I have raced Nascar1 on Hawaii since it has started and just got a new
computer capable of running Nascar2 properly and was wondering if the
gameplay was anywhere near as good on TEN as it was on Hawaii. I will be
using my ISP rather than a direct call.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
If your ISP is up to the task, the quality of racing is just as good as
Hawaii ever was (sometimes it's even better).
--
Eric T. Busch
http://ebusch.akorn.net
I agree with Eric 100%....
Lee
>Any help would be appreciated.
>Thanks,
I'm using my ISP with no bandwidth problems _most_ of the time.
Before I joined I banged on TEN and Valhalla with ping. I averaged 198ms
after a few thousand trys (using a Perl script my Cal Poly employee wrote).
A few suggestions that has helped me:
Do NOT have your screensaver running while on NROS.
Lock your modem at 19200.
Before starting NROS do a crl-alt-del and make sure the only
apps running are systray and explorer. Shut off everything else.
Regards,
Harry
Yes, imho, it is much better. The Ten interface is pretty cool, and of
course the N2 graphics are great of course. Not to mention, the price -
much better than Hawaii. If nothing else, sign up and give it a spin, I
believe Ten gives ya 5 free hours for trial.
--
Don Burnette
Music City Racing
Dburn on Ten
Harry,
How do you lock your modem at 19200? I have a 28.8 modem.
D_R on TEN
> Do NOT have your screensaver running while on NROS.
> Lock your modem at 19200.
> Before starting NROS do a crl-alt-del and make sure the only
> apps running are systray and explorer. Shut off everything else.
> Regards,
> Harry
Eric,
Do you know if there is any way to determine if an ISP is up to the task
of NROS before actually attempting a race??
Dont want to waste money on something if my ISP blows chunks while
trying to work on NROS.
And I dont want to get rid of my ISP because I dont want to switch email
accounts and homepage address. And I dont want to subscribe to another
one in addition to because I also pay for AOL (bring your own access -
use your own ISP - $9.99).. dont think my wife would allow me to pay for
a third. Although shes the one who wanted to keep AOL =)
Scott B. Husted
http://home.ptd.net/~sbhusted
> If your ISP is up to the task, the quality of racing is just as good as
> Hawaii ever was (sometimes it's even better).
> --
> Eric T. Busch
> http://ebusch.akorn.net
> > I have raced Nascar1 on Hawaii since it has started and just got a
> new
> >computer capable of running Nascar2 properly and was wondering if the
> >gameplay was anywhere near as good on TEN as it was on Hawaii. I will
> be
> >using my ISP rather than a direct call.
You can do a bunch of pings (like a 1000 or so) to valhalla.ten.net,
abyss.ten.net, and pandemonium.ten.net and look for any timeouts or
excessively high ping times. You'll also want to do traceroutes to
these three servers and look for bad hops. The easiest way however is
to just signup and try it for yourself. I believe TEN will let you try
it for like 5 hours and then refund your money if your not satisfied.
--
Eric T. Busch
http://ebusch.akorn.net
>Do you know if there is any way to determine if an ISP is up to the
task
>of NROS before actually attempting a race??
>Dont want to waste money on something if my ISP blows chunks while
>trying to work on NROS.
>And I dont want to get rid of my ISP because I dont want to switch
email
>accounts and homepage address. And I dont want to subscribe to another
>one in addition to because I also pay for AOL (bring your own access -
>use your own ISP - $9.99).. dont think my wife would allow me to pay
for
>a third. Although shes the one who wanted to keep AOL =)
>How do you lock your modem at 19200? I have a 28.8 modem.
>D_R on TEN
Start-Programs-Accessories-dial up networking-
make new connection.
Put in your ISP number, etc. Under the general
settings for modem, set it to 19200 and check
connect only at this speed.
No need to fire your browser up when connecting
to TEN.
Regards,
Harry
Unless you have a laptop, you don't even need Systray. All it does is tell you
how much battery power you have left. If you want to take it out completely,
go through Regedit and delete all refs to it. This will not deleted from the
system, just prevent it from running.
And, if anything IS running that interferes, the TEN interface will notify you.
Redick's NASCAR2 Site: http://members.aol.com/dredick825/index.html
The #1 BGN source on the 'Net...100 cars, race logos, messages, and more
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Hey has anyone tryed playing this game on AOL? Or is there like a HUGE time
delay or something?? I'd like to do some ***whoopin' on AOL, but I'm not sure
how good it's going to be!! If you read this message please respond directly to
me!!! Thanx.
Trust me, it's not gonna be worth the effort. Run... don't walk away
from AOL.
--
Eric T. Busch
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
Aol will not give you the connection you need to play N2 on Ten. You need a
better isp for that, I'd suggest trying one of the national ones, like
Concentric, Mindspring, Sprint, etc. Most will give you a 30 day trial. I
use Mindspring myself, and get fairly decent connections. Concentric
supposedly should give you your better connections to the Valhalla zone, if
your in an area that has one of their enhanced local numbers.
--
Don Burnette
I-65 Racing
Dburn on Ten
Forget it. You won't get anywhere with AOL. You're better off dialing into
TEN directly.
Better yet, drop AOL and go with just about any other ISP (not Online Service).
That's what I plan to do soon as I can find a good one (right now, leaning
towards Concentric).
Redick's NASCAR2 Site: http://www.racesimcentral.net/
The #1 BGN source on the 'Net...100 cars, race logos, messages, and more
No Piracy Network Member; N2 Project Team Member
