World Circuits 2 Grand Prix

Does anyone know when WC2GP is supposed to be released in the US ? What are the system requirements for the VGA mode ? For the SVGA mode ? How realistic is it supposed to be ? Tim

Thank you for the reply. Tim

zum Thema "World Circuits 2 Grand Prix": Some german magazines made tests a few days ago. You need 16 MB RAM to play the game. You need a P90 to play it in VGA and a P133 (much better P166) to play it in SVGA. This is not a joke and I am not kidding !!! Less power lets play you a stratagie game. It seems to be the most realistic raceing simulation on the market. They wrote, that you need much more time to get a good setup than in Indycar II (cause of the options). They simply loved the game :-))) Cant wait any longer..... Thomas

>Does anyone know when WC2GP is supposed to be released in the US ? What are >the system requirements for the VGA mode ? For the SVGA mode ? How realistic >is it supposed to be ? >Tim Per my local Super Software, the current release date is April 15, but the local EggHead Software doesn't even have a release date. Austin, Tx http://www.realtime.net/~indyfan/ ============================================================ Scott Pruett 1996 PPG Cup Champion! ============================================================

>Per my local Super Software, the current release date is April 15, but >the local EggHead Software doesn't even have a release date. It IS April 15th, ... 1998 Probably. I hope all you impatient types have won F1GP on ACE level with NO help options turned on. It's easier on 100% race because you can easily gain time in the event BRUNDLE nudges you off the track. Anyone on the BT Wireplay trial?

>Some german magazines made tests a few days ago. You need 16 MB RAM to >play the game. You need a P90 to play it in VGA and a P133 (much better >P166) to play it in SVGA. This is not a joke and I am not kidding !!! Less >power lets play you a stratagie game. >Cant wait any longer..... Me neither, with my DX4-120/8MB :-( Damn... I've been waiting so long and now figure out that I can't play it with my setup. Maybe I should go and kill myself...

>>Anyone on the BT Wireplay trial? >I am, but I haven't heard anything from BT since a phone call about 3 >or 4 weeks ago to confirm I would be taking part in the trial. I >assume the trial hasn't actually started yet - unless you know >different :) I got no phone calls saying I'M on the trial! Gits! Let me know if you get to do anything won't you? Did you see the form to apply?!! I did it by phone,.. ah now I see, perhaps it was 'cause I don't have a MICROWAVE OVEN!

> I hope all you impatient types have won F1GP on ACE level with NO help > options turned on. It's easier on 100% race because you can easily gain > time in the event BRUNDLE nudges you off the track. Does anybody know if GP2 is released 94 Teams and drivers or with 95 standings ?? Mfg J?rg

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>zum Thema "World Circuits 2 Grand Prix": >> Does anyone know when WC2GP is supposed to be released in the US ? What are >> the system requirements for the VGA mode ? For the SVGA mode ? How realistic >> is it supposed to be ? >Some german magazines made tests a few days ago. You need 16 MB RAM to >play the game. You need a P90 to play it in VGA and a P133 (much better >P166) to play it in SVGA. This is not a joke and I am not kidding !!! Less >power lets play you a stratagie game. >It seems to be the most realistic raceing simulation on the market. They >wrote, that you need much more time to get a good setup than in Indycar II >(cause of the options). >They simply loved the game :-))) >Cant wait any longer..... >Thomas

JeeZ! What about all the people who WANT to play it but dont have money to spring for a Pentium 133 AND 16MB? I have a dx-4 100. lame i know. in June I will be getting 1 (ONLY 1) of the following: 8 more megs of RAM (making my total 16 megs) OR a Pentium 133. Now for some reason Microprose thinks that the WHOLE game playing world lives in the U.S.A where prices are low! (I live in Israel). BIG MISTAKE microprose. IF you are going to make a game with those requirements, at least start giving P133 's away in the game package!

>Does anybody know if GP2 is released 94 Teams and drivers or with 95 >standings ?? >Mfg J?rg GP2 will be released with 94 teams and drivers. I think that add-on disk to update the teams and drivers to what they are now is planned to be released later this year.

>>Anyone on the BT Wireplay trial? >I am, but I haven't heard anything from BT since a phone call about 3 >or 4 weeks ago to confirm I would be taking part in the trial. I >assume the trial hasn't actually started yet - unless you know >different :) I joined on the net at their site. I have recieved info and telling me that the software will be sent in the next few weeks. I will post something when it arrives.

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>:> >:>>Anyone on the BT Wireplay trial? >:> >:>I am, but I haven't heard anything from BT since a phone call about 3 >:>or 4 weeks ago to confirm I would be taking part in the trial. I >:>assume the trial hasn't actually started yet - unless you know >:>different :) >:> >:I got no phone calls saying I'M on the trial! Gits! Let me know if you >:get to do anything won't you? >:Did you see the form to apply?!! I did it by phone,.. ah now I see, >:perhaps it was 'cause I don't have a MICROWAVE OVEN! >: >I signed up on their web site a couple of weks back, and was told I >would get something in the post very soon. Still nothing yet, however. >Is F1GP 1 or 2 going to be supported by it? There was a question if I >owned it. >Ken

I have heard from a BT newsgroup (internal only) that the WirePlay software is going to _start_ to be released on 9th April. All 1500 beta testers have been signed up and they are not taking on any more applications. I have also heard from a BT insider that at present the Wireplay system will only emulate a com port so it will just be 2 player games (a la modem play) in the meantime. This is very disappointing. We can do this already by phoning each other - what we want is a Kali type system where for all intents and purposes we are on a LAN and can play multiplayer (ie in this case > 2) games. Come on BT! \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ (\/)ark /\ (\/)cCall Northern Ireland "My friends tell me I am a gadget freak ........... Moi ! I consider it a healthy interest in Computers, Home Cinema, RC Models, Hi-Fi, Satellite TV, Mobile Phones, In-car CD, Pocket Televisions..... .....and all those other things that a man can't live without ! " \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

>I think that add-on disk to >update the teams and drivers to what they are now is planned to be released >later this year. Hmmm. That's probably Microprose speak for 'Some time in 1998' :)

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>>zum Thema "World Circuits 2 Grand Prix": >>> Does anyone know when WC2GP is supposed to be released in the US ? What are >>> the system requirements for the VGA mode ? >>Some german magazines made tests a few days ago. You need 16 MB RAM to >>play the game. You need a P90 to play it in VGA and a P133 (much better >>P166) to play it in SVGA. >JeeZ! What about all the people who WANT to play it but dont have >money to spring for a Pentium 133 AND 16MB? >I have a dx-4 100. lame i know. in June I will be getting 1 (ONLY 1) >of the following: 8 more megs of RAM (making my total 16 megs) OR a >Pentium 133. >Now for some reason Microprose thinks that the WHOLE game playing >world lives in the U.S.A where prices are low! (I live in Israel).

Hmmm ... I thought prices were low all over ... here in New Zealand, teetering on the edge of the world, PC prices have trended downwards rapidly. Last year I needed an excuse to treat myself to a Pentium120 and 32 MEGS of RAM ... GP2 was just the excuse I needed ... now I'm still waiting and they are talking about a Pentium133 :-( Somehow I think the power needs have been overstated ... otherwise Microprose are into a whole new niche. How do you drag all those Doomers down to playing race simulators. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Sanders Wellington New Zealand ... absolutely, positively nuclear-free, and absolutely OS/2 Warped. ---------------------------------------------------------------

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> >Some german magazines made tests a few days ago. You need 16 MB RAM to > >play the game. You need a P90 to play it in VGA and a P133 (much better > >P166) to play it in SVGA. This is not a joke and I am not kidding !!! Less > >power lets play you a stratagie game. > >Cant wait any longer..... > Me neither, with my DX4-120/8MB :-( > Damn... I've been waiting so long and now figure out that I can't play > it with my setup. Maybe I should go and kill myself...

I saw the articel today and it said that unless you own a Pentium 133 you cant't play SVGA, even with all the detail turned off. This is rather shocking course the articel also tells everybody with a 486 to go home. But the PC-gamer mag. in Britain says it will run perfect on a low 486 ??? I'm a bit confused, didn't sir Geoff once say that it was designed even with lowes specs in mined? Fred

I assume that there are different beta versions out there. It's the only logical explanation,or..............PC gamer made up a story based upon the hype around this sim. But I really don't think that in 1996 Microprose will release a game that can not be played on a 486dx2-66. This would be a commercial disaster! Cheers, Harald

> >Cant wait any longer..... > Me neither, with my DX4-120/8MB :-( > Damn... I've been waiting so long and now figure out that I can't play > it with my setup. Maybe I should go and kill myself... That's just plain stupid! You should go out and kill a few other people, take their money and buy a Pentium Pro 200Mhz. That's of course assuming that the folks you kill are carrying a good amount of money. Be very selective:^) -- ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** Alex Fernandez This signature file serves no other purpose "Don't know nothin'!" than to try to avoid those unholy NNTP errors I keep getting using Netscape 2.0 Mail when I follow up on articles where there is more included text than new text. Does everyone have this problem? Is there a better workaround than this stupid, long and useless signature file? If so, let me know. I hope this is enough new text. ********************************************************************** **********************************************************************

>Hmmm. That's probably Microprose speak for 'Some time in 1998' :) If they get World Circuits 2 Grand Prix out before that <G>. If not, I don't even want to know when they will release the add on disks (2098 ?) Tim