Although I've never driven at those tracks, I can say that is does feel like
it does in a real race car.
Yes they are easier to read. But I prefer to be back for better peripheral
vision.
Depends on the track & what's around you. I upgraded to a geforce 4ti card.
There are a bunch of new graphic options that can really kill your frame
rates. Obviously I cannot run with all of them on. In fact I don't think
there is a computer available that would allow all the options to be set to
the max & achieve a desirable frame rate. It may be a couple years down the
road before there is a computer big enough to handle what N2003 can do. It
does look pretty with everything on, but it's unraceable with everything on
for me due to the frame rate hit. Each driver is going to have to play with
the graphics settings to fit his needs based on there computer.
My frame rates at Atlanta sitting on pit road with basically the same
settings as N2002 gives me about 82. Without the mirror it'll jump to 140.
Obviously the more cars drawn ahead these numbers are going to drop.
Starting scratch with 42 cars drawn ahead drops my frame rates to the mid
30's. There's enough adjustments there that should allow you to achieve
close to the same frame rates you have now, albeit with not as much eye
candy.
I'm running a P4 1.5.
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> Thanks for the info Rodney.
> couple of questions ....
> What do you think of the bump mapping ? Does it feel realistic ?
> What's your opinion on the adjustable***pit view ? Can you read the
> gauges easier with the more forward view ?
> Sorry if you've mentioned earlier in the thread,... but what system are
you
> running? Are you happy with how it's running the sim, and what kind of
frame
> rates are you getting ?
> -=JL
> > Yes I've driven them all & they are all improved :)
> > --
> > www.sascar.com
> > > >They are much improved. Almost to the point of being scary <g>. They
> will
> > > >race you hard & take advantage of even the small mistakes. Believe it
> or
> > not
> > > >I just ran at Daytona with 1 real driver & ten ai. If you didn't tell
> me
> > > >they were ai I wouldn't of known :) I've ran many races against the
ai
> &
> > > >came away smiling ear to ear. A lot of effort was put into trying to
> get
> > > >them as good as possible.
> > > When you say they 'take advantage of even the small mistakes', one of
> > > the problems I found with NR2002 was that they would attack any kind
of
> > > space into the corners, even if it wasn't really worthwhile, or just
> > > drive into the back of you if you had to slow for the car in front
when
> > > braking for a corner.
> > > Have you been able to drive tracks other than Daytona, because this
> > > track isn't ideal for showing up the deficiancies of the AI.
> > > >message
> > > >Rodney
> > > >> >As a beta tester for N2003, Papyrus has allowed me to discuss some
> of
> > > >the
> > > >> >new features that will be included in N2003. The reason I'm giving
> you
> > > >guys
> > > >> >this information is to show you how many things have been added,
> > > >changed
> > > >> >or
> > > >> >updated. At 1st look, many may not recognize all the work that has
> > gone
> > > >into
> > > >> >this sim. I can honestly say this is the best & most realistic
> NASCAR
> > > >racing
> > > >> >sim to date :)
> > > >> <snip>
> > > >> >Improved AI
> > > >> Mmm, it'll be interesting to see what they mean by this. The AI
> > > >> certainly needed some improving.
> > > >> <snip>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Peter Ives (AKA Pete Ivington)
> > > >> Remove ALL_STRESS before replying via email
> > > >> If you know what's good for you, don't listen to me :)
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> > > --
> > > Peter Ives (AKA Pete Ivington)
> > > Remove ALL_STRESS before replying via email
> > > If you know what's good for you, don't listen to me :)
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