GP2 : opinion

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> Hello, > You American are lucky again! > Listin' to my advice : leave in in the store!! > It's is really nothing. > The graphics are slow (Stealth 64 & 32 Mb edo & IBM P150+). > It's is very old (the season 1994!). > I already saw a lot of smal bugs just after a few hours playing. > I hope some day EA-sports makes a race-simulation because this is really > Greetings

Hello Twan, You're just not a real one are you ? You're the first one in the newsgroup who thinks GP2 sucks, and probably the only one on this planet. Although I do like it when people have a mind of their own, I don't think you're right here. For the benefit of it, let me explain a few things: - first of all, the game was made with the future in mind. That most of us can't play the game in full glory, with SVGA graphips and 25 fps at Monaco, is not something the program should be blamed for. I'm sure that with you're machine, if you turn down the frame rates and turn of some details, you'll be able to play the game pretty well even in SVGA. - second, you should have known that is was the '94 season when you bought the game. That information was just about everywhere !! But don't be afraid: I'm sure we'll get updates in the future, or perhaps even editors to make it any season we'd like. And another thing: running the 94 season doesn't mean a game is old ! It would have run smoothly on your machine if it were ! - and third, about these bugs that you 'discovered', I haven't heard anything about this and knowing Geoff Crammond and his team, it seems very unlikely to me. I'm sure the only bug in this newsgroup is you, so please don't bother telling people they shouldn't buy the game, because of these few silly reasons you came up with !!! To all of those real racing types out there I would like to say: Buy the game, it got top scores everywhere by experienced game testers from all over the world, so it's NOT absolute ***as this guy would want you to believe. I'm buying the game today and will for sure find out that the others where right and this guy was not!! See Ya, Eddy

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> >>Hello, > >>You American are lucky again! > >>Listin' to my advice : leave in in the store!! > >>It's is really nothing. > >>The graphics are slow (Stealth 64 & 32 Mb edo & IBM P150+). > >>It's is very old (the season 1994!). > >>I already saw a lot of smal bugs just after a few hours playing. > >>I hope some day EA-sports makes a race-simulation because this is really > >Weird... I have a P133, Stealth 2Mb DRAM, Asus Mobo and 32Mb 60ns and > >it runs as smooth as a something-running-very-smootly I guess. > >It seems that, just like Quake you really need a fast FPU to make it > >work. Or liv without some detail. > So, is F1GP2 super smooth on Pentium Pro just like Quake is? Anyone > tried it on PPRO200? How is it compared with P166? > --KCI

It runs real "sweet" on a P6. JEB in Vegas

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>Hello, >You American are lucky again! >Listin' to my advice : leave in in the store!! >It's is really nothing. >The graphics are slow (Stealth 64 & 32 Mb edo & IBM P150+). >It's is very old (the season 1994!). >I already saw a lot of smal bugs just after a few hours playing. >I hope some day EA-sports makes a race-simulation because this is really

Weird... I have a P133, Stealth 2Mb DRAM, Asus Mobo and 32Mb 60ns and it runs as smooth as a something-running-very-smootly I guess. It seems that, just like Quake you really need a fast FPU to make it work. Or liv without some detail. -- DISCLAIMER : This Statement is not an official statement from, nor does it represent an official position of, PTT Telecom B.V. Tin will not rust or give in but melts directly when heated =B-)

>I hope some day EA-sports makes a race-simulation because this is really I'm sure EA sports will make a true simulation - remember all the fanstastic physics and setup options of Need for Speed.... Then again, perhaps not.... _________________________________ __ _____| |_____ __ ________| |__| :| John Wallace | |__| |________ \ :| |::| :| Team WW Racing TSW | |::| | / > :| |::| :|_________________________________| |::| | < / :|__|::|____/ * Sim Racing News * \____|::|__| \ /______:/ \::/ http://sneezy.dcn.ed.ac.uk/simnews/index.htm \::/ \._____\ http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~harmon/simnews

> >So, is F1GP2 super smooth on Pentium Pro just like Quake is? Anyone > >tried it on PPRO200? How is it compared with P166? > >--KCI > I'll know by this Tuesday when the game hits the US. I'll post my results. Dont count on it till the 26th

Hello, You American are lucky again! Listin' to my advice : leave in in the store!! It's is really nothing. The graphics are slow (Stealth 64 & 32 Mb edo & IBM P150+). It's is very old (the season 1994!). I already saw a lot of smal bugs just after a few hours playing. Greetings

>So, is F1GP2 super smooth on Pentium Pro just like Quake is? Anyone >tried it on PPRO200? How is it compared with P166? >--KCI I'll know by this Tuesday when the game hits the US. I'll post my results. =========================================================== Alex Fernandez MTS Lucent Technologies No. Andover, MA email: tel: (508)960-6510 ===========================================================

>Weird... I have a P133, Stealth 2Mb DRAM, Asus Mobo and 32Mb 60ns and >it runs as smooth as a something-running-very-smootly I guess. >It seems that, just like Quake you really need a fast FPU to make it >work. Or liv without some detail. Are you sure that GP2 uses the FPU?? >-- >DISCLAIMER : This Statement is not an official statement from, >nor does it represent an official position of, PTT Telecom B.V. >Tin will not rust or give in but melts directly when heated =B-) =========================================================== Alex Fernandez MTS Lucent Technologies No. Andover, MA email: tel: (508)960-6510 ===========================================================

This guy should never had the mighty priviledge to have this game.... How can one say this... I still don't have the game.. and now I see a guy telling not to buy it!!! Are you from Papyrus??? Maybe you are!! GP2 is simply the best, and anyone who says other : - Don't know how to drive... and is pissed with that... - Don't have a real computer (maybe an old 386 :-) ) - It's an *** - All of the above I WANT GP2

Hi Eddy, First of all you didn't say in this note that you've never seen or played the game. In a e-mail to me you said that you were going to buy it that afternoon. Maybe you should have wait a moment with writing this note. Well, when i compare it to other games i think that it must be possible to have more detail and faster graphics. That's all I've never seen that and after studying the box for half an hour the only thing i see is that it's copyrighted in 1995. Two examples : when my car is broke down and it has the got out from the track with an hoisting crane everythinh goes well exept for mthe hoisting crane. The forget to put the crane there! So my car is flying through the sky (maybe that's also for the future?) When i wan't KM/H in stead of M/H it only works untill 200 KM/h after that i can race 295 M/H!!!! I hoped for a more arcade like game and it seems to be a real simulation game with more accent on reality than on playability. read the message in this newsgroup from Shane Metzger from 18-7-1996 on GP2 US vs EURO versions. It;s interesting. Bye bye

Hi Martin, you wrote : With full detail? In the mirrors, sky etc? greetings

Well maybe 'nothing' wasn't the right word from me. But in compare with the very high expectations and the writings in the press it's very far under my expectations. And you better wait with your comment AFTER the have seen and played the game. ;-> Have fun ....

Parente) said something kinda like: Or maybe owns the game? I don't have GP2 yet either, and it may be great; but it is the height of stupidity for someone who hasn't played the game to abuse the opinion of someone who does.

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> >I hope some day EA-sports makes a race-simulation because this is really > I'm sure EA sports will make a true simulation - remember all the > fanstastic physics and setup options of Need for Speed.... > Then again, perhaps not....

I don't think you're being 100% fair to EA. NFS' physics wasn't too shabby, although it was clearly an arcade racer for sure. The development team, Pioneer (I think?) is unrelated to the guys who develop the EA sports team, who really have developed a reputation for realism and attention to detail. Although granted, they're not likely to ever attempt a non-team oriented sport such as motorsports. Then again, think of what a cool pit crew sim they could make! Chain four gamepads on, invite a few friends over, and you can have the whole team at work! And if you can interface with GP2... ;) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Mouneimne | "I hate spreadsheets, | ---CS-Anime-Bab5-SegaAM-Mtn_Bikes-RPGs-Newton-Ducatis-Hk-Glock-Rally--

> So, is F1GP2 super smooth on Pentium Pro just like Quake is? Anyone > tried it on PPRO200? How is it compared with P166? > --KCI My cohort OZ has a p6 200 and I've run GP2 on it... glass smoooooooth!! MadMikey "Sin City Boyz"

On Fri, 19 Jul 1996 10:54:51 +0200, Eddy Haitsma This is hilarious: a fellow buys the game and gives his opinion (which a couple of other people have also posted), and you give him hell for how incorrect he is and how his opinion CANNOT be valid if he doesn't love the game...... ....and you don't even own the game! You sure don't have any preconcieved bias, do you?! merc

How do you know its the BEST if you don't even have it. You will most likely be disappointed as well unless you go drop 4 grand on a P6-200. I'll believe the guy who's played it before I believe YOU - A victim of media hype...

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