News Archive 2001
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Archive 2000 | News Archive
1999
New Host!
East London, Lausitzring
Act Labs GPL USB Shifter
VROC IP Updater
Race List Problems; vroc.net DNS Problems
WinVROC Downloads; JavaVROC
Bathurst, Mallory Park
Jon Ferreaz Carset 1.2
- New Tracks and Other Enhancements
- Fast CPU Patch and D3D Update from Papyrus
VROC Racelist Database Move
Anderstorp, Bremgarten
New Host
11/11/01 - Following continuing communications problems with
our previous host, we've moved to a new server, kindly provided
by Peter Burke. We are planning to make the domain vroc.net point
to this new server, but in the meantime you can always get to
it by going to http://didnt.doit.wisc.edu/vroc/.
East London, Lausitzring
10/11/01 - Several new tracks are out, including East London
in South Africa and the new Lausitzring from Germany. See GPL++ The Addons
for details.
Act Labs GPL USB Shifter
10/11/01 - Act Labs has released the GPL USB Shifter. They say this shifter will
work with any wheel, provided you have a USB port available.
And it has a driver specifically aimed at GPL! Now you can make
your GPL experience even more authentic!
VROC IP Updater
9/9/01 - Remco Moedt has written a great little utility that
should eliminate the need for you to modify your vroc.ini file
if the VROC racelist server's IP address changes.
Read more about it here
and download vrocip.exe here.
Race List and DNS Problems
9/9/01 - The VROC racelist server has been problematic for
the last week or two. Apparently the ISP of the racelist server's
host, Guy Wilson, has been going through some changes.
First Guy's IP address changed, which required everyone to
update their vroc.ini file. Then this weekend Guy's internet
connection began to encounter bandwidth problems, which interfered
with delivery of the race list to many WinVROC users. Today the
race list server seems to be down entirely.
We are looking into solutions and hope to VROC's race list
back up and running as soon as possible!
vroc.net DNS Problems
9/9/01 - The vroc.net domain has been only erratically available
for some time. This is apparently a DNS problem. We are looking
into it and hope to resolve it soon.
In the meantime, you can always access this Web site through
the URL http://didnt.doit.wisc.edu/vroc/.
WinVROC Downloads
9/9/01 - We recently became aware that the WinVROC executable
was no longer available for download on this site. This has been
fixed. Go here to download WinVROC.
JavaVROC
8/21/01 - The JavaVROC race rooms are operational again. Due
to some sort of operational SNAFU, the VROC processes running
on the Gamestats server were disabled. They are running properly
now. So if you have a problem with WinVROC, or don't have it
installed, you can still host and join races using the JavaVROC
race rooms.
Bathurst, Mallory Park
8/4/01 - RACEsim.NET has released a gorgeous rendition
of Mallory Park by SabreTeam. Mallory Park is a fantastic place
for online racing with F2 cars. This site also has a good collection
of GPL utilities and other enhancements.
Chris Kelley has released a beta version of Bathurst.
What a wild place!
Jon Ferreaz Carset 1.2
8/4/01 - Jon Ferreaz has released a new version of his magnificent
carset. With these enhancements, GPL's cars look unbelievably
real! You get chrome roll bars, textured brake calipers, enhanced
instrument panels, and much more. Get it here.
New Tracks and Other Enhancements
6/30/01 - Since the release of the GPLEA's track editing tools,
there has been an explosion of new tracks available for GPL.
My favorites include the full La Sarthe circuit used in the 24
Hours of Le Mans, and a new version of Snetterton from the GPLEA
known as Snetterton67. The Sarthe circuit is magnificent; it's
fantastic to be able to drive it in GPL. And Snetterton67 is
perhaps the most realistic circuit ever built for GPL.
Other newly released circuits include Keimola, the new GP
circuit at Indianapolis, two versions of Daytona (the oval and
the oval-plus-road course used in the Rolex 24 hour race), the
long Riverside circuit used for the US Grand Prix in 1960, Croft,
a version of Monza which includes both the banking and the road
course, and some fantasy tracks including the challenging Vil
and Road67.
Also, numerous graphics enhancements have been released, including
a magnificent fall
foliage package for GPL's original Watkins Glen, and a beautiful
night conversion
for the Sarthe circuit, both by Kevin L.
For the latest in GPL new car graphics, new tracks and track
graphic upgrades, and other add-ons, see Legends Central, the GPLEA, GPL++ The Addons, and the Ultimate GPL Links Page.
Legends Central's GPL and Release Ready forums are particularly informative
about the amazing amount of activity going on in the area of
enhancements for GPL.
Fast CPU Patch and D3D Update from Papyrus
6/30/01 - Due to a limitiation in the size of numbers GPL
uses for timing, fast CPU's (including some 1 ghz machines and
all machines above 1.4 ghz) cannot run GPL properly.
Papyrus has released a Speed Fix to allow fast CPU's to run
GPL properly.
Note: don't install the Speed Fix unless you need it. It's
not compatible with certain other enhancements which also patch
GPL.EXE, such as the Sound Patch.
Papyrus has also released a new version of their Direct3D
rasterizer which incorporates some bug fixes and improvements
in visual display quality, and support for anisotropic filtering.
A fellow named Jammer explains how to set up your Voodoo5
for use with this new rasterizer. He claims better performance
and looks compared with either the V5 and Glide or a GeForce3
and D3D. Details here.
Both the Speed Fix and the D3D rasterizer are available at
the Papyrus site.
A thousand thank-yous to Grant Reeve and Randy Cassidy for
these improvements.
VROC Racelist Database Move
2/09/01 - Due to a change in our anonymous benefactor's ISP
pricing policies, we've had to relocate the VROC Racelist Database
to a new server, generously operated by Guy Wilson.
If you use WinVROC, you'll need to update your vroc.ini
file to point to Guy's server. Go here
to download a new one.
Anderstorp, Bremgarten
2/09/01 - More great new tracks! See Eagle Woman's GPL for details. |