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Which is best - NFS, Screamer, Fatal Racing ?

Regis L

Which is best - NFS, Screamer, Fatal Racing ?

by Regis L » Sat, 09 Dec 1995 04:00:00


>Well, which is the best of this type of arcade style racing game (not
>a true racing simulator like ICR/Nascar) ?
>I would like it to run smoothly on a dx4-100 with 8Mb ram.  I'm
>not fussed about SVGA as long as it "looks and feels" good enough
>in VGA.
>John
>--
>John Hartridge              | Crosfield Electronics Ltd,
>ext 3282                    | Three Cherry Trees Lane,


Well, I would say that Screamer is a real sh*t. (arcarde, arcade,
nothing but arcade...).
I didn't play to Fatal R., but it looks the same...

BUT, I really recommend you NFS. (not too arcade : every car have
their own behaviour, real motor sound...) I you want some fun : buy
it.
Moreover, using Thrustmaster T2 with NFS is really a great thing. (You
can't get the same sensations with Screamer...)

Anyway, NFS is the best of the three, but get some info about the
smoothness on a DX4-100. (even if I think that it should be OK in VGA
mode.)

                Bye.
                Regis Lambert.

John Hartrid

Which is best - NFS, Screamer, Fatal Racing ?

by John Hartrid » Sat, 09 Dec 1995 04:00:00

Well, which is the best of this type of arcade style racing game (not
a true racing simulator like ICR/Nascar) ?

I would like it to run smoothly on a dx4-100 with 8Mb ram.  I'm
not fussed about SVGA as long as it "looks and feels" good enough
in VGA.

John

--
John Hartridge              | Crosfield Electronics Ltd,
ext 3282                    | Three Cherry Trees Lane,

Mark

Which is best - NFS, Screamer, Fatal Racing ?

by Mark » Sun, 10 Dec 1995 04:00:00



>>Well, which is the best of this type of arcade style racing game (not
>>a true racing simulator like ICR/Nascar) ?

>>I would like it to run smoothly on a dx4-100 with 8Mb ram.  I'm
>>not fussed about SVGA as long as it "looks and feels" good enough
>>in VGA.

>>John

>>--
>>John Hartridge              | Crosfield Electronics Ltd,
>>ext 3282                    | Three Cherry Trees Lane,

>Well, I would say that Screamer is a real sh*t. (arcarde, arcade,
>nothing but arcade...).
>I didn't play to Fatal R., but it looks the same...

>BUT, I really recommend you NFS. (not too arcade : every car have
>their own behaviour, real motor sound...) I you want some fun : buy
>it.
>Moreover, using Thrustmaster T2 with NFS is really a great thing. (You
>can't get the same sensations with Screamer...)

>Anyway, NFS is the best of the three, but get some info about the
>smoothness on a DX4-100. (even if I think that it should be OK in VGA
>mode.)

>            Bye.
>            Regis Lambert.

My system has: 486/100 2meg 64bit video card, quad speed cd (no dif from
2x to 4x) and 8 meg of ram. runs decent in SVGA 640/480.. (exept vertigo
ridge in the forrest, skips frames there a tad, but really not that bad)
Overall? if you have a 486/100, and GOOD video card (video cards make all
the diffreence in the world in this game!) get it.. it runs good. Now I
just wish there was an add-on cd.... if EA is listening, I want an
add-on!! :)
Patrick Libu

Which is best - NFS, Screamer, Fatal Racing ?

by Patrick Libu » Fri, 15 Dec 1995 04:00:00



>>Well, which is the best of this type of arcade style racing game (not
>>a true racing simulator like ICR/Nascar) ?

>>I would like it to run smoothly on a dx4-100 with 8Mb ram.  I'm
>>not fussed about SVGA as long as it "looks and feels" good enough
>>in VGA.

>>John

>>--
>>John Hartridge              | Crosfield Electronics Ltd,
>>ext 3282                    | Three Cherry Trees Lane,

>Well, I would say that Screamer is a real sh*t. (arcarde, arcade,
>nothing but arcade...).
>I didn't play to Fatal R., but it looks the same...

>BUT, I really recommend you NFS. (not too arcade : every car have
>their own behaviour, real motor sound...) I you want some fun : buy
>it.
>Moreover, using Thrustmaster T2 with NFS is really a great thing. (You
>can't get the same sensations with Screamer...)

>Anyway, NFS is the best of the three, but get some info about the
>smoothness on a DX4-100. (even if I think that it should be OK in VGA
>mode.)

>                Bye.
>                Regis Lambert.

NFS (demo) works on my DX4 in SVGA (no difference in speed!!! to VGA) with
the full amount of detail. Screamer is not bad at all but it can get a little
monotonous. The speed and detail of the graphics makes you think that that
you are playing on a (good) console. Fatal Racing is very slow and the so-called
intelligence of the computer players leaves a lot to be desired.

Have a look at the demos.

Ber

Which is best - NFS, Screamer, Fatal Racing ?

by Ber » Thu, 28 Dec 1995 04:00:00



>Subject: Re: Which is best - NFS, Screamer, Fatal Racing ?
>Date: 14 Dec 1995 13:08:49 GMT


>>>Well, which is the best of this type of arcade style racing game (not
>>>a true racing simulator like ICR/Nascar) ?

>>>I would like it to run smoothly on a dx4-100 with 8Mb ram.  I'm
>>>not fussed about SVGA as long as it "looks and feels" good enough
>>>in VGA.

>>>John

>>>--
>>>John Hartridge              | Crosfield Electronics Ltd,
>>>ext 3282                    | Three Cherry Trees Lane,

>>Well, I would say that Screamer is a real sh*t. (arcarde, arcade,
>>nothing but arcade...).
>>I didn't play to Fatal R., but it looks the same...

>>BUT, I really recommend you NFS. (not too arcade : every car have
>>their own behaviour, real motor sound...) I you want some fun : buy
>>it.
>>Moreover, using Thrustmaster T2 with NFS is really a great thing. (You
>>can't get the same sensations with Screamer...)

>>Anyway, NFS is the best of the three, but get some info about the
>>smoothness on a DX4-100. (even if I think that it should be OK in VGA
>>mode.)

>>                Bye.
>>                Regis Lambert.

>NFS (demo) works on my DX4 in SVGA (no difference in speed!!! to VGA) with
>the full amount of detail. Screamer is not bad at all but it can get a little
>monotonous. The speed and detail of the graphics makes you think that that
>you are playing on a (good) console. Fatal Racing is very slow and the so-called
>intelligence of the computer players leaves a lot to be desired.
>Have a look at the demos.

Don't mind these other 'eikels' and nurdos. TNFS is a great looking game, But
after a while you get so sick of it that you'll throw it out the window.
Fatal-racing really really REALLY REALLYYYYYYY sucks big time. This stupid
racing game doesn't know what game-play is. It really SUCKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The game to get is Screamer. It looks good, it feels good, it IS good. It's
not very expensive and the game-play is AWESOME!!! And also a good racing game
is Destruction Derby, but that's not real racing game. Just buy Screamer and
you'll never play another racing game in your life ( accept maybe from F1GP2 ).

Magic P.

GHetric

Which is best - NFS, Screamer, Fatal Racing ?

by GHetric » Sat, 30 Dec 1995 04:00:00



>>NFS (demo) works on my DX4 in SVGA (no difference in speed!!! to VGA)
with
>>the full amount of detail. Screamer is not bad at all but it can get a
>little
>>monotonous. The speed and detail of the graphics makes you think that
that
>>you are playing on a (good) console. Fatal Racing is very slow and the
>so-called
>>intelligence of the computer players leaves a lot to be desired.

>>Have a look at the demos.

Does anybody know where I can find a demo of Screamer?

Gerald

Gregory Fu

Which is best - NFS, Screamer, Fatal Racing ?

by Gregory Fu » Mon, 01 Jan 1996 04:00:00


>Does anybody know where I can find a demo of Screamer?

I did a search on screamer a few days ago in Netscape and found a page with
the demo.  you should try that.

Gregory Fung

Vancouver, B.C., Canada


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