Looking for GPL in th UK

I'm in Southampton (UK) and looking to purchase a copy of Grand Prix Legends. I can't find it anywhere!!! I know it's like 4 years old. Can anyone help? I'm also looking to purchase a PC, graphics card etc. Any recommendations for the PC stuff where the setup is for GPL and GPL only! Money not really an issue. PC? Graphics card? Sound Card? Sound System? Wheel? Pedals? Display? Seat? Adrian

"Adrian Thomson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I'm in Southampton (UK) and looking to purchase a copy of Grand Prix > Legends. I can't find it anywhere!!! I know it's like 4 years old. Can > anyone help? I'm also looking to purchase a PC, graphics card etc. Any > recommendations for the PC stuff where the setup is for GPL and GPL > only! Money not really an issue. > > Adrian

You can buy it direct from the budget publishers at http://www.pay-securely.co.uk/socart/cart.asp?pid=30375 As for the hardware, get the fastest CPU you can afford and a good graphics card. There are a lot of different wheels available depending on budget and whether you want force feedback or not. If money really isn't an object, BallRacing make the best wheels in the UK. Visit their site at http://www.interactiveracing.com . I have a Sim Classic wheel, Speed7 pedals and Race Frame Pro from them and think they are all superb. Phil --- Race Sim Central Administrator http://www.racesimcentral.com

"Adrian Thomson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I'm in Southampton (UK) and looking to purchase a copy of Grand Prix > Legends. I can't find it anywhere!!! I know it's like 4 years old. Can > anyone help? I'm also looking to purchase a PC, graphics card etc. Any > recommendations for the PC stuff where the setup is for GPL and GPL > only! Money not really an issue. > > PC? > Graphics card? > Sound Card? > Sound System? > Wheel? > Pedals? > Display? > Seat? > > Adrian

GPL's in the Staples near here in Leicester( �499 ) - could try your local branch. As for a a PC - well, reasonable but powerfull spec with a lean toward sim racing would be the Shuttle "Orbit" config from overclockers http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Fully_Configured__Sy stems_111.html If you're going the DIY route and you want a bit of upgradeability - I'd recommend an Asus A7N8X nForce 2 motherboard, with an Athlon 2200+ and 2 x 256mb Corsair DDR3200 Ram - as that will happily take a 400 FSB barton cpu in a few months time ( building your own PC is always a rewarding experience ) GFX wise - anything like a GF4 Ti4200, 4400, 4600, or an ATI Radeon 9500, 9700 or 9700 pro would be good enough really. As for wheel and pedals - you can start an argument here. All I can say is that for budget spec - the MSFF is still my choice - even over the Momo wheel and pedals - the momo pedals are disgracefull - some people like them, i think they're disgusting. I use a Logitech MOMO wheel - but BRD ( www.interactiveracing.com ) Speed 7 Pedals and intend to get their Speed 7 wheel in the new year when it's released. If you want to go all out - having tried one for size - I can recommend www.hyperstim.com - superb build -if a little pricey. Display - well, the 25ms response time of an LCD screen still prohibits them from being a truely viable gaming option imho ( you will only ever get 40fps, or a blurrery 40fps version of whatever you're viewing - although the new Hitachi monitors have a much faster response - 12ms ( roughly 80fps ). Dont get me wrong - they're great for most stuff - but not for gaming imho. best of luck Doug

"Doug Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:asqe24$tgmks$[email hidden]... > GPL's in the Staples near here in Leicester( �499 ) - could try your local > branch. Blimey...it's a good sim, Doug, but that's a bit pricey, innit?

"Doug Ellison" <[email hidden]> wrote on 06 Dec 2002: <snip> > As for wheel and pedals - you can start an argument here. All I > can say is that for budget spec - the MSFF is still my choice<snip> Mine too. It's also worth knowing that it's *finally* started to be widely reduced - my local PC World in Kidderminster has it at �69.99, which is �30 off RRP. -- Above address *is* valid - but snip spamtrap to get me to *read*! 1a) WD Yahoo! Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/watershipdown 1b) Bits'n'Bob-stones: http://www.geocities.com/daveb75 2) The GPL Scrapyard: http://www.btinternet.com/~gplscrapyard