GPL - Ferrari FORZA! WOW

If you have GPL do yourself a favor right now and try out the Ferrari at the German Nurburgring. My god! screaming through those mountain roads sliding sideways in the Scuderia's fine steed with that sweet sound of the Ferrari engine, especially in that one part of the track, absolutely flying down the the long straightaway lined with tree's on both sides, SCREAMING engine, car at the limit of control, crest the hill and car goes airborne for the slightest moment..you land as you try to keep it from going out of control! Totaly amazing! this actually gave me goosebumps. Thank You Papyrus. All other parts of the sim aside, even if GPL had only the Ferrari and this track alone, it would be worth the price of the package alone. Excellent job on the Ferrari engine sound, on this track and on the game itself. Can't wait to try online play. --John FORZA!!

Wow. I JUST got done racing with the Ferrari at Nurburgring right before I checked this newsgroup and saw your post. Deja-vu. I'm having so much fun hot-lapping, I seemed to forgot that I can only get 8fps with the AI cars. =) >If you have GPL do yourself a favor right now and try out the Ferrari at the >German Nurburgring. >My god! screaming through those mountain roads sliding sideways in the >Scuderia's fine steed with that sweet sound of the Ferrari engine, especially >in that one part of the track, absolutely flying down the the long >straightaway lined with tree's on both sides, SCREAMING engine, car at >the limit of control, crest the hill and car goes airborne for the slightest

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>moment..you land as you try to keep it from going out of control! >Totaly amazing! this actually gave me goosebumps. >Thank You Papyrus. >All other parts of the sim aside, even if GPL had only the Ferrari and this >track alone, it would be worth the price of the package alone. >Excellent job on the Ferrari engine sound, on this track and on the game >itself. Can't wait to try online play. >--John >FORZA!!

The date: 1 Oct 1998 18:59:57 GMT; The message..... YOU ARE BUGGING ME. AAAUUUUUURRRGGHH October the ninth. October the ninth <sob>

Man, do I know that feeling......:) ! Cheers! -- Graeme Nash You know what to do with "don't_spam_me"... http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk/ ICQ# 11257824 "My car appeared to disagree with my preference for living"

Unfortunately I know this feeling... when GP2 came out, they released it in Europe 2 weeks before it came out here in the states, not to mention F1RS which took forever to come out here in NA, along with TOCA, Rally Championship, XCOM, etc.. Drives me nuts everytime to see people talking about a great game on USENET when it isn't available yet in my area, I wish these companies could coordinate worlwide releases. I think this is one reason that some of these titles get spread by Warez sites. Who is going to wait 5 months for F1RS to be released here when the neighbor got it from some Web site that got a hold of a UK version and offers to let you have it until the official US version is available. Hope you guys get surprised by an "early" release. --John

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>The date: 1 Oct 1998 18:59:57 GMT; >The message..... >>If you have GPL do yourself a favor right now and try out the Ferrari at the >>German Nurburgring. >YOU ARE BUGGING ME. AAAUUUUUURRRGGHH >October the ninth. October the ninth <sob>

Man, that ferrari engine just freaks me out. When I first heard it I thought, 'that's a bit harsh' but then I realized it was probably pretty accurate and then I got the goosebumps too. Imagine really trying to control one of those monsters back then....oh my god... Rae

>If you have GPL do yourself a favor right now and try out the Ferrari at the >German Nurburgring. >My god! screaming through those mountain roads sliding sideways in the >Scuderia's fine steed with that sweet sound of the Ferrari engine, especially >in that one part of the track, absolutely flying down the the long >straightaway lined with tree's on both sides, SCREAMING engine, car at >the limit of control, crest the hill and car goes airborne for the slightest

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>moment..you land as you try to keep it from going out of control! >Totaly amazing! this actually gave me goosebumps. >Thank You Papyrus. >All other parts of the sim aside, even if GPL had only the Ferrari and this >track alone, it would be worth the price of the package alone. >Excellent job on the Ferrari engine sound, on this track and on the game >itself. Can't wait to try online play. >--John

Yessir. I like the Eagle. I like the Lotus. But damn...I LOVE this Ferrari :) I was practicing at Monza. Sound is cranked up. The subwoofer is booming. I'm zipping around with a big shiteating grin on my face. Unbenownst to me, my roomate came home and was standing behind me watching this sim for the first time. His jaw was wide open :)) I asked him, "So...what do you think?" He didn't comment immediately on the graphics....it was, "That's the most *ruthless* sounding engine I've ever heard!" I had to agree. :)) Berry Kaiser

Indeed! Three years ago I had the once in a lifetime (for me) pleasure of driving a friend of a friend's Ferrari Testarossa on a little-used stretch of brand-new highway flat out, and although this modern engine was considerably less "throaty" than the one in the sim, I felt a combination of eeriness and e***ment when I fired up the Ferrari 312. This is most definetly a Ferrari. I found the car rather "jittery," even compared with the Lotus, but managed to get 1:10s at the Glen inside of 20 laps, right out of the box! I don't even know what the other cars sound like. L.S.

I said "nt" ;-D (but I just wrote some.. so it's rhetoric... somehow.. agh !!! ) You see Im getting crazy !!! <GPL is coming, GPL is coming, GPL is coming> ^^^ Old Simpsons reference when Bart is actually at Camp Krusty heh. - Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard! - Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s. - Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking) - Sponsored by http://www.awpss.com/ on the NROS - "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

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>On Thu, 01 Oct 1998 23:10:12 GMT, >>>the Ferrari engine, especially >>>in that one part of the track, absolutely flying down the the long >>>straightaway lined with tree's on both sides, SCREAMING engine, >>Man, that ferrari engine just freaks me out. When I first heard it I >>thought, 'that's a bit harsh' but then I realized it was probably >>pretty accurate and then I got the goosebumps too. Imagine really >>trying to control one of those monsters back then....oh my god... >I have heard late 60's Ferrari F1 and GT engines on several occasions and >believe me Papyrus has the sound just right, except for the pain in your >teeth when they go by........

:) I didn't have the chance to hear the GPL Ferrari yet, but I once happened to walk through the tunnel between old and new pits at the Nurburgring when a 250SWB (in race trim) came through there, too. Apparently, the driver was a bit in a hurry. Subsequent conversations on that day included a lot of "WHAT DID YOU SAY? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!", but it was worth it. :) If the sound in GPL can convey a bit of the awe-inspiring "Jurassic Park" quality of those engines, it must be a real treat. -- Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

In other words, the sound is just right; the exception you describe is easily solved by heavy amplification. :-)

Just got mine today at EB Fairview Mall Toronto...but it was their last copy (for a while). Marc.

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>I said "nt" ;-D >(but I just wrote some.. so it's rhetoric... somehow.. agh !!! ) >You see Im getting crazy !!! ><GPL is coming, GPL is coming, GPL is coming> >^^^ Old Simpsons reference when Bart is actually at Camp Krusty heh. >- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard! >- Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s. >- Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking) >- Sponsored by http://www.awpss.com/ on the NROS >- "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise >how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

Oh buddy your gonna love GPL'S sounds. The first sim to actually attempt to do them correctly. Actually sounds like the cars Ive heard...only not as painful. (well you can turn up the headphones then oooh my...I love my A3D Vortex. PAPA DOC

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> :) I didn't have the chance to hear the GPL Ferrari yet, but I once >happened to walk through the tunnel between old and new pits at the >Nurburgring when a 250SWB (in race trim) came through there, too. >Apparently, the driver was a bit in a hurry. Subsequent conversations >on that day included a lot of "WHAT DID YOU SAY? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!", >but it was worth it. :) If the sound in GPL can convey a bit of the >awe-inspiring "Jurassic Park" quality of those engines, it must be a >real treat. >-- >Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

Pierre PAPA DOC Legrand Infamous Pink Flamingo Pilot...<G> http://home.earthlink.net/~plegrand/PINKFLAMINGO.htm

I actually start laughing out loud, this is the best part no doubt. It's hard to do anything but lap the ring in that Ferrari and let the engine tach out!!! F*#&king wails!! John - this game rocks!! - did I say that?

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> Yessir. I like the Eagle. I like the Lotus. But damn...I LOVE this >Ferrari :) I was practicing at Monza. Sound is cranked up. The subwoofer is >booming. I'm zipping around with a big shiteating grin on my face. >Unbenownst to me, my roomate came home and was standing behind me watching >this sim for the first time. His jaw was wide open :)) I asked him, >"So...what do you think?" He didn't comment immediately on the >graphics....it was, "That's the most *ruthless* sounding engine I've ever >heard!" I had to agree. :))

There are a lot of choice comments at the moment. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing this tale! Thanks. Unfortunately for me: UK. October 9th. 'nuff said. Stuart -- Stuart Booth Somewhere in Buckinghamshire, England, UK Note: My email address is in disguise! Remove trailing Z

I've been finding it interesting that whilst sites like gpl.gamestats.com were listing Demo Lap Records, they all seemed to use the Lotus car. When you say that the Ferrari is "jittery, even compared with the Lotus", do you find the Lotus a jittery car? As I've only got the demo so far (I'm in Europe), I've found the Eagle *far* more to my liking than the Lotus which seems to brick like for my tastes. The Eagle on the other hand seems far more pointy (jittery?!), oversteering compared to the understeer I feel back from the Lotus. Yet almost everywhere I turn the Lotus seems to be favoured. Is it because it's slightly faster, pumping out the same number of ponies at a slightly lower rpm? Just curious, Stuart -- Stuart Booth Somewhere in Buckinghamshire, England, UK Note: My email address is in disguise! Remove trailing Z

Now I don't feel too silly. This is the first game I have ever played that gave me chills and goosebumps. Nothing beats the sound of a Ferrari V12 engine and they managed to capture it in this game. Bravo, Papyrus. Now if I could only get my k6 200 to pump out a gew more fps, I be ecstatic.

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> >the Ferrari engine, especially > >in that one part of the track, absolutely flying down the the long > >straightaway lined with tree's on both sides, SCREAMING engine, > Man, that ferrari engine just freaks me out. When I first heard it I > thought, 'that's a bit harsh' but then I realized it was probably > pretty accurate and then I got the goosebumps too. Imagine really > trying to control one of those monsters back then....oh my god... > Rae

> Now if I could only get my k6 200 to pump out a gew more fps, I be > ecstatic. Try overbussing it to 225 (3 x 75 instead of 3.5 x 66)? 8-) *Peter* 8-) (NB: remove asterix to e-mail)

The Ferrari actually scares me. It is the most intimidating car sound I have ever heard from a sim. -- -/- Walk Walker #0 Microsoft Sidewinder Chevrolet Official HAL Backmarker http://www.concentric.net/~walkwalk/default.htm

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>>the Ferrari engine, especially >>in that one part of the track, absolutely flying down the the long >>straightaway lined with tree's on both sides, SCREAMING engine, >Man, that ferrari engine just freaks me out. When I first heard it I >thought, 'that's a bit harsh' but then I realized it was probably >pretty accurate and then I got the goosebumps too. Imagine really >trying to control one of those monsters back then....oh my god... >Rae

Goodness, that's ACCURATE?!? You can hear that thing coming up half a lap BEHIND you... I can't imagine actually DRIVING it. At least I can turn my volume down in the game... :) Eldred ________ Eldred Pickett e-mail address altered to deter spammers - remove the '*' to reply Put your message in a modem - and throw it into the ***-sea...