For Pablo, so he can drive that little ISU-100 avatar around

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2002-07-18 08:02am

PANZER ELITE - SPECIAL EDITION.

Best WW2 tank sim, bar none. Please keep in mind:

You WILL need the following:

A Pentium 1.4 ghZ
A GeForce 4
500 MB ram
and the OSTFRONT mod included with the special
edition

Anything less is a choppy mess, and this game
was originally released to a market with
Pentium II 450 MhZs.

Best example of a game being so far ahead of the
curve I can think of.

The Vehicle List:

GERMAN TANKS

(ORIGINAL GAME)
Panzer IV E
Panzer IV F2
Panzer IV H
Panzer IV J
Panther D
Panther A
Panther G
Tiger I E
Tiger I E(late version)

(OSTFRONT MOD)
PzKw IIIL
PzKw IIIM
PzKw IVF1
PzKw IVG(L/43 and L/48)
StuG IIID
StuG IIIF
StuG IIIF8
StuG IV
Marder II
Wespe
JgdPz IV(L/48)
Hummel
SturmTiger
Tiger II(P)
Ferdinand
JagdTiger

ALLIED/SOVIET TANKS

(ORIGINAL GAME)
M4
M4A1
M4A3 Mid
M4A3(75)W
M4A2 Late
M4A1(76)W
M4A2(76)W
M4A3(76)W
Jumbo

(OSTFRONT MOD)
BA-20
BT-7
T-70
T-34/76
T-34/85
KV-1C
KV-85
KV-2
IS-1
IS-2
SU-76
SU-122
SU-152
SU-85
SU-100
ISU-122
ISU-122S
ISU-152
Lend-lease Churchill III

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-07-18 09:06am

You WILL need the following:

A Pentium 1.4 ghZ
A GeForce 4
500 MB ram
and the OSTFRONT mod included with the special
edition

Anything less is a choppy mess, and this game
was originally released to a market with
Pentium II 450 MhZs.

Holy Fuck, what resolution is that for?

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2002-07-18 10:29am

1024x768......

But in general, you want as much computer as you can afford
for this game....it's notorious for it's choppiness, which is probably
due to it's wide open areas allowing loooong range shots with your
88s

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2002-07-18 10:31am

Holy mother of...!

Jeebus, that game puts most EA games to shame on power grubbing!

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2002-07-18 12:36pm

Perhaps......but.........you can drive the MAUS with the
Ostfront mod installed.....

THE MAUS!

THE MAUS!

This is a sweet gem of a game that has taken several years
to get to the point where it's the game it should have been.

Oh yes, you can now drive all of the StuGs around, from the short
barrelled 75mm close support version from the early war years
to the later long barrelled anti-tank versions, to the final close
support model the StuH 42, carrying a 105mm close support
howitzer.

There's nothing like driving a platoon of Ferdinands/Elefants around
at KURSK, and driving past row after row of burning KVs and T-34s
that you knocked out at long range with your 88mm L/71 gun.

RadiO · Post by **RadiO** » 2002-07-18 01:39pm

Ahhh, the Maus... The ESD of tanks.

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-18 03:10pm

People and their 1 ghz + computers

*grumble*

All I have is vacuum tubes and chewing gum to hold mione togather.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2002-07-18 04:03pm

David wrote:People and their 1 ghz + computers

*grumble*

All I have is vacuum tubes and chewing gum to hold mione togather.

Didn't know you ran ENIAC. What museum did you get it from, and more importantly, where the heck did you find room for it?

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2002-07-18 05:19pm

I'm sorry Sheppard, but that game will bend my computer over and make it its bitch. And I've only just got Il-2, so I'm going to play that out first.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2002-07-18 05:32pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote:Holy mother of...!

Jeebus, that game puts most EA games to shame on power grubbing!

Heh. Yeah, and I thought Unreal Tournament was a power hog...

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-07-18 09:32pm

The MAUS strikes me as being optimized for the direct defense of the factory that builds it, such great mobility..

Course, any tank with armor that can deflect 11 inch shells has got my vote.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2002-07-18 10:16pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:The MAUS strikes me as being optimized for the direct defense of the factory that builds it, such great mobility..

Course, any tank with armor that can deflect 11 inch shells has got my vote.

That's what tactical air support is for. A flight of Typhoons or a few Il-2s would knock the Maus down a notch.

I've never liked super-heavy tanks, because they always struck me as trying for too much. A design like the IS series is much better, because it is designed for a specific purpose and fulfills this purpose to a T. Cheap to produce, and deadly.

David · Post by **David** » 2002-07-18 11:53pm

Crayz9000 wrote:
David wrote:People and their 1 ghz + computers

*grumble*

All I have is vacuum tubes and chewing gum to hold mione togather.
Didn't know you ran ENIAC. What museum did you get it from, and more importantly, where the heck did you find room for it?

My parents have been complaining about how much of the basement it takes up

Plus the whole city blinks when I turn it on