rec.autos.simulators

Try Indy Car Racing 1 if you can find it.

Joe Ledva

: >> I'm looking for a decent racing game for my 486-DX2/66 24 Meg RAM machine,
: >> but all the new ones seem like they need a P90/P100 as a minimum.

: >You simply must get a copy of Indy Car Racing (the first version)  
: >Excellent performance on a 486-66 like mine, unlike ICR2.  Plenty of
: >downforce to be fast and fun, also unlike ICR2.  You'll love it, and you
: >can probably get it cheap, once again, unlike....  Get the extra tracks,
: >but skip the Indy track, unless you have extra $$$$.

: What???  I have a 486dx2/66 and I can get up to 20 fps in SVGA mode (45.3
: Benchmark vga).  IndyCar II abolutely slays on ICR1 and anything else that is
: out there!  Yes, even on a 486!

I agree!!  ICR 1 was good, but you could be a bad driver and still get
good lap times.  With ICR2, you have to be a good driver (and set-up
artist, or web surfer :) ) to get the good lap times.  I don't know what
kind of video card the guy is running to get 20fps in SVGA, I'm still
using VGA, but I keep the detail down in order to keep the frame rate up
( the 15 fps in ICR1 seems way too slow now).  The increase in AI
intelligence is well worth the loss in detail (who reads the ads when
travelling 150+ mph??  ICR2 is fun, it just takes a little work.  I'm
racing a season with 95% opponents.  Slow by some standards, but I'm
having fun!!  ICR1 was frustrating at times because of the boneheaded
things some of the AI cars did.  If you are still unsure about ICR2, try
and find ICR2 on CD (includes the track-pak, but not Indy).  I've seen it
around Vancouver for about $15.  One thing with either of these "games"
is that a GOOD joystick or driving wheel is essential.  The keyboard or
$15 K-Mart special joystick doesn't cut it.

Later,

Rick

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Pasi.

: >>I'm looking for a decent racing game for my 486-DX2/66 24 Meg RAM machine,
: >Try Indy Car Racing 1 if you can find it.

: Both IndyCar Racing II and Nascar Racing should work fine on DX2/66, at
: least I'm getting good enough frame rate on DX2.

I have a 486DX2/66 with 16 megs of RAM, and play World Circuit, NASCAR
Racing, and IndyCarII on it.  With the latter two titles the detail isn't
all on, but I can still have good races.  Getting a faster machine will
allow you to play with all the details and texture mapping on, as well as
increasing your frame rate.  For example I have also played NASCAR on a
Pentium 90.  The frame rate was aboutthe same as my own machine, the
difference was that I could see all the textures; buildings had windows
instead of looking like big blocks, the grandstands had people in them
whereas they used to be empty.

To sum up, having a faster machine will make the game prettier, but
physical gameplay won't change much.  If you want to increase performance
without swapping motherboards, look at a new video card.

To the original poster:
Part a matter of taste, part a matter of machine config, you may find ICR2
acceptable on your dx2/66.  Based on the demo, I held out until I upgraded my
computer.  In the interim, I think you'd find both ICR1 and World Circuit
("F1GP" in Europe) to be enjoyable.