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netKar is the new GPL!!!

Paul Lio

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by Paul Lio » Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:25:51

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

It's fantastic

Damien Smit

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by Damien Smit » Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:36:39

Damn straight it is!  Unfortunately the message isn't getting through to
people though.  The multiplayer servers are still very quiet indeed.  Any
voluteers to supply a RASkar dedicated server?!  : )
Damien Smit

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by Damien Smit » Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:45:33

I was thinking maybe some people were put off by the earlier betas which had
slightly dodgy physics??

Malc

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by Malc » Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:17:16


I guess the release of lfs at about the same time is taking up people's time
atm. It is for me. And the IoM, and the Brab ;-)

I'll try netkar as soon as I can though.

Malc.

Trick Dac

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by Trick Dac » Mon, 21 Jul 2003 18:46:49

I know it's the new GPL. I knew it since the first beta !
However... I can't seem to drive in multiplayer.

I add an IP, I see the server appear in the list. I connect.... no prob so
far...
But when I clickon 'race', I see myself in the pit or on the track with the
'syncing' message mid screen...

I know this is supposed to be normal and I know it should go away after a
couple of secs or even a minute,
but on my pc it doesn't...

And I'm not talking 1 server here... I've tried at least 20... with the same
result everytime...
Also interesting : on the left hand side there's a red bar... fully
topped...

I also know that you have to be careful when you run a firewall...
However I've opened port 6000 as it should be...

Any suggestions ?

Thx in advance guys...

Franky




> > > Damn straight it is!  Unfortunately the message isn't getting through
to
> > > people though.  The multiplayer servers are still very quiet indeed.
> Any
> > > voluteers to supply a RASkar dedicated server?!  : )

> > I was thinking maybe some people were put off by the earlier betas which
> had
> > slightly dodgy physics??

> I guess the release of lfs at about the same time is taking up people's
time
> atm. It is for me. And the IoM, and the Brab ;-)

> I'll try netkar as soon as I can though.

> Malc.

Damien Smit

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by Damien Smit » Mon, 21 Jul 2003 19:00:39

There's only 2 servers that cause me that problem and only occasionally.  I
know for a fact that both of them are behind firewalls.  Maybe try
forwarding port 6000 to your PC to see if that helps?
Jesse Blac

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by Jesse Blac » Tue, 22 Jul 2003 02:53:20

I've never played it.  So this post will be probing for information...

Are there leagues for it?  What is the TSW split axis compatability like?
How many tracks are in it?  How many cars are in it?  Are there many cars
close in speeds, or does everyone have to drive the same car to have a
competitive race?  If not, I saw some info about skinning...if you get a
skin for your car, do other people online automatically download the skin
and see you driving a car with your paintjob?  Looking through some
screenshots, I saw what looked to be street cars (fast, but still made for
the street).  Is this a racing sim, or a fast cars on a race track sim (sort
of like those Ferrari clubs where the rich guys come to a track and drive
around in single file)?  I trust the physics are good, what about system
requirements?

I'm sure I could find a lot of this stuff in various locations on the
internet, but I'd rather have an experienced racer help me out.

I look forward to the answers and am downloading the game just in case the
answers are good.

Jesse Black

PS Hi Bruce!

RHinN

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by RHinN » Tue, 22 Jul 2003 03:48:42

You know what I like about NetKar?

1-Its free
2-No Installation, just unzip in a directory and run
3-Its free

5-Its free


dklassen8

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by dklassen8 » Tue, 22 Jul 2003 04:21:06

You forgot to mention that it's free :D

oh yeah, the physics are pretty sweet too. I always forget about the cold
tires at the beginning and plough through the first corner.

If anyone hasn't tried it yet, it's well worth the download

--
Dan Klassen
--------
webmaster:
www.danklassen.com
www.southabbotsford.com

> You know what I like about NetKar?

> 1-Its free
> 2-No Installation, just unzip in a directory and run
> 3-Its free

> 5-Its free



> > http://www.nkzone.com/

> > It's fantastic

Peter Fo

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by Peter Fo » Tue, 22 Jul 2003 05:25:33


> Damn straight it is!  Unfortunately the message isn't getting through to
> people though.  The multiplayer servers are still very quiet indeed.  Any
> voluteers to supply a RASkar dedicated server?!  : )

Netkar- which I find an unfortunate name for an auto sim- is, IMO, a
work in progress. It's still a bit unfinished for my taste;
undeveloped damage model, limited cameras, arduous multiplayer,
graphics that fall short of a well-modded version of GPL- the
***pits, in particluar, contribute nothing to the immersion factor.
Is there any pitting? Not sure about that. Nevertheless, an
outstanding production by what appears to be a single programmer and a
couple of buds.

Verdict: an update or two away from prime time.

Jason Moy

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by Jason Moy » Tue, 22 Jul 2003 07:09:21

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 09:25:51 +0100, "Paul Lion"


>http://www.nkzone.com/

>It's fantastic

In what way?

Jason

Jason Moy

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by Jason Moy » Tue, 22 Jul 2003 07:13:26

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 08:45:33 GMT, "Damien Smith"


>I was thinking maybe some people were put off by the earlier betas which had
>slightly dodgy physics??

Are the physics less dodgy now?

I certainly commend Stefano's efforts, but there's nothing in 0.99
that makes me want to suddenly dedicate hours of my life being good at
it.  I eagerly await version 1.0 but in the meantime I'd much rather
stick to sims that give me a convincing sensation of speed, grip, and
weight transfer, which I just don't get at all from netkar presently.

It's an incredible bit of coding and it's free but that's about as far
as I'm willing to go with praising it at this time.

Jason

frederickso

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by frederickso » Tue, 22 Jul 2003 07:33:38

Me too.

Aide

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by Aide » Tue, 22 Jul 2003 07:55:14

Me too....thank God i am not alone

Highly commend all Kunos has doen so far,but it just feels wrong to me

AD

Andrew MacPhers

netKar is the new GPL!!!

by Andrew MacPhers » Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:59:00



> I certainly commend Stefano's efforts, but there's nothing in 0.99
> that makes me want to suddenly dedicate hours of my life being good at
> it.

I'd second that. I checked it out again today and NetKar really is an
amazing piece of work for one guy, there's no doubt about that. And it's
certainly a *great* advert for a job in the industry (assuming he'd want
one :-). But with GPL, N2003 & LFS-S1 all fighting for my limited track
time at the moment, NetKar struggles to engage me.

The Supra sounds great though!

Andrew McP


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