Patch for F1 2002?

Hi Experts: I finally decided to get F1 2002, it's $10.00 now. Are there patches for this? I looked at www.easportsf1.com. I got in the "PC" page and hit the download button. The only choice that popped up "Demo". I'm hoping there is a patch, because I've already locked the game, and had to power off to regain control of my PC. My video card is a Voodoo 5500, and the F1 2002 install required DX 8.1 upgrade. Is there a problem with this combination? Thanks Larry

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> Hi Experts: > > I finally decided to get F1 2002, it's $10.00 now. > > Are there patches for this? I looked at > www.easportsf1.com. I got in the "PC" page and > hit the download button. The only choice that > popped up "Demo". > > I'm hoping there is a patch, because I've already > locked the game, and had to power off to regain > control of my PC. > > My video card is a Voodoo 5500, and the F1 2002 > install required DX 8.1 upgrade. Is there a problem > with this combination? > > Thanks > Larry >

No patches for F1 2k2. It should work with your combo. Make sure the fsaa is off in d3d. There are dx8 compliant drivers for that card. Hopefully somebody will add to this and name specific drivers. some hints for getting it going....make sure most if not all your graphic options are set to low. Including pit crew and cars. You may later try increasing some of the graphic effects once you get the sim running. Use 16bit color in the 3dconfig. Have your desktop also set to 16bit color, This shouldn't be a problem tho, cuz the V5 doesn't do 32 bit does it? I suspect getting a different driver will be the key...How much ram and what speed cpu do you have? dave henrie

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> Hi Experts: > > I finally decided to get F1 2002, it's $10.00 now. > > Are there patches for this? I looked at > www.easportsf1.com. I got in the "PC" page and > hit the download button. The only choice that > popped up "Demo". > > I'm hoping there is a patch, because I've already > locked the game, and had to power off to regain > control of my PC. > > My video card is a Voodoo 5500, and the F1 2002 > install required DX 8.1 upgrade. Is there a problem > with this combination? > > Thanks > Larry

No patch. It would be nice if they released one that fixed the lame-ass netcode though. CFster

In article <[email hidden]>, Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> writes: > My video card is a Voodoo 5500, and the F1 2002 >install required DX 8.1 upgrade. Is there a problem >with this combination? No. I was able to run the game just fine with that combination. Have fun! Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:-1.680 MonsterRank: +334.169 N2002 Rank:+17.59 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

A little bird told me that fans of the F12Kx series (and mods like GTR) will be very pleasantly surprised by F1 Challenge. "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi Experts: > > I finally decided to get F1 2002, it's $10.00 now. > > Are there patches for this? I looked at > www.easportsf1.com. I got in the "PC" page and > hit the download button. The only choice that > popped up "Demo". > > I'm hoping there is a patch, because I've already > locked the game, and had to power off to regain > control of my PC. > > My video card is a Voodoo 5500, and the F1 2002 > install required DX 8.1 upgrade. Is there a problem > with this combination? > > Thanks > Larry

What's F1 Challenge? R. "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:sKVha.7910$[email hidden]... > A little bird told me that fans of the F12Kx series (and mods like GTR)will

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> be very pleasantly surprised by F1 Challenge. > > "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Hi Experts: > > > > I finally decided to get F1 2002, it's $10.00 now. > > > > Are there patches for this? I looked at > > www.easportsf1.com. I got in the "PC" page and > > hit the download button. The only choice that > > popped up "Demo". > > > > I'm hoping there is a patch, because I've already > > locked the game, and had to power off to regain > > control of my PC. > > > > My video card is a Voodoo 5500, and the F1 2002 > > install required DX 8.1 upgrade. Is there a problem > > with this combination? > > > > Thanks > > Larry > >

There is a unofficial patch that is a must have. Its called GTR2002. :) MadDAWG

Care to shed a little more light on that? I have seen the press releases and it certainly looks interesting, but what I am wondering is will they fix the netcode? "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:sKVha.7910$[email hidden]... > A little bird told me that fans of the F12Kx series (and mods like GTR)will > be very pleasantly surprised by F1 Challenge. >

Dave Henrie wrote: > > Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> wrote in < Snip >

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> No patches for F1 2k2. It should work with your combo. Make sure the > fsaa is off in d3d. There are dx8 compliant drivers for that card. > Hopefully somebody will add to this and name specific drivers. > some hints for getting it going....make sure most if not all your > graphic options are set to low. Including pit crew and cars. You may > later try increasing some of the graphic effects once you get the sim > running. Use 16bit color in the 3dconfig. Have your desktop also set to > 16bit color, This shouldn't be a problem tho, cuz the V5 doesn't do 32 bit > does it? I suspect getting a different driver will be the key...How much > ram and what speed cpu do you have? > dave henrie

Thanks Dave: I'm not sure I can lower the graphics too much. The sim displays computer generated women with large breasts and nice butts standing in front of each car when the race starts in the high level graphics mode. There is a limit to what I'm willing to give up. : ) I've turned off AA, and things seem to be fine now. Because of my modest processor power, I'm running at 1024 x 768 x 16. At that low res, I've maxed all the graphics and things seem to be running fine. My PC is an old dual P3 600 pre-coppermine running Win98 SE for sims. It also runs Solaris and Win2K which use it's second processor. Are the Win2k Voodoo drivers capable of running sims? I have a 3D Maptech program that draws and rotates topo maps in 3D. It's a Win98 application that runs much faster on Win 2k, I suppose because the second processor offloads system tasks. Is anyone running sims on multiprocessor systems under Win 2K? I have an analog ECCI wheel if that makes a difference. I've noticed the "Y" key doesn't restart the race. Am I doing something wrong? I hate sitting around while the track reloads just to restart a race. Most of the site's I've bookmarked for F1 2001 seem to be gone. The Pits has a nice F1 2002 page, but I don't see carsets and car setups there. What are the recommended Formula One mods? Thanks Larry

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> > "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > No patch. > > It would be nice if they released one that fixed the lame-ass netcode > though.

Are you talking about the license limitations Bernie is believed to enforce? I don't read RAC regularly, but every once in a while someone says Ubi is going to release a non-licensed open wheel racing sim. Third parties can then create carsets and other mods. Such a sim would be free of limits imposed by FOCA. What's the latest word on this? I know few of you have much respect for NFS/PU, but I do race that online every weekend. Given a choice between excellent physics modeling or excellent head to head online racing, I'll choose online racing. So I'm interested in combining these two experiences in one sim. Larry

Da fix is in. "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b69i53$2pf0s$[email hidden]... > Care to shed a little more light on that? I have seen the press releases > and it certainly looks interesting, but what I am wondering is will theyfix

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> the netcode? > > "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:sKVha.7910$[email hidden]... > > A little bird told me that fans of the F12Kx series (and mods like GTR) > will > > be very pleasantly surprised by F1 Challenge. > > > >

MadDAWG wrote: > > There is a unofficial patch that is a must have. Its called GTR2002. :) Thanks MadDAWG: I've looked for this on Deja the links I saw were to pages that weren't found. But the stories I read make this sound very interesting. Got a link? Thanks Larry

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> MadDAWG wrote: > >>There is a unofficial patch that is a must have. Its called GTR2002. :) > > > Thanks MadDAWG: > > I've looked for this on Deja the links I saw were > to pages that weren't found. But the stories I read > make this sound very interesting. > > Got a link? > > Thanks > Larry

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

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> Dave Henrie wrote: >> >> Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> wrote in > > < Snip > > >> No patches for F1 2k2. It should work with your combo. Make sure >> the >> fsaa is off in d3d. There are dx8 compliant drivers for that card. >> Hopefully somebody will add to this and name specific drivers. >> some hints for getting it going....make sure most if not all your >> graphic options are set to low. Including pit crew and cars. You >> may later try increasing some of the graphic effects once you get the >> sim running. Use 16bit color in the 3dconfig. Have your desktop >> also set to 16bit color, This shouldn't be a problem tho, cuz the V5 >> doesn't do 32 bit does it? I suspect getting a different driver will >> be the key...How much ram and what speed cpu do you have? >> dave henrie > > Thanks Dave: > > I'm not sure I can lower the graphics too much. > The sim displays computer generated women with large > breasts and nice butts standing in front of each car > when the race starts in the high level graphics mode. > There is a limit to what I'm willing to give up. : ) > > I've turned off AA, and things seem to be fine now. > > Because of my modest processor power, I'm running > at 1024 x 768 x 16. At that low res, I've maxed all > the graphics and things seem to be running fine. > > My PC is an old dual P3 600 pre-coppermine running > Win98 SE for sims. It also runs Solaris and Win2K > which use it's second processor. Are the Win2k Voodoo > drivers capable of running sims? I have a 3D Maptech > program that draws and rotates topo maps in 3D. It's > a Win98 application that runs much faster on Win 2k, I > suppose because the second processor offloads system > tasks. Is anyone running sims on multiprocessor > systems under Win 2K? I have an analog ECCI wheel if > that makes a difference. > > I've noticed the "Y" key doesn't restart the race. > Am I doing something wrong? I hate sitting around > while the track reloads just to restart a race.

You can assign that to any key. It's on the list where you assign your brake and gas pedals and such. Here is another hint. If you go online with the default key assignments, Your chatting will be very difficult. Everytime you type a letter that has an ingame command assigned to it, you will get doublle or even tripppllle strikes. The way to get around this is re-assign all the keyboard commmands to non alpha keys. So my pause key is now the right ctrl key. My restart race key is the right alt key. My replay key is on the numerical keypad the / key etc etc, > > Most of the site's I've bookmarked for F1 2001 seem > to be gone. The Pits has a nice F1 2002 page, but I > don't see carsets and car setups there. What are the > recommended Formula One mods? Ralph Humerich(sp?) is the current master up season updates. I don't think he has released a 2003 carset yet, but he has dozens of updates for the 2002 cars...tobacco etc. The Ferrari GA is out already. You can find many F1 2k2 sites at... www.emacf1.com dh > > Thanks > Larry

Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]: > I don't read RAC regularly, but every once in a while > someone says Ubi is going to release a non-licensed open > wheel racing sim. Third parties can then create carsets > and other mods. Such a sim would be free of limits > imposed by FOCA. What's the latest word on this? > it is already out, in Europe at least. The cars look like they have F1 noses mated to champcars(no airbox protruding behind the driver) Racing Simulations 3. I have not heard any reports of unlimited net play. I would assume F1 Relay might be the place to check into that aspect. here's some info: http://www.bhmotorsports.com/review/RS3 dave henrie

On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 09:08:52 -0500, "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Care to shed a little more light on that? I have seen the press releases >and it certainly looks interesting, but what I am wondering is will they fix >the netcode? The very last "key feature" in EA's press release: THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE - Multiplayer mode allows you to compete against the fastest F1 Challenge '99-'02 drivers in the world - wherever they are. Jason

well, im sure they left out "warp with up to 16players on track" :( "Jason Moyer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 09:08:52 -0500, "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Care to shed a little more light on that? I have seen the press releases > >and it certainly looks interesting, but what I am wondering is will theyfix

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> >the netcode? > > The very last "key feature" in EA's press release: > > THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE - Multiplayer mode allows you to compete > against the fastest F1 Challenge '99-'02 drivers in the world - > wherever they are. > > Jason