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I've been waiting a long time...Castrol Superbikes

Mike Guntho

I've been waiting a long time...Castrol Superbikes

by Mike Guntho » Sun, 15 Mar 1998 04:00:00

At last! It looks like we are going to have a semi-realistic
motorcycle sim in Castrol Superbikes. I downloaded the demo from
ftp://ftp.op3dfx.com/pub/game_demos/castrol/castrol.zip

After being completely disappointed with Redline Racer, I had almost
given up hope! To the others out there looking for a halfway decent
motorcycle sim, I recommend that you try the demo.

Note: I'm not saying the demo is without problems, but I'll wait for
the final version before passing judgment.

One thing: I don't know if the game will support force feedback
joysticks or not, but this game cries out for a decent implementation
of it. Countersteering, wheelies, slides etc could, I would imagine,
be modelled to a pretty good degree using force feedback. It would
give the rider much more feedback than he/she currently gets with the
demo.

Anyway, check it out and let the world know what you think.

Mike

P.S. Demo supports Voodoo.

Andrew S

I've been waiting a long time...Castrol Superbikes

by Andrew S » Sun, 15 Mar 1998 04:00:00


>One thing: I don't know if the game will support force feedback
>joysticks or not, but this game cries out for a decent implementation
>of it. Countersteering, wheelies, slides etc could, I would imagine,
>be modelled to a pretty good degree using force feedback. It would

How about TANKSLAPPERS!

That would have to be the first *realistic* use of force feedback.

Note for non-riders: A tank slapper can occur  when you get ***
the gas out of a turn, and the front end gets light under full
acceleration, and a hideous front wheel oscillation occurs, where the
handlebars bang against the fuel tank from side to side - hence the
term Tankslapper. It tends to scare the shit outta you.

If they could model that in a motorcycle sim, I would very VERY
impressed.

DPHI

I've been waiting a long time...Castrol Superbikes

by DPHI » Sun, 15 Mar 1998 04:00:00

I don't know about you, but I "never" want to go through another one of those,
simulated or not! I still get nightmares.....LOL! Don

Rob Berryhil

I've been waiting a long time...Castrol Superbikes

by Rob Berryhil » Sun, 15 Mar 1998 04:00:00


>At last! It looks like we are going to have a semi-realistic
>motorcycle sim in Castrol Superbikes. I downloaded the demo from
>ftp://ftp.op3dfx.com/pub/game_demos/castrol/castrol.zip

>After being completely disappointed with Redline Racer, I had almost
>given up hope! To the others out there looking for a halfway decent
>motorcycle sim, I recommend that you try the demo.

Seems a little arcadish to me, but that may just be because all of the helps
are turned on and cannot be disabled (at least that I could find).

Rob

Jeff Johnso

I've been waiting a long time...Castrol Superbikes

by Jeff Johnso » Sun, 15 Mar 1998 04:00:00



> >At last! It looks like we are going to have a semi-realistic
> >motorcycle sim in Castrol Superbikes. I downloaded the demo from
> >ftp://ftp.op3dfx.com/pub/game_demos/castrol/castrol.zip

> >After being completely disappointed with Redline Racer, I had almost
> >given up hope! To the others out there looking for a halfway decent
> >motorcycle sim, I recommend that you try the demo.

> Seems a little arcadish to me, but that may just be because all of the helps
> are turned on and cannot be disabled (at least that I could find).

> Rob

 All of the help keys can be found in either the Instructions.txt,
Instructions-Word95.doc or Instructions-Word97.doc files found in the directory
in which you installed the demo.  Also, could anyone with a VooDoo II board get
it to run without getting just a black screen with text and the RPM gauge.

Jeff

Jo

I've been waiting a long time...Castrol Superbikes

by Jo » Mon, 16 Mar 1998 04:00:00


> All of the help keys can be found in either the Instructions.txt,
>Instructions-Word95.doc or Instructions-Word97.doc files found in the directory
>in which you installed the demo.  

And yesm, you can and MUST turn off the steering and braking help to
see the driving model. Look in the word files for the help though, not
the txt file as it has some errors.

Apparently it now runs on Voodoo2 with the new v2 drivers just
released yesterday.

Joe

Mike Guntho

I've been waiting a long time...Castrol Superbikes

by Mike Guntho » Mon, 16 Mar 1998 04:00:00


>How about TANKSLAPPERS!
>That would have to be the first *realistic* use of force feedback.

Exactly! But, they might have to be careful with how powerful the
tankslapper becomes...don't want any broken wrists! That would be way
too realistic. ->:-0

Mike

Rob Berryhil

I've been waiting a long time...Castrol Superbikes

by Rob Berryhil » Mon, 16 Mar 1998 04:00:00


> All of the help keys can be found in either the Instructions.txt,
>Instructions-Word95.doc or Instructions-Word97.doc files found in the
directory
>in which you installed the demo.  Also, could anyone with a VooDoo II board
get
>it to run without getting just a black screen with text and the RPM gauge.

>Jeff

Yeah, I should have looked before opening my big mouth! You can also change
the number of laps and lots of other things in the *.cfg files. There is a
time limit that kicks in, but you can get in a good 10 laps or more if you
change the *.cfg files.

Rob

Scott Cadday

I've been waiting a long time...Castrol Superbikes

by Scott Cadday » Tue, 17 Mar 1998 04:00:00

I have Voodoo I (Monster 3DfX) and am getting the black screen thing -
what gives?

Does anyone know what to do to correct this for an original Voodoo I
card?

Thanks,

Scott



> > All of the help keys can be found in either the Instructions.txt,
> >Instructions-Word95.doc or Instructions-Word97.doc files found in the
> directory
> >in which you installed the demo.  Also, could anyone with a VooDoo II board
> get
> >it to run without getting just a black screen with text and the RPM gauge.

The Grandad Biker from Hel

I've been waiting a long time...Castrol Superbikes

by The Grandad Biker from Hel » Tue, 17 Mar 1998 04:00:00



> >One thing: I don't know if the game will support force feedback
> >joysticks or not, but this game cries out for a decent implementation

> >of it. Countersteering, wheelies, slides etc could, I would imagine,
> >be modelled to a pretty good degree using force feedback. It would

> How about TANKSLAPPERS!

> That would have to be the first *realistic* use of force feedback.

> Note for non-riders: A tank slapper can occur  when you get ***
> the gas out of a turn, and the front end gets light under full
> acceleration, and a hideous front wheel oscillation occurs, where the
> handlebars bang against the fuel tank from side to side - hence the
> term Tankslapper. It tends to scare the shit outta you.

Not to mention putting yer shit all over the road (or in my case - the
track)..... see http://www.racesimcentral.net/

GBH

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Marc Johnso

I've been waiting a long time...Castrol Superbikes

by Marc Johnso » Sun, 22 Mar 1998 04:00:00

Mine works fine and I can add to something that someone else said, I amusing the
3dfx interactive drivers and they said they were and it was working also.  That
might be it.


> I have Voodoo I (Monster 3DfX) and am getting the black screen thing -
> what gives?

> Does anyone know what to do to correct this for an original Voodoo I
> card?

> Thanks,

> Scott



> > > All of the help keys can be found in either the Instructions.txt,
> > >Instructions-Word95.doc or Instructions-Word97.doc files found in the
> > directory
> > >in which you installed the demo.  Also, could anyone with a VooDoo II board
> > get
> > >it to run without getting just a black screen with text and the RPM gauge.

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