F1GP-Ed 3.40 (2.6.98)

by Oliver Roberts

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F1GP-Ed 3.40 released, at last! Check out all the new features.

Yes, it's finally here... F1GP-Ed 3.40 has quite a few new features, some of which are provided by a major update to f1gp.library. These include some revolutionary patches to the game which are installed transparently, so you may not notice much difference. One of these patches adds a patch to the game which gets it to open f1gp.library when the game has loaded, which in turn automatically enables all the bug fix and enhancement patches provided by the library. Another patch (AGA only) removes the limitation of the game only being able to run on PAL or NTSC screens, and there's also a patch which makes the game slightly quicker at updating the graphics display on AGA Amigas. The "Less cars in races" patch has been given an overhual, and as a result it is no longer a memory patch. All these changes will remove a lot of the confusion and hassle of getting F1GP and F1GP-Ed to work on your system.

It would not surprise me in the least if there are some bugs, as there have been a lot of major changes to the internal workings of both F1GP and F1GP-Ed. However, it has been put through a lot of beta testing during the past few months. If you come across a problem, please let me know using my new e-mail address: oliver.roberts@iname.com.

Diary

31-May-98: New backdrops - David Evans sent me a ton of lovely backdrops featuring F1 action from the early '90s. Much to my liking, these include over 30 pictures of Nigel Mansell. In fact, the collection is so huge, I had to split it in two!

31-May-98: New cockpit designs - Two brand new cockpit designs by David Evans are now available for download.

24-May-98: 1998 Season Datafile - Updated with qualifying and race stats from the Monaco GP.

18-May-98: New cockpit design - James Bott has released a new revamped version of his current cockpit design.

03-Apr-98: CART Series Datafile - Brand new datafile (by Ron Vance) for F1GP-Ed based on the 1998 IndyCar CART series. Can be found on the new datafiles page.