watered down to GP2 and you will not disappoint

hey Chris If you water this down anymore you would be looking at GP2 with updated cars and tracks ................................. Chris Wright <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8lalvf$okh$[email hidden]... > I absolutely refuse to have anything to do with warez, so I will reservemy > own judgements on GP3 until next Friday. I have taken the 28th as holiday > and will be making hourly progress reports on r.a.s throughout the day, > chiefly for the benefit of our American friends, who I know willreciprocate

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> when N4 hits the shelves Stateside. > > THE FINAL RELEASED VERSION OF THIS GAME IS ALL THAT MATTERS - AS THE OLD > RACING SAYING GOES "THE BS STOPS WHEN THE CHEQUERED FLAG DROPS" > > Those of you who have taken the warez plunge may not be seeing the final > version of GP3 - I read on this ng that FF is not supported in this code,

so > this probably means this is quite an old version, as FF has beenpublicised > by Hasbro for a month or two. > > The problem we are all going to have with this game is that we have > patiently - very patiently - waited four years for the next instalment in > the Geoff Crammond legend. How can there be anything but hyperbole giventhe

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> biblical proportions of the wait we have all endured?Anyway let's face it, > how often does a game totally exceed your expectations? - apart from the > ubiquitous GPL of course. > > I have said on many previous r.a.s posts that I would personally be happy > with a 3D version of GP2 - anything else would be a bonus. From what I can > see on the videos that have come out of Italy in the past couple of days,

we > are going to get considerably more than that. > > Let's take weather for a start. It is clear from just a minute or so ofmpeg > footage that the wet weather implementation in GP3 is absolutely > revolutionary. Bearing in mind the appalling efforts we have seen to > replicate rain conditions in the past, this has to be seen as anincredibly > big step forward. And weather implementation is something that all us GPL > devotees can only dream of. > > Comments have already been made about "blockiness" of graphics. Having not > played the game, I cannot speak authoritatively on this, but I would > strongly make the point that I would gladly exchange a bit of eye candyfor > a consistent and impressive frame rate any day of the week. > > As we all know, the chief cause of irritation in the sim community is the > inability of several otherwise interesting sims to cut the mustard interms > of frame rates. All postings have praised this aspect of GP3 - does anyone > really want to invest in a Kray to run what is, after all, leisure > software? - the game speed debacle of F12K is still fresh in our minds!!! > > Like everyone, I have my own portfolio of concerns borne out of my ownwish > list not being fully satisfied i.e. apparently identical pit crews to GP2; > no 10 second pit penalties; no 107% rule; identical car shapes. However,we

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> must remember that the perfect game has yet to be published, and it > probably never will. > > The gist of this probably too long but heartfelt posting is that we should > all be feeling positive about this exciting new addition to our race sim > collections. As far as I'm concerned, the movies from Italy have made me > even more impatient for next Friday to come around. > > Let's not talk the game down before it's even officially released... > > > >