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by **Rave** » Fri, 26 Feb 1999 04:00:00

I currently have N2 Special Edition which has all the N2 and BGN tracks, but
it's the same 'ol N2. I was wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade to
N99 now, or should I wait for N3 to come out.

BTW, speaking of N3, does anyone have an idea of what the recommended
configuration should be to run N3?

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Raven
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by **Don Hancoc** » Fri, 26 Feb 1999 04:00:00

>I currently have N2 Special Edition which has all the N2 and BGN tracks,
but
>it's the same 'ol N2. I was wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade to
>N99 now, or should I wait for N3 to come out.

If you want trucks, or you'd like more tracks, or you have a 3Dfx card
GET it! Otherwise, there are many patches on the net that can give you 80%
of NR99 (without the tracks!). There's even a (GOOD) patch for adding
trucks to N2. It was certainly worth the gas it cost me to get it (got my
rebate back <GGG>).

Any statements not coming from Papyrus would be speculation, but you
could infer from GPL that you'll need a decent D3D video card (3Dfx would be
a good option, too), 32MB RAM minimum, P2-233 (or a P-266 with 64MB and a
Voodoo2). I think have a V2 will make a big difference because of its
texture memory size (or a Canopus Pure3D).

"Gunner"
ORSA Bronze #78 Navy Dodge truck

eagerly awaiting N3.

by **Rave** » Sat, 27 Feb 1999 04:00:00

Don,

Thanks for the input. Yeah, I figgered that I could get a lot of patches to
upgrade N2 and get a lot of N99. So I think I'll stick with N2 until N3
comes out. Don't want to get an "interim" package before the real thing hits
the streets.

Raven

by **John Tomlinso** » Sat, 27 Feb 1999 04:00:00

Instead of the 233 PII or 266 PII......Id reccomend AT LEAST a PII 400-450
for N3.......yes same engine as GPL, but dont forget guys, we will be
dealing with ai fields of 38+ cars.....and with inproved AI, plus the fact
of more objects to draw, thats gonna take some CPU horsepower to keep you in
frame rate bliss.
JT

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