F1 Grand Prix 3DO
John Cauthen
web on the internet yesterday, and found a few gifs on the Tronix home
page of the formula 1 racing game by Pony Canyon. What I saw looked
like Microprose Software's World Circuit with external views as a bonus.
The cockpit view was very World Circuit'esque, while the overhead
(helicopter?) and behind views were similar to those offered in Virtua
Racing.
I was encouraged by what I saw because it did appear that this may
actually be a racing simulation instead of an arcade racer. If anyone
has any further info on this I'd love to hear it!
John Cauthen
cau...@vlogic.cybernetics.net
Amiga 1200/Panasonic FZ-10 3DO Owner
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Joe Cataudella
cau...@vlogic.cybernetics.net (John Cauthen) writes:
>
> I had the good fortune of having temporary access to the world
wide
>web on the internet yesterday, and found a few gifs on the Tronix home
>page of the formula 1 racing game by Pony Canyon. What I saw looked
>like Microprose Software's World Circuit with external views as a
bonus.
>The cockpit view was very World Circuit'esque, while the overhead
>(helicopter?) and behind views were similar to those offered in Virtua
>Racing.
>
> I was encouraged by what I saw because it did appear that this may
>actually be a racing simulation instead of an arcade racer. If anyone
>has any further info on this I'd love to hear it!
John - I don't know if this will help or not, but the other screen
shots (which I didn't scan) show stat screens (e.g, scores, times, and
other info) along side each of the Japanese drivers (photos images).
Then there's another picture showing values (I think it's some kind of
bar graph) of your car, so it may very well be a racing game with
plenty of meat on its bones. From behind (view), it definetly looks
like a Virtua Racing-style game, but the side scenery looks bitmapped,
as opposed to all polygon. Sorry the images are a bit blurry, but a new
scanner should be coming into play soon. :/
John Cauthen
JC> John - I don't know if this will help or not, but the other screen shots
JC> (which I didn't scan) show stat screens (e.g, scores, times, and other
JC> info) along side each of the Japanese drivers (photos images). Then
JC> there's another picture showing values (I think it's some kind of bar
JC> graph) of your car, so it may very well be a racing game with plenty of
JC> meat on its bones.
This is a big help. Sounds very much like a simulation. Do you know if
this will be an exclusive Japanese title?
JC> From behind (view), it definetly looks like a Virtua
JC> Racing-style game, but the side scenery looks bitmapped, as opposed to
JC> all polygon.
That's interesting... I hope they can make it work!
JC> Sorry the images are a bit blurry, but a new scanner should
JC> be coming into play soon. :/
How much of the picture quality is lost in the gif? I'm not that hip to
PC graphics. It is limited to 256 colors, right? I'm thinking that the
actual game would have more colors than the scanned images.
trad...@delphi.com
Will this be a fully licensed F1 game? I certainly hope so!!!
If it is, all I can say is YES YES YES FINALLY!!!