Tim,
welcome to the party, GP2 has long been the standard to which other
open wheeled racing sims have tried to reach. I think you were lucky to
find a copy, AFAIK the copies were to have been pulled on Dec. 31st as
Microprose no longer has the license.
As for the video resolution, you could not hurt with a 4 meg vid card
but the real factor in GP2 is processor speed. If your framerate is OK
and all the details are turned on then that's all you're gonna' get. The
graphics in GP2 are looking pretty dated by now, but the driving physics
are first rate. Probably still the best in the sim business for open
wheeled cars.
As for the GP1 wheel, if I can remember right you set it up as a
"custom" setup (it lets you name the setup) and then just go in to the
dialog boxes and configure the controls. You may or may not need the
little converter plug, it seems to me I had to use mine to get the wheel
to set up correctly.
There it is, I hope I answered a question or two. My favorite was alway
Monaco, where the close in distances make the graphics pretty cool. One
thing I can't resist adding, when you see Monaco in F1RS, in 3dfx glory,
the cars throwing water plumes and mist while racing in the rain... I
for one just about had to change my shorts. After you drive the wheels
off of GP2, pick up a 3dfx card and F1RS, and you too can change your
shorts, it runs fine on a P166.
All the best, Mike Davis
--
Michael S. Davis
Creative Media-Works
Computer/Audio/Video Convergence
"from Creative minds spring Creative solutions."
http://www.creativemedia-works.com
Hey GP2 Experts !
I have N1, N2, Cart by Sierra, Moto GP racer, and based on the following
that GP2 has on RAS.... I bought it today !
How do I configure a TM GP1 Wheel ?
How do I increase video resolution? .... It doesn't seem as good as ICR2 or
CART !!
I have a HP P166 with 16 mg ram and 2 meg video card and lots of HD space
!
Thanks
Tim D.
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> > Hey GP2 Experts ! > > I have N1, N2, Cart by Sierra, Moto GP racer, and based on the > following > > that GP2 has on RAS.... I bought it today ! > > How do I configure a TM GP1 Wheel ? > > How do I increase video resolution? .... It doesn't seem as good as > ICR2 or > > CART !! > > I have a HP P166 with 16 mg ram and 2 meg video card and lots of HD > space > > ! > > Thanks > > Tim D. > Tim, > welcome to the party, GP2 has long been the standard to which > other > open wheeled racing sims have tried to reach. I think you were lucky > to > find a copy, AFAIK the copies were to have been pulled on Dec. 31st as > Microprose no longer has the license. > As for the video resolution, you could not hurt with a 4 meg > vid card > but the real factor in GP2 is processor speed. If your framerate is OK > and all the details are turned on then that's all you're gonna' get. > The > graphics in GP2 are looking pretty dated by now, but the driving > physics > are first rate. Probably still the best in the sim business for open > wheeled cars. > As for the GP1 wheel, if I can remember right you set it up as > a > "custom" setup (it lets you name the setup) and then just go in to the > dialog boxes and configure the controls. You may or may not need the > little converter plug, it seems to me I had to use mine to get the > wheel > to set up correctly. > There it is, I hope I answered a question or two. My favorite > was alway > Monaco, where the close in distances make the graphics pretty cool. > One > thing I can't resist adding, when you see Monaco in F1RS, in 3dfx > glory, > the cars throwing water plumes and mist while racing in the rain... I > for one just about had to change my shorts. After you drive the wheels > off of GP2, pick up a 3dfx card and F1RS, and you too can change your > shorts, it runs fine on a P166. > All the best, Mike Davis > -- > Well....dump the thrustmaster and buy a wheel and pedals.......the > P166 ain't gonna do it for GP2! Evan a P233 will run reduced > graphics, if you want the FPS at -100% 'O'Quoted text (16 lines)
> Hey GP2 Experts ! > I have N1, N2, Cart by Sierra, Moto GP racer, and based on the following > that GP2 has on RAS.... I bought it today ! > How do I configure a TM GP1 Wheel ? > How do I increase video resolution? .... It doesn't seem as good as ICR2 or > CART !! > I have a HP P166 with 16 mg ram and 2 meg video card and lots of HD space > ! > Thanks > Tim D.>How do I configure a TM GP1 Wheel ?
Hi Tim,
On the CD, in the gpfiles directory, is a file named T2.CON. Copy this
file to the <GP2 dir>\gpsaves directory. Load it in the control setup
screen.
Hope this helps,
Cheers!
Remco
> How do I increase video resolution? .... It doesn't seem as good as ICR2 or
> CART !!
It is not as good as ICR2 or CART!
Good luck with the P166, 16meg and 2 meg video. As for the last part, you can
have the largest HD in the world but unless you have a CRAY computer, it won't
do diddley for a game like GP2 (an Etch-A-Sketch has better frame rates than
GP2)!
My thanks to everyone who answered my GP2 questions !
I found the SVGA mode option and installed the GP1
wheel and now I am another GP2 loyal user !
Its a great sim ! ......and does blow away ICR2/Cart !
Tim
