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IT IS NOTHING LIKE the port to N64 and the Playstation.

NR is EXTREMELY deep!  Has all the options Nascar 1-2 have and then some...
even pit crew errors!  Excellent AI!!  They race three and four wide at
Dega!  They draft, they bump and they cut you off...  Mechanical failure...
Physics model is dead-on with Grand Prix Legends!!!!!!!!

Ex.  I was getting blown away at Dega and couldn't keep up with the 42nd car
(yes 43 cars on the track)!    Maid a few adjustments and I was finally
keeping up with the "lap cars."  Low and behold a wreck happens right in
front of me.  Looked like Mike Skinner cut in front of Kenny Irwin knocking
him into a few cars exiting the pit...  I check the replay and I see Irwin
and Skinner had been bump'n and grind'n through a few turns.  I guess the AI
holds a grudge!

Graphics and sound are beyond description!  1024x768 V2 SLI SB Live, PII
400!!  The game runs all 43 cars at over 30 fps!  Reflections and dynamic
lighting... The cars show damage!  The damage affects the aerodynamics which
affect your speed which forces you to make a pit stop to be entertained by a
motion captured pit crew!!  AWESOME!

There are a few flaws.  When you start a race, you do not get a warm up
lap... you start from a 3rd person view going into to turn four!  For the
life of me I can not figure out how to change gears!  Yellows flags need
work.  No way to keep Spotters voice but disable the announcers.

STEEP LEARNING CURVE!!!!  The games engine is VERY similar to Grand Prix
Legends!!

(and now the flames from the N1 and N2 fans who don't want this game to be
good)

Then why don't you go BUY IT, John, Then you will know !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????

C

        Wellll what a misconception.  We like sims, not arcade racers.  We're not changing allegiances to EA if we pick this game up, because Papyrus is the king.  Is this game a sim as in the DRIVING model???? that is ALL I want to know.

        Jon

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This is rec.autos.simulators, and it's a newsgroup. A newsgroup is a place
to discuss about news and inform about them. I don't see a problem with
Jon's question, but he still hasn't learned to quote ;-)

With the current *** industry, kudos to any customer who gets informed
before buying a title.  Too often the opposite will happen.  By elevating
the knowledge of the gamers, the software developers will need to push them
further and just "patching" and everybody is a winner out of the situation.

-= Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard/Nas-Frank>
-= NROS Nascar sanctioned Guide http://www.racesimcentral.net/
-= SimRacing Online http://www.racesimcentral.net/
-= Official mentally retarded guy of r.a.s.
-= May the Downforce be with you...

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

    I'm not using any stinking quoting Frank :)

    And to Mr. Chipper, if that's your real name, why would I buy something that I can't return if I don't know if the driving model is real or not?  And I have already had this question answered:  no.

    Jon

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JEG Racing - home.earthlink.net/~chevyfan/jeg

If you purchase any software for Electronics Boutique,  you have 10 day to evaluate it.  Within that period you can return it for any reason.  Even if the reason is you just think it sucks. And to top it off,  you can and will be refunded in the same manner in which you've paid.  I know because I done it quite a few times.

        I'm not using any stinking quoting Frank :)

        And to Mr. Chipper, if that's your real name, why would I buy something that I can't return if I don't know if the driving model is real or not?  And I have already had this question answered:  no.

        Jon

Peace!

l8er
ronny

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       '---''(_/--'  `-'\_)            screaming their heads off!

% I just read in a review, that you don't even have control of
% the car during the start of the race... amazing!

Hmmmmm.... I don't know, maybe this is something Papyrus should look
into!  I think the online starts with GPL would be greatly enhanced by
this.  Maybe it will be in the second patch.  You know, one can always
learn something from the compeitition.

[ouch! damn it! a bet ma tong... gotta remember to remove from cheek
next time]

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Blasphemy Michael ;-)

The start of a race is a rush of adrenaline that shouldn't be modified at
all.  Even in N2 on the NROS, when your about to start a long 75%
Martinsville, with 23 other humans, the tension is there, and your heart
starts to beat up.  GPL is incredible with the tension of cars revving their
motors and waiting for the flag to drop.  It's a technique that is very
important in a race, as starting well can get you a couple of position that
you could really need for the first few laps of the race.

To change it to a "Daytona USA" style where you enter in the action already
is just taking of a big aspect of online (and even offline) virtual racing.

-= Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard/Nas-Frank>
-= NROS Nascar sanctioned Guide http://www.nros.com/
-= SimRacing Online http://www.simracing.com/
-= Official mentally retarded guy of r.a.s.
-= May the Downforce be with you...

"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

PassedYa

l8er
ronny

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          |\      _,,,---,,_        I want to die like my Grandfather,
   ZZZzz /,`.-'`'    -.  ;-;;,_              in his sleep.
        |,4-  ) )-,_. ,\ (  `'-'     Not like the people in his car,
       '---''(_/--'  `-'\_)            screaming their heads off!

-Larry

-Larry

Maybe mandatory computer control for the first 2 laps of a race at Dega
would be a good thing...

:)

-Larry

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1998 NASS for N1 BGN Team Co-Champion.
  w/Glenn Brown

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