GP2 + Keyboard = Cannot Play !!!

I seem to have problem running GP2 using keyboard control. Whenever I try to accelerate, I can hear the continuous beep sound from my PC speaker. My F1 car cannot accelerate due to the sound. I'm using a Dell Dimension P2 266 PC. My friend has the same problem with mine but it's ok when he uses the joystick. I'm very used to joystick in playing racing games. Anyone has any idea how to solve this problem? *** Richard Yip *** Contacts: Web site: To be announced soon! Know yourself, know your enemies, and you will win 100 battles

% I seem to have problem running GP2 using keyboard control. Whenever % I try to accelerate, I can hear the continuous beep sound from my PC % speaker. My F1 car cannot accelerate due to the sound. I'm using a % Dell Dimension P2 266 PC. My friend has the same problem with mine % but it's ok when he uses the joystick. I'm very used to joystick in % playing racing games. Anyone has any idea how to solve this problem? Just a shot in the dark, but check the "typematic" rate in your BIOS setup. It maybe set at the wrong speed. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Boy, that was a helpful response! I installed GP2 on my Dad's new Dell Inspiron notebook and got the same result. I just received a new Dell Latitude notebook from my employer and it worked fine. So, I'm not sure if it's a Dell issue. Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- Glenn Holland (remove "ns" in address when replying) > > I seem to have problem running GP2 using keyboard control. Whenever > > I try to accelerate, I can hear the continuous beep sound from my PC > > speaker. My F1 car cannot accelerate due to the sound. I'm using a > > Dell Dimension P2 266 PC. My friend has the same problem with mine > > but it's ok when he uses the joystick. I'm very used to joystick in > > playing racing games. Anyone has any idea how to solve this problem? > > P2 266, GP2, a keyboard!!!!! Ugh. Buy a wheel and pedals pal.

> Boy, that was a helpful response! > I installed GP2 on my Dad's new Dell Inspiron notebook and got the same > result. I just received a new Dell Latitude notebook from my employer and > it worked fine. So, I'm not sure if it's a Dell issue. Any suggestions > would be appreciated. Maybe someone at Dell is like me and wants to make sure no one destroys a sim like GP2 by using it with the keyboard. Why Geoff, why do you let them do it?????????????

The keyboard certainly doesn't do it justice, but on business trips, it's better than no racing at all! -- Glenn Holland (remove "ns" in address when replying) > > Boy, that was a helpful response! > > I installed GP2 on my Dad's new Dell Inspiron notebook and got the same > > result. I just received a new Dell Latitude notebook from my employer and > > it worked fine. So, I'm not sure if it's a Dell issue. Any suggestions > > would be appreciated. > Maybe someone at Dell is like me and wants to make sure no one > destroys a sim like GP2 by using it with the keyboard. Why Geoff, why do > you let them do it?????????????

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>> Boy, that was a helpful response! >> I installed GP2 on my Dad's new Dell Inspiron notebook and got the same >> result. I just received a new Dell Latitude notebook from my employer and >> it worked fine. So, I'm not sure if it's a Dell issue. Any suggestions >> would be appreciated. > Maybe someone at Dell is like me and wants to make sure no one >destroys a sim like GP2 by using it with the keyboard. Why Geoff, why do >you let them do it?????????????

1. Because he wanted to earn some money. 2. Because not everyone is stupid enough to think that playing GP2 by keyboard (and being FAST) is a) easy b) no fun at all Grab that wheel and leave us keyboard drivers alone... ;-) JoH Please remove *anti-spam* from the email when replying. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= When everything else failed, we can still become im- mortal by making an enormous blunder.... John Kenneth Galbraith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

> The keyboard certainly doesn't do it justice, but on business trips, it's > better than no racing at all! > -- Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I dunno? I think I'd opt for somthing like Hero's of Might and Magic II or Civ II. Btw, are we talking about whilst in flight or what? Head/ear phones? If not, what do the other passengers think of all the noise? Or do they become real spectaters and add to the realism? :)

I used to play Duke Nukem on the plane but got so many horrified looks I had to stop. -- Glenn Holland (remove "ns" in address when replying) > > The keyboard certainly doesn't do it justice, but on business trips, it's > > better than no racing at all! > > -- > Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I dunno? I think I'd opt for somthing like Hero's of > Might and Magic II or Civ II. Btw, are we talking about whilst in flight > or what? Head/ear phones? If not, what do the other passengers think of > all the noise? Or do they become real spectaters and add to the > realism? :)

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>2. Because not everyone is stupid enough to think that playing GP2 by keyboard >(and being FAST) is >a) easy >b) no fun at all >Grab that wheel and leave us keyboard drivers alone... ;-)

Your choice. But whilst keyboard driving is certainly not 'no fun at all' (got me through several boring business trips on a laptop <g>), it is not in the same ballpark as driving with a proper wheel/pedal setup ;-) Cheers, Richard

Maybe I'm just hopeless, but the difference made by a wheel, compared to either keys or a stick, was *enormous*. Like, 2 different games. One (er, two?) I can't play at all, one (+wheel) I'm quite good at. Applies to most racers, imho. Best eg. I can think of is Fatal Racing (US: Whiplash) - I never could complete certain levels via keys/stick, but managed fine with a wheel. I know it ain't a sim, but the point's valid, I think. S'all about control. Paul. (re-converted racer - why is it I could cope with F1GP on the Amiga?:)

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> >2. Because not everyone is stupid enough to think that playing GP2 by keyboard > >(and being FAST) is > >a) easy > >b) no fun at all > >Grab that wheel and leave us keyboard drivers alone... ;-) > Your choice. But whilst keyboard driving is certainly not 'no fun at all' > (got me through several boring business trips on a laptop <g>), it is not > in the same ballpark as driving with a proper wheel/pedal setup ;-) > Cheers, > Richard

Using GP2 with a keyboard and all those silly aids makes me cringe! It's something like spending big dollars and hours building that perfect street car and then sitting in the passenger seat and letting the girlfriend/wife drive you around in it. PS - sorry, I don't know where I get these ideas sometimes but I just had to share it with you all :) PS #2 - hope Eagle Woman doesn't see this, hehehehehehehehe.

My dear Byron, ;-) We're not talking here about the "let ourselves drive by the game" variety of keyboard driving. We're talking about the no-aids driving.(except the aids that you can not turn off with keyboard, which means steering help and opposite lock) So, put your hands on that keyboard and turn off autogears, ideal line, suggested gear, autobrakes, spin recovery, invulnerability and, most of all, TRACTION HELP. Enjoy "the game driving the car for you" and return here to tell us how easy it all is and the supertimes you realised... I'm serious! Give it a try so you have some foundation for your claims instead of talking rubbish. I'm waiting for your times.....And not too long, because obviously it can't take you very long to master this piece of cake ;-) (And DON'T dare to come back with, say, an Imola time above 1m20s) This whole discussion inspired me to write a little "essay" on the importance of control methods for racing games. I want it to start up its own thread, so I posted it under a new subject. You might be interested; see you over there :-) Greetings, Jo Helsen Please remove *anti-spam* from the email when replying. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= When everything else failed, we can still become im- mortal by making an enormous blunder.... John Kenneth Galbraith =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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> > Using GP2 with a keyboard and all those silly aids makes me cringe! > >It's something like spending big dollars and hours building that perfect > >street car and then sitting in the passenger seat and letting the > >girlfriend/wife drive you around in it. > My dear Byron, ;-) > We're not talking here about the "let ourselves drive by the game" variety of > keyboard driving. We're talking about the no-aids driving.(except the aids that > you can not turn off with keyboard, which means steering help and opposite lock)

Steering help and opposite lock????????? Sorry, but I got over train sets many a year ago (well, now that I come to think of it, maybe not). I have no interest in driving GP2 like this and flatly decline the challenge to do so. Sacrelige! Apart from the cpu demands of GP2, the other dissapointing thing about it is all these aids that can be used and the way that they have completely stuffed GP2 as an offline competition platform :((((((((

Or How about this; After the bucks put down on the PC and software What shall I give up this month, diapers or the kids lunch money to buy a wheel setup. Though a thought occurs.For sale or trade for T2 one ***ager or 2 kids under five :) Happy racing