GP2: What you can expect....

Finally got GP2. Here is my experience... Machine: P-100, 256k Pipeline cache, 32 meg EDO, 32-bit Cyrius Logic video, 6x CD, T2 driving system. After reading this group, I was afraid my machine was too slow to run this game. I loaded up the game in auto detail (SVGA), noticed that most graphic option weren't checked, started a race and.. beautiful! Then, wondering what I was missing, I reloaded with all options turned on. The frame rate dropped to 8. I thought it might not run. Surprisingly, It did run. A little choppy, but playable. I raced a quickrace at Monaco and finished 8th. Once more I reloaded, but went to manual detail and turned off just about every option except a few, like tire smoke, curbs, and smoke and track in rearview mirrors. The frame went to 17 and I drove for hours. The game is beautiful. The different options are relatively minor. You don't really notice much different from having many options on to have few. A lot of trackside detail is still visible even though most options aren't checked. As for frame rate, 14 is perfectly acceptable in this game. I own just about every racing sim ever made and most seem to require about 20 fps to be enjoyable, but this thing is smoother tham most others at 14 fps. My advice: If you own anything faster than a 486-66, get the game. You won't regret it. What the GP2 people need to release is a playable demo, so all of these people knocking performce won't be able to scare anyone off.

> My advice: If you own anything faster than a 486-66, get the game. > You won't regret it. What the GP2 people need to release is a > playable demo, so all of these people knocking performce won't > be able to scare anyone off. Hear, hear ! This is the one thing that will convince me whether it is worth buying or not as I have a "marginal" machine (486DX4-100) and still do not have a feel for how GP2 will run on it despite the many postings here. So how about it Microprose ?? Give us a decent demo - at least let us run several laps on one track with the ability to alter all the graphics options, even if we can't edit car set ups etc. so we can see how it runs on our machines. John -- John Hartridge | Crosfield Electronics Ltd, ext 3282 | Three Cherry Trees Lane,

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>> My advice: If you own anything faster than a 486-66, get the game. >> You won't regret it. What the GP2 people need to release is a >> playable demo, so all of these people knocking performce won't >> be able to scare anyone off. >Hear, hear ! This is the one thing that will convince me whether it is >worth buying or not as I have a "marginal" machine (486DX4-100) and still >do not have a feel for how GP2 will run on it despite the many postings >here. So how about it Microprose ?? Give us a decent demo - at least let >us run several laps on one track with the ability to alter all the >graphics options, even if we can't edit car set ups etc. so we can see >how it runs on our machines.

Yeah? I have the aforementioned dx2-66, and it runs fine at 18fps, track textures, kerb textures. Most of the scenary looks f1gp1-like, but I still get the great new Physics model, and set-up etc. etc. My slow machine doesn't realy bother me, because the game still feels and plays great! Regards, Sam.