rec.autos.simulators

Well know what? I found that it isn't as bad as I thought it would be
from playing the demo. I ran at Portland & Milwaukee with 12 cars,
max detail and draw ahead set to 15. Bad points:

1) What is really missing is tire temps ala the papy sims. It is totally
     ridiculous to tweak a car just based on handling. Maybe this aspect
     of the game is not modeled at all, so the long term effect is nil. That
     would not be good.

2) No damage to speak of and of course the impression I get
     is the AI just drives right through you. I did check some replays
     and it seemed like maybe some was my fault. I do remember
     that the AI in World Circuit would take you out if you tried passing
     "in the wrong spot".

All in all my apologies for ragging on Randy so much. I find that I like
the game much more than I expected. And I have one point for Alison.
CPR did not***up my system :-)

FWIW, I have a P5-200MMX with 3dfx &32MB ram. All details are
maxed to the max :-) Full details in the mirrors is cool too...

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On Tue, 23 Dec 1997 08:55:33 -0600, "Greg Cisko"

Cheers!
John

Nope I purposely did not buy the Rendition, as the papy games would
really be the only supported games I owned. I held out for 3dfx :-)

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I have a P166, 32mb, and Pure 3D(6mb 3dfx card), and if I have fall details
full with mirrors, etc. the game is a complete slide show. Somewhere in the
10-12 frames per second range. It is full screen, non-windowed, 3D
acclerated, I have the newest drivers for my card, etc., etc. It is not
anything wrong with my configuration because games like Ubisoft's F1 Racing
run just great with full detail. Same with Quake/Quake2, Need for Speed
IISE, Motoracer, POD, Jedi Knight, Longbow 2, X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter, and
G-Police.
All that eye candy might be nice, but its hardly worth it when a 6mb 3D
accelerator does almost nothing for it. What types of frame rates are you
getting with your detail set that high? Any info would be greatly
appreciated.

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All in all I love the "feel" of driving this car. I like the way it goes
over the bumpy curves at Milwaukee. Once the patched version
comes out I think it will be fine. The framerate is not as much
of an issue as I thought it would be after trying the demo. But
CPR definately has a much better "feel" than ICR2 does. I
also think the graphics are better (I never tried the rendition
version). Also, the sensation of SPEED is great. So there :-)

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