GP2 - is there a demo available?

Since some people in this NG refuse to give up GP2 in favour of F1RS, I have to see what the big deal is about. I have little to no experience playing this game, and would like to know what the big deal is about. According to some, it is a more realistic F1 sim (whatever that means). I feel that F1RS is pretty damn realistic myself, but don't have GP2 or actual F1 race experience to make a very good case either way. Can I get a demo of GP2 anywhere? I've looked at numerous games sites and on MicroProse's site, but came up empty-handed. Does one even exist? Marc. -------- To replay via e-mail, remove "spam." from the beginning of my e-mail address (Tyring to avoid junk mail)

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> Since some people in this NG refuse to give up GP2 in favour of F1RS, > I have to see what the big deal is about. > I have little to no experience playing this game, and would like to > know what the big deal is about. According to some, it is a more > realistic F1 sim (whatever that means). I feel that F1RS is pretty > damn realistic myself, but don't have GP2 or actual F1 race experience > to make a very good case either way. > Can I get a demo of GP2 anywhere? I've looked at numerous games sites > and on MicroProse's site, but came up empty-handed. Does one even > exist? > Marc. > -------- > To replay via e-mail, remove "spam." from the beginning > of my e-mail address (Tyring to avoid junk mail)

Hi Mark, the answer is probably not... not on the Net, anyway. But at LIVE 96 (Computer show in London) a charity was giving away GP2 demo CDs, GP2 T-shirts, badges, and such, if you contributed to the charity. The demo in the CD contained very little of the full game, too little perhaps to let you appreciate what a good game it is. (I haven't played F1RS, so I won't be comparing). Unfortunately, I have no idea about where you could still get those demo CDs... Good Luck with your search, Mickey PS: Just my advice: if you can find GP2 on sale for a cheap price, buy it. Then go to some decent GP2 web site (Sjon's GP2 Homepage is probably the best one - http://VOLftp.tin.it/GP2/index.html ), download EVERYTHING, and enjoy.

> Can I get a demo of GP2 anywhere? I've looked at numerous games sites > and on MicroProse's site, but came up empty-handed. Does one even > exist? I got a demo from an issue of PC Gamer. This only let me race at Monza, but even that was enough to persuade me to buy the full game. --

On Thu, 02 Apr 1998 09:29:12 +0100, Andrew Fielden >> Can I get a demo of GP2 anywhere? I've looked at numerous games sites >> and on MicroProse's site, but came up empty-handed. Does one even >> exist? >I got a demo from an issue of PC Gamer. This only let me race at Monza, but >even that was enough to persuade me to buy the full game. You mean to tell me that I have to search for a 2 year old PC Gamer magazine in order to play a demo of the game? It's not worth the trouble IMO. How can they not post the demo on their webpage for downloading? This and the fact that MicroProse hasn't even made an attempt to patch GP2 with some sort of 3D accleration, has lead me to believe that they obviously don't care that much about gaining customers. Marc. -------- To replay via e-mail, remove "spam." from the beginning of my e-mail address (Tyring to avoid junk mail)

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>On Thu, 02 Apr 1998 09:29:12 +0100, Andrew Fielden >>> Can I get a demo of GP2 anywhere? I've looked at numerous games sites >>> and on MicroProse's site, but came up empty-handed. Does one even >>> exist? >>I got a demo from an issue of PC Gamer. This only let me race at Monza, but >>even that was enough to persuade me to buy the full game. >You mean to tell me that I have to search for a 2 year old PC Gamer >magazine in order to play a demo of the game? >It's not worth the trouble IMO. >How can they not post the demo on their webpage for downloading? >This and the fact that MicroProse hasn't even made an attempt to patch >GP2 with some sort of 3D accleration, has lead me to believe that they >obviously don't care that much about gaining customers.

What are you up to? Do you want to play GP2, or do you have a "hidden agenda" (bashing Microprose)? Anyway: both things seem to be enjoyable... :-) 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

>What are you up to? >Do you want to play GP2, or do you have a "hidden agenda" (bashing Microprose)? No hidden agenda. I hear from some how GP2 is so great and since GP3 is on the drawing board, I wanted to know what type of quality I can expect and also find out how it compares to F1RS. Reading this NG has gotten me interested/curious in GP2. I just don't understand why a demo isn't available for download off the net. No 3D support is available either. I just pointed out that Microprose isn't interested in gaining any new customers with GP2. I don't think that's bashing, it's just the truth. I would love to try GP3 when it's available.. Marc. -------- To replay via e-mail, remove "spam." from the beginning of my e-mail address (Tyring to avoid junk mail)

About 4-5 months ago, when I joined this NG ( I had N2 and CART(Sierra) at the time) I knew that I had to find GP2 because everyone was talking about IT AND it was being discontinued.... effective 12/31 ! ! ! !. Therefore, I was lucky enough to find it at a local Hastings and I bought it... price unknown and I have had lots of fun ever since !!!! It has many good qualities that are great for fast non-3d equipped pc's. I have to say that I still play CART because I like the ovals. I'm looking forward to GP 3 Thanks Microprose! Tim >>What are you up to? >>Do you want to play GP2, or do you have a "hidden agenda" (bashing Microprose)?

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>No hidden agenda. >I hear from some how GP2 is so great and since GP3 is on the drawing >board, I wanted to know what type of quality I can expect and also >find out how it compares to F1RS. Reading this NG has gotten me >interested/curious in GP2. >I just don't understand why a demo isn't available for download off >the net. No 3D support is available either. I just pointed out that >Microprose isn't interested in gaining any new customers with GP2. I >don't think that's bashing, it's just the truth. >I would love to try GP3 when it's available.. >Marc. >-------- >To replay via e-mail, remove "spam." from the beginning >of my e-mail address (Tyring to avoid junk mail)