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Some scenes in the video looked so good, that I have a hard time
believing
they are not part of a prerendered intro!?
Here's hoping
ronny
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>>Appearances may be deceiving, but if the demo is anything to go by, >>Ubisoft's new F1 game will have all other F1 sims looking like ***when >>it is released. The graphics are awesome, and it even has rain. It is so >>accurate, that you can even discern the dry line on a wet racetrack. It >>has the most realistic and awesome crashes I have seen to date, and I have >>read that the company used Benetton Renault to aid them in creating, as >>they put it, "the most realistic F1 simulation". >>If anyone thinks that Psygnosis did a good job of accurately recreating >>the tracks, wait till you get a load of what these guys did. Monaco >>almost looks photo realistic. I guess the final verdict on this one >>depends on the driveability, and if that >>is outstanding, than I wager to say even GP2 will look plebian by >>comparison. >>Oh and by the way, the graphics are so awesome that when comparing it to >>GP2, it looks as if Microprose is at least five years behind. >Yes, the video is certainly impressive. But I heard from a beta tester >of the game in one of the 3dfx newsgroups that there will be 22 >different***pits modeled after each team. However, in the video it >seemed that the***pits that was shown were only different in color >and not in design. Maybe because its just a beta??Where did you get the video from? Didn't find it at the Ubisoft site.
Stanley
> Yes, the video is certainly impressive. But I heard from a beta tester
> of the game in one of the 3dfx newsgroups that there will be 22
> different***pits modeled after each team. However, in the video it
> seemed that the***pits that was shown were only different in color
> and not in design. Maybe because its just a beta??
> Is this Ubisoft F1 game what used to be called "Starting Grid" from
> France? If not what happened to that title?
No...Starting Grid by Visiware is not F1 by Ubisoft. It's release has
been delayed due to lengthy negotiations with FOCA. Supposed to be out
between Sept. 15 and Oct. 15
Thomas
Is this Ubisoft F1 game what used to be called "Starting Grid" from
France? If not what happened to that title?
On Fri, 08 Aug 1997 18:34:53 +0800, Stanley Chan
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>Where did you get the video from? Didn't find it at the Ubisoft site. >Stanley >> Yes, the video is certainly impressive. But I heard from a beta tester >> of the game in one of the 3dfx newsgroups that there will be 22 >> different***pits modeled after each team. However, in the video it >> seemed that the***pits that was shown were only different in color >> and not in design. Maybe because its just a beta??Quoted text (17 lines)
> Appearances may be deceiving, but if the demo is anything to go by, > Ubisoft's new F1 game will have all other F1 sims looking like ***when > it is released. The graphics are awesome, and it even has rain. It is so > accurate, that you can even discern the dry line on a wet racetrack. It > has the most realistic and awesome crashes I have seen to date, and I have > read that the company used Benetton Renault to aid them in creating, as > they put it, "the most realistic F1 simulation". > If anyone thinks that Psygnosis did a good job of accurately recreating > the tracks, wait till you get a load of what these guys did. Monaco > almost looks photo realistic. I guess the final verdict on this one > depends on the driveability, and if that > is outstanding, than I wager to say even GP2 will look plebian by > comparison. > Oh and by the way, the graphics are so awesome that when comparing it to > GP2, it looks as if Microprose is at least five years behind.Where can we d/l the demo?
Rich
