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EnigmA AMIGA RUN 20 (1997)(G.R. Edizioni)(IT)[!][issue 1997-07 & 08][EAR-CD IV].iso
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Grand Prix 2
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As you probably know GP 2 is now available for PC CD-ROM (released
19 July 1996, in the UK). It requires at least a 486-DX66 PC (a Pentium
is recommended though), CD-ROM drive and at least 8Mb RAM! It is even
more realistic with even more car setup options (30 variables for
suspension alone!), and you can enable different levels of mechanical
failures. The downers are that the game is based on the 1994 season,
does not feature wet races at all, and many suggestions that would have
been simple to implement have been ignored. For example, as far as I
know there is no warm up lap, the pit sequence remains very similar to
that in F1GP, etc. Please bear in mind that I only played it for a
few minutes in my local GAME store :-)
It is clear that MicroProse have no intention of converting it to the
Amiga as in reality they don't develop Amiga games any more. About
the only hope is if Amiga Technologies get their act together and
release a reasonably priced Power Amiga which will knock the socks of
any Pentium PCs. Then MicroProse have no real excuse not to convert
it to the Amiga. More importantly, such a machine may drag Geoff
Crammond away from the PC - after all, it was the increased processing
power and speed available in expensive PCs which dragged Geoff away
from the Amiga! Roll on the PowerPC upgrade cards. It is a fact
that GP 2 needs lots of processing power - it is not possible to
get a decent frame rate (ie 20fps) at full detail on 200MHz Pentium!
The other option is for another developer to take on the conversion,
as it is obvious that AGA Amigas can handle such a game (especially
accelerated ones), but this will require negotiations with Geoff and
MicroProse. OTM (the company that published Virtual Karting) were
initially interested in doing the conversion. Alledgedly, they asked
MicroProse but they couldn't afford the license fee that MicroProse
were asking so gave up on the idea. So, Amiga GP 2 for is currently
"on hold" - most probably indefinitely :-(
So we will have to wait and see. First VIScorp have to help put the
Amiga back were it should be.