rec.autos.simulators

I have Nascar1, Nascar2, Indycar1, Indycar2, and a ton of other driving
games/sims which all recognize my wheel and work perfectly with it. Nascar
1999, however, would only partially work with my wheel, so I threw my old
joystick back on, and I got the same problem. The car wants to turn hard
left and smack the infield fence. If I really try, I get get a few hot
laps in, but it is a tremendous amount of work, and the slightest twitch
will send the car hard left. Definitely not the enjoyment one seeks in
buying a program such as this.

Ove 20 attempts at calibrating the wheel/joystick have been fruitless. The
situation simply cannot be corrected. The game simply has too many bugs in
it to be recommended.

For half the price, buy the Nascar 2 edition with the Busch expansion pack
in it. Nascar 2 is terrific, and it doesn't have the bugs of the new
release. Further, I didn't see a significant graphics improvement in
NASCAR 1999 over Nascar 2.

The latest, greatest, thing isn't always that.

Ron

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Err no.

The only tracks that do not appear are Pocono and North Wilkesboro.  The
first IIRC is because they didn't had the license, the second because it's
not a Nascar track anymore. They also took out the two Fantasy tracks, but
they are also in the /NROS folder.  There is still more than 34tracks in the
title.. so please have facts before saying something.

And you can find those tracks in your /NROS folder btw.  It seems you do not
have the software, so how can you judge it ?

Nascar Racing 3 will be a complete different title, but while waiting,
Nascar Racing : 1999 Edition is an excellent choice.  And it's NOT buggy
<g>. I could tell you that 99% of the racing software on the market are more
buggy than Nascar 1999 Edition.

-= 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."

Ok.. the best thing is to ask for help..  There's the Sierra tech support
and us also <g>.

Have you tried to calibrate in BOTH the Windows enablers and the Dos
versions ? If so.. in the Windows version, have you tried to calibrate under
both "Papyrus" and "DirectX" ?

And are your sure that your wheel is correctly configured in your Game
Controller panel of Windows95/98 options ?

If you tried all those situations it should work.

And if it doesn't work, try to copy the controls.cfg and calib.val files
from your N2 folder into NR99.  It's absolutly false to judge a title and
say it's buggy just because you have some calibration problems. The
calibration routines of Papyrus are the BEST on the simracing market, and
they even have the possibility now with Direct Input for EVERY wheel or
joystick on the market.

-= 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."

buzard

What kind of wheel are you trying to use?

 The car wants to turn hard

Are you sure that it isn't the car setup that is causing yor problem?  Check
the steering lock setting.

I also had some trouble initially with wheel calibration, (I use the
thrustmaster NASCAR pro), but eventually I broke down and carefully read the
book.  There is also a great deal of help available at the sierra web site
on their message boards.

If you like NASCAR 2 better, by all means stay with it.  I like NR 99
better.

Have to agree there.

You aren't impressed with something that's free?  What do you want for
nothing?  :o)

Works great for me!

Me, too.

It's not the game.  It works fine for me with the wheel and joystick I have
tried with it.

Have you checked the setup of the car?

Well, if it was a bug that could not be corrected, then everyone would be
having this problem and they don't.  Please don't blame the program when it
isn't the program's shortcoming.  Did you first calibrate the wheel or
jooystick in Windows' control panel and THEN in the N1999 calibration?

I do, but then again I have a 3dfx card.

True, but I think your bad experience with the program is peculiar to your
situation, not to the program.  And since it's free anyway, what the heck
are you complaining about?  If you don't like it, throw it away or give it
to someone who likes it, it won't cost you anything.

~daxe
"religion is remedial spirituality"

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I see.

Me too.

Really!

The joystick routine for the DOS version of the game is the same as
Nascar Racing 2 (unfortunately). If you are running the Windows version
and you have your driving device setup properly in the control panel it
will work properly.

What type of wheel do you have and what version of the game are you
running?

Too many bugs? Well in that case I guess I should delete the game and
tell my friend that we can't do modem racing any more. I'll just tell him I
read on the internet that the game we found to be flawless is full of bugs
so we need to ge trid of it. Haha.

Sheesh.

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No wonder I prefer Macs. Things work right immediately and always on Macs,
and 2 to 3 times faster than on Wintel machines. I mean, Wintel machines
still run antiquated Pentiums, for Pete's sake.

Actually, it's not. Unless things work right form the moment you
double-click on an icon, the program is buggy. Wintel incomplete programs
simply shift programming costs to the user.

Anyway, thanks for the info. I'll slog trough all of this to see if I can
fix the problem.

Well, maybe, but things are factorially easier with a Mac. The game does
look to be worth the trouble.

Thanks a bunch. I'm off to work on this.