Newbie Questions

Fairly new to computer racing...just discovered this newsgroup...have 3 questions that hopefully somebody can answer or direct me to help...any help appreciated... 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?

I can't help you with 1 and 2, but I've heard from my gaming fanatic buddies that XP is actually very good for gaming. Whether or not that's the case though, Win98SE is still your best bet for compatibility with games, and I believe it's your best choice. 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 crap it wants to run (system restore, etc.). Search this newsgroup archive for dozens of WinME-related problems and solutions. "TlgtrProd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Fairly new to computer racing...just discovered this newsgroup...have 3 > questions that hopefully somebody can answer or direct me to help...anyhelp

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> appreciated... > > 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

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> 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?

If you install ME, get System Restore Remover Pro (just do a web search to find it) and remove everything you can with it (system restore, pc health, media player 7, etc). Then you end up with an ever-so-slightly nicer version of 98SE. Certainly the default install of ME, without removing all the extra crap is worse than 98SE. Remove the crap and it's fine. "TlgtrProd" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Fairly new to computer racing...just discovered this newsgroup...have 3 > questions that hopefully somebody can answer or direct me to help...anyhelp

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> appreciated... > > 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

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> 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?

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (TlgtrProd) writes: >1. F1 2000...will not recognize MS wheel...makes me use the joystick...(all >my >other games use the wheel)... 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 -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +366.59... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Do not waste your money on a new OS, win98 is excellent, just install all the updates. 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 [email hidden]