments. ---------------------------------------------------- Andrew Kao email: [email hidden] To send me email, pls remove "nojunk_" in my email address. ----------------------------------------------------

When you first go into the FF screen with the driver list on the left, stay there for a while WITHOUT hitting the FF button of no return!! 1st lap there takes about 15 seconds, 2nd about 10 seconds and then the laps count off every 5-10 seconds after that.... It took me a while to notice this...

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>Yeah... it's out. Not in North America of what I know though. And >because of this... I downloaded me a copy. So here's my review. >It's a chalanging game. I wish I had the manual when playing it, cause >you need it. The game is really thourough on what you have to do to >keep alive. Really tough... always fighting for the best drivers... >sponcers... engines... etc. But... there is some teriable planning in >the game. If you are gonna watch a qual and race. It's gonna take you >atleast 2hours on 150% mode. And that ff mode doesn't help that much. >And when you hit the big ff button on the accelerated time screen... it >keeps you in ff mode and there's no way out. It's a total pain in the >ass. But otherwise it's a great game. I like the graphics... 3d cars >on top of track photos, great idea. Layout is fine. Game play is >pretty good. That last bit I said is so far my only complaint. >DjFIL >> has this game been released, if so is it any good? >> and yes i am new here

>At last, the perfect name... >BB You couldn't have said it any better.

has this game been released, if so is it any good? and yes i am new here

Yeah... it's out. Not in North America of what I know though. And because of this... I downloaded me a copy. So here's my review. It's a chalanging game. I wish I had the manual when playing it, cause you need it. The game is really thourough on what you have to do to keep alive. Really tough... always fighting for the best drivers... sponcers... engines... etc. But... there is some teriable planning in the game. If you are gonna watch a qual and race. It's gonna take you atleast 2hours on 150% mode. And that ff mode doesn't help that much. And when you hit the big ff button on the accelerated time screen... it keeps you in ff mode and there's no way out. It's a total pain in the ass. But otherwise it's a great game. I like the graphics... 3d cars on top of track photos, great idea. Layout is fine. Game play is pretty good. That last bit I said is so far my only complaint. DjFIL dildobert wrote: > has this game been released, if so is it any good? > > and yes i am new here

where did you download it from please :-) i cant afford to get it and i want it SO FUCKING MUCH :-)

I'm totally addicted to it. Has a few nuissances DjFil already explained. I don't mind watching the whole race. It's part of the whole challenge. Difficult, but very deep game! The Dijk DjFIL <[email hidden]> schreef in berichtnieuws [email hidden]...

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> Yeah... it's out. Not in North America of what I know though. And > because of this... I downloaded me a copy. So here's my review. > > It's a chalanging game. I wish I had the manual when playing it, cause > you need it. The game is really thourough on what you have to do to > keep alive. Really tough... always fighting for the best drivers... > sponcers... engines... etc. But... there is some teriable planning in > the game. If you are gonna watch a qual and race. It's gonna take you > atleast 2hours on 150% mode. And that ff mode doesn't help that much. > And when you hit the big ff button on the accelerated time screen... it > keeps you in ff mode and there's no way out. It's a total pain in the > ass. But otherwise it's a great game. I like the graphics... 3d cars > on top of track photos, great idea. Layout is fine. Game play is > pretty good. That last bit I said is so far my only complaint. > > DjFIL > > dildobert wrote: > > > has this game been released, if so is it any good? > > > > and yes i am new here >

At last, the perfect name... BB dildobert wrote: > > where did you download it from please :-) > i cant afford to get it and i want it SO FUCKING MUCH :-)

: I'm totally ***ed to it. Has a few nuissances DjFil already explained. I : don't mind watching the whole race. It's part of the whole challenge. : Difficult, but very deep game! I don't mind watching the whole race but there are some significant problems with the game which spoil my enjoyment: 1) The other car AI is TERRIBLE. If it rains they will usually stay out until their scheduled stop - even if they're losing 6 seconds a lap for 10 laps. 2) As in every F1 manager game, you can send a car out with ZERO petrol. Can you imagine even Minardi doing this without some engineer going "Um... don't forget the fuel chief" (or whatever the italian is for that). This is just basically stupid. 3) The whole contracts thing is too open at the start. As Stewart I am inevitably dropped as a Customer team by Ford after the first race of the first season. Surely not realistic. 4) The menu navigation is very poor. 5) There seems to be something wrong with the lap times. I've seen a gap reported as three seconds which is taking up 1/4 of a lap on the race display screen. The game does have a lot of strong points though. It's the best F1 management sim yet. -- Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

Just like in real life. :p

Hey there, I don't even have the game (tho' it is sounding tempting), but wasn't there another post which suggested that this might be due to engine vibration, or kerb hopping? --DK a [snip]

Nice game, but with bugs. When one of your drivers in injured the test driver takes over. So far so good, but: - your injured driver can't do any testing. yet he is complaining about the help he can offer with testing - your temporarly promoted test driver suddenly thinks engine testing is not good enough for him anymore. - when negotiating with other drivers the menu screen get real confusing with the injured driver photo being switched to the test postion but his stats aren't. - when winning the championship while injured your man doesn't get the title! It doesn't happen often, but when it does: An injured driver is a real pain! DjFIL <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Yeah... it's out. Not in North America of what I know though. And > because of this... I downloaded me a copy. So here's my review. > > It's a chalanging game. I wish I had the manual when playing it, cause > you need it. The game is really thourough on what you have to do to > keep alive. Really tough... always fighting for the best drivers... > sponcers... engines... etc. But... there is some teriable planning in > the game. If you are gonna watch a qual and race. It's gonna take you > atleast 2hours on 150% mode. And that ff mode doesn't help that much. > And when you hit the big ff button on the accelerated time screen... it > keeps you in ff mode and there's no way out. It's a total pain in the > ass. But otherwise it's a great game. I like the graphics... 3d cars > on top of track photos, great idea. Layout is fine. Game play is > pretty good. That last bit I said is so far my only complaint. > > DjFIL > > dildobert wrote: > > > has this game been released, if so is it any good? > > > > and yes i am new here >

Frank Roger Vangen <"frupp"@online.no> wrote: : I am probably doing something wrong - but in each race I get a Rear Wing : problem. It happens all the time... what can I do to prevent this. Hmm... I only get this occasionally. Do your cars have high wear or do you have your drivers set on one of the "drive like maniac" options? (I often get front wing damage if I set "do or die overtake" - obviously since you're likely to smack into someone pressing that). -- Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

I am probably doing something wrong - but in each race I get a Rear Wing problem. It happens all the time... what can I do to prevent this. Frank

> It doesn't happen often, but when it does: An injured driver is a realpain! >Just like in real life. :p

I set them to push but not the do or die thing. Everytime I set to do or die they break something so Im not doing that anymore hehe... But the rear wing is a real pain. I often have to pit several times during a race to fix it. Sometimes I retire because of it - and on the pit screen it says the ( rear wing ) problem cant be fixed Frank Richard G Clegg <[email hidden]> skrev i meldingsnyheter:8a8ij0$n60$[email hidden]...

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> Frank Roger Vangen <"frupp"@online.no> wrote: > : I am probably doing something wrong - but in each race I get a Rear Wing > : problem. It happens all the time... what can I do to prevent this. > > Hmm... I only get this occasionally. Do your cars have high wear or > do you have your drivers set on one of the "drive like maniac" options? > > (I often get front wing damage if I set "do or die overtake" - > obviously since you're likely to smack into someone pressing that). > > -- > Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving > Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group > Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York > www: http://manor.york.ac.uk/top.html

I was having that problem all the time, with whatever team I tried. The problem is caused by the engine vibrating. The short term answer is to put back the orders a bit. I was running with most of the orders on full, but if you turn back the kerb use, top speed and acceleration to around half it should greatly improve things. Also try to avoid the flying lap button unless absolutely necessary. Since trying this myself I have started winning races and the game is much more enjoyable. The long term answer is to get a better engine with a higher rigidity rating. -- Sean Black

Yes it is mainly due to the Engine Rigidity and also to "Kerb Use" in driver orders, if you have R&D Control in your engine deal you should spend some of the points on improving engine rigidity asap. In the short term though turn the "Kerb Use" orders down to a bit more on the careful side. Hope that helps. "The Adder" Adam hatton Co-Webmaster Grand Prix World UK http://gpw.f1sims.co.uk

Are there any sites I can go to, that have any sort of tips or guides in general for the game? I've been having the rear wing problem too, and my Ferrari's seem doggy in the race, even though they sweep the front row in qualifying.

Oh yeah, almost forgot....Even though this can be a very frustrating game, it's ***ive as hell!!!!