F1GP2 - SVGA only!

This sounds pretty unlikely to me. Demos of this game which have been shown at various computer shows have been VGA only for the driving bits. Given that Crammond already has the game running in VGA I can't see him releasing the final product with SVGA in-game graphics only. If his SVGA engine is so marvellous, he must know something Papyrus don't. The magazine may have got confused, because the game will require SVGA graphics, because all of the menus are SVGA only. Fraser.

<snip> : In a boxed out piece of text it says that Geoff Crammond has got his texture : engine working at such a pace that the game will be released as SVGA only! <snip> Ouch, my DX2 hurts;-( Oh well, at least now I know what two games of ICR2, F1GP2 and Harpoon II DLX I will buy... I haven't seen a simulation that works fine in DX2 and SVGA fast enough, and racing sims (IMHO) need the fastest frame rate. Pasi.

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>>Today (11/6/95), I called Babbage's, which informed me that the release >>date for Grand Prix 2 is not until November 30th. A few weeks ago, >>they had told me that the release date was November 10th, but it >>obviously was pushed back. Unfortunately, I would not be surprised if >>this date gets pushed back once again. >>JD >Maybe, but I bet they make it for Christmas....

Not what I heard. A Microprose sales rep told a computer shop owning friend of mine that they'd all be very surprised to see it released by Christmas. I reckon February 1996 would be a more appropriate date. Anyone who remembers the release schedule for the original F1GP on the Amiga will already have a strange feeling of deja vu ... _________ ___________________________________________

Bruss) writes: >>Today (11/6/95), I called Babbage's, which informed me that the release >>date for Grand Prix 2 is not until November 30th. A few weeks ago, >>they had told me that the release date was November 10th, but it >>obviously was pushed back. Unfortunately, I would not be surprised if >>this date gets pushed back once again. >>JD >Maybe, but I bet they make it for Christmas.... technical and customer support for Spectrum Hollobyte. THEY said that the game is still being created, but it is expected to be released in THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1996 !!!! What the hell is this ***??? Depressed, JD

Microprose told me the 11th of December would be the release date. Max -- Max Galvin, Part III Computer Science, Southampton Uni WWW homepage : http://cslib.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~mjg93/home.html Atlas F1 page: http://www2.monaco.mc/atlas

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>Bruss) writes: >>>Today (11/6/95), I called Babbage's, which informed me that the >release >>>date for Grand Prix 2 is not until November 30th. A few weeks ago, >>>they had told me that the release date was November 10th, but it >>>obviously was pushed back. Unfortunately, I would not be surprised >if >>>this date gets pushed back once again. >>>JD >>Maybe, but I bet they make it for Christmas.... >technical and customer support for Spectrum Hollobyte. THEY said that >the game is still being created, but it is expected to be released in >THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1996 !!!! >What the hell is this ***??? >Depressed, >JD

Aaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhh! I cant wait. Those suckers why are they torturing us. They should have learned from the past! When was the last time they got their game out when promised. Oh well, I hope they are improving the game. Afterall they are not Gametek which dumped Elite III out way too soon. -- - Second place is first of the losers.(Ron Dennis) -

Hi there! Good News. F1GP2 is available in the shops (at least here in Denmark) today. I just saw it in the windows this morning. Unfortunately it was closed, so I know where I'm going after class. regards, -- * Computer Science Department,University of Aarhus, Denmark* * Risdalsvej 36,111. Tlf:(0045) + 89-43-66-43 * * 8260 Viby J. *

PC-Zone carried a few words about F1GP2 this month. It quotes Geoff Crammond as saying that he has optimised the code to the extent that it will run at 70fps in VGA and 30fps in SVGA. I don't think it mentioned the hardware required for this level of performance. I was reading this in newsagents so I may be a bit inaccurate...

>Hi there! >Good News. F1GP2 is available in the shops (at least here in Denmark) >today. I just saw it in the windows this morning. Unfortunately it was >closed, so I know where I'm going after class. As soony as you've gone buy, could you post if it was really there? It's quite hard to believe for me? And if it is there (and it's the english version) could you please post the address of the shop to the newsgroup (or E-mail it to me) so I can contact them if I can order it using my Creditcard. (from the Netherlands) Thanks, Wilfred

Hi! exactlly!! Cramond releases have been great (every single). It's worth to be patient. He only release a Game when HE thinks that its ready- not i Microprose thinks so. bye Lutz --

n.inter.nl.net> Date: Monday, Nov 13, 1995 19.30.46 Organization: None X-Newsreader: Newswin Alpha 0.7 Lines: 14 I'd like to believe that, I really would, but they must be empty boxes. Software companies do that all the time, it's just promotional material.