rec.autos.simulators

by Jo » Sun, 29 Dec 1996 04:00:00

I just picked this up in the bargain bin at Caldors, and was very
surprised with it's quality. It isn't a sim with the configurability
of NASCAR or GP2, but I'd still call it a sim. And it has amazingly
good scenery. For under $15 (as I bought it), it shouldn't be passed
up by anyone in to racing sims.

Problem is, it appears to need a *very* powerful computer to use. This
surprised me, as it is over a year old. Forget using a 486-> on my
486dx-100, I must run it VGA in a 5-by-3 inch window!

Also, I've *never* seen load times like this thing has. Not even
Origin's Apache Longbow helicopter sim spent this long chugging away
at the CD. We're talking nearly 5 minutes.... I'm wondering if my CD
drive is screwy.

by **Thomas Meurli** » Sun, 29 Dec 1996 04:00:00

>I just picked this up in the bargain bin at Caldors, and was very
>surprised with it's quality. It isn't a sim with the configurability
>of NASCAR or GP2, but I'd still call it a sim. And it has amazingly
>good scenery. For under $15 (as I bought it), it shouldn't be passed
>up by anyone in to racing sims.

>Problem is, it appears to need a *very* powerful computer to use. This
>surprised me, as it is over a year old. Forget using a 486-> on my
>486dx-100, I must run it VGA in a 5-by-3 inch window!

>Also, I've *never* seen load times like this thing has. Not even
>Origin's Apache Longbow helicopter sim spent this long chugging away
>at the CD. We're talking nearly 5 minutes.... I'm wondering if my CD
>drive is screwy.

I can tell you that there is no problem with your CD-drive. It takes a amazing
long time for that game to load. I think it is due to the many files the game
is made of.
The installationprogram only installs the config files and leave all of the
game on the CD. I solved it by putting the hole CD on my harddisc and
installed it from there.
Besides that, it is kind of fun for a while, but pales in the shadow of so
many other racing games.

Thomas

by **DataLoc** » Tue, 31 Dec 1996 04:00:00

if you put the whole game on your computer that means there is thousands
of files

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