GPL-Happy But Overwhelmed

After being away from GPL for nearly two/three years I have a sudden urge to load it up again and see if it gives me the same thrill it did all those years ago. But, how things have changed in the interim. I am stunned by how many 'addons' there are now and if I try and wade through them all I'll never end up with enough time to actually play the sim. Anyone care to hold my hand for a few seconds and guide me as to the barest essentials that I should download inorder to at least get a taste for what I have missed since the beginning of the millennium (particularly as I understand that I might need a patch for it to run on my Athlon 2200+ and Geforce 4600 card). PJ

"Paul Jager" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3d82cddb$0$23755$[email hidden]... > After being away from GPL for nearly two/three years I have a sudden urgeto > load it up again and see if it gives me the same thrill it did all those > years ago. But, how things have changed in the interim. I am stunned byhow > many 'addons' there are now and if I try and wade through them all I'll > never end up with enough time to actually play the sim. > > Anyone care to hold my hand for a few seconds and guide me as to thebarest > essentials that I should download inorder to at least get a taste for whatI > have missed since the beginning of the millennium (particularly as I > understand that I might need a patch for it to run on my Athlon 2200+ and > Geforce 4600 card). > > PJ My you have been away. Your cpu and Vid card are TOTALLY inadequate for GPL I recomend you stuff them in a box and ship them to me, I will see those pathetic pieces are disposed of properly. Git yerself a good ol PIII 800 and a V5 3dfx...That's all ya need, now get packing/shipping!!! okay...go to papy.com and dload the 1.2 patch, the d3d patch and the fast cpu patch.(was that rolled into the d3d patch?? anyone??) THEN off you go. If you have a FF wheel, remember to choose the directX joystick calibration. dave henrie

If you are Online GPLing then you will also need the discofix patch as well Darf > okay...go to papy.com and dload the 1.2 patch, the d3d patch and the fast > cpu patch.(was that rolled into the d3d patch?? anyone??) THEN off yougo. > If you have a FF wheel, remember to choose the directX joystickcalibration. > dave henrie > >

Hi Paul, go to www.maxrevs.de, gpl section and get the "komplett update" (50 MB!) Everything included...newsest cars,tracks etc! Michael "Darf" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:3d82d575$0$18869$[email hidden]... > If you are Online GPLing then you will also need the discofix patch aswell > > Darf > > > > okay...go to papy.com and dload the 1.2 patch, the d3d patch and thefast

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> > cpu patch.(was that rolled into the d3d patch?? anyone??) THEN off you > go. > > If you have a FF wheel, remember to choose the directX joystick > calibration. > > dave henrie > > > > > >

Dave, Once again you have been helpful, and it is much appreciated. I am always surprised by how quickly you answer people's questions (and for that alone I should be giving you those outdated and redundant parts of my computer ie Athlon 2200+ and Geforce 4 card). But, I have too much respect for you to insult you with such inadequate pieces of crap. My only recourse is to soldier on with them, and try and hide my embarrassment in public. Thanks PJ "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:djAg9.472803$UU1.76728@sccrnsc03... > > "Paul Jager" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:3d82cddb$0$23755$[email hidden]... > > After being away from GPL for nearly two/three years I have a suddenurge

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> to > > load it up again and see if it gives me the same thrill it did all those > > years ago. But, how things have changed in the interim. I am stunned by > how > > many 'addons' there are now and if I try and wade through them all I'll > > never end up with enough time to actually play the sim. > > > > Anyone care to hold my hand for a few seconds and guide me as to the > barest > > essentials that I should download inorder to at least get a taste for

what > I > > have missed since the beginning of the millennium (particularly as I > > understand that I might need a patch for it to run on my Athlon 2200+and > > Geforce 4600 card). > > > > PJ > My you have been away. Your cpu and Vid card are TOTALLY inadequate for > GPL I recomend you stuff them in a box and ship them to me, I will see > those pathetic pieces are disposed of properly. Git yerself a good olPIII > 800 and a V5 3dfx...That's all ya need, now get packing/shipping!!! > > okay...go to papy.com and dload the 1.2 patch, the d3d patch and the fast > cpu patch.(was that rolled into the d3d patch?? anyone??) THEN off yougo. > If you have a FF wheel, remember to choose the directX joystickcalibration. > dave henrie > >

"John Hilsman" > > You are dedicated sir, to force yourself to work with such hardware :) > > Kinda almost brings a tear to my eye..... To think someday we'll think back on these times as the dark ages.. :0 dave henrie

On Sat, 14 Sep 2002 06:48:22 +0100, "Paul Jager" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Anyone care to hold my hand for a few seconds and guide me as to the barest >essentials that I should download inorder to at least get a taste for what I >have missed since the beginning of the millennium (particularly as I >understand that I might need a patch for it to run on my Athlon 2200+ and >Geforce 4600 card). > >PJ

A few months ago I wanted to really sink my teeth in to GPL so I went downloading all the tracks, addon's etc. IMHO, here the things that are a must-have. Patches from (www.papy.com) GPLEA Cars sets/Tracks (http://gplea.racesimcentral.com/) JF Carsets (http://www.jfcarsets.cjb.net/) Carset Manager (http://www.netrevo.com/gplw/newsite/newdefaultjava.asp) Program covers (http://www.trilon.com/bapom/) Tracks (http://magnust.d2g.com/) Oher addons (http://gplpp.com/) -- karkrazy AT softhome DOT net

D3D7 for GForce cards (direct X 7 z buffer and aniso enabled) not the d3d patch from Papyrus 1.2 patch from Papyrus fast cpu patch core.ini from Allison Hines for Force Feedback GPLEA : Ferrari, Honda, Cooper, Eagle GPLEA : Sound Patch Bruce Johnson's Brahbam and Lotus Wheels and Tires from the tire barn (Cooper still has 2d wheels) Time: 250 plus tracks that are available. "Michael Wollenschein" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:alum14$vbm$[email hidden]...

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> Hi Paul, > > go to www.maxrevs.de, > gpl section and get the "komplett update" (50 MB!) > > Everything included...newsest cars,tracks etc! > > Michael > > "Darf" <[email hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag > news:3d82d575$0$18869$[email hidden]... > > If you are Online GPLing then you will also need the discofix patch as > well > > > > Darf > > > > > > > okay...go to papy.com and dload the 1.2 patch, the d3d patch and the > fast > > > cpu patch.(was that rolled into the d3d patch?? anyone??) THEN off

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> > go. > > > If you have a FF wheel, remember to choose the directX joystick > > calibration. > > > dave henrie > > > > > > > > > > > >

Great tips from everyone - another nice one is to get the fixed OpenGL patch, which seems to run even faster than the D3D patch, look a little bit nicer, and even seems smoother at less than 36fps. I'd post the link, but I can't find it right now - do a Google on RAS and it's been mentioned recently. BTW - 2xFSAA has problems but you can run 4x just fine. My rig - XP 2000+@138FSB, GF4 Ti4200 (315core/570mem) and I run 4xAA,4xAniso,1280res 75% detail bias. With updated track graphics and GPLEA 16-bit cars I get 33FPS at the back of a Monaco grid. You'll be golden :). Kendt Hmm - was about to fire up RC2000, but now I'm tempted to hit GPL, or keep tweaking N2002. PS - anyone have a single, complete carset update for N2002? Having to get each car over dialup is a pain (just like me, to bitch about free stuff!). PPS - Remember the GPL2 petition? You think if all of us who signed it came up with $20 each it'd be enough to get Dave or Grant or somebody to put the N2002 tire model on GPL?

> To think someday we'll think back on these times as the dark ages.. :0 > dave henrie the sad part is thats only a year or so away. I feel out dated with a XP1800 and GF3. MadDAWG

> PS - anyone have a single, complete carset update for N2002? Having > to get each car over dialup is a pain (just like me, to bitch about > free stuff!). The pitwagon has a 40 car set with the AI values set. Its the basic cars no specail edition ones. MadDAWG

"MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > To think someday we'll think back on these times as the dark ages.. :0 > > dave henrie > > the sad part is thats only a year or so away. I feel out dated with aXP1800 > and GF3. > > MadDAWG TBird 1333 and GF2 Ultra, take that! (Still runs everything just fine btw).

UUUAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!! That rig is so slow, cars might run backwards ;-) Aehm... XP1500 + GF2 GTS 64 DDR here. I'm still fine since I can run F1 2002 at reasonable details and resolution smoothly. Cya JensSchumi On Mon, 16 Sep 2002 18:25:00 GMT, "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>"MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> >> > To think someday we'll think back on these times as the dark ages.. :0 >> > dave henrie >> >> the sad part is thats only a year or so away. I feel out dated with a >XP1800 >> and GF3. >> >> MadDAWG > >TBird 1333 and GF2 Ultra, take that! > >(Still runs everything just fine btw). >

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