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From: pjgtech@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Peter Gagg")
Subject: Re: so it's GPL now. well, well
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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 19:25:12 GMT
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In article <369cb4f1.685076@localhost>, dierarts@casema.net (Hans 
Heintz) wrote:

> Reading this newsgroup, it would seem that GPL is now THE game in 
> the
> racing.sim business.

Correct, no argument from me......

> But fantastic, I remember having a demo on one of my magazin CD 
> ROMS.
> I noticed the following:

> ***Snipped out of date info only relevant to the demo version***

So, lets get this straight, you are basing this *opinion* on one of 
the GPL demo's...........hmmmm.
Perhaps you should actually try the *full* product before posting such 
a strong message? (just a suggestion).

I played both the demo's (Watkins Glen & Monza) and both had flaws, 
(and even the demo's wiped the floor with *most* of the then 
opposition, IMHO) as did the Warez version many people used. But none 
of these were the finished article, doesn't that tell you something?

I now have the full product, and most, if not all the points you 
mention are no longer valid complaints in the final release, except 
not being able to change the default steering keys. But why would you 
want to drive a sim using keys anyway? To get the feel of any decent 
driving game or sim, you really do need a wheel and pedal set-up, or 
at the very least a decent joystick?

> Now please don't go telling me that i should have read some reame or
> faq somewhere, or that my directx is too new , or something is wrong
> with my hardware (PII 266 + voodoo2 monster3d + soundblaster AWE).
> As far as games are concerned i am a user and not a technician.

Unfortunately, and I'm sure you will *not* want to hear this, but a 
266 really isn't at the cutting edge of technology anymore. And GPL 
really needs a 300+ cpu to get the full benefit of this excellent 
program (preferably a 450!)

> GP2 can beat this by just pasting a 3 sticker on the old boxes.

I am also a die hard GP2 fan, and have driven GP2 since the day it was 
released in the UK. However, I know when to move on to something 
better. GP2 was (and still is) a fantastic program, (and I still 
drive it now and again) but alas, its time has now passed. It has no 
3D graphics, its sound is not up to todays heady levels, and even its 
awesome physics modelling has now been surpassed.

Sorry, but these are simple facts, accept them and move on..... Your 
not gonna convince anyone of anything different by posting this 
drivel. If you are gonna compare products, at least try and make it 
constructive.

8-)

*Peter*   #:-)
