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Philste

Short track stocks on the way... :)

by Philste » Fri, 25 Jan 2002 10:08:48

Woohoo! Short tracks... I hope it doesn't turn out to be an arcade
disaster... Infogrammes is the publisher but I never heard of Hoplite
(sounds like a wargame designer).

Finally a game that includes the financial aspects (the "high scores" of
racing sims?).


> I hope this is a good one!

> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 11:29 am CT

> Infogrames Announced USAR Hooters ProCup Racing
> Unleashing short-track stockcar racing for the PC, Infogrames has
> announced a spring release for USAR Hooters ProCup Racing. The game
> features steeply banked half-mile ovals, 23 different tracks, and real
> life drivers.

> USAR cars are two-and-a-half ton, steel-bodied stockcars with 550-plus
> horse-powered engines that compete on 23 tracks in 12 states and
> Ontario, Canada. The USAR Hooters ProCup Racing series plays out on
> Jennerstown Speedway, USA International Speedway, Peach State
> Speedway, Hickory Motor Speedway, Five Flags Speedway, and
> Indianapolis Raceway Park. The action includes 40 cars on a tight
> half-mile track.

> Formed in 1997, USAR operates a 32-race season, beginning in February
> and ending with the series finale in November. Drivers receive points
> by their finishing position in each race. The driver with the greatest
> number of points at the end of the season wins the championship.

> Developed by Hoplite Research, USAR Hooters ProCup Racing offers a
> variety of game modes: In Single Race mode, players jump into a single
> event, while Practice mode assists gamers in developing driving skills
> for Season Mode. In that mode, players earn prize money and points on
> their way to the championship. Additionally, players can control the
> race difficulty, number of opponents, and damage level while adjusting
> cross weight, steering, brake, bias, and gear ratios. Multiplayer
> support for up to 16 players is included.
> --
> "Good job. You made me even less moderate than I was when I woke
> up this morning--AGAIN"  - rotflmao7d1 in alt.security.terrorism

--
Philippe "Philster" Sergerie
John Pancoas

Short track stocks on the way... :)

by John Pancoas » Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:25:59

  Looks interesting.........but the
standard-which-means-it-isn't-worth-a-damn line of "multiplayer includes
support for up to 16 players" doesn't sound good.........hopefully in for a
surprise.

-John


Dave Henri

Short track stocks on the way... :)

by Dave Henri » Fri, 25 Jan 2002 14:08:03

"John Pancoast" <
     Well that's twice as many as most new titles use.  However I notice
they don't say if that's LAN or internet.  I am 'cautiously' optimistic.
dave henrie

John Pancoas

Short track stocks on the way... :)

by John Pancoas » Fri, 25 Jan 2002 14:12:24

  Yep, me too.

-John


MadDAW

Short track stocks on the way... :)

by MadDAW » Fri, 25 Jan 2002 20:24:48

Man I hope they do this well because this is what I have been after for
years. The only thing "off" from my dream sim is that I was hoping for ASA,
but this will work just fine. Man I'm so ready for this. As far as the 16
player limit goes I don't see that beeing a real problem. I have cable
internet and my max number of clients based on required bandwidth per client
is only 8 players.

MadDAWG

John Pancoas

Short track stocks on the way... :)

by John Pancoas » Fri, 25 Jan 2002 23:55:39

  That's my point though; most of the time when it says "support for X
players"; usually ends up being 2-3 in reality.
  Two recent examples are Heat and F1 2001.  But I'm hoping it's different
this time too.

-John


MadDAW

Short track stocks on the way... :)

by MadDAW » Sat, 26 Jan 2002 02:18:28

I don't see a problem with knowing your limits so to speak. NASCAR 4 will
handle way more than 16 only if you have the bandwidth to support it, which
most people do not. I belive its 20,400 bps. so to host 16 car field you
need at least 326k upload speed. most cable and dsl is capped at 128k or
256k so 16 cars is even more than they can support.  IMO Heat does just fine
online as far as connections go, the lack of yellows still sucks though. At
least Heat dosen't have the Papy shake.

MadDAWG

Philste

Short track stocks on the way... :)

by Philste » Sat, 26 Jan 2002 07:52:11

Hmmm... saw it advertised at EB World and Amazon.com... it's 19.99$ I
hope it doesn't turn out to be another Dirt Trash Racing (can you tell I
wasn't impressed that much?).


>   Looks interesting.........but the
> standard-which-means-it-isn't-worth-a-damn line of "multiplayer includes
> support for up to 16 players" doesn't sound good.........hopefully in for a
> surprise.

> -John



> > I hope this is a good one!

> > http://www.avault.com/news/displaynews.asp?story=1232002-11293

> > Wednesday, January 23, 2002 - 11:29 am CT

> > Infogrames Announced USAR Hooters ProCup Racing
> > Unleashing short-track stockcar racing for the PC, Infogrames has
> > announced a spring release for USAR Hooters ProCup Racing. The game
> > features steeply banked half-mile ovals, 23 different tracks, and real
> > life drivers.

> > USAR cars are two-and-a-half ton, steel-bodied stockcars with 550-plus
> > horse-powered engines that compete on 23 tracks in 12 states and
> > Ontario, Canada. The USAR Hooters ProCup Racing series plays out on
> > Jennerstown Speedway, USA International Speedway, Peach State
> > Speedway, Hickory Motor Speedway, Five Flags Speedway, and
> > Indianapolis Raceway Park. The action includes 40 cars on a tight
> > half-mile track.

> > Formed in 1997, USAR operates a 32-race season, beginning in February
> > and ending with the series finale in November. Drivers receive points
> > by their finishing position in each race. The driver with the greatest
> > number of points at the end of the season wins the championship.

> > Developed by Hoplite Research, USAR Hooters ProCup Racing offers a
> > variety of game modes: In Single Race mode, players jump into a single
> > event, while Practice mode assists gamers in developing driving skills
> > for Season Mode. In that mode, players earn prize money and points on
> > their way to the championship. Additionally, players can control the
> > race difficulty, number of opponents, and damage level while adjusting
> > cross weight, steering, brake, bias, and gear ratios. Multiplayer
> > support for up to 16 players is included.
> > --
> > "Good job. You made me even less moderate than I was when I woke
> > up this morning--AGAIN"  - rotflmao7d1 in alt.security.terrorism

--
Philippe "Philster" Sergerie
Eldre

Short track stocks on the way... :)

by Eldre » Sun, 27 Jan 2002 07:42:11


writes:

But, many of us have computers on high-speed connections that we're willing to
let the 'community' use.  Look at VROC.  I have 3 servers that I run, Peter
Burke has 4-5, etc.  I don't see the bandwith being THAT much of an issue.  I'd
divert one for Nascar 4 if I didn't have to load another program to do it.  I'm
sure the program(DeMONS) works FINE, but I just haven't taken the time to do it
yet.

Eldred
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John Pancoas

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by John Pancoas » Sun, 27 Jan 2002 09:18:44

  Well, fwiw, I guess I didn't make myself clear; what I was referring to
was the all to common "supports 16 players"  blah, blah, blah...........when
in reality, once the game ships, it's more like 2-3......MAX, no matter what
kind of bandwidth, etc. you have.......

  Anyway, here's hoping.

-John



Eldre

Short track stocks on the way... :)

by Eldre » Mon, 28 Jan 2002 05:51:24



>  Well, fwiw, I guess I didn't make myself clear; what I was referring to
>was the all to common "supports 16 players"  blah, blah, blah...........when
>in reality, once the game ships, it's more like 2-3......MAX, no matter what
>kind of bandwidth, etc. you have.......

Gotcha...

Cheers!

Eldred
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