Re: Why I am buying Nascar Heat

LOL, we'll be enjoying Heat ... "Crashx4" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Chris: > > To each his own. IMHO, you'd be better off spending that $ on a fastermodem. > > Crash > 471

I downloaded the demo of Nascar Heat but unfortunatly the file got corrupted during the download and it won't install. I am not going to bother trying to download it again as it simply takes too long with a 28.8. I have however decided to order a copy of Nascar Heat for a number of reasons: 1) It is unusual for a product to get almost universal praise in R.A.S. Nascar Heat seems to be liked by a good portion of the people in here. 2) I like Nascar sims. I have NR1999 and the N3 demo but those physics seem very dated against GPL. Not knocking them, just that I'm looking for something a bit new. 3) The rolling start thing doesn't really bother me as I always thought that the Papyrus Nascar starts were not that realistic. It is quite easy to overtake half the field at the start at some courses once you know the start sequence. I'm sure it will be one of the things that will be sorted in N4 which I am still looking forward to. 4) Auto pit stops are fine with me. I enjoy the strategy aspect of pitstops but to be quite honest trying to stop your car in the right place and slightly over shooting and having to reverse can be a real pain in the arse. If the computer can do that for me then great! 5) It will probarbly be at least 6 months before we see N4 and WSC. I'm sure NH along with GP3 (which I also ordered at the same time, lifes too short to waste time waiting for these damn South African computer retailers to get their act together!) and of course the evergreen GPL will keep me going till then. 6) I have the Viper Demo which ran very well on my system so I presumably can expect NH to do likewise. 7) It is nice to see Ed Martin taking the time to respond to questions in this NG. He seems like a pretty decent bloke so i think i should help keep him in a job:) Like I said I am not knocking Papyrus's Nascar sims. I will deffinatly be in line for N4. I'm sure though a bit of decent competition can't be a bad thing. Chris

Chris: To each his own. IMHO, you'd be better off spending that $ on a faster modem. Crash 471

You will not be disappointed its the best Nascar sim to date great physics with better AI then GPL.

I have been kind of ignoring NH. Does it have multiplayer capability at least as good as N3? I mainly like openwheel so I am not desperate to own every nascar sim. -- [email hidden] "Chris Bloom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8nuj4g$923ij$[email hidden]... > I downloaded the demo of Nascar Heat but unfortunatly the file got corrupted > during the download and it won't install. I am not going to bother trying > to download it again as it simply takes too long with a 28.8. > > I have however decided to order a copy of Nascar Heat for a number of > reasons: > > 1) It is unusual for a product to get almost universal praise in R.A.S. > Nascar Heat seems to be liked by a good portion of the people in here. > > 2) I like Nascar sims. I have NR1999 and the N3 demo but those physics > seem very dated against GPL. Not knocking them, just that I'm looking for > something a bit new. > > 3) The rolling start thing doesn't really bother me as I always thought > that the Papyrus Nascar starts were not that realistic. It is quite easy to > overtake half the field at the start at some courses once you know the start > sequence. I'm sure it will be one of the things that will be sorted in N4 > which I am still looking forward to. > > 4) Auto pit stops are fine with me. I enjoy the strategy aspect of > pitstops but to be quite honest trying to stop your car in the right place > and slightly over shooting and having to reverse can be a real pain in the > arse. If the computer can do that for me then great! > > 5) It will probarbly be at least 6 months before we see N4 and WSC. I'm > sure NH along with GP3 (which I also ordered at the same time, lifes too > short to waste time waiting for these damn South African computer retailers > to get their act together!) and of course the evergreen GPL will keep me > going till then. > > 6) I have the Viper Demo which ran very well on my system so I presumably > can expect NH to do likewise. > > 7) It is nice to see Ed Martin taking the time to respond to questions in > this NG. He seems like a pretty decent bloke so i think i should help keep > him in a job:) > > Like I said I am not knocking Papyrus's Nascar sims. I will deffinatly be > in line for N4. I'm sure though a bit of decent competition can't be a bad > thing. > > Chris > >

On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:40:45 -0500, rrevved <[email hidden]> thus spoke: >16 player in the retail. Don't know how good it is though. >Also, there is currently no gamespy/vroc/heat type of matching >service. Just IPs .. > You neglected to mention that 16 is designed for over a lan. 8 is probably the more usable level over the internet. -- Nos

Whoops, wrong! Just setting up a host with my ADSL and it gives me the option for 16! Don't know how good it will be but will find out over the next few days! Pete <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:40:45 -0500, rrevved > <[email hidden]> thus spoke: > > > >16 player in the retail. Don't know how good it is though. > >Also, there is currently no gamespy/vroc/heat type of matching > >service. Just IPs .. > > > > You neglected to mention that 16 is designed for over a lan. 8 is > probably the more usable level over the internet. > -- > Nos

On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 01:37:38 GMT, "Pete" <[email hidden]> thus spoke: > Whoops, wrong! Just setting up a host with my ADSL >and it gives me the option for 16! Don't know how good >it will be but will find out over the next few days! Yes, it gives you the option. But, is it playable? Report back with your findings. -- Nos

Just ran a Bristol race, only two though. Worked fine but Julians system crashed, problems with Det 3 drivers I think. Pete <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 01:37:38 GMT, "Pete" > <[email hidden]> thus spoke: > > > Whoops, wrong! Just setting up a host with my ADSL > >and it gives me the option for 16! Don't know how good > >it will be but will find out over the next few days! > > Yes, it gives you the option. But, is it playable? Report back with > your findings. > -- > Nos

On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 02:32:36 GMT, "Pete" <[email hidden]> thus spoke: > Just ran a Bristol race, only two though. Worked fine but >Julians system crashed, problems with Det 3 drivers I think. Ok. But, rrevved says it has 16 people MP over the internet. When you have 16 people playing MP on the internet and it is running smoothly then let me know. -- Nos

why are you reiterating what the guy just quoted you as saying? "rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 05:59:31 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: > > >On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 02:32:36 GMT, "Pete" > ><[email hidden]> thus spoke: > > > >> Just ran a Bristol race, only two though. Worked fine but > >>Julians system crashed, problems with Det 3 drivers I think. > > > >Ok. But, rrevved says it has 16 people MP over the internet. When you > >have 16 people playing MP on the internet and it is running smoothly > >then let me know. > > I said it had 16 people MP. > > At least that is what was on the screenshot I saw at a site. My > assumption was that it was for net play, but I could be wrong. > Wait... I'm never wrong.. > > Oops. Forget that. > > ;) >

"rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:16:09 -0500, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]>wrote:

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> > >I have been kind of ignoring NH. Does it have multiplayer > >capability at least as good as N3? I mainly like openwheel > >so I am not desperate to own every nascar sim. > > 16 player in the retail. Don't know how good it is though. > Also, there is currently no gamespy/vroc/heat type of matching > service. Just IPs ..

On the other hand, I see that NH is published by Hasbro. I think I'll pass. -- [email hidden]

Greg , Try the demo , you might be surprised "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:QsPo5.13447$[email hidden]...

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> "rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:16:09 -0500, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > > > >I have been kind of ignoring NH. Does it have multiplayer > > >capability at least as good as N3? I mainly like openwheel > > >so I am not desperate to own every nascar sim. > > > > 16 player in the retail. Don't know how good it is though. > > Also, there is currently no gamespy/vroc/heat type of matching > > service. Just IPs .. > > On the other hand, I see that NH is published by Hasbro. > I think I'll pass. > > > -- > > [email hidden] > > > > >

I think it's a Falcon 4.0 thing, so don't tempt the man to go against his principles. And tempted he will be ;)! -Gregor Steve P wrote:

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> > Greg , > Try the demo , you might be surprised > "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:QsPo5.13447$[email hidden]... > > > > On the other hand, I see that NH is published by Hasbro. > > I think I'll pass. > > > > > > -- > > > > [email hidden] > >

"Vintook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tmPo5.19384$[email hidden]... > why are you reiterating what the guy just quoted you as saying? If gives him more visability by posting more... :-) -- [email hidden] > "rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 05:59:31 GMT, [email hidden] wrote: > > > > >On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 02:32:36 GMT, "Pete" > > ><[email hidden]> thus spoke: > > > > > >> Just ran a Bristol race, only two though. Worked fine but > > >>Julians system crashed, problems with Det 3 drivers I think. > > > > > >Ok. But, rrevved says it has 16 people MP over the internet. When you > > >have 16 people playing MP on the internet and it is running smoothly > > >then let me know. > > > > I said it had 16 people MP. > > > > At least that is what was on the screenshot I saw at a site. My > > assumption was that it was for net play, but I could be wrong. > > Wait... I'm never wrong.. > > > > Oops. Forget that. > > > > ;) > > > >

"Steve P" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:eyPo5.2984$[email hidden]... > Greg , > Try the demo , you might be surprised It could be a perfect game. It wouldn't matter, as this is a matter of policy :-) -- [email hidden] > "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:QsPo5.13447$[email hidden]... > > "rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:16:09 -0500, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> > > wrote: > > > > > > >I have been kind of ignoring NH. Does it have multiplayer > > > >capability at least as good as N3? I mainly like openwheel > > > >so I am not desperate to own every nascar sim. > > > > > > 16 player in the retail. Don't know how good it is though. > > > Also, there is currently no gamespy/vroc/heat type of matching > > > service. Just IPs .. > > > > On the other hand, I see that NH is published by Hasbro. > > I think I'll pass. > > > > > > -- > > > > [email hidden] > > > > > > > > > > > >

"Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> writes:

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> "rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 17:16:09 -0500, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > > > >I have been kind of ignoring NH. Does it have multiplayer > > >capability at least as good as N3? I mainly like openwheel > > >so I am not desperate to own every nascar sim. > > > > 16 player in the retail. Don't know how good it is though. > > Also, there is currently no gamespy/vroc/heat type of matching > > service. Just IPs .. > > On the other hand, I see that NH is published by Hasbro. > I think I'll pass.

LOL! -- Olav K. Malmin remove spam when replying

On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 07:51:13 -0500, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> thus spoke: >It could be a perfect game. It wouldn't matter, as this is a matter >of policy :-) Yes, but the developers are the same people who did Viper, which I know you really like. I know it's a bitter pill, but you can swallow it. :-) -- Nos

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> On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 07:51:13 -0500, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> > thus spoke: > > > >It could be a perfect game. It wouldn't matter, as this is a matter > >of policy :-) > > Yes, but the developers are the same people who did Viper, which I > know you really like. I know it's a bitter pill, but you can swallow > it. :-)

Since I have never tried Viper and have no interest in trying Viper, I am curious how you seem to know I really like Viper? -- [email hidden]

"Gregor Veble" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I think it's a Falcon 4.0 thing, so don't tempt the man to go against > his principles. And tempted he will be ;)! Correct. I think I can hold out :-) -- [email hidden] > -Gregor > > > Steve P wrote: > > > > Greg , > > Try the demo , you might be surprised > > "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:QsPo5.13447$[email hidden]... > > > > > > On the other hand, I see that NH is published by Hasbro. > > > I think I'll pass. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > [email hidden] > > >

Greg Cisko wrote:

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> > Since I have never tried Viper and have no interest in trying > Viper, I am curious how you seem to know I really like Viper? > > -- > > [email hidden]

Believe him, you DO like Viper, you just don't know it yet ;). -Gregor

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 07:38:26 -0500, "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> thus spoke: >Since I have never tried Viper and have no interest in trying >Viper, I am curious how you seem to know I really like Viper? Papadoc told me you really liked Viper Racing by Sierra some time back. No? -- Nos