rec.autos.simulators

Running a P2-MMX...64 ram...Voodoo 3...Soundbalster

Games used...NA$CAR 99...EA  Sports Car GT and F1 2000...Sega Rally Ch 2

1.  F1 2000...will not recognize MS wheel...makes me use the joystick...(all my
other games use the wheel)...

2.  Sega Rally Ch. 2...locks up at various points in the game...not during
racing but before or after...

3.  When the IRS sends me my $600 in Sept I will be looking at new
computers...should I stay with Win98?  I hear bad things about Win 2000 and
XP...what about WIN-ME?

Depending where you get your PC, you may not have a choice - it may come
bundled with ME. WinME is fine for games as long as you turn off all the
***it wants to run (system restore, etc.). Search this newsgroup archive
for dozens of WinME-related problems and solutions.

Does it see ANY axes(axis's?) of the MS wheel?  I'm going to guess that it sees
the wheel, but not the pedals.  Hold the pedals halfway down from the time you
start the game until you get to the config screen.  It should see them then.
After you set that up, then whenever you go to the track, hold down the pedals.
 Yes, I know it's dumb, but that's the only way I've been able to get it to see
my TSW2mod.  If anyone has an easier way, I'm all ears...<g>

Eldred
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F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59...

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Keep your voodoo3 for a few months and get either a duron 1ghz or tbird
1.3ghz plus mobo plus 256megs ram.  These are incredible bargains.  Get
either the gf3 or radeon2 8500 when the next major game title appears, which
prolly won't happen for a couple months, and prices will drop by then.
Ebworld is running a pre-order $299 special right now on the Radeon2 if you
want to go that route, which is a very good deal.

rms