rec.autos.simulators

by **TRUSRS** » Sat, 29 Apr 2000 04:00:00

New N4 screenshot at PAPY.com - Night Richmond

straight pit lane.

too bad it ain't a CART sim.

by **Dave Henri** » Sat, 29 Apr 2000 04:00:00

I just posted this in Jacob's N3 newsgroup also.
why can't racing sims have dynamic lighting. While I have to admit
the new Papy track is gorgeous, the lights just appear to be painted on
background material. I think the Quake/Unreal type of games have
spoiled me on the effects of individual lights casting their own glow.
Rather than see just a dark skyline, I'd love to see the flash of the
lights reflecting off the cars as we moved from bank to bank...
dave henrie

> New N4 screenshot at PAPY.com - Night Richmond

> straight pit lane.

> too bad it ain't a CART sim.

by **jbo..** » Sat, 29 Apr 2000 04:00:00

No, no, no -- that's an OVAL. You mean, "Too bad it ain't an IRL sim."

;-)

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by **Dave Henri** » Sat, 29 Apr 2000 04:00:00

If I wanted an IRL sim, I'd just wait for
Al Unser Jr's Arcade Racing II!
dave henrie

> No, no, no -- that's an OVAL. You mean, "Too bad it ain't an IRL sim."

> ;-)

> -- JB

> > New N4 screenshot at PAPY.com - Night Richmond

> > straight pit lane.

> > too bad it ain't a CART sim.

> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.

by **Scott B. Huste** » Sat, 29 Apr 2000 04:00:00

No, we want RACING sims. You can't have a real sim on something thats not
even a real racing series. =)

Scott
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by **Alan Orto** » Sat, 29 Apr 2000 04:00:00

I agree it would be amazing if they used true light sourcing on the
light standards and see real shadows being cast. Or even have the sun in
the sky as a real light source and having the sun moving across the sky
with the time of day so at the end of the race there may be a huge
shadow going into turn 4 or something like that. Imagine running a
league race at a track with no lights but the race is taking longer then
expected and the sun starts going down. ;) It would really be a sight.
But I think light sourcing is really demanding and would bog the average
video video cards and cpu's in a racing sim, I hope I'm wrong.

> I just posted this in Jacob's N3 newsgroup also.
> why can't racing sims have dynamic lighting. While I have to admit
> the new Papy track is gorgeous, the lights just appear to be painted on
> background material. I think the Quake/Unreal type of games have
> spoiled me on the effects of individual lights casting their own glow.
> Rather than see just a dark skyline, I'd love to see the flash of the
> lights reflecting off the cars as we moved from bank to bank...
> dave henrie

> > New N4 screenshot at PAPY.com - Night Richmond

> > straight pit lane.

> > too bad it ain't a CART sim.

by **Jan Verschuere** » Sat, 29 Apr 2000 04:00:00

Race games have dynamic lighting: GPL, F12K, RC2000, NFS:PU spring to mind.
I'm sure there are more.

Jan.
=---

> I just posted this in Jacob's N3 newsgroup also.
> why can't racing sims have dynamic lighting. While I have to admit
> the new Papy track is gorgeous, the lights just appear to be painted on
> background material. I think the Quake/Unreal type of games have
> spoiled me on the effects of individual lights casting their own glow.
> Rather than see just a dark skyline, I'd love to see the flash of the
> lights reflecting off the cars as we moved from bank to bank...
> dave henrie

> > New N4 screenshot at PAPY.com - Night Richmond

> > straight pit lane.

> > too bad it ain't a CART sim.

by **Tim O** » Sat, 29 Apr 2000 04:00:00

> I just posted this in Jacob's N3 newsgroup also.
> why can't racing sims have dynamic lighting. While I have to admit
>the new Papy track is gorgeous, the lights just appear to be painted on
>background material. I think the Quake/Unreal type of games have
>spoiled me on the effects of individual lights casting their own glow.
> Rather than see just a dark skyline, I'd love to see the flash of the
>lights reflecting off the cars as we moved from bank to bank...

I know this isn't what you want to hear, but NASCAR 2000 has a
gorgeous roll bar shadow that moves across the dash and looks just
like it does from the in-car camera shots.

My buddy bought the game and lent it to me, and I've been fiddling
with it. I really don't care much for the game, but the graphic
effects are really sweet.

Tim

by **Ray1276** » Sun, 30 Apr 2000 04:00:00

yeah......to run that id need to buy a computer with a 1GHZ pentium and 2 of
those new voodoo5's!!!!

by **Dave Henri** » Sun, 30 Apr 2000 04:00:00

No I'm pleased to hear SOMEBODY is attempting dynamic
lighting. I would like to see it in all sims.
dave henrie

> > I just posted this in Jacob's N3 newsgroup also.
> > why can't racing sims have dynamic lighting. While I have to admit
> >the new Papy track is gorgeous, the lights just appear to be painted on
> >background material. I think the Quake/Unreal type of games have
> >spoiled me on the effects of individual lights casting their own glow.
> > Rather than see just a dark skyline, I'd love to see the flash of the
> >lights reflecting off the cars as we moved from bank to bank...

> I know this isn't what you want to hear, but NASCAR 2000 has a
> gorgeous roll bar shadow that moves across the dash and looks just
> like it does from the in-car camera shots.

> My buddy bought the game and lent it to me, and I've been fiddling
> with it. I really don't care much for the game, but the graphic
> effects are really sweet.

> Tim

by **Eldre** » Mon, 01 May 2000 04:00:00

>Race games have dynamic lighting: GPL, F12K, RC2000, NFS:PU spring to mind.
>I'm sure there are more.

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