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Do I have to buy CART racing (even though I already have Indycar Racing II)
to get the Rendition-ready version, or is there a "patch"  to let the
original ICR2 make use of Rendition acceleration?

I've got an Intergraph 3D100 with the Rendition chip and its great for ICR2
and
Nascar2. I hear there's some newer Rendition cards out there. Regardless,
the
Rendition version of either game will not work with that card unless it has
a Rendition chip.

Cheers

Joe

I received these instructions from Sierra support after I purchased my
Rendition card, they worked like a charm.

     http://www.sierra.com/support/

2) Uncompress the file.

3) Copy the INDYCAR.EXE file from the patch to the IndyCar Racing 2
directory replacing the existing file.

4) Finally, you must copy the file SPD3D.UC ( which is required by all
Rendition games) from the directory of one of your other DOS based Rendition
games (i.e. Quake) to the IndyCar Racing 2 directory.  The exact SPD3D.UC
file the rendition version of ICR2 uses is dated 9/10/96 although other
versions should also work.

5) Switch to your IndyCar Racing 2 directory and type INDYCAR <Enter> to
start the game.

NOTE: This version of the game will default to the DMA version.  To play
this version your motherboard MUST support PCI standard version 2.1.  To use
the non-DMA version you must start the game with this switch:
     INDYCAR -grn1f

They also placed this disclaimer at the end of the instructions when they
sent them to me..

This version of the game is NOT supported by Sierra On-Line Technical
Support or Sierra On-Line, Inc.

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