I have both the Win95 and Dos versions loaded on my HD. On the laguna Seca
track in the Win version my car cannot stay on the track because of the
constant spinouts.In the Dos version same track same car settings the car
handles much better and is much more responsive without constant spinouts.
Also the sound effects are really much poorer in the Win version compared
to the Dos version. I have all patchs loaded.
Has any experienced these differences?
Dennis
> I have both the Win95 and Dos versions loaded on my HD. On the laguna Seca
> track in the Win version my car cannot stay on the track because of the
> constant spinouts.In the Dos version same track same car settings the car
> handles much better and is much more responsive without constant spinouts.
> Also the sound effects are really much poorer in the Win version compared
> to the Dos version. I have all patchs loaded.
> Has any experienced these differences?
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>> Also the sound effects are really much poorer in the Win version compared
>> to the Dos version. I have all patchs loaded.
>> Has any experienced these differences?
..snip..
>and that the sound is really bad in Win95. The DOS version is way better and
>is smoother also.
>I'm running on a AMD5x86-133(oc160MHz) with 20MB RAM.
Thanks Papyrus though for the new paint shop :-)
John
Sal V.
>I STRONGLY agree! The Win95 version SUCKS compared to the DOS version.
>Even on a P166 w/16megs it was accessing the HD and had a very jerky
>frame rate. I went back to the DOS version for good. I can't
>understand how it's supposed to be better than the DOS version. It does
>have some very neat new ways of displaying things but the acutual racing
>is no where near the DOS version.
>Sal V.
One question, have you folks gone into the advanced settings and made
sure your memory slider is in the green? The docs indicate that if you
are in the yellow you will get occasional HDD access and if you are in
the red you will constant HDD access.
Chris Drake
> One question, have you folks gone into the advanced settings and made
> sure your memory slider is in the green? The docs indicate that if you
> are in the yellow you will get occasional HDD access and if you are in
> the red you will constant HDD access.
I respect your opinion and your machine is probably a little faster than
mine but I still feel that the DOS version is better than the WIN95
version. I'm still very glad PAPY/SIERRA made the update available to
us and as I mentioned the extra goodies in the WIN95 version are pretty
cool. It just won't run nearly as well as in DOS. Even if the HD
access would go away the frame rate is very inconsistent and just seems
slower.
I haven't fooled with those advanced options you mentioned but maybe
I'll give it try. I still don't think that will help the "jerkyness" I
see. I'm sure glad NASCAR-2 will be a DOS program!
Sal V.
