Current Crop of Driving Sim/ Games

Has the Driving Sim genre stood still for the last 2 years? Recently returned to some driving sims/games on my (v. humble) P2-350 - roughly these are: GPL; NFS-PU; GP3; Revolt; SCGT; Rc2000 A brief look around today doesn't show up any new simulators worth upgrading the machine for. (except perhaps getting more details switched on in GP3!) Or am I missing something? Steve

Might be an idea to take a look at Rally Trophy. On Mon, 17 Dec 2001 14:34:09 -0000, "Steve - CD" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Has the Driving Sim genre stood still for the last 2 years? > >Recently returned to some driving sims/games on my >(v. humble) P2-350 - roughly these are: > >GPL; NFS-PU; GP3; >Revolt; SCGT; Rc2000 > >A brief look around today doesn't show up any new >simulators worth upgrading the machine for. (except >perhaps getting more details switched on in GP3!) > >Or am I missing something? > >Steve > >

Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....

>"Steve - CD" <[email hidden]> wrote > Or am I missing something? Rally Trophy, Nascar Racing 4, F1 2001, Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0joT7.5734$[email hidden]... > >"Steve - CD" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Or am I missing something? > > > Rally Trophy, Nascar Racing 4, F1 2001, Mercedes-Benz Truck Racing. > Speaking of MBTR, does anyone know if it works on GF cards? I know they had a big issue about it not working on GF cards with any drivers after 6.something. -- - Will DeRivera - GPL Rank 105.63, damn the 'ring! - http://www.numic.net - http://www.luxt.com

"Will DeRivera" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:xKoT7.8966> Speaking of MBTR, does anyone know if it works on GF cards? I know they had

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> a big issue about it not working on GF cards with any drivers after > 6.something. > -- > - Will DeRivera > - GPL Rank 105.63, damn the 'ring! > - http://www.numic.net > - http://www.luxt.com > >

Works fine on my GF2 Ultra with the latest release nVidia drivers (23.11? I've lost track). The only problem I've ever had with MBTR is it doesn't find my CH pedals but forces me to use my LWFF pedals instead. Oh yeah and the fact that trucks are slow and boring to drive... <g>

Turn off the speed-limiter :) Rob Adams wrote: > The only problem I've ever had with MBTR is [snip] Oh yeah and > the fact that trucks are slow and boring to drive... <g> -- Jason Monds http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (GPL) http://www.scprc.com - Stock Car Division of the PRC. (N4, Fun Run Sims) (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

Rob Adams <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:QSoT7.543$er6.2634@shaw-ty2... > > Works fine on my GF2 Ultra with the latest release nVidia drivers (23.11? > I've lost track). The only problem I've ever had with MBTR is it doesn't > find my CH pedals but forces me to use my LWFF pedals instead. Oh yeah and > the fact that trucks are slow and boring to drive... <g> > Odd...it would seem you're the lucky minority. =) I never could get the demo to work for me and from looking at their forums, there were a *lot* of people having problems with it. Seems they've patched it now, but refuse to update the demo. I guess i'll try it again, but no demo = no sale to me, i don't care how many rave reviews it gets. -- - Will DeRivera - GPL Rank 105.63, damn the 'ring! - http://www.numic.net - http://www.luxt.com

Yeah, but demo's rarely offer any realistic view of the released titles anymore. Scott PA-Scott "Will DeRivera" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:obpT7.9028$[email hidden]... > Rob Adams <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:QSoT7.543$er6.2634@shaw-ty2... > > > > Works fine on my GF2 Ultra with the latest release nVidia drivers(23.11? > > I've lost track). The only problem I've ever had with MBTR is it doesn't > > find my CH pedals but forces me to use my LWFF pedals instead. Oh yeahand > > the fact that trucks are slow and boring to drive... <g> > > > > Odd...it would seem you're the lucky minority. =) I never could get the > demo to work for me and from looking at their forums, there were a *lot*of > people having problems with it. Seems they've patched it now, but refuseto

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> update the demo. I guess i'll try it again, but no demo = no sale to me, i > don't care how many rave reviews it gets. > -- > - Will DeRivera > - GPL Rank 105.63, damn the 'ring! > - http://www.numic.net > - http://www.luxt.com > >

No rave review from me. Even with the speed limiter off it isn't all that much fun. It's very pretty and I'm sure it's very realistic to the way the trucks handle in real life but GPL and F1 2001 are more fun. The graphics are very nice with everything turned on in practice but even on my Athlon 1333 with GF2 Ultra it turns into a slideshow come race day. It was an impulse buy off InteractCD after seeing a truck race special on SpeedVision but it never gets any play time - any "sim driving" time not spent on GPL is spent on F1 2001. "Will DeRivera" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:obpT7.9028$[email hidden]... > Rob Adams <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:QSoT7.543$er6.2634@shaw-ty2... > > > > Works fine on my GF2 Ultra with the latest release nVidia drivers(23.11? > > I've lost track). The only problem I've ever had with MBTR is it doesn't > > find my CH pedals but forces me to use my LWFF pedals instead. Oh yeahand > > the fact that trucks are slow and boring to drive... <g> > > > > Odd...it would seem you're the lucky minority. =) I never could get the > demo to work for me and from looking at their forums, there were a *lot*of > people having problems with it. Seems they've patched it now, but refuseto

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> update the demo. I guess i'll try it again, but no demo = no sale to me, i > don't care how many rave reviews it gets. > -- > - Will DeRivera > - GPL Rank 105.63, damn the 'ring! > - http://www.numic.net > - http://www.luxt.com > >

>"Jason Monds" <[email hidden]> wrote > Turn off the speed-limiter :) The only problem with turning the speed-limiter off in MBTR is that it enables the arcade mode. You can't have one without the other :( -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

In article <[email hidden]>, Jason Monds <[email hidden]> writes: >Turn off the speed-limiter :) > >Rob Adams wrote: >> The only problem I've ever had with MBTR is [snip] Oh yeah and >> the fact that trucks are slow and boring to drive... <g> You can turn that off? Samn, I guess I should have read the manual... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Oh man, I didn't realize that -- maybe that's why I'm such a good driver ;) Thanks for the tip. ymenard wrote:

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> > >"Jason Monds" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Turn off the speed-limiter :) > > The only problem with turning the speed-limiter off in MBTR is that it > enables the arcade mode. You can't have one without the other :( >

-- Jason Monds http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (GPL) http://www.scprc.com - Stock Car Division of the PRC. (N4, Fun Run Sims) (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

Rally Trophy, F1 2001, Screamer 4x4, Mercedes Benz Truck Racing, NASCAR Heat, Nascar 4, and GT3 and F355 Challenge if your into consoles. Thanks, Alex "Steve - CD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9vkvfg$djn$[email hidden]...

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> Has the Driving Sim genre stood still for the last 2 years? > > Recently returned to some driving sims/games on my > (v. humble) P2-350 - roughly these are: > > GPL; NFS-PU; GP3; > Revolt; SCGT; Rc2000 > > A brief look around today doesn't show up any new > simulators worth upgrading the machine for. (except > perhaps getting more details switched on in GP3!) > > Or am I missing something? > > Steve > >

> Recently returned to some driving sims/games on my > (v. humble) P2-350 - roughly these are: > > GPL; NFS-PU; GP3; > Revolt; SCGT; Rc2000 You just reminded me what a great game Re-volt was ... ahead of it's time in terms of graphics, very accurate and challenging in terms of physics, and great online play...think I'll go reinstall it now! itazura

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> > Recently returned to some driving sims/games on my > > (v. humble) P2-350 - roughly these are: > > > > GPL; NFS-PU; GP3; > > Revolt; SCGT; Rc2000 > > You just reminded me what a great game Re-volt was ... ahead of it's time

in > terms of graphics, very accurate and challenging in terms of physics, and > great online play...think I'll go reinstall it now! > > itazura Revolt is loads of fun at LAN parties except a wheel is way too slow of a controller! -Phasor