GTL-YAY!

[AJLintern]

The CSL in GTL partly inspired me to get the E30 320i SE I found on Ebay the other week!

[D_Mike]

is it better to drive than the CSL?

[Marquis_Rex]

On the topic of the real CSL, it's so difficult compromising your car choice for distance and for the possibility of snow arrrghhh!
Seeing how these Germans love to conform over here and urge me to get a diesel Golf makes me want to get the CSL even MORE as an everyday car!

Anyway, back on topic, my G/F (Jonna_Rex) wants to get GT Legends but she's not sure if it will work on her computer- she gave me the specs to post- alot of it was in Finnish, but I translated what I could into English near the bottom:

HP Pavilion dv4020EA Notebook PC

● Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
● Intel® Celeron® M 350 -prosessori
● 512 Mt 333 MHz:n DDR PC2700 -muisti (2 x 256
Mt)
● 80 Gt EIDE-kiintolevy, ATA 100 4 200 kierrosta
minuutissa
● 15,4 tuuman teräväpiirtoinen WXGA BrightView
-laajakuvanäyttö
● Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 -näytönohjain
● Jopa 128 Mt jaettua näyttömuistia
● IEEE 1394 -liitäntä
● Kirjoittava DVD-asema, dual format (+/-R +/-RW)
ja kaksikerroksinen
● Langaton Bluetooth® -verkkoyhteys
● 54g™ 802.11b/g WLAN ja 125HSM /
SpeedBooster™ -tuki
● Kuutta eri muistikorttia lukeva asema (xD, SD, Smart
Media, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro,
Multimedia Card)
HP Pavilion dv4020EA Notebook PC
Tuote saattaa poiketa kuvassa esitetystä. © 2004 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Tämän julkaisun tiedot voivat
muuttua ilman ennakkoilmoitusta. HP-tuotteiden ja -palveluiden ainoat takuut määritetään tuotteiden ja palveluiden mukana
toimitettavissa rajoitetun takuun lausekkeissa. Tämän julkaisun sisältöä ei tule tulkita lisätakuuksi. HP ei vastaa tämän julkaisun
sisältämistä virheistä tai puutteista.
03/05
www.hp.com
HP suosittelee Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional –käyttöjärjestelmää
Käyttöjärjestelmä Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Prosessori Intel® Celeron® M 350 -prosessori
1,3 GHz, Tason 2 välimuisti 1 Mt, 400 MHz:n
väylänopeus
Muisti 512 Mt 333 MHz:n DDR PC2700 -muisti (2 x 256 Mt)
Tukee jopa 2 Gt:n DDR-muistia
Tallennustuotteet 80 Gt EIDE-kiintolevy, ATA 100 4 200 kierrosta
minuutissa
Kirjoittava DVD-asema, dual format (+/-R +/-RW) ja
kaksikerroksinen
Kuutta eri muistikorttia lukeva asema (xD, SD, Smart
Media, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Multimedia
Card)
Tietoliikenne Nopea 56 kb/s:n modeemi
integroitu 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet-verkkosovitin
54g™ 802.11b/g WLAN ja 125HSM /
SpeedBooster™ -tuki
Langaton Bluetooth® -verkkoyhteys
Yksi ExpressCard/54-paikka
Näyttö 15,4 tuuman teräväpiirtoinen WXGA BrightView
-laajakuvanäyttö
Tarkkuus: 1280 x 800
Näytönohjain Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 -näytönohjain
Jopa 128 Mt jaettua näyttömuistia
4x AGP -väylää käyttävä 3D-näytönohjain

Portit 4 USB 2.0 -porttia
1 IEEE 1394 -portti
1 VGA-portti
1 RJ-11
1 S-video (TV-ulostulo)
1 RJ -45
1 laajennusportti (2 liittimelle)
1 kuulokeliitäntä
1 mikrofoniliitäntä
1 Consumer IR -portti (etävastaanotin)
Virtalaitteet Jännitelähde 65 W
6-kennoinen litiumioniakku (Li-Ion)
InterVideon WinDVD-ohjelma
InterVideo WinDVD Creator
Sonic™ RecordNow
HP Image Zone
Microsoft® Windows® Media Player 9
Apple iTunes
Huolto- ja tukipalvelut Symantec™ Norton AntiVirus™ 2005 (60 päivän
automaattinen päivitys)
Notebook Help & Support -opas
Lisätiedot P/N: EA022EA#AK8
UPC/EAN code: 829160924854
Paino Ilman pakkausta: 2,97 kg
Pakattu: 5.148 kg


54g tm 802 g 11b/g WLAN with 125HSM*
SpeedBooster support & Bluetooth
80GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive
15,4 WXGA High-Definition BrightView Widescreen Display
512MB DDR SDRAM
Up to 128 MB Video memory
6-in-1 Digital Media Reader & ExpressCard Slot
Microsoft Windows XP Home Service

I THINK it looks ok, with the graphics card- perhaps with the game set to a low resolution/low graphics setting- but then- what do I know about computers?

[rebelstar]

Why not ask her to download the demo and see how it runs?

[Marquis_Rex]

rebelstar said:

Why not ask her to download the demo and see how it runs?

Good thinking Bat man!
Not sure she has high speed connection any more but may be able to get access to it.

[Jonna_Rex]

Marquis_Rex said:

rebelstar said:

Why not ask her to download the demo and see how it runs?

Good thinking Bat man!
Not sure she has high speed connection any more but may be able to get access to it.

Shall I try the demo hun? Hope it works...

[Marquis_Rex]

Yeah, try to download it!

[D_Mike]

rebelstar said:

Why not ask her to download the demo and see how it runs?

poi vittu! good idea!

I think it should work on that spec PC.

moi moi.

Mike

[schmooveboy]

UncleDave said:

Here you go
www.wingmanteam.com/

The wheels are PS2 marketed only, but just happen to work on PC with these drivers *shrugs*

Dave.

I downloaded this and my pedals no longer work. I am reduced to accelerating using hte buttons. I am blaming that for my extremely poor performance.

Any tips? I installed the wingman thing and now the force feedback works but it is not detecting the pedals at all.

Tips would be most helpful, thank you guys.

[UK952]

Do they work in the demo mode in windows? (control panel game controllers)
If no are they still plugged into the wheel?
If yes have you tried the setup in the game?
Tony

Edited by UK952 on Saturday 8th July 19:00

[rebelstar]

Make sure you assign the axis yourself too, so you can press them both at the same time. Not that you do that much when playing, it makes a big difference to how well you can control the car.

[Jonna_Rex]

Such a great game! I was able to download the demo and it seems to work on my computer just fine. Bit hard driving while using the keyboard but the next thing is to go and shop for the game itself and the wheel.

[schmooveboy]

At the moment I am perplexed as to why it is not running smoothly.

I have a laptop with 1GB of RAM, 256MB graphics card and a 3.2GHz Intel processor yet it is more juddery than a learner drives first lesson. It is completely unplayable.

This makes me angry. Any suggestions? I am well within the limits of the recommended game specs, let alone the minimum but it will nto properly work.

Do I need to give it a while before exiting hte pits to let it all catch up? I played the GTR demo in here and it worked fine so I am very confused.

Pedals still do not work either.

[FourWheelDrift]

What version of DirectX have you got on your laptop and what config settings and DirectX settings are you running GTL at.

[schmooveboy]

FourWheelDrift said:

What version of DirectX have you got on your laptop and what config settings and DirectX settings are you running GTL at.

I have directx 9 on there. In terms of config settings and DirectX settings, no idea. I certainly havent changed them since I got the laptop.

I cannot even run the game on 720xsomething i cant remember in 16 bit mode with low track detail.

Basically, i do not think I am doing something that the computer should not be able to handle.

[diver944]

DX9 could be your problem. Some video cards have rubbish performance with GTL on DX9.

Run the GTL Config from Start>Programs>GTL and set it to DX7, this could make a world of difference (it did with mine )

[RichUK]

Just installing this and GTR. It's not like I need to do any work for the rest of the week

[diver944]

Cool, do any other new racers fancy a larkabout introduction to online GTL on Wednesday evening - say 8pm? Easy cars and short tracks only - minis, Alfas, Cortinas

[Marquis_Rex]

diver944 said:

Cool, do any other new racers fancy a larkabout introduction to online GTL on Wednesday evening - say 8pm? Easy cars and short tracks only - minis, Alfas, Cortinas

How do I register to go online racing?

Do I have to set rate of mechanical failures to "high" is racing the Alfa?

[diver944]

The first time you select 'multiplayer' and select the 'internet' option you'll be prompted to enter the online serial number that came with your game. Then you choose a username and password (which you verify with an email) and you'll pass through to the online lobby.

This is a big chat room, with a list of all the online games on the right. We have our own paid for server (email neil_cardiff for the password) but often race on the public servers.