rec.autos.simulators

ACT Labs is also promising RS Shifter support for Hard Truck 2.

Now if Synetic could just finish Mercedes Benz Truck Racing....

Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....

There are three demos on the Avault site.

NICE2DEMO.EXE (9MB) includes the Australian track and lets you drive
the Lamborghini Diablo against 7 other computer controlled cars..

NICE2DEMO2.EXE (20.5MB) includes the Australia, Arizona, and F1 Track
Melbourne. You can drive the McLaren F1 LM, Jaguar E-Type, and Fiat
500 cars.

DEMO_N2_03.EXE (24MB) includes the tracks: Australia, Arizona,
Egyptian, and F1 Track Melbourne. You can drive the McLaren F1 LM,
Dodge Viper, Aston Martin DB5, and (oh, yeah!) Citroen 'Ente' 2CV.

The whole works should show up sometime toward the end of June for
less than $30.  Looks like buckets of fun.  :)

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 02:37:01 GMT, "Marc Goldstein"

N.I.C.E. 2 DEMO

Instruction for Demo-Version of N.I.C.E. 2

Contents

I.      System requirements
II.     Quick start
III.    Menus
V.      controls

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Demo-Features
This Demo contains 3 Races: "Arizona", "Australien" and  "F1 Track
Melbourne". You can 3 different cars: Mc Laren F1 LM (Premium Cars),
Jaguar E-Type (Classic Cars), Fiat 500 (Bonsai Racers).

I.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
System requirements:
- Windows 95 with Direct X5
- Pentium 100 MHz or faster
- Microsoft Direct3D-Graphic Card
- 16 MB RAM
- Quad-Speed-CD-ROM
- Microsoft DirectSound compatible Soundcard

II.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Quickstart
- with the mousecursor go to the right side of your screen. A scroll
up
   menu appears. Click here on "Fahrzeugkauf" (means buy cars).
- click on the arrow to change the cars until you will see a rotating
  Dollar-sign. Click on it to buy the car.
- with the mousecursor go again to the right side of your screen. A
   scroll up menu appears. Click here on "nechstes Rennen"
   (means next race).
Keyboard:
Cursor up - accelerate
Cursor down - brake
Cursor left - steering left
Cursor right - steering right
? That's it - You are ready to start....

IV.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Menus
- Fahrzeugkauf - Here you can buy all available cars
- Rennplanung - Here you can choose the track an car which will be
used in next race
- n?chstes Rennen - Starts the next race
- Rennspielsteuerung - Choose the gamecontroler with a mouseclick
- Zuschauermodus - starts a selfrunning Demo
- Exit - ...means simply Exit...?

V.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Controls

F1      change camera view
F3      rear mirror on/off
F5      changes contols
R       places you back on the track
F       show Frames
ESC     abort Race

Keyboard Controls

Button  
left/right (cursor)     steering left/right
up/down (cursor)        accelerate / brake
Shift   gear up
        Nitro-Booster (hold down shift)
CTRL    Gear down

Joystick/Steering Wheel/Gamepad
Button 1        Gear up (only from position neutral (N))
Nitro-Booster (hold down Button 1)
Button 2        Gear down (only from position neutral (N))

We are interested into your opinion for N.I.C.E. 2 Please send your

Have a N.I.C.E. day!

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 02:37:01 GMT, "Marc Goldstein"

Offbeat as it is, I think BreakNeck (N.I.C.E. 2/Excessive Speed) is
going to provide many hours of enjoyment this summer.  (I love how the
Citroen has to downshift from 4th to 2nd just to make it up the hill
on the Egyptian track.)

 You can also check the ACT Labs website (http://www.act-labs.com/)
for a link to the demo of BreakNeck.  That demo features the
Australian town found in the N.I.C.E. 2 demos, but there are four
cars, all races are among identical cars and the rendering of the cars
seems more detailed.  As you might guess, the Bonsai group got my
vote.  :)

On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 06:40:43 GMT, "Marc Goldstein"

<snip>
<snip>

If this is the same game released as "Breackneck" in the UK, it's been
out here for months. My local EB had it for UKP20 last I looked - maybe
I'll go and buy it!
--
David.
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

And yes, Nice 2 = Breakneck. I'm surprised it's now being released in
the US, if I'm right it was released here in Europe more than a year
ago... Nice graphics, baaaaaad gameplay (imho ofcourse).

Andre

On 12 Apr 2000 13:45:41 GMT,

As for the gameplay, let's give this a moment's thought.  Any game
that would model a Trabant or a CV or a Fiat 500 already has already
wedged a substantial amount of tongue in its cheek.  And the storage
space for that much tongue implies a fair amount of cheek.

I've found the demo to be an enjoyable diversion when I don't feel
like firing up something more serious.  And no other game gives me the
CV!  :)

On 12 Apr 2000 13:45:41 GMT,