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Bleem: Gran Turismo and the PC?

6 posts by 6 people · 31 Jul 1999 - 19 Aug 1999

I read the previous thread on Bleem, but I don't recall info on whether dual-axis is supported, or on whether certain controllers were supported. I have Gran Turismo and a PSX, but I've read that it looks even better, and at high res, on a PC with Bleem. That isn't enough to get me to spring for Bleem. But if I can use my dual-axis CH Pro Pedals (not single axis!) and my CH Combatstick for control (sorry, I prefer it to the wheels I've tried!), what's another $29? I tried the demo, but it wasn't obvious to me how to get the pedals to work. So, can anyone confirm that GT and Bleem work well with a dual-axis system? And just how much better it might look with a Voodoo Banshee handling the graphics in D3D on a Celeron 300A/450 rather than playing on a PSX?
to tell you this but I find most PSX games unplayable because they are sooooo slow or I have to turn too many graphics off. You need a much beefier PC! I've tried it with Test Drive 5, Pandemonium, Wipeout, Final Fantasy and TOCA2. I never bothered trying to configure my controller, just binned the whole idea :( -- Mike Buckley Cotswold Pig Development Co Ltd Tel: +44 (0)1472 371591 Fax: +44 (0)1472 371208 http://www.toastyhamster.freeserve.co.uk
rob_v.. 02 Aug 1999#483689
I agree with Mike, I have a AMD K6 333mhz computer with a PCI Voodoo Banshee card and the newest version of Bleem (v1.4) and almost none of my games (including GT) are playable under D3D (most run about 1/2 speed), but the games work great with software rendering (although they look terrible compared to playing on a TV). Sorry, I can't help with your controller question. I suggest you wait until Bleem becomes as good or better than the PSX before purchasing it for any great *** experience, but based on the way that they have been improving it (They have been upgrading their product on average about twice a month since it's first release) that shouldn't be to long. Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Greg Hilto 03 Aug 1999#483852
I've not got GT to work at all with my PC steering wheel. Best bet is to download the demo and try it yourself. -- Greg Hilton
J. Holme 18 Aug 1999#486782
>I read the previous thread on Bleem, but I don't recall info on whether >dual-axis is supported, or on whether certain controllers were supported. I >have Gran Turismo and a PSX, but I've read that it looks even better, and at >high res, on a PC with Bleem. That isn't enough to get me to spring for with great speed, and great graphics. U only have to use som time to adjust the setting for the game. Specially the sound seems to take a enormous hit on performace, so i would advise you to turn the sound to mono. But then the game should run great. It seems like bleem dont support to many steering devices, i could not get my logitech wingman formula steering wheel to work..so i guess i have to use the keyboard, witch kinda suxx I only can confirm that GT works with bleem....i dont think it will work with dual-axis system. The graphics looks great compared to the playstation version J. Holmes
rick.jo.. 19 Aug 1999#486942
snip I wan't able to get Bleem demo to work with my Monster Fusion. It said the DirectX drivers weren't supported. When I tried it anyway, I got a scrambled pic with each polygon line extending all over the screen. I have checked for latest version of drivers. I will just wait for PC version to come out.

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