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GP2 - LINK GAME MOAN

5 posts by 5 people · 05 Aug 1996 - 06 Aug 1996

Hi there, all ya racefanatics I am wondering why nobody has mentioned this before (or complained about it). While in a linkgame, like in GP1, you still can't go into carsetup separately. I mean one is checking/changing/wondering_about his setup while the other is still out on the track chattering laptime after laptime. This really sucks. This sure is one of the things that is better in icr1-2 (BTW,notice the lowercase hehe). Another major flaw in linkgame(it is in my opinion anyway) is that you can't use performance data because you really need it to setup your damper/springs correctly. Without it it's all just guessing (Well is feels better, but is it really?). For the rest GP2 is fantastic, for all the steering-realism (T2), although it would be great if Geoff could manage to increase graphics performance (my P120 is letting off steam from time to time) ************************* Dreammaster rules again *************************
Doug Reichl 05 Aug 1996#331725
: While in a linkgame, like in GP1, you still can't go into carsetup : separately. I mean one is checking/changing/wondering_about his setup : while the other is still out on the track chattering laptime after : laptime. Um, try again. In F1GP you CAN go into car setups SEPERATELY. I have logged thousands of miles over the modem and can asure you that GP1 has this feature. At least in the US version. Ex - Qualifying starts, we both head out for some flyers. Either of us finds that, damn, our car is oversteering too much. Well, press Q on ONE car to get back to pits (or drive it in for that realistic feel). Then PAUSE the game (with your partners approval first, of course). Then the person wanting to go to the setup menu does so WITHOUT interupting the other player's flyer. When the setup is done, the person on the track selects UNpause and continues his/her flyer. No harm, no foul. Hey, it even puts up a nice message box that the other player is in the garage. Then when he exits, it disappears. I have not tried it for GP2, but why would it be different? Oh, there might be a few more menus to get through, but it should work the same.
My biggest complaint about link games is that you cannot select both comm port and interrupt separately. Comm 1 and 3 have to be on interrupt 4 and comm 2 and 4 have to be on interrupt 3! Was this game developed on an XT? -- Rick
An XT with a 100MB video Card I reckon. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Southend, Essex. UK -----------------------------------------------------------------
Richard Sob 06 Aug 1996#331936
Quoted text (18 lines)>: While in a linkgame, like in GP1, you still can't go into carsetup >: separately. I mean one is checking/changing/wondering_about his setup >: while the other is still out on the track chattering laptime after >: laptime. >Um, try again. In F1GP you CAN go into car setups SEPERATELY. I have >logged thousands of miles over the modem and can asure you that GP1 has >this feature. At least in the US version. >Ex - Qualifying starts, we both head out for some flyers. Either of us >finds that, damn, our car is oversteering too much. Well, press Q on ONE >car to get back to pits (or drive it in for that realistic feel). Then >PAUSE the game (with your partners approval first, of course). Then the >person wanting to go to the setup menu does so WITHOUT interupting the >other player's flyer. When the setup is done, the person on the track >selects UNpause and continues his/her flyer. No harm, no foul. >Hey, it even puts up a nice message box that the other player is in the >garage. Then when he exits, it disappears. >I have not tried it for GP2, but why would it be different? Oh, there >might be a few more menus to get through, but it should work the same.
What Doug is saying is that the person on the flyer can't keep flying whilst the other person is performing car setups. The game has to be paused. That's what he means by can't do it separately. If you understood that. ------------- Richard Sobey Are you browning your browns?

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