Reasons to buy the PC version...

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Leodiensian wrote:
>
> ...if you already own the PS2 version.
>
> Hello GTA fans. I've been playing San Andreas on the PS2 since the UK
> launch. I bought the PC version this weekend and I thought I'd try and
> convince anyone in the same position to buy the PC version.
>
> Basically it's a completely new game. The graphics are so crisp and now
> you can actually see the city in all its glory! Standing on the roof of
> CJ's house in Ganton, you can see the Vinewood hills, you can see all
> the cranes in the docks, you can see it all clearly.
>
> There is a knuckle duster under the bridge in the Grove. I never
> noticed it on my 14" TV!
> I did, I grab it straight away, though it doesn't jump out at you.

> I still get a slight problem with pop up when travelling quickly at low
> levels, but it's still much improved.
>
> Also being able to define user tracks for the radio stations is
> hilarious. Last night I was playing the first Los Santos missions with
> a combination of Sting, Chopin, Aha, Faithless, Bach and God know's
> what else playing.
>
> I'm lucky to have a good video card (6800GT) so I can run at max detail
> and draw distance and max AA at 1280x1024 but even at lower settings
> it's great.
>
> Don't think about it, donate your £40 or $60 to Rockstar.
>
> L

It would cost me probably £100 to get my kit upto spec and to buy the
game. I may just go for the xbox version instead
--
Paul (And I'm, like, "yeah, whatever!" )
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"GMpartsguy" <kb1cih@comBUZZOFFcast.net> wrote in message
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> Rockstar never has, and i doubt ever will, make a great control scheme
> (Battlefield 1942, etc) that will allow you to hotplug a joystick or
> controller, and configure it for flight only.
>
> Years ago, a friend was going to toss out one of those goofy split
> keyboard
> 'natural' keyboards. The thing that caught my eye was the arrow keys in
> their own pack between the numberpad and main keyboard. Above them is a
> sixpack of keys (del,PgUp,Home, etc).
> What little time i have for FPS style gaming these days is very user
> friendly with this butt-ugly keyboard.
> I've had no problems with mouse driving ( i can also use the arrow keys),
> or flying using the keyboard with planes or helicopters in III and VC. (I
> bet thats going to change a bit after i try my first dogfight)
>
> My only complaint so far, is when you stop walking, the mouse stops
> controlling CJ, and moves the camera. Really irritating when you just want
> to spin around and whack someone, and cant. The new targeting feature
> doesnt
> bother me, but that sure does...
>

That keyboard layout sounds like a standard one. The one I'm typing on now
isn't one of those split ones, but it has the arrow keys and the
Insert/home/pageup/pagedown/delete/end keys in the configuration you
described.