Re: NH only 16 cars in demo because?

There are 16 cars in the demo for download size reasons as well as the fact that this is a demo as opposed to the real product. The real product ships with 43 car fields. "Eric S. Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:i9hl5.11802$[email hidden]... > I was thinking that maybe there is only 16 cars during a race because afull > field of cars would bring the FPS to its knees. What do think? > > Also, it might just be to keep the demo file size to a reasonable size. > > Right now I am getting 35 FPS in 800x600 all option full with my P2 400and > GeForce DDR. Not bad, but double the amount of cars and I think it might > turn into a slide show. > > Overall, I am very amazed with this sim. Can you say physics??? It is whatI > have I desired in a WC sim for a long time. Challenging but playablemaking > for a more enjoyable experience rather than a frustrating one. > > Beat the heat is so cool. I can't wait to play all the scenarios. I still > haven't won at Daytona while drafting with Labonte. > >

I was thinking that maybe there is only 16 cars during a race because a full field of cars would bring the FPS to its knees. What do think? Also, it might just be to keep the demo file size to a reasonable size. Right now I am getting 35 FPS in 800x600 all option full with my P2 400 and GeForce DDR. Not bad, but double the amount of cars and I think it might turn into a slide show. Overall, I am very amazed with this sim. Can you say physics??? It is what I have I desired in a WC sim for a long time. Challenging but playable making for a more enjoyable experience rather than a frustrating one. Beat the heat is so cool. I can't wait to play all the scenarios. I still haven't won at Daytona while drafting with Labonte.

Maybe the download would have been 3 times the size. -Jacob "Eric S. Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:i9hl5.11802$[email hidden]... > I was thinking that maybe there is only 16 cars during a race because afull > field of cars would bring the FPS to its knees. What do think? > > Also, it might just be to keep the demo file size to a reasonable size. > > Right now I am getting 35 FPS in 800x600 all option full with my P2 400and > GeForce DDR. Not bad, but double the amount of cars and I think it might > turn into a slide show. > > Overall, I am very amazed with this sim. Can you say physics??? It is whatI > have I desired in a WC sim for a long time. Challenging but playablemaking > for a more enjoyable experience rather than a frustrating one. > > Beat the heat is so cool. I can't wait to play all the scenarios. I still > haven't won at Daytona while drafting with Labonte. > >

On Sat, 12 Aug 2000 15:04:11 -0400, "Eric S. Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I was thinking that maybe there is only 16 cars during a race because a full >field of cars would bring the FPS to its knees. What do think? That was my 1st thought as well. However, to many people that were in on the beta have commented on great frame rates. I'm sure the other 27 cars will have some impact, but I don't think it will kill the FPS. Andy Please use [email hidden] for all email replies

BTW Daniel: How will you get it from the USA quickly and cheap? TIA Zolli

On Sat, 12 Aug 2000 15:04:11 -0400, "Eric S. Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I was thinking that maybe there is only 16 cars during a race because a full >field of cars would bring the FPS to its knees. What do think? Yes, I think a full nascar field will be a problem, as I didn't see any sliders to limit the number of cars to be drawn ahead and in the mirrors, like in papys nascar-sims. I get 44 fps with full detail on my Athlon 600 + V3 in 800x600, and I already feel the framerate decreases with 16 opponents ahead. Of course, this is to be expected, but I wonder if it will be driveable with 30+ opponents... >Overall, I am very amazed with this sim. Can you say physics??? It is what I >have I desired in a WC sim for a long time. Challenging but playable making >for a more enjoyable experience rather than a frustrating one. Yeah, it's great. Though, I would have preferred another Viper sim, but Nascar seems to make a whole lot more of money ... and an European release would be very nice, too. :-/ Daniel

Skotty can you send me the replay? Should only be about 2-3MB right? -- Tim, [email hidden]|[email hidden] http://legends.sports-gaming.com/forums.shtml FREE forums for your league... http://legends.sports-gaming.com Sim racing website loosely based on gpl... Skotty Flynn <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:52:49 -0500, "Steve P" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >Glad I'm not the only one who hasn't beat Jarrett > > Took me about 10 tries. > If Bobby gets caught up behind the 3rd and/or 2nd place car you can > forget winning. Draft him all the way. > When everything finally worked for me I passed Jarrett out of turn 4 > on the last lap. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Skotty Flynn > "skotty20" > Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com: > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com > The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory: > http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/

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>On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 00:48:13 +0200, "Guenter Zollfrank" ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >>BTW Daniel: >>How will you get it from the USA quickly and cheap? > >I hope a local software store will sell it as an import version ... >but it won't be cheap ... > >Daniel >

Had my copy on order from DVDExpress for a few months now, $46 dollars about �30 incl P&P Always been very quick and reliable with my orders. http://www.express.com/consumer/default.asp Vince

Glad I'm not the only one who hasn't beat Jarrett "Eric S. Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:i9hl5.11802$[email hidden]... > I was thinking that maybe there is only 16 cars during a race because afull > field of cars would bring the FPS to its knees. What do think? > > Also, it might just be to keep the demo file size to a reasonable size. > > Right now I am getting 35 FPS in 800x600 all option full with my P2 400and > GeForce DDR. Not bad, but double the amount of cars and I think it might > turn into a slide show. > > Overall, I am very amazed with this sim. Can you say physics??? It is whatI > have I desired in a WC sim for a long time. Challenging but playablemaking > for a more enjoyable experience rather than a frustrating one. > > Beat the heat is so cool. I can't wait to play all the scenarios. I still > haven't won at Daytona while drafting with Labonte. > >

What should people expect in terms of frame rate hit going from 16 to 43 cars in the field? Thanks, Marc. "Ed Martin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8n4nci$[email hidden]... > There are 16 cars in the demo for download size reasons as well as thefact > that this is a demo as opposed to the real product. The real productships

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> with 43 car fields. > > > "Eric S. Hansen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:i9hl5.11802$[email hidden]... > > I was thinking that maybe there is only 16 cars during a race because a > full > > field of cars would bring the FPS to its knees. What do think? > > > > Also, it might just be to keep the demo file size to a reasonable size. > > > > Right now I am getting 35 FPS in 800x600 all option full with my P2 400 > and > > GeForce DDR. Not bad, but double the amount of cars and I think it

might > > turn into a slide show. > > > > Overall, I am very amazed with this sim. Can you say physics??? It iswhat > I > > have I desired in a WC sim for a long time. Challenging but playable > making > > for a more enjoyable experience rather than a frustrating one. > > > > Beat the heat is so cool. I can't wait to play all the scenarios. Istill > > haven't won at Daytona while drafting with Labonte. > > > > > >

On Sat, 12 Aug 2000 23:52:49 -0500, "Steve P" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Glad I'm not the only one who hasn't beat Jarrett Took me about 10 tries. If Bobby gets caught up behind the 3rd and/or 2nd place car you can forget winning. Draft him all the way. When everything finally worked for me I passed Jarrett out of turn 4 on the last lap. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Skotty Flynn "skotty20" Nascar-Racing-Sims.Com: http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com The Ultimate Sim Racing Directory: http://www.nascar-racing-sims.com/directory/

On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 00:48:13 +0200, "Guenter Zollfrank" <[email hidden]> wrote: >BTW Daniel: >How will you get it from the USA quickly and cheap? I hope a local software store will sell it as an import version ... but it won't be cheap ... Daniel

On Sun, 13 Aug 2000 16:34:12 +0100, "Tim Wheatley" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Skotty can you send me the replay? Should only be about 2-3MB right? No problem on its way. Only 571KB (353 zipped)