GPL No Full Screen mode??

Just picked up GPL today, and is it forever stuck in letterbox mode? (I think thats what it is called) I have a large black border around the screen, and the game plays in a smaller window. Does this at 640x480 and 800x600. (using a V2 card) Will software mode run in full screen? I hope whatever version of Nascar that will use this engine isn't going to have this "feature" as well? Still hoping I missed something!? Thanks, Andy

Nope. Go rent the widescreen version of "Grand Prix" and see why Papy did it that way. I doubt they'll do the same with Nascar. Personally, I think it's pretty cool.

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> Just picked up GPL today, and is it forever stuck in letterbox mode? > (I think thats what it is called) I have a large black border around > the screen, and the game plays in a smaller window. Does this at > 640x480 and 800x600. (using a V2 card) Will software mode run in > full screen? > I hope whatever version of Nascar that will use this engine isn't > going to have this "feature" as well? Still hoping I missed > something!? > Thanks, > Andy

I guess I'll have to rent the movie. :-) I would have guessed it was to help with frame rate though? Anyway, after playing it some more, I honestly can't say I find it distracting. I was just a bit "stunned" when I first saw it. and since the screen shots on the box didn't show this, it was unexpected. Thanks for the info! Andy (for the record I still don't want it in Nascar) :-)

Andy wrote Actually that would be the "same", since the***pit (even if it will somehow be in 3d) will cover the black part of the letterbox ;-) Of course, I might be wrong... - 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/ - "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."--

From what I hear, thats the only way to view the game. Kinda sad isnt it? I gotta wonder why the have choosen this video format, besides frame rate advantage of course. I cant stand not being able to use the fullness of my 21 in. monitor.

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>Just picked up GPL today, and is it forever stuck in letterbox mode? >(I think thats what it is called) I have a large black border around >the screen, and the game plays in a smaller window. Does this at >640x480 and 800x600. (using a V2 card) Will software mode run in >full screen? >I hope whatever version of Nascar that will use this engine isn't >going to have this "feature" as well? Still hoping I missed >something!? >Thanks, >Andy

You can ofcourse expand the vertical axis of your monitor, so that the letterbox indeed gets full-screen. Won't help the resolution, won't affect the framerate, and it will affect other things you do in that resolution. But it might be worth a try. Martijn

>From what I hear, thats the only way to view the game. Kinda sad isnt >it? I gotta wonder why the have choosen this video format, besides >frame rate advantage of course. I cant stand not being able to use the >fullness of my 21 in. monitor. Well I only have a 19 in monitor so I'm not hurting quite as bad as you. :-) As I said in a previous post, it doesn't bother me near as bad now that I've played it some more. Would be nice if it would have been an option though. (if that was possible) Andy

I did try that. :-) It works, but it puts everything way out of proportion. Andy

>From what I hear, thats the only way to view the game. Kinda sad isnt >it? I gotta wonder why the have choosen this video format, besides >frame rate advantage of course. I cant stand not being able to use the >fullness of my 21 in. monitor. I really like the wide screen view and do not even notice the black bars any more. I believe NFS3 also has a wide screen view as an option and I feel this is the start of a new trend in video games. If you are an avid sim racer, GPL is just too good to neglect for this one reason.

Why would you want to trade fps for worthless sky graphics?

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> Just picked up GPL today, and is it forever stuck in letterbox mode? > (I think thats what it is called) I have a large black border around > the screen, and the game plays in a smaller window. Does this at > 640x480 and 800x600. (using a V2 card) Will software mode run in > full screen? > I hope whatever version of Nascar that will use this engine isn't > going to have this "feature" as well? Still hoping I missed > something!? > Thanks, > Andy

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>On 2 Oct 1998 13:33:42 GMT, >>You can ofcourse expand the vertical axis of your monitor, so that the >>letterbox indeed gets full-screen. >Not if you want the cars to look like err.. cars...

Hmmm, they'll just look like this season's F1 cars compared to last season's - cinemascope film projected through a non-cinemascope lens. ;) -- Wolfgang Preiss \ E-mail copies of replies to this posting are welcome.

Guess I'm not an avid sim racer then. Which is correct btw. :) Alot of games have this 'feature'. I personally dont like it at all. Its a waste of good immersion effect. I like to see the ground and surroundings move around me not just right at me. I dont care much for dashs either. Dashboards are another waste of screen usage. :) Unless they are functional in some way of course.

% >From what I hear, thats the only way to view the game. Kinda sad isnt % >it? I gotta wonder why the have choosen this video format, besides % >frame rate advantage of course. I cant stand not being able to use the % >fullness of my 21 in. monitor. % > % I really like the wide screen view and do not even notice the black % bars any more. I believe NFS3 also has a wide screen view as an option % and I feel this is the start of a new trend in video games. % If you are an avid sim racer, GPL is just too good to neglect for this % one reason. Just consider yourselves proud owners of HDTV! -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

They take up space on the screen, and do not require updating (unless you have a moving steering wheel?) thus leaving less space to be updated by the cpu, (the track, other cars, scenery, etc) thus saving valuable resources? 8-) *Peter* 8-) (NB: remove asterix to e-mail)

When I go above 800x600 my screen doesn't handle the display properly and I get fullscreen instead of letterbox. Weird. I'm upgrading my monitor really soon though :(