rec.autos.simulators

by **Ian** » Sat, 19 Oct 2002 02:55:14

Never mind the resolution, with PAL we get the same colour every time we
watch a film ;)

Seriously though, there is virtually no flickering watching a PAL source on
a PAL TV, maybe you were watching it on a 60hz NTSC TV ? Even less with a
new 100hz TV :)
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"Dave Pollatsek" wrote

by **Jason Moy** » Sat, 19 Oct 2002 06:01:20

It's the top-line dirt track series in the US. Dirt Track Racing:
Sprint Cars featured the cars/drivers/tracks from this series.

Jason

by **Dave Pollatse** » Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:09:24

Actually, the PS2 "mushroom" isn't so bad once you get used to moving your
fingers in one-micron increments, and the latency is better than many USB
wheels. (It also has a smoother on-center feel than some of the "other"
gamepads) I was just driving around one of our road courses with an
extremely greasy setup--countersteering and throttle modulation (with the
right stick as gas/brake) isn't so bad, but I miss being able to
occasionally right-foot brake when trying to slow down when the car is
resisting pointing down the track... One setup that I find works okay for
more two-foot braking is throttle on right stick up, brake on R1 (pressure).
I could imagine doing other tricks like making the pressure readout of the
downshift button act as an extra throttle for synched downshifting without
an auto throttle blipper.

> On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 22:31:53 -0500, "Dave Pollatsek"

> >[...]

> >> V-Rally3 ... ok i'm not objective on this one ;o)

> >> Sebastien TIXIER - Game Developer
> >> Dynamics and Car Physics
> >> http://www.eden-studios.fr
> >> GPLRank Normal:-44.24 Monster:-124.44

> >Okay, if we're allowed to plug our own games then, well then buy a copy
of
> >NASCAR Dirt to Daytona(R) for PS2/GC in November.... ;)

> Cool, but eh Nascar? ;-)
> Driving around in circles can be reasonably fun, although you do need
> a wheel to get good at it I think. The little mushroom PS2 controller
> doesn't really give you a whole lot of sensitivity (imagine using that
> to steer your real car).

> >Actually, I'm not sure if they're going to sell it in Europe (what you
guys
> >don't like oval tracks and dirt racing?)--I converted it to PAL, already,
> >though. How the hell do you guys over there stand those 50 Hz TVs?

> Mine is 100Hz actually. :) Just double the rate. But you get used to
> the frequency, really (I do lots of gameshows here and have my SGI's
> set to 50Hz for that). On the other hand, 60Hz isn't that great
> either.
> And besides, don't just about all TV's nowadays do NTSC as well as
> PAL?

> > The
> >flickering drove me nuts when I was doing the conversion... okay you get
a
> >few extra lines of resolution, but what a cost....

> Hehe. We're hardened programmers here.
> I believe the bandwidth of D1 video is exactly the same for NTSC as it

> doing a gameshow for the US currently (Lingo on GameShow Network
> something), which is in NTSC.

> Ruud van Gaal
> Free car sim: http://www.racer.nl/
> Pencil art : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/

by **Dave Coo** » Sun, 20 Oct 2002 10:46:35

Here's another - not sure if it was previously mentioned but I rented "World of
Outlaws Sprint Cars 2002" for the PS2 today and it is excellent. The graphics
are even better than DTR2 on the PC IMHO.

- Dave Cook

by **Galle** » Sun, 20 Oct 2002 13:05:34

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:21:58 +0200, Sebastien Tixier

>>Hi all,

>>I'm thinking of picking up a new racing game for my PS2 (so not really
>>sim-oriented). I've seen 3 titles:

>>- Crashed
>>- Burnout 2
>>- Ferrari 355 Challenge

> V-Rally3 ... ok i'm not objective on this one ;o)

I'm looking forward to that one. The PSX version of V-Rally 2 was great!

--
"Life is what you experience between racing games"
Galley

by **Galle** » Sun, 20 Oct 2002 13:07:54

spewed forth these words of wisdom:

The previews of this game ALMOST makes me want to drive in circles. I will
definitely rent it though. I am still waiting patiently for Viper Racing 2!!!

--
"Life is what you experience between racing games"
Galley

by **Galle** » Sun, 20 Oct 2002 13:10:22

forth these words of wisdom:

It's a pretty faithful port, and adds the cool "Great Driver Challenge" mode.
Be warned that it does NOT have analog gas/brake via the Dual Shock II; only
with a wheel. WTF?

--
"Life is what you experience between racing games"
Galley

by **Ruud van Ga** » Tue, 22 Oct 2002 22:52:14

>> Hi all,

>> I'm thinking of picking up a new racing game for my PS2 (so not really
>> sim-oriented). I've seen 3 titles:

>> - Crashed
>> - Burnout 2
>> - Ferrari 355 Challenge

>> Which one of those would be nicest?
>> BTW I already have GT3, GTA3 and Stuntman. The latter is a bit too
>> darn repetive and has such long (and unnecessary) loading times that
>> it's just not fun anymore.

>Here's another - not sure if it was previously mentioned but I rented "World of
>Outlaws Sprint Cars 2002" for the PS2 today and it is excellent. The graphics
>are even better than DTR2 on the PC IMHO.

I've never seen that version I think (I'm in Europe).
I got Burnout 2 a couple of days ago, and it's quite fun. Have just
about only been playing 'Crash' though. ;-)

Quite a nice 'just go out and burn some fuel' type of game. :)

Ruud van Gaal
Free car sim: http://www.racer.nl/
Pencil art : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/

by **Uwe Schuerkam** » Fri, 25 Oct 2002 17:36:43

> I've never seen that version I think (I'm in Europe).
> I got Burnout 2 a couple of days ago, and it's quite fun. Have just
> about only been playing 'Crash' though. ;-)

> Quite a nice 'just go out and burn some fuel' type of game. :)

> Ruud van Gaal
> Free car sim: http://www.racer.nl/
> Pencil art : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/

Do I hear Racer development come to a screetching halt over
there? ;-)

Regards,

uwe

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by **Ruud van Ga** » Sat, 26 Oct 2002 21:53:55

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:36:43 +0200, Uwe Schuerkamp

>> I've never seen that version I think (I'm in Europe).
>> I got Burnout 2 a couple of days ago, and it's quite fun. Have just
>> about only been playing 'Crash' though. ;-)

>> Quite a nice 'just go out and burn some fuel' type of game. :)

>> Ruud van Gaal
>> Free car sim: http://www.racer.nl/
>> Pencil art : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/

>Do I hear Racer development come to a screetching halt over
>there? ;-)

For a golden medal in a desert crash, it does take a bit of
development time impact. ;-)
Actually, I reverted back to GTA3 again. Need to finish that before
Vice City comes out. :)

Ruud van Gaal
Free car sim: http://www.racer.nl/
Pencil art : http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery/

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