rec.autos.simulators

Ok,

A month ago I bought CPR and brought it back to the store the next day
unsatified. (My PC Is a P133, 32 mg RAM, ATI 3d expression +, I wasn't
getting good frame rate for the kind of detail I want and didn't like the
AI).

I want a CART Racing sim., I know that CART Racing by Sierra is the rename
version of ICR2 and in order to find out what it felt like I downloded the
demo for ICR2 and like it, but before I spend money and time with something
that is not close to the real thing I want some feedback from you guys,
regarding :

1) What is new apart from the name ?
1a) I heard of 3D support, Is it the kind that is good with my ATI card.
2) How is the AI? Are the crash and damage realistic ?
3) Yellows flags, How are they compare with the real CART racing ?
    On Ovals ?  On road circuits

To give you my position regarding sim, I play GP2 a lot

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    Is ATI a rendition card. If so then yes.

     Both good.

   Both good.

      I think GP2 is a better sim and harder than ICR2 (not a lot), but
we all know how cpu hungry GP2 is.

   My view? ICR2 is the most playable sim to date. But I don't think
that if I did not own it now that I would bother with it. F1RS looks to
be the bet. And maybe CART if they can get it right sometime in the next
5 years :)

Don't think so. Unless the ATI card is based on the Rendition chip.
ICR2 has Rendition-only 3D support. Without 3D texturing, the game
looks a bit old-fashioned by now.

The AI is sound. Not superb, but o.k. I sometimes get the feeling that
they give in too easily once you've overtaken them. You really have to
make a serious mistake before a car behind you tries to attack again.
From what I hear, the AI is far superior to the current (pre-patch)
CPR AI. 3rd party support by enthusiasts for this sim is great. For
instance, you can get updated carsets and driver performance files
from Michaael Carver's excellent homepage
(http://www.teleport.com/~mcarver).

Can't really comment on that, since I don't use them regularly. There
was and is a "Yellow Flag bug" which was never addressed, I seem to
remember. Last time I raced with yellows on, I was black-flagged for
"overtaking under yellow" although I most certainly didn't! Is that
the bug?

On my current machine (iP110 at 1.5*75), the two sims look equally
ugly. :) The driving model and car physics of Gp2 are more developed
and more demanding for the hardware than those of ICR2, so I think you
will be able to run Cart Racing at a reasonable frame rate with some
eye candy on on your P133.

I recommend buying it, especially for the comparatively low price.

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