Grand Prix Legends info

Hi there - in the last days I gathered the following snippets of GPL information from Papy's Mike Lescault (and the approval of posting this): 1. Target Platform: The targeted 30 fps on an unaccelerated P100 mentioned in the Sierra Interaction Preview is not correct. The game is still in PRE ALPHA phase and so it is obvious ,as many things can change, that there are no definitive minimum requirements. The minimum requirements at THIS TIME is a P5-133. It can easliy be the case that minimum requirements could end up going even higher (unaccelerated). 2. 3d-accelerators: GPL will support 3Dfx, Rendition and 3D3. 3. GPL AVI: The GPL AVI posted 2 or 3 weeks ago was done on a P5-200 MMX with a Rendition V1000 card. 4. Analog clutch: GPL will feature an analog clutch!!! 5. 3d-cockpit: You will be able to turn your head to the left and right with Papy's virtual***pit perspective. This works so: You press the 'look left' button and hold it down and your view will shift to the left; you release the button and your view will snap back to the center. 6. Multiplayer: 8 players will be the maximum supported in multiplayer mode. Unfortunately you cannot save your race results to play a whole multiplayer season. (Multiplayer seems to work as in N2) 7. Slipstreaming: Slipstreaming will be done even MORE realistic as in previous Papyrus sims! (As Papyrus is one of the few sim producers that featured a realistic slipstreaming, this sounds pretty surprising!) (Forget slipstreaming models in GP2 or Ubi's F1 - it's very unrealistic i.m.o.) 8. Lift-offs: Some of the old race tracks (like the old Nurburgring) had some precarious jump sections in which the cars lifted into the air with all 4 wheels! In GPL you must be careful to step from the throttle if your rear wheels are in the air, so that you don't damage the motor by over-revving it! Mike pointed out though that most of the cars had rev limiters (which I didn't know), but that it is still not a good thing for the motor to push the throttle with the rear wheels in the air! 9. 'Spectator Areas': Papy plans to have a replay mode called 'spectator area'. You can choose from several spectator areas of a track to watch a replay as if you would be right at the track and not as if you watched the replay on a TV camera. This will be an unmoving, none-zooming view which will enable you to watch the cars spectacularly 4 wheel-drift out of the corners etc. This view will also give a good impression of speed which autozooming views do not. 10. Things done and things to do: As mentioned earlier GPL is still in pre-alpha phase. The physics, some of the graphics, multiplayer and collisions are in place right now. Fully functional replays, sound, special effects and the damage model still have to be implemented. (The sound in the AVI is just a placeholder not the final sound.) 11. Tracks featured: Which tracks will be featured is still uncertain, as Papyrus is still in licensing negotiations with some tracks. Lead Programer Dave Kaemmer mentioned a couple of tracks in his CGW Gamespot interview. Mike said he will give me a list of featured tracks for which the licensing negotiations are done. He has to check this list with GPL Producer Matt Sentell to get an 'ok' and I will post this list here as soon as I get it. That's it for now. Cheers - Thorsten Rueter

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> Hi there - > in the last days I gathered the following snippets of GPL information > from Papy's Mike Lescault (and the approval of posting this): > 6. Multiplayer: 8 players will be the maximum supported in multiplayer > mode. Unfortunately you cannot save your race results to play a > whole multiplayer season. (Multiplayer seems to work as in N2)

I currently play ICR2 and rely on those results files for the season scoring with a modem partner. I am really disappointed to see that this option will not be allowed. How are people currently keeping track of race results in N2? It seems so trivial for the game to save this info. This really is unfortunate as I have such high hopes of replacing ICR2 with GPL. tony

% 9. 'Spectator Areas': Papy plans to have a replay mode called % 'spectator area'. You can choose from several spectator areas of a % track to watch a replay as if you would be right at the track and % not as if you watched the replay on a TV camera. % This will be an unmoving, none-zooming view which will enable you % to watch the cars spectacularly 4 wheel-drift out of the corners etc. % This view will also give a good impression of speed which autozooming % views do not. Let me be the first to whine! If they don't provide me as a spectator the ability to "pan" my head to follow my favorite race as he/she goes by, I don't know if I can really call this a true sim.... -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

>Hi there - >in the last days I gathered the following snippets of GPL information >from Papy's Mike Lescault (and the approval of posting this): Thanks for the info - it sounds like it'll be worth waiting for. What's the estimated/rumoured release target? Winter '98? That sound to me to be pretty realistic for a pre-alpha game. Any comments?

Last I heard is was on pace for a Spring/Summer 98 release. Just a guess here, but like most big releases in that timeframe the latest build will probably be shown off at E3 (May 28-30), so I wouldn't expect it any sooner than that. -- Eric T. Busch http://ebusch.akorn.net >Thanks for the info - it sounds like it'll be worth waiting for. >What's the estimated/rumoured release target? Winter '98? That sound >to me to be pretty realistic for a pre-alpha game. Any comments?

Hi Thorsten, Thanks for the info. Much appreciated. And the BIG question - will we get an NROS equivalent for GPL? <vbg> Cheers, Richard

>>6. Multiplayer: 8 players will be the maximum supported in multiplayer >> mode. Unfortunately you cannot save your race results to play a >> whole multiplayer season. (Multiplayer seems to work as in N2) >And the BIG question - will we get an NROS equivalent for GPL? <vbg> One simple answer...... .... NO :-( Papyrus is aiming a world market with GPL, and just think about the implementation of such a *** system. No companies have the ca$h and the hardware to do that. Even TEN. TEn is an American company and NASCAR is 99% a American buyed title. Not worldwide. Still GPL will be more a personnal challenge. It's myself vs. the track. That's how I see it. Fran?ois Mnard, Creator, rec.autos.simulators With great respect, May the downforce be with you, Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-) ymenard on NROS, sponsored by http://www.awpss.com/ SimRacing director, AWPSS - *Excuse me for my poor English(I'm French speaking) * -

whats the url of the avi(heh)of Grand Prix Legends? THANKS