rec.autos.simulators

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:>Hi folks,
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:>I just tried to play the demo copy of Electronic Arts'
:>"Need for Speed" that I got from their web site (www.ea.com).
:>My advice is don't bother to try to download it, the
:>file is 29MB in size and once you get it you can't play
:>it because the directory structure of the game is all
:>messed up.  I tried to unravel the puzzle from the error
:>messages that it gave me, but to no avail.  They also
:>have a 3MB demo that suffers from the same problem.  I
:>hope the full version on CD gets its act together because
:>this is going to be one totally awesome sim. with svga
:>graphics (if you have a P90+), real engine sounds sampled
:>from the actual sports cars, and lots of tracks and
:>roads to drive on.  

Hi.. The 3MB version works just fine!  And your right about assuming
that it is awesome!  It is really incredible!  Anyway I didn't dload
the version that I got from EA I got it somewhere else but as long
as you unzip it with the -d option into a dir it works fine.

        Jay

I downloaded the 3 MB demo from ftp.ea.com last night, and it
worked fine when I used the pkunzip -d option.  The first time
 I unzipped it it didn't work, do I deleted that directory structure
and started over with the -d switch.  After that, no problems,
even in Win95.  Hope this helps...

You are correct, this game rocks!  I can't wait to play the full
version.

BTW, where did you get the 27 MB demo?  ftp.ea.com?  what
directory?  I couldn't find it...

Later,
Jason Cain