Can 600 MHz Handle F1C?

Hi Folks: $19.00 for F1C, that's getting close to my melting point. I can run F1-2002 at a lowly 1024 X 768 resolution on my old 600MHz PIII, Voodoo 5500 with most of the graphics maxed. I'd like to get F1C. Is anybody running that sim on a dog as slow as mine? I'm interested in the F1C online races. Are replay files available from the series Eldred is organizing? I race NFS/PU online, but I don't think that experience can prepare me for competing against the serious drivers in Eldred's races. Are there any less experienced drivers out there who want a casual race? "Casual" means not colliding with an opponent is a goal, not an expectation. Perhaps invulnerable so you only pay for someone else's mistake once. I've been totally absorbed in work and haven't had time to keep up to date on RAS. So I apologize if these questions have been asked before. How many drives can compete with a host on a cable modem? Does Bernie still limit the max number of online drivers in a race? How many Ferraris, Williams and Mclarens are in each online race? If I do get this sim, I'll take the time to read the suggestions for tweaking it. Is there a site where all the tips can be found? Thanks Larry

I highly doubt it. I'm surprised you can even run F1-2002 on that machine. I would also say that you can't run online in F1C. "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi Folks: > > $19.00 for F1C, that's getting close to my melting > point. > > I can run F1-2002 at a lowly 1024 X 768 resolution > on my old 600MHz PIII, Voodoo 5500 with most of the > graphics maxed. > > I'd like to get F1C. Is anybody running that sim > on a dog as slow as mine? > > I'm interested in the F1C online races. Are > replay files available from the series Eldred is > organizing? > > I race NFS/PU online, but I don't think that > experience can prepare me for competing against > the serious drivers in Eldred's races. Are there > any less experienced drivers out there who want > a casual race? "Casual" means not colliding with > an opponent is a goal, not an expectation. Perhaps > invulnerable so you only pay for someone else's > mistake once. > > I've been totally absorbed in work and haven't > had time to keep up to date on RAS. So I apologize > if these questions have been asked before. > > How many drives can compete with a host on a > cable modem? Does Bernie still limit the max > number of online drivers in a race? > > How many Ferraris, Williams and Mclarens are in > each online race? > > If I do get this sim, I'll take the time to read > the suggestions for tweaking it. Is there a site > where all the tips can be found? > > Thanks > Larry

Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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> Hi Folks: > > $19.00 for F1C, that's getting close to my melting > point. > > I can run F1-2002 at a lowly 1024 X 768 resolution > on my old 600MHz PIII, Voodoo 5500 with most of the > graphics maxed. > > I'd like to get F1C. Is anybody running that sim > on a dog as slow as mine?

That's a tough situation as far as running newer games. Although I suppose if you are running F12002 at max detail, you may be able to run F1C at lesser settings with some success. Heck, for $20 you really can't go wrong. At some point you WILL have to upgrade the computer and then you won't be able to find F1C anywhere, go get it now and hope for the best. ?

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> > I race NFS/PU online, but I don't think that > experience can prepare me for competing against > the serious drivers in Eldred's races. Are there > any less experienced drivers out there who want > a casual race? "Casual" means not colliding with > an opponent is a goal, not an expectation.

I hope you mean not colliding with an opponent is an expectation not a goal, rather than what you wrote. When I race online, I EXPECT not to get hit by others, aside from a hard racing situation where that may happen in real life. (Sadly, I am often dispapointed) If you can't control your car against the AI at a decent difficulty level, then stay off line or look for races involving "Rookies" or "Newb" or similar titles. If you took the time to post here looking for similarly skilled drivers as yourself, then I wouldn't about it. I find that many online races seem to involve ppl. who open the package about an hour before they arrived in the lobby area and have ZERO idea as to how the game works. F1C is a very immersive game and rewards those who put some time into all the little details of the .plr files, etc. Too bad for all of us, SimBin closed its doors, as I found it to be the mosr helpful and informative site for F1C. RaceSimCentral is the new home for many of the displaced SimBinners. Lawman

I have a I use a P3 770 w/ a GF4 and the CPU is definitely the bottleneck of my system in F1 C (if i max the settings i only drop my fps slightly, problem is the just are rarely above 35 to begin with), but I still get to run with most settings on if I'm just practicing my lines and working on setups. So it may be doable if your system can run F1 2002 that well, I really didn't notice any downgrade in fps with the latest version. BTW who's selling F1C for under 20 bucks? That's the price of F1 2k2 in my area. Jonathan "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi Folks: > > $19.00 for F1C, that's getting close to my melting > point. > > I can run F1-2002 at a lowly 1024 X 768 resolution > on my old 600MHz PIII, Voodoo 5500 with most of the > graphics maxed. > > I'd like to get F1C. Is anybody running that sim > on a dog as slow as mine? > > I'm interested in the F1C online races. Are > replay files available from the series Eldred is > organizing? > > I race NFS/PU online, but I don't think that > experience can prepare me for competing against > the serious drivers in Eldred's races. Are there > any less experienced drivers out there who want > a casual race? "Casual" means not colliding with > an opponent is a goal, not an expectation. Perhaps > invulnerable so you only pay for someone else's > mistake once. > > I've been totally absorbed in work and haven't > had time to keep up to date on RAS. So I apologize > if these questions have been asked before. > > How many drives can compete with a host on a > cable modem? Does Bernie still limit the max > number of online drivers in a race? > > How many Ferraris, Williams and Mclarens are in > each online race? > > If I do get this sim, I'll take the time to read > the suggestions for tweaking it. Is there a site > where all the tips can be found? > > Thanks > Larry

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> > Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... > > Hi Folks: > > > > $19.00 for F1C, that's getting close to my melting > > point. > > > > I can run F1-2002 at a lowly 1024 X 768 resolution > > on my old 600MHz PIII, Voodoo 5500 with most of the > > graphics maxed. > > > > I'd like to get F1C. Is anybody running that sim > > on a dog as slow as mine? > > That's a tough situation as far as running newer games. Although I > suppose if you are running F12002 at max detail, you may be able to > run F1C at lesser settings with some success. Heck, for $20 you really > can't go wrong. At some point you WILL have to upgrade the computer > and then you won't be able to find F1C anywhere, go get it now and > hope for the best.

Thanks Lawman: That's what I'm wondering. With the loss of the license, I guest one of the game systems is getting the exclusive license for F1, I'm wondering if F1C will even be available in the future.

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> > I race NFS/PU online, but I don't think that > > experience can prepare me for competing against > > the serious drivers in Eldred's races. Are there > > any less experienced drivers out there who want > > a casual race? "Casual" means not colliding with > > an opponent is a goal, not an expectation. > > I hope you mean not colliding with an opponent is an expectation not a > goal, rather than what you wrote. When I race online, I EXPECT not to > get hit by others, aside from a hard racing situation where that may > happen in real life. (Sadly, I am often dispapointed) If you can't > control your car against the AI at a decent difficulty level, then > stay off line or look for races involving "Rookies" or "Newb" or > similar titles.

No, I meant what I said. I expect inexperienced drivers, like me, to make mistakes. I don't want to be pissed on if I accidentally boot someone into the weeds. On the other hand, I have no interest in driving against anybody who want's to have a F1 destruction derby. NFS/PU has some drivers with pings of a second or more because they are in Europe and Asia, I'm in the U.S. In that environment it's common to drive with collision off. That is obviously not realistic, but it's a nice casual community and I have fun. One of the nicest features about NFS/PU online is 24x7 races. I've never gone on EA's NFS/PU servers without finding someone to drive against. How easy is it to find a F1C race? I crave something more realistic. F1C interests me. > If you took the time to post here looking for > similarly skilled drivers as yourself, then I wouldn't about it. I > find that many online races seem to involve ppl. who open the package > about an hour before they arrived in the lobby area and have ZERO idea > as to how the game works. Yea, that's not me. I want to see replays of F1C races, but I have no interest in participating against serious drivers until I can do so responsibly. > F1C is a very immersive game and rewards those who put some time into > all the little details of the .plr files, etc. Too bad for all of us, > SimBin closed its doors, as I found it to be the mosr helpful and > informative site for F1C. RaceSimCentral is the new home for many of > the displaced SimBinners. Bummer, those are the GTR2002 folks aren't they? Thanks Larry

Jonathan Van Ginneken wrote:

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> > I have a I use a P3 770 w/ a GF4 and the CPU is definitely the bottleneck of > my system in F1 C (if i max the settings i only drop my fps slightly, > problem is the just are rarely above 35 to begin with), but I still get to > run with most settings on if I'm just practicing my lines and working on > setups. So it may be doable if your system can run F1 2002 that well, I > really didn't notice any downgrade in fps with the latest version.

Thanks Jonathan: What rez are you running? Dropping that can help a slow system. I haven't driven F1-2002 for a while, but I think my FPS was in the 20s, after the starting grid. GTR is limited to a couple of opponents if I want it to be driveable. > BTW who's selling F1C for under 20 bucks? > That's the price of F1 2k2 in my area. Electronics Boutique. It might be $19.99, but it's cheap now. Thanks Larry