I really enjoyed the previous GP games but GP3 has a few probs and the
graphics are so glitchy as to annoy the hell out of me. If you just sit
still on the grid you can see the textures wobbling, warping and popping in
and out. Z buffering seems problematic at best. You can see cars through the
fences and roadway, and also buildings that should be in the distance show
through too. Trees, crowds and tyre barriers are so blocky as to appear they
were lifted from some upcoming N64 version. The overuse of sprites rather
than true 3D objects gives an overall sort of 'Captain Pugwash' effect. The
graphics would be alright if they just fixed all the glitches. Frame rate
also appears to limited by the game, rather than the CPU/Vid card, as FPS
still look to be around 20-25fps while CPU occupancy is showing as low as
30% on a 1 Ghz machine.
The AI cars barge you off the road and run into the back of you even when
you clearly have the line for the corner. They just move onto the line
whether your there or not. If you spin out the AI cars then relentlessly
bump into you like a horde of five year olds in dodg'em cars. I know this
really no worse than most racing games but I expected more from GP3. I guess
if you love GP racing GP3 is hardcore but for occassional racers like me,
there are better racing games.
In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] (Jo Helsen) wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 08:55:17 +1000, "x" <[email hidden]> wrote:
>
> >I really enjoyed the previous GP games but GP3 has a few probs andthe
> >graphics are so glitchy as to annoy the hell out of me. If you justsit
> >still on the grid you can see the textures wobbling, warping andpopping in
> >and out. Z buffering seems problematic at best. You can see carsthrough the
> >fences and roadway, and also buildings that should be in thedistance show
> >through too. Trees, crowds and tyre barriers are so blocky as toappear they
> >were lifted from some upcoming N64 version. The overuse of spritesrather
> >than true 3D objects gives an overall sort of 'Captain Pugwash'effect. The
> >graphics would be alright if they just fixed all the glitches. Framerate
> >also appears to limited by the game, rather than the CPU/Vid card,as FPS
> >still look to be around 20-25fps while CPU occupancy is showing aslow as
> >30% on a 1 Ghz machine.
>
> If you're interested you can download a patch to fix it at
> 30-something and higher framerates.
Be advised: That patch REALLY hosed things up on my AMD K6-2 system
with a 16 MB Voodoo Banshee card. I had to revert back to the GP3 game
default setting (25 fps) in order to even get it to run at all; with
the patch, I was getting better performance in software mode -- it was
just plain unplayable when I pushed the fps setting up to 30 (I can run
GPL at a constant 36 fps with no problem). I believe it does work well
with higher-end systems (Pentiums, Athlons, Celerons, and such), but on
my K6-2 system, the game became unplayable.
-- JB
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 08:55:17 +1000, "x" <[email hidden]> wrote:
If you're interested you can download a patch to fix it at
30-something and higher framerates.
JoH
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>I really enjoyed the previous GP games but GP3 has a few probs and the >graphics are so glitchy as to annoy the hell out of me. If you just sit >still on the grid you can see the textures wobbling, warping and popping in >and out. Z buffering seems problematic at best. You can see cars through the >fences and roadway, and also buildings that should be in the distance show >through too. Trees, crowds and tyre barriers are so blocky as to appear they >were lifted from some upcoming N64 version. The overuse of sprites rather >than true 3D objects gives an overall sort of 'Captain Pugwash' effect. The >graphics would be alright if they just fixed all the glitches. Frame rate >also appears to limited by the game, rather than the CPU/Vid card, as FPS >still look to be around 20-25fps while CPU occupancy is showing as low as >30% on a 1 Ghz machine.Hell yes. Where can I get it?
Thanx
-Deckard
Jo Helsen <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...
> If you're interested you can download a patch to fix it at
> 30-something and higher framerates.
>
> JoH
1 GHz P3 w/ GeForce2 64mb should cover it, I hope :)
Just where do I find the patch though? (sorry to sound ignorant).
-Deckard
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> > Be advised: That patch REALLY hosed things up on my AMD K6-2 system > with a 16 MB Voodoo Banshee card. I had to revert back to the GP3 game > default setting (25 fps) in order to even get it to run at all; with > the patch, I was getting better performance in software mode -- it was > just plain unplayable when I pushed the fps setting up to 30 (I can run > GPL at a constant 36 fps with no problem). I believe it does work well > with higher-end systems (Pentiums, Athlons, Celerons, and such), but on > my K6-2 system, the game became unplayable. > > -- JB > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 07:36:26 +1000, "x" <[email hidden]> wrote:
http://www.alphaf1.com/gp3/
Hope your machine is powerfull enough...
JoH
