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What racing sim is "BEST"

Dana Baile

What racing sim is "BEST"

by Dana Baile » Thu, 07 May 1998 04:00:00


> Best AI : The TEN NROS drivers for N2

That's debateable.  :)

DLB

Trip

What racing sim is "BEST"

by Trip » Thu, 07 May 1998 04:00:00


> - Can-Am's.... boy were they awsome!
> - LeMans.... would love a full simulator of the 23hr. race with drivers
> changes, pitstops, day and nigth etc... all run over the net ofcourse!
> - IMSA GTP/WSC: Imagine the 24hrs of Daytona, 12hrs. of Sebring, 6 hrs. at
> The Glen etc... Could be done with modern day cars too.. i.e. R&S, Ferrari
> 333SP, Mazda Kudzy, Courage, etc..
> - Historic LeMans sim.:  Imagine driving this race in different ares with
> different cars on different track-layouts.... Should feature The Bentley of
> the 30's, D-types of the 50's, Ferraris and Fords of the 60's, Porsches of
> the 70's and 80's, Group. C's of the 80's and 90's.. Now would'nt that be a
> blast!?
> - Oz V8's... (again the Mountain is one of my favorite tracks in the world.)
> - Super-touring.

How about the Mille Miglia?

Trips

ymenar

What racing sim is "BEST"

by ymenar » Thu, 07 May 1998 04:00:00



>> Best AI : The TEN NROS drivers for N2

>That's debateable.  :)

No no no !!!

Remember it's "Artificial" intelligence !!!!

Nothing to debate here ;-)

Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-)
Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking)

Peter Gag

What racing sim is "BEST"

by Peter Gag » Thu, 07 May 1998 04:00:00



Hmmm, interesting, but I would say......

Best Multiplayer :  Only ever played GP2 & F1RS so I'm not really
qualified to answer this one? (But f1rs was great in a 2 person modem
link via MS DUN)

Best Graphics (past): I would say GP2 (the graphics are, even by
todays standards, stunning in svga on a top pc, and bear in mind they
are *not* 3D enhanced?)

Best Graphics (present) : F1RS

Best Graphics (future) : I reserve judgement until a final release,
but GPL looks good for this one? (or GP3)

Best Driving Model:  Has to be GPL (even though it's *only* a demo)

Best Sim for those without Rendition chips:  GP2
Best Sim for those with 3dfx:  F1rs

Most fun:  TOCA or even Motoracer (though they are not strictly sims?)

Best Demo:  Grand Prix Legends

Worst sim: hmmm, tough one this?

Most tracks: RAC Rally (27)

Least tracks: GPL demo (1)

Most processor hungry: GP2 (without a doubt, PII 350's & 400's would
*still* struggle in svga, with *all* graphics options on, and at
25fps, at the start of a race at Monaco, to keep below 100%)

8?)  

*Peter*    8-)
(NB: remove asterix to e-mail)

ymenar

What racing sim is "BEST"

by ymenar » Thu, 07 May 1998 04:00:00


I'm sorry to disagree here. Anybody who raced on the NROS knows what is the
best multiplayer service available. It's 2 years in front of any other
multiplayer racing type. 2 FULL years. Sorry.

Naw, Nascar2 are better than Gp2 IMHO(Nascar2 is a past and present title,
since it's directly between Gp2 and F1RS in age (2/1/0years old).

Best eye-candy yes, but still GPL has the best IMHO

Universal "I agree" here.

Best Sim for those with a Rendition : Icr2.

TOCA is here, but I had better fun with Daytona USA than Motoracer.  MTM is
here in the top for me.

Naw, Cart:PR. Wait it's not a sim ! well...  <g> I have to say RAC. Didn't
impressed me.

For me it's Soda. I have more than 70 on my PC.

Lol ! Well at least it was drivable, and the old C:PR demo had 1 track AND
was undrivable (hehe).

Well, this is an universal "I agree" answer here ;-)

Food for fun thoughts.

Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-)

Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s.
Member of the r.a.s. Ego-maniac club
Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking)
Excuse me for being provocative (I'm dumb speaking)

--"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

Greg Hingert

What racing sim is "BEST"

by Greg Hingert » Fri, 08 May 1998 04:00:00


>     My biased vote goes to The Australian V8 Touring Cars, especially including the famous
> Bathurst track, and also the CART track on the Gold Coast and the GP track in Melbourne!
> Philip Island (used for GP Bikes), etc, etc, etc! To bad there's no Aussie companies good
> enough or interested enough to do it :((((

What about HRT Touring Car Championship from two years ago? I'm sure any
Aussie computer store still has plenty of spare copies to sell you :)
I'm sure local developers must think "Oh well, it's been done and it
didn't sell" rather than see this game as the well-polished turd it
clearly is.
rrevv

What racing sim is "BEST"

by rrevv » Fri, 08 May 1998 04:00:00


>I believe the 100 Mz buses were out on April 15.
>I had to choose between a P2/333 66 Hz or P2/400 100 Hz :)
>I heard that the 3Dfx cards weren't guaranteed too work
>with the 100 Mz machines -- who wants to spend $1500 CAD
>and not have your cards work?  Not me.

Jason, where did you hear that a 3DFX card might not work with a
P2/400 w/100MHZ bus? No one else but you has ever said that,
AFAIK...

Please tell us..

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Nanker Phelg

What racing sim is "BEST"

by Nanker Phelg » Fri, 08 May 1998 04:00:00


> I believe the 100 Mz buses were out on April 15.
> I had to choose between a P2/333 66 Hz or P2/400 100 Hz :)
> I heard that the 3Dfx cards weren't guaranteed too work
> with the 100 Mz machines -- who wants to spend $1500 CAD
> and not have your cards work?  Not me.

The 3Dfx cards, esp. the new Voodoo2, work great in the PII 100MHz bus
systems.  In these systems, the PCI bus runs at 1/3 of the 100Mhz speed,
or 33Mhz, which is the spec for PCI.  On the 66Mhz systems, the PCI bus
runs at 1/2, or 33MHz also.
Jason Mond

What racing sim is "BEST"

by Jason Mond » Fri, 08 May 1998 04:00:00

I believe it was an answer Diamond support provided to someone
that was trying to overclock their system.  If I ever locate
the statement again, I'll post it.

I'm glad some is enjoying a P2/400 with a Voodoo2 board :)
I still would have purchased the P2/333 regardless.  I don't
like shelling out for the top-of-the-line-for-NOW products.

Jason.


> Jason, where did you hear that a 3DFX card might not work with a
> P2/400 w/100MHZ bus? No one else but you has ever said that,
> AFAIK...

> Please tell us..

Trip

What racing sim is "BEST"

by Trip » Fri, 08 May 1998 04:00:00


> I believe it was an answer Diamond support provided to someone
> that was trying to overclock their system.  If I ever locate
> the statement again, I'll post it.

> I'm glad some is enjoying a P2/400 with a Voodoo2 board :)
> I still would have purchased the P2/333 regardless.  I don't
> like shelling out for the top-of-the-line-for-NOW products.

I thik the confusion might be coming from the fact that the "genuine"
100MHZ BX boards run the PCI at 1/3, thus a normal 33mhz, but the
overclocked LX boards run the PCI at 1/2, so that an LX oc'd to a 100mhz
bus would be driving the PCI bus at 50mhz.

Trips

Data

What racing sim is "BEST"

by Data » Fri, 08 May 1998 04:00:00



> > I believe the 100 Mz buses were out on April 15.
> > I had to choose between a P2/333 66 Hz or P2/400 100 Hz :)
> > I heard that the 3Dfx cards weren't guaranteed too work
> > with the 100 Mz machines -- who wants to spend $1500 CAD
> > and not have your cards work?  Not me.

> The 3Dfx cards, esp. the new Voodoo2, work great in the PII 100MHz bus
> systems.  In these systems, the PCI bus runs at 1/3 of the 100Mhz speed,
> or 33Mhz, which is the spec for PCI.  On the 66Mhz systems, the PCI bus
> runs at 1/2, or 33MHz also.

Then what good does the 100Mhz bus do if PCI only runs at 33Mhz?
Im looking to buy a new computer too, and the 100Mhz bus is something i
was going to make sure to get.

--Scott

Trip

What racing sim is "BEST"

by Trip » Sat, 09 May 1998 04:00:00


> Then what good does the 100Mhz bus do if PCI only runs at 33Mhz?
> Im looking to buy a new computer too, and the 100Mhz bus is something i
> was going to make sure to get.

Faster CPU, faster cache, faster RAM.

Trips

Mathew Star

What racing sim is "BEST"

by Mathew Star » Sun, 17 May 1998 04:00:00

I did have a problem on my P2-400 getting my Monster 3D to work. When I installed the drivers
off the CD it would make my desk.cpl file corrupt until I de-installed the drivers.  This
problem was fixed when I downloaded the latest drivers from Diamond.  Now everything runs
fine.



> >I believe the 100 Mz buses were out on April 15.
> >I had to choose between a P2/333 66 Hz or P2/400 100 Hz :)
> >I heard that the 3Dfx cards weren't guaranteed too work
> >with the 100 Mz machines -- who wants to spend $1500 CAD
> >and not have your cards work?  Not me.

> Jason, where did you hear that a 3DFX card might not work with a
> P2/400 w/100MHZ bus? No one else but you has ever said that,
> AFAIK...

> Please tell us..

> --
> * rrevved at mindspring dot com
> * unit.26 s.p.u.t.u.m.
> * http://www.sputum.com


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