rec.autos.simulators

I just picked up NFS SE, and I can't get *either* the Win95 nor the
DOS version to work.

I have a P133, SCSI disk & CD-ROM, Soundblaster16, Stealth64 VRAM w2MB
RAM, and a Thrustmaster T2 wheel & pedals.

The DOS version installed Ok, and went through the joystick
configuration Ok, but the gas and brakes don't work right. I can only
go about twenty miles per hour. And even then, thr car/graphics is
bouncing up and down like I'm driving cross-country. Something is
seriously screwed up here. BTW, the original NFS works fine on this
same hardware.

So I installed the WIn95 version, but Win95 can't find my Thrustmaster
(nor any other joystick) when I try to configure it with Add Hardware.
And there are no joystick selections in the manual add hardware
selection screen.

Help!

Joe

Mark

Mark.
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Mark Eden, Cheshire, UK.

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Mark

I have seen about 6 diffirent messages with about six diffirent
problems people are having with Need for Speed SE.  Please read
the manual, folks.  ALL of these problems are addressed in the
excellent quick reference manual.
I have had no problems with NFSSE.  It runs like a charm on
my Cyrix 150+, #9 771, with 16 megs with everything turned on.
The music is great and has many diffirent selections to choose
from.  The graphics and physics are excellent.  The sounds is
awesome (listen for the dripping water when you are going through
the mine shaft)
This is definitly the slickest, most well put together, FUN game
I have played for awhile.  Everyone around here is ***ed to it.
Doing cookies in a Dodge Viper or catching some air in a Diablo VT
is worth 50 bucks anyday!  :)
Who else thinks the videos for the Diablo and the Viper rock?
I didn't think much of DirectX, until I played this.  The graphics are
definitely up there in playstation range, and I don't have a 3D card.
My two cents.

-Brent

: >I have seen about 6 diffirent messages with about six diffirent
: >problems people are having with Need for Speed SE.  Please read
: >the manual, folks.  ALL of these problems are addressed in the
: >excellent quick reference manual.

: Um, we actually do read manuals.  You're one of the lucky ones who
: have no problem with NFSSE but don't expect the other people to have
: the same PC as you do.

Hmm, I read the manual and have no problems either.  Maybe there IS
something to reading?  Yea, that's the ticket.

: : >I have seen about 6 diffirent messages with about six diffirent
: : >problems people are having with Need for Speed SE.  Please read
: : >the manual, folks.  ALL of these problems are addressed in the
: : >excellent quick reference manual.

: : Um, we actually do read manuals.  You're one of the lucky ones who
: : have no problem with NFSSE but don't expect the other people to have
: : the same PC as you do.

: Hmm, I read the manual and have no problems either.  Maybe there IS
: something to reading?  Yea, that's the ticket.

Well, I DIDN'T read the manual and it works fine on my notebook !! ( Hey
I gotta have something good to do when I travel !!! )

Happy driving

When attempting to install NFS-SE under DOS 7, I get 4 lines of the
DOS/4GW message, the screen goes blank, and my computer locks up enough
to require a cold boot.

You people out there having problems running NFS-SE are lucky, I can't
even get the installation program to run!!!

Since there is nothing wrong with my setup, I can only assume that it is
a unique manufacturing error in my CD.

Unfortunately, EA decided to wait until July 3 to mail my copy (though
it was ordered the previous week), so the holiday weekend slow down
screwed timely delivery.  Now, they have failed to respond to my request
for assistance or a replacement in a timely fashion--all necessitated
because I had to order through them to get the ***y upgrade at a still
inflated price.  Of course, as the discussion here as noted, the only
other alternative for NFS owners is to pay full price--not likely for a
couple of minor upgrades.  If I was able to buy NFS II, which is what
should have been released by now, I could have bought it at my local
software outlet, and returned it and be using a functional copy by now.

Anyone else experience this utter lack of functionality?

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