> I haven't heard a damn thing about this game and was real suprised to
> not see anyone discussing it here yet
> only 15 megs to go.......
> Please don't all log on there at once and slow down my download :)
> hehehe
> Drive on,
> Mike Lewis
I am downloading the demo also. Here is the URL at EA for the game:
http://www.easports.com/99/nascarrevolution/index.html
It sounds pretty amibitious, I hope the driving model isn't all goofy.
daxe
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On Fri, 04 Dec 1998 21:14:11 -0800, Patrick Shumar
>> Hey guys ws just over at www.voodooextreme.com and found a link to
>> a demo of Nascar Revolution by EA
>> It's 30 megs
>> I haven't heard a damn thing about this game and was real suprised to
>> not see anyone discussing it here yet
>> only 15 megs to go.......
>> Please don't all log on there at once and slow down my download :)
>> hehehe
>> Drive on,
>> Mike Lewis
It doesn't allow you to do any modifying of the cars, although there is a
screen to do that (full version).
There is a spotter a la Nascar 2, and announcers as well (Benny Parsons and
what's his name) all they do is repeat same stuff over and over though.
What really impressed me in the demo was the sounds of the engines. They
sounded dead on, especially getting out and onto the throttle through the
turns. Hopefully someone at Papyrus will take a listen to engine sounds in
this demo and add it for their next product.
I doubt if this title will be any threat to Papyrus's Nascar products, it
seems more suited to the Playstation or N64.
later
Sean
Revvin
Well, after playing with this one a few times heres my .02 cents.
Very Nice car graphics, track looks good also, but front stretch has a
different feel than NR99 does. Never heard the crew chief or spotter
voices, but benny and bob are in there, alas they seem to repeat the same
cheesy lines, (there's some great racing out there) over and over. Very few
things you can change in this demo, the readme promises glide support,
multiplayer, and force feedback among other trings in the final product.
Now my main beef, you have NO control over what happens on pit road after
you pass the entrance marker, some sort of autopilot takes over. The crew
members are something else, though. Looks like they used motion capture or
something, as they move very nicely.
As in NR99, no beer or cig advertising, so we get Rusty with a Penske racing
motif, and Schraeder with Andy Petree Racing all over it.
This might be something to buy when the whole deal comes out, a possible
alternative to NR99, but IMHO nothing to topple NR99.
adios
I d/l the demo last night and it starts OK, but goes to a black screen after
the opening screen and either closes the program by itself or locks up the
computer. Anyone else have this experience?
P2/450 ( a real one, not an overclocked, decontented chip )
Aopen AX6B
256MEG PC100
ATI a-i-w AGP 8 MEG
Dx6 core install/ Win98
12/01 Diamond 3dfx drivers (v205)
thx,
daxe
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Something tells me those quotation marks around "raceable" and
"flight simulator" are a compromise between EA's marketing and legal
departments... :-)
Martin
Nigel Mansell RIP!
>>I d/l the demo last night and it starts OK, but goes to a black screen
>after
>>the opening screen and either closes the program by itself or locks up the
>>computer. Anyone else have this experience?
>>Dx6 core install/ Win98
>>12/01 Diamond 3dfx drivers (v205)
>I haven't got the demo but try using older drivers for the Monster 2. I
have
>problems with those new drivers (12/01)
>with GPL.
P2/266
128 MEG SIMMS
ATI Rage Pro 4 MEG PCI
no 3dfx
dx6 core/ Win98
It started OK..went throught the config screens and all, but when I tried to
go to a race, All I got was sky, horizon, grass and no track,scenery or
cars!!! Weirdest thing was the smoke and light effects were there, but
nothing attached to them. It also hung the computer and I had to reboot to
get out.
ATI cards, which I always buy for some unknown reason, have been known to be
problematic with games in the past, maybe the demo just doesn't like ATI
cards. The only other computer capable of running it around here is a P133
that ALSO has an ATI Rage II card. :(
daxe
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Marc.
>It doesn't allow you to do any modifying of the cars, although there is a
>screen to do that (full version).
>There is a spotter a la Nascar 2, and announcers as well (Benny Parsons and
>what's his name) all they do is repeat same stuff over and over though.
>What really impressed me in the demo was the sounds of the engines. They
>sounded dead on, especially getting out and onto the throttle through the
>turns. Hopefully someone at Papyrus will take a listen to engine sounds in
>this demo and add it for their next product.
>I doubt if this title will be any threat to Papyrus's Nascar products, it
>seems more suited to the Playstation or N64.
>later
>Sean
I *hate* any type of flight simulator, so I would agree with their
statement.
I was really impressed by this game so far. People also need to remember
its not finished yet, and won't be released until Feb. 1999. EA has really
been making some excellent games lately.
What is "raceable" exactly? Does this mean that every driving
simulation prior to Nascar Revolution consisted of nothing but
hotlapping? Race against other DRIVERS? Then what mysterious force
has been blocking my Lotus from taking the lead in a GPL race? And
"'flight simulator' conventions"? Could this be a clever euphemism
for "physics"?
As I haven't had the pleasure of downloading the 30MB demo and
trying it out, I can't comment on the actual game. But whether it
turns out to be the greatest thing I've ever played or not, the
marketing angle EA has taken is a very poor one. Better to admit to
catering to arcade-oriented drivers than to snidely dump on the
accomplishments of Papyrus.
Martin
Nigel Mansell RIP!
