Beta release looms and Mario Kart plays it smooth.
The guys behind the Warp Pipe Project have updated their website with some news on the beta release in development. The program is currently running Mario Kart: Double Dash very smoothly across a distance of 250 miles, and optimization is continuing. You can download a movie of the current performance from their site at the link above.
In other news, the need for a router has been axed, so you can now use Warp Pipe with pretty much any broadband network/connection method. The beta will be released in the very near future, which will allow everyone to start playing Mario Kart (and Kirby Air Ride) online. The beta will continue to be updated on a regular basis, including upcoming support for 1080: Avalanche. Then version 1.0 will be released in spring 2004, which will include a front-end user interface and other additional features.
