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A visible flagger. How many WC cars have a flag waving in their windshield?
An animated pit crew. NasRev's is fun to watch, but I'd want to see it from
INSIDE the car!
A visible tow truck.
Track cleanup that is animated.  After a wreck, tow trucks should come out,
speedi-dry should be laid out, etc.  You should be able to see this happen
as you went under yellow.  Cars should be on the track until they're TOWED
out, not just disappear.
Black flag OPTION for bad sportsmanship.  Should be able to turn off while
learning, but when you're at a certain level, you should be able to turn it
on.  This would help make you even MORE careful as you would in real life.
Crowd noise!! (but then I guess the drivers can't really hear us, can they?)
A crew chief who more accurately sets up your car.  I doubt DW et al, define
their own air pressure or spring rate!
Ability to jump INTO any car during replay to see how THEY took a line
around. I want to see when they brake/slow...
Fire..., flips.
Comparison of not only the LAST lap, but your BEST lap.  Both displayable
simultaneously (N1 had this).

I like NasRev's drive-by intro (course you gotta be able to toggle it OFF,
too), the sounds are better, the graphics are pretty good but I don't seem
to get the same sensation of speed.  But then, I'll be first in line for
Nascar3, too.

I love the Nascar 1/2/3 series and will continue to support it as long as
they add improvements. NasRev will be interesting to see in its final form -
2 months is a LONG time to developers.

Don Hancock
"Gunner"

Come on....forget all of the EYE CANDY and let's get to work on the actual
physics of the cars to be more realistic.

Aaron

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I had the same idea, but however it really isn't neccesary. All it would do
is take more time for the graphics to proccess.

Once again, read above.

Once again, read above.

life.
Mixed feelings about this one.

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I think drivers can hear the crowd, but once again not neccesary in the big
picture.

A "virtual crew chief" can not give the same quality that learning setups
on your own is. However, it'd still be a good feature to consider.

That I'd really like to see. Sorta like the Tabasco Telemtry on ESPN, eh?

We will see flips in NASCAR 3. No fire though, and I will have to agree I
support that decision. I mean, yeah, you'll see fires happen every season,
but none of them are really big enough to cause MUCH concern.

Some good ideas. Yep. NasRev, while it is going to be an arcade game, will
still be interesting to see.
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Mike

Don Hancock
"Gunner"

Mike

1) More control over pitting
Revolution takes over control of the car when entering the pit. This means you
won't get black flagged for racing though the pit, but you do get the chance to
pick pit options from the menu. To me this seems like a reasonable compromise.
Now if  they would add the ability to split pitting up during yellow flags so
that I could stay on the lead lap, that would be something.

2) Split times, I love 'em

3) "Speed shot view" No car, just guages. This was about the only thing I liked
about CPR, talk about a sense of speed! I feel like I'm strapped to the hood of
the car.

4) Eye candy. Lets face it, with todays hardware, there is no reason not to have
super wizz bag 3d acclerated dynamic light sourcing fog effects mip mapping(you
get the idea). PROVIDED it is not done at the expense of accurately modelling
Nascar Racing.

Competition is good, umkay

my 2 cents

I am a NASCAR fan and I want entertainment from these programs (whether of
the sim or game variety) And the opportunity to come a little closer to
participating in a sport I love so much.  I want to spend my time getting
just that right setup at The Rock in order to shave a tenth of a second off
my time--not trying to figure out why the hell the graphics are different
from yesterday, or adjusting this to 50% and that to 22.5% in order to get
the right sound!

The Sierra Utilities screwed my entire system the first time I tried to
update NASCAR 2 a few months ago.  What the hell?!  Sure tech. support got
me through it.  It was prompt, only cost me a couple of bucks on the phone,
etc., but damn!  I want to race, not***around with a substandard (and it
is substandard compared to the thousands of $s worth of other software that
I own/have owned) program.

Yes, I love the program.  I will continue to use NASCAR (2/50th/99) and I
will buy 3/2000 when it come out--but because it is NASCAR, not because I am
a fan of Sierra (They just seem to market all the games I love!).

Just my 2 cents!

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