GP3:First day review and a bug or two

Thanks to a little shop I know in Bristol, I got my copy today. Nothing massively to add to what others have written, only a couple of niggles: Can't run online, with my small 56k modem, but there's a button there, tantalising me, marked "Multiplayer"....darn. (I understand why it's there for the fortunate, but it's just taunting me.) I saved a race after qualifying, (pole, of course!!!), went back to the game and was placed last on the grid, despite it still saying I had the best time. Tried three different ways, same result. Untested solution is to save the game with a few minutes left in qualifying...will report back later. Thirdly, the rain. Superb stuff, great to drive thru, etc, but on my little system quite the resource hogger. As previously mentioned, slows my lap down in real terms by at least a minute or so at Melbourne, for example. Not too big a problem, as I can simply run in sunny weather in individual races, but not the Championship season, where it's uneditable. If anyone's aware of any fixes (early days yet, I know, but as the game has more than a few similarities to its predecessor...) I'd be glad to hear them. -- Colin Harris ColinHarris in N3/NL and VROC Bomber Racing: http://fullspeed.to/Bomber ICQ 25485061

-- Colin Harris ColinHarris in N3/NL and VROC Bomber Racing: http://fullspeed.to/Bomber ICQ 25485061 Superb stuff, great to drive thru, etc, but on my little > >system quite the resource hogger. > > So, what about telling us a little bit MORE about that little system > of yours??? > > JoH Thanks for asking: K6 II 500, Voodoo3, SB1024, 128Mb RAM. Using End It All to shut everything down, and haven't, as yet, turned the FF off (love the wheel feel in corners in GP3) Latest drivers, blah,blah...

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:34:43 GMT, "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Thanks to a little shop I know in Bristol, I got my copy today. Nothing >massively to add to what others have written, only a couple of niggles: >Can't run online, with my small 56k modem, but there's a button there, >tantalising me, marked "Multiplayer"....darn. (I understand why it's there >for the fortunate, but it's just taunting me.) >I saved a race after qualifying, (pole, of course!!!), went back to the game >and was placed last on the grid, despite it still saying I had the best >time. Tried three different ways, same result. Untested solution is to save >the game with a few minutes left in qualifying...will report back later. >Thirdly, the rain. Superb stuff, great to drive thru, etc, but on my little >system quite the resource hogger.

So, what about telling us a little bit MORE about that little system of yours??? JoH

On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:50:08 GMT, "Colin Harris" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> > >-- > >Colin Harris >ColinHarris in N3/NL and VROC > >Bomber Racing: http://fullspeed.to/Bomber >ICQ 25485061 > >Superb stuff, great to drive thru, etc, but on my little >> >system quite the resource hogger. >> >> So, what about telling us a little bit MORE about that little system >> of yours??? >> >> JoH > >Thanks for asking: K6 II 500, Voodoo3, SB1024, 128Mb RAM. Using End It All >to shut everything down, and haven't, as yet, turned the FF off (love the >wheel feel in corners in GP3)

Colin, I'm curious as to whether you have experience in upgrading a lower clocked K6-2 to 500. I have a 400 and was wondering whether a 550@600 would make a serious difference. JoH

In article <7MXf5.1983$[email hidden]>, Colin Harris <[email hidden]> writes >I saved a race after qualifying, (pole, of course!!!), went back to the game >and was placed last on the grid, despite it still saying I had the best >time. Tried three different ways, same result. Untested solution is to save >the game with a few minutes left in qualifying...will report back later. That is weird. I did the same with the warez version. Saved a pole at Monza, every time I loaded up I was on pole. I haven't tried with the shop version yet. Maybe it is the shop version that is the 7 week old beta :) -- Nigel Swan

Cheers, Rod! You learn something every day! -- Colin Harris ColinHarris in N3/NL and VROC Bomber Racing: http://fullspeed.to/Bomber ICQ 25485061 > Save when you're on the grid waiting to start the race > > Cheers, > Rod.

In article <7MXf5.1983$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > I saved a race after qualifying, (pole, of course!!!), went back to the game > and was placed last on the grid, despite it still saying I had the best > time. Tried three different ways, same result. Untested solution is to save > the game with a few minutes left in qualifying... Colin, Just got my copy too. Save when you're on the grid waiting to start the race, had the same problem you did (wasn't quite pole), but on reload when I spun on takeoff, I was located at the back of the grid. As soon as I was put on the grid, I esc'ed and saved, on reload it retained my position. Cheers, Rod.

In article <MPG.13eb55bf2ff5c556989712@news-server>, Rod Prince <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> In article <7MXf5.1983$[email hidden]>, > [email hidden] says... > > > I saved a race after qualifying, (pole, of course!!!), went back to the game > > and was placed last on the grid, despite it still saying I had the best > > time. Tried three different ways, same result. Untested solution is to save > > the game with a few minutes left in qualifying... > > Save when you're on the grid waiting to start the race, had the same > problem you did (wasn't quite pole), but on reload when I spun on > takeoff, I was located at the back of the grid. > > As soon as I was put on the grid, I esc'ed and saved, on reload it > retained my position.

Funny, I seem to remember this happening to me too, only it was in GP2! I guess they didn't bother to fix any of the old bugs from GP2 before porting everything over to GP3. Take care. - Loren