Fanatec Announcements: CSW V2 Reviews Out

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Doesn't photobucket do this automatically? I mean if I post a photobucket link to a pic you get the optimized version? I'm not going to optimize ish for my review. LOL
 
Mayaman
Doesn't photobucket do this automatically? I mean if I post a photobucket link to a pic you get the optimized version? I'm not going to optimize ish for my review. LOL
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You can choose the resolution you want in Photobucket once you have uploaded them to your album.
 
LogiForce
But 30% of 2MB is still roughly 600KB and that times 30 or more pictures.
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With proper optimization for the web you can get that down to 200kb. Not trying to throw a monkey wrench into the works, it would just be a real travesty to have a bloated beast that will take slower systems a year to load.

I have a really fast computer with 8MB RAM and a fast cable modem connection, and some of these non-optimized posts can take a bit of time to load.

So those that are using older hardware on slower DSL may really struggle.
 
JogoAsobi
With proper optimization for the web you can get that down to 200kb. Not trying to throw a monkey wrench into the works, it would just be a real travesty to have a bloated beast that will take slower systems a year to load.

I have a really fast computer with 8MB RAM and a fast cable modem connection, and some of these non-optimized posts can take a bit of time to load.

So those that are using older hardware on slower DSL may really struggle.
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Yeah, I know. Although I wonder if it still is necessary to have this dial-up (56K V.90) friendly. Even a 3G connection is faster then dial-up these days.

So if anyone is using dial-up still please let me know. Cause then I will try and keep those in mind as well.



ps. I am on cable to with speeds of 120/10Mbit/s (Down/Up), so I would not feel the difference even with the bigger pictures. I hardly have to wait for a dual layer DVD to be downloaded (about 10 minutes).
 
LogiForce
The images are not optimized yet, and surely not uploaded. Do not worry. Besides, please use The Gimp since this is the open source equivalent of Photoshop. So free and crossplatform. Besides it is easy to resize with it as well. Plus all pictures are shot in RAW format, so I can still do whatever I want with them.

Also it would be nice if people could just attach images to their posts here and it automatically resized, but unfortunately that does not happen. But would make for less overhead.

Maybe I will just do a web version (with web optimizations), low res pdf (with optimizations) and high res pdf (without optimizations). That way everyone will be happy. Besides a PDF reads nicer on a tablet. At least it does on my ipad. Besides I doubt I can get the web version to look as good because of lack of lettertypes and other styling stuff. But I will do my best. Just thinking out loud here.

But 30% of 2MB is still roughly 600KB and that times 30 or more pictures. It will still be hard on the line. Plus what I understood is that Fanatec wanted all reviews to be posted in one thread. So depending on how much pictures Mayaman and others will post... still would take a long time to load up.

Edit: yeah, I know it can be optimized properly for the web. I have worked with a web based game designer for a bit, so I know how far I can go. I am just too picky sometimes. It will be fine when I am done.
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A PDF would be handy, like you say, reading on an iPad (or other tablet) would be easier. If your review is that in depth then a way to read it in comfort would be much appreciated.

Really looking forward to the reviews, and the actual product!
 
Gah, I'm to lazy to optimize pictures and what not. Torrents? Whats that? Remember you're speaking to someone who was born while the Vietnam war was still in full swing. LOL
 
RobJackson85
A PDF would be handy, like you say, reading on an iPad (or other tablet) would be easier. If your review is that in depth then a way to read it in comfort would be much appreciated.

Really looking forward to the reviews, and the actual product!
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For those of you on iPhones, iPads and Macs:

If the person submitting the review is on an Apple Computer running OS X the review can be authored using a word processor of choice (Word, Pages, etc.) and simply saved as a PDF via the Print Dialog Box because that functionality is natively built-in to OS X.

However that same functionality is not built into Windows, so authoring a PDF on Windows will require some flavor of Acrobat software that is not free. Free PDF printers are available for Windows.

Note that using the print command to save a word processor file as PDF on a Mac or Windows will only produce a bare-bones PDF without bells and whistles like active links. Producing a PDF document of that nature requires ponying up serious cash for PDF authoring software on Windows or OS X along the lines of Acroabat (not reader).

So what I am saying is that providing a PDF file is not as simple as some may think depending on the reviewer's computer platform.

It is very easy to produce a printer-command PDF based from a Word Processing document in Windows or OS X but it will not be a dynamic PDF.
 
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JogoAsobi
For those of you on iPhones, iPads and Macs:

If the person submitting the review is on an Apple Computer running OS X the review can be authored using a word processor of choice (Word, Pages, etc.) and simply saved as a PDF via the Print Dialog Box because that functionality is natively built-in to OS X.

However that same functionality is not built into Windows, so authoring a PDF on Windows will require some flavor of Acrobat software that is not free.

Note that using the print command to save a word processor file as PDF on a Mac will only produce a bare-bones PDF without bells and whistles like active links. Producing a PDF document of that nature requires ponying up serious cash for PDF authoring software on Windows or OS X along the lines of Acroabat (not reader).

So what I am saying is that providing a PDF file is not as simple as some may think depending on the reviewer's computer platform.
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It was LogiForce who mention over PDF, I was just saying that I'd definitely read the review that way if one was produced.

I never knew making a PDF could be so 'expensive', I just thought as Adobe Reader was free any person could make one. Never really delved into the word processing side of computers.
 
mikemav
Not trying to be a smart ass (I just think this site is funny in a case like this so I wanted to share it for those who have not seen it before)
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=free+PC+PDF+writer
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Indeed, there are enough so called 'PDF printers' for free that produce a good quality PDF on Windows by just printing your document via that printer. If you do, you can simply save the document as a PDF file and it will ask where to save it to or has a standard directory.

This is open source and thus free: http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator
 
RobJackson85
I just thought as Adobe Reader was free any person could make one. Never really delved into the word processing side of computers.
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Adobe reader is for reading, Adobe Acrobat is for authoring and costs hundreds of dollars.

LogiForce
Indeed, there are enough so called 'PDF printers' for free that produce a good quality PDF on Windows by just printing your document via that printer. If you do, you can simply save the document as a PDF file and it will ask where to save it to or has a standard directory.

This is open source and thus free: http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator
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I stand corrected concerning the availability of free PDF printers.

However, as in the OS X Printer Dialog Box, on Windows the PDF document produced in this way is "frozen" to the original word processor's layout and format, therefore it is not optimized for use on mobile devices, and will contain no "active" links.

It is just a static "picture" of a Word Processing document in PDF format that has no dynamic attributes.
 
JogoAsobi
However that same functionality is not built into Windows, so authoring a PDF on Windows will require some flavor of Acrobat software that is not free.
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My work Word and OpenOffice both make PDFs with links in them. Fonts pretty rubbish on both, but can't have everything.
 
Ok, I was just trying to point out that you cannot get that fancy making a PDF unless you have serious authoring software.

Excuse any mis-information. I obviously put the proverbial foot in the mouth.
 
In Pages you can just save a document as a PDF. So you do not have to go via the PDF printer. Same goes for Pages on the iPad. I forgot to mention this.
 
LogiForce
In Pages you can just save a document as a PDF. So you do not have to go via the PDF printer. Same goes for Pages on the iPad. I forgot to mention this.
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That's in my first post about this, its built into OS X. You can do it with any application, even web browsers, just go to print, save as PDF. Just realized you were referring to Pages on iPad Logi. :dunce:

The other thing is this, if you produce a PDF in Windows or OS X using the methods discussed, you really do not have a way of compressing it like you do with authoring software.

So once you get a few pictures in the PDF it quickly gets very big, but with PDF authoring software like Acrobat you can reduce the PDF file size.
 
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JogoAsobi
That's in my first post about this, its built into OS X. You can do it with any application, even web browsers, just go to print, save as PDF.

The other thing is this, if you produce a PDF in Windows or OS X using the methods discussed, you really do not have a way of compressing it like you do with authoring software.

So once you get a few pictures in the PDF it quickly gets very big, with PDF authoring software like Acrobat you can reduce the PDF file size.
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Eh, no mate. I really mean File > Save As... > Pages / Word / PDF Document. Not via the print function. So you do get the hyperlinks and so on in there.

In pages I can right click a picture and say "reduce size". So that already makes the document less big in nature. I have not checked compression of PDF documents yet within Pages 9.

I am sure Adobe will of course be able to provide the best compression, since they are the inventors of the PDF document in the first place.
 
bermudakid
Or you could also try google documents.
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+1 for that! Google has enough bandwidth and I think people can chat about the documents using google docs.

Another alternative is to set up a wordpress or blogger blog where the images in the review are linked to the highres images.
 
Raitziger
New PC driver is in the blog. Rfactor does not crash anymore.
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New one? I only see 128B. Which still has a FFB bug in Simraceway and rFactor 2 still has some issues with it. See bug reports below the post.
 
HoiHman
Direct link: https://www.yousendit.com/download/QlVpTG03TERKV09KUmNUQw
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That one still has a bug as well in ToCA 3. Something is wrong with the wheel resistance or centering force in that game. Already reported this. :)

Modern games are fine though, but have done little testing.

I have decided to keep my review for Friday short. Just a simple unboxing and general review. Later I will likely release an extended version in which I tackle each game and if needed their settings to get the best out of them.
It is simply that dialing in the dozen of games I have takes time and in the last few driver iterations things have changed much, but for the better.
So yeah... Sorry if this might be disappointing to some people. But even though in general I will try to go in depth as much as possible.
 

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