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#2880675 - 10/15/09 08:18 PM Re: Help deciding what sim to purchase [Re: markag]
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Originally Posted By: markag
Well, today I ordered GTR 2 Game of the Year. It should arrive in 3-6 days and I can begin using it then. I'm looking forward to trying it out.

Also, I don't know if I should start a new thread about this or continue it on this thread, but I've got 2 monitors and I am looking for a way to set my sims up to span both monitors. One monitor is at 1920x1080 and the other is at 1680x1050. If anyone has any tips on how to do this, I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Markag


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#2881096 - 10/16/09 11:49 AM Re: Help deciding what sim to purchase [Re: Coutie]
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Originally Posted By: Coutie
Do you want your view to be split on both monitors or do you want your cockpit on one monitor and out side the window on the other? I hope you get what I mean, I don't really know how to explain it.


I'm open to trying it either way. I've been playing around with softTH and have OK results with that. I'm getting slight issues since my monitors are 2 different resolutions, but it works alright.

I should add that I am running Windows 7 on the following hardware:

680i LT Motherboard
Intel Q6600 CPU @ 3.0GHz
4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM
2 nVidia 8800GTS 512 GPUs (Ability to turn on SLI)

Hope that helps
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#2881102 - 10/16/09 12:00 PM Re: Help deciding what sim to purchase [Re: markag]
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Well I was going to recommend softh so that's done. smile

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#2882526 - 10/19/09 07:35 AM Re: Help deciding what sim to purchase [Re: Coutie]
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If you are only spanning on two monitors, you don't need SoftTH (assuming you're using Windows XP). Just set your desktop to span, and the spanned resolution should be available in the GTR2 config utility. Your video card has two outputs; connect one to each monitor.
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#2882958 - 10/19/09 08:25 PM Re: Help deciding what sim to purchase [Re: Joe]
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I'm actually running Windows 7, so I don't think I can span the desktop. I kind of like how softTH puts the main view on 1 monitor and the peripheral view on the other monitors (or monitor in my case). I've got GTR 2 installed and running and have had some fun with it so far. Haven't raced online yet, just going through some practice sessions to get used to the feel. I really like the feel, but the graphics are a bit dated looking. That isn't too big on an issue to me though, I knew going in that they were going to look a bit dated.
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#2908510 - 11/26/09 07:24 AM Re: Help deciding what sim to purchase [Re: markag]
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Originally Posted By: markag
Hi,

I've been racing on rFactor for a while now, but am looking at expanding my horizions to the GTR series sims as well. Problem is, there are so many to choose from. I wan't to make sure I get the one people are racing on the most. I've been looking at GTR2 and GTR Evolution primarily. After reading both of their descriptions, it seems like GTR2 has more content than Evolution, but it is much older. I don't necessarily care if it is older, I just want to make sure I get the one that people are still racing on.

I appreciate any input you guys might have to point me in the right direction.

Thanks


Hey, if you want to try out something different you might want to try out Project Torque.
It is not as realistic as rFactor or the GTR series, but the competition is though nonetheless. It is also free of charge and there are always people to race against. Check out this YouTube trailer.

And here is the link to Project Torque.
http://project-torque.aeriagames.com/

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