OF1RS STOP THE PROPAGANDA BAD PEOPLE

Official formula 1 racing from Eidos is a great game. I don't understand why the general opinion here is that it sucks, could it be the concurence that spray the propaganda in the newsgroups ??? I have played many driving games, and this one is the best i ever tried...graphics are perfect, sound is amazing, driving feels real for once, and it's an incridible pleasure to race over internet with 8 pilots. STOP THE PROPAGANDA NOW !

Maybe some people (like me) tried the demo and thought it sucked. The worse part for me was how turns are modeled in the demo. You turn about the center of the vehicle instead of by the front tires. No way am I going to put up with that. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com >Official formula 1 racing from Eidos is a great game. >I don't understand why the general opinion here is that it sucks, >could it be the concurence that spray the propaganda in the newsgroups ??? >I have played many driving games, and this one is the best i ever >tried...graphics are perfect, sound is amazing, driving feels real for once, >and it's an incridible pleasure to race over internet with 8 pilots. >STOP THE PROPAGANDA NOW !

This is so bad, I just bought it and I know for sure I'll never touch it again. I hated the demo, it was only because of comments of guys like you that I decided to still buy it. Do you call this realistic? No way. Do you call this fun? No way. Ever tried using a curb, there's no response but some stupid movement. This game is so bad, it's just unbelievable. MGPRS2 has major weaknesses but compared to this it's the GP2 of '99. Please stop denying this fact, because people are buying this game. And unlike in the states in Holland it's not possible to bring it back. So I've just thrown away $45.

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>Maybe some people (like me) tried the demo and thought >it sucked. The worse part for me was how turns are modeled >in the demo. You turn about the center of the vehicle instead >of by the front tires. No way am I going to put up with that. >-- >Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. >cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com >>Official formula 1 racing from Eidos is a great game. >>I don't understand why the general opinion here is that it sucks, >>could it be the concurence that spray the propaganda in the newsgroups ??? >>I have played many driving games, and this one is the best i ever >>tried...graphics are perfect, sound is amazing, driving feels real for >once, >>and it's an incridible pleasure to race over internet with 8 pilots. >>STOP THE PROPAGANDA NOW !

Harold, where do you buy your games? I'm from Holland too (hallo!) and allmost all stores where I buy my games have a return policy. Dynabyte, V&D, Dixons, Intertoys, Bart Smit.... I returned F1GP the same day I bought it. Unbelievable how this game sucks. I can't imagine that the poster of the original message was serious, he must either have been sarcastic or really drunk.... Andre

Duh? What is F1GP? Iain

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> Official formula 1 racing from Eidos is a great game. > I don't understand why the general opinion here is that it sucks, > could it be the concurence that spray the propaganda in the newsgroups ??? > I have played many driving games, and this one is the best i ever > tried...graphics are perfect, sound is amazing, driving feels real for once, > and it's an incridible pleasure to race over internet with 8 pilots. > STOP THE PROPAGANDA NOW !

And you STOP DRINKING SO MUCH WINE!!!! Come on ,a game where you can do the parabolic at monza without lifting the throttle, cannot be considered as a serious one ,even for an arcade racer. Try Gpl at spyboy on a good cable host and probably you will be able to race another 15 drivers or so ,and have at least double the pleasure you have playing OF1 ,urggghh Rafael Medeiros

>This is so bad, I just bought it and I know for sure I'll never touch it >again. I hated the demo, it was only because of comments of guys like you >that I decided to still buy it. Do you call this realistic? No way. Do you I hope you are not referring to me. I never said that game was good. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com >call this fun? No way. Ever tried using a curb, there's no response but some >stupid movement. This game is so bad, it's just unbelievable. MGPRS2 has >major weaknesses but compared to this it's the GP2 of '99. >Please stop denying this fact, because people are buying this game. And >unlike in the states in Holland it's not possible to bring it back. So I've >just thrown away $45. >>Maybe some people (like me) tried the demo and thought >>it sucked. The worse part for me was how turns are modeled >>in the demo. You turn about the center of the vehicle instead >>of by the front tires. No way am I going to put up with that. >>-- >>Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. >>cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com >>>Official formula 1 racing from Eidos is a great game. >>>I don't understand why the general opinion here is that it sucks, >>>could it be the concurence that spray the propaganda in the newsgroups ??? >>>I have played many driving games, and this one is the best i ever >>>tried...graphics are perfect, sound is amazing, driving feels real for >>once, >>>and it's an incridible pleasure to race over internet with 8 pilots. >>>STOP THE PROPAGANDA NOW !

Good?\Bad? I dont Know. all i know is that it is a fun game,not the best f1 sim. but fun none the less. i have every f1 sim made to date and most of them have been real dogs, lets face it, good sim physics are hard to come by. getting into a discussion of where the physics model is steering the car from is totally fruitless, since to date there is no simulator that is even close to the real physics of an f1 car. some days i just get up and want to run a race like i just watched on tv crashing over the curbs and everything. some sims are easier to just go and jump in, other times i really want to test my patience and go for the "Real sim" Also dont forget we all have buddies/kids that we like to sim with that just cannot hack the subleties of our modern f1 simulator but we still want to race with them and at least have some competative fun. it is a rare simulator that can satisfy all sides of the sim market. one thing is for sure having fun and getting the most realistic experience your senses can handle whether you are Schumacher or Schmoemacher is the most important thing BTW i got mine for $29.99 at EB

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>Official formula 1 racing from Eidos is a great game. >I don't understand why the general opinion here is that it sucks, >could it be the concurence that spray the propaganda in the newsgroups ??? >I have played many driving games, and this one is the best i ever >tried...graphics are perfect, sound is amazing, driving feels real for

once, >and it's an incridible pleasure to race over internet with 8 pilots. >STOP THE PROPAGANDA NOW !

Is this newsgroup rec.autos.arcade.racers? -No. I reviewed this game for a local site and was largely unimpressed with it. Any game where I can run a 1m28s lap at Melbourne ("simulation" mode / all helps off / using standard setup) on my 2nd flying lap in the game ever, isn't going to offer a lasting challenge. When viewed as an arcade/halfway game TOCA2 beats it hands down. I thought the multiple dynamic***pit views were well done though. Shame about the game they're in. Jan. ------ >Official formula 1 racing from Eidos is a great game. ><Snip>

On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:45:32 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie"

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>Duh? What is F1GP? >Iain >> I returned F1GP the same day I bought it. Unbelievable how this game >> sucks. I can't imagine that the poster of the original message was >> serious, he must either have been sarcastic or really drunk.... >> Andre

He must have made a mistake here...... "F1GP" is better known as the predecessor of GP2 and was an incredible game at the time (anno 1991!). JoH ======================================== Jo Helsen EDP Operations BF Belgium ========================================

Says who? I found the demo distasteful. And it seems the prevailing opinion on the newsgroup is the game is a joke....so how can it satisfy all sides of the sim market when it apparently can't satisfy even the arcade side? Try GPL then....you'll be in for a rude awakening I do believe.

No, it sucks Could it be that it in fact sucks? Then you are a strange person ;-) Have you heard of freedom of speech? The game is a ***y joke. K.S. Br?nnick

No kidding GPLis great!!,and i might add rare.10 really breakthrough sims exist out of maybe hundreds(unfortunatly porting from a console platform is the word of the day at the software companies. yes i agree the opinion of the newsgroup is that it is a joke, it is... to put it kindly, a really weak attempt at a simulator, but there is a very small segment of racers out there who appreciate the eye candy aspect of the game and therefore are willing to play the game as bad as it may seem to others. Please this isnt a pissing match between GP Drivers, it is a real discussion of the good and bad points of a Game, nothing More. Your opinion is as valuble as anyone elses. if it sucks, it sucks. Dont assume that because someone will play a particular game that they could not possibly handle playing any REAL SIM. Thats BS, we have all got closets full of shit we bought that really sucked Robocat

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>> it is a rare simulator that can satisfy all sides of the sim market. >Says who? I found the demo distasteful. And it seems the prevailing >opinion on the newsgroup is the game is a joke....so how can it satisfy all >sides of the sim market when it apparently can't satisfy even the arcade >side? >> one thing is for sure having fun and getting the most realistic

experience >> your senses can handle >Try GPL then....you'll be in for a rude awakening I do believe.

When I first got the game, I hated it and it made my ***itch something furious. I immediately turned it up to it's most "realistic" physics settings and whatnot, and could not believe what I was driving - it was horrible. I went back to it a few days later, and tried it in arcade mode, and it wasn't so bad. I don't really enjoy arcade racers, especially ones posing as sims, so I'll probably still take this one back, but I can see how the average person could find it's arcade model both driveable and enjoyable. As for the graphics, being able to see huge portions of the track and all 22 cars with no slowdown is very nice, but other than that I find the colors to be obnoxious, and the graphics in general to be very blocky. I'm no fan of MGPRS2's graphics, either, though - why can't more F1 games look like GPL?

I know what you mean, but MGPRS2 graphics are very good at high resolutions (1024+). Iain