Review of GP2 in UK Edge magazine

There is a review of GP in this months issue of Edge (Issue 31, April 1996). Whilst the review did not have much in the way of details about the *features* of the game (other than to say that there are many), it did have some interesting things to say regarding speed: "F1GP2 has the fastest polygon engine that currently exists on the PC. In both VGA and SVGA it easily outpaces all its rivals, running at around 25 frames per second on a slow Pentium in VGA and near that on a P100 with a decent graphics card on a P100" "For those with a lower end PC it is possible to alter the scenery using the extremely effective in-race detail settings. This enables even a 486/66 to run the game quite adequately". Comments like these make me wonder if: a) There are two versions of GP2 out there - one optimised and one not - and magazines are reviewing different versions. or b) Magazines are simply making these reviews up ! I rather hope it is a) !! For what it's worth, Edge gave the game a score of 9 out of 10. I find their reviews usually reliable - if sometimes a little harsh (particularly if the reviewer is not a fan of the genre of the game he is reviewing). They gave ICR2 5 out of 10 - a mark with which I do not agree - the same reviewer went on to give the graphically excellent but limited in lasting playability Ridge Racer Revolution (Playstation) 7 !!!

It seems odd that magazines (PC Gamer for instance) reviewed this game so far back. How *on Earth* can they have reviewed a reliable version of the game two issues ago - the review must have been written *3* months ago. And look at the Edge screenshots: one of them (from in the car) doesn't have any numbers on the dashboard! Very fishy. -- MarkN

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>>b) Magazines are simply making these reviews up ! >It seems odd that magazines (PC Gamer for instance) reviewed this game >so far back. >How *on Earth* can they have reviewed a reliable version of the game two >issues ago - the review must have been written *3* months ago. >And look at the Edge screenshots: one of them (from in the car) doesn't >have any numbers on the dashboard! >Very fishy.

Kind of like the "review" of GPManager in the April issue of "Racer". *Everyone* here knows its chock full of bugs. It looks like they just reprinted a press release verbatim. True, its not their job to review software, but if you're going to promote it (which they are doing putting it on their pages), you should at least find out if its a functional, competent piece of software. :( Pick one or more: Model Rockets (competition-NERCB) / PCs (even Atari!) / ICR-PRO / NASCAR-NRL / Who needs a life when you have multiple non-lives?

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>>b) Magazines are simply making these reviews up ! >>It seems odd that magazines (PC Gamer for instance) reviewed this game >>so far back. >>How *on Earth* can they have reviewed a reliable version of the game >>twoissues ago - the review must have been written *3* months ago. >>And look at the Edge screenshots: one of them (from in the car) doesn't >>have any numbers on the dashboard! >>Very fishy. > Kind of like the "review" of GPManager in the April issue of "Racer". > *Everyone* here knows its chock full of bugs. It looks like they just > reprinted a press release verbatim. True, its not their job to review > software, but if you're going to promote it (which they are doing putting > it on their pages), you should at least find out if its a functional, > competent piece of software. :(

Just like the PC Gamer Review of GPManager - not one single mention of the bugs, and instead of doing a proper review, they had a silly dialog on how many buttons there were to click... And the F1GP2 review (available now they said - either they are naive or something else) - how can you review an unfinished product and comment on its speed etc... Last time I buy PC Gamer...

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> Just like the PC Gamer Review of GPManager - not one single mention of > the bugs, and instead of doing a proper review, they had a silly dialog > on how many buttons there were to click... > And the F1GP2 review (available now they said - either they are naive or > something else) - how can you review an unfinished product and comment on > its speed etc... > Last time I buy PC Gamer...

I know a *lot* of people who feel the same about PC Gamer and other game mags. I never buy them because they are usually 100% full of shit. The worst review I have ever read(I read the very interesting stuff at the newsstands...) was the PC Zone's review of GP2. That was crappiest piece of journalism I have ever read bare none. Even my little sister, who is eight, believed that the reviewer was imbecility personified. -- --- Terje Wold Johansen --- http://www.ifi.uio.no/~terjjo/ --- "I am your inferior superior." O.W.