Decisions, decisions... Rally Masters

After playing the RM demo, I'm very tempted to take the leap and buy the full out game from www.interactcd.com which is nearly $50 US including standard shipping (3-5 business days). However I'd be willing to hold off if I knew that CMR2 or Ubisoft's Rally game will be available in the next month or so. Anyone heard a word on those two????? I've thought about getting RC2000, but was totally turned off by the frustrating car handling in the demo (yes I know the real deal + patches is supposed to be much better) but the other factor is that my current system is a bit dated. (saving up for a new one in 6 months or so) I've only got a PII 266, 128meg RAM, 16meg RivaTNT video + V2 12 meg add-on and a Soundblaster Live X-Gamer... But the real kicker is that I'm quite low on HD space, so unless I remove something (which I'd rather not) I doubt I'd have the space to run RC2000 on my meager system worth a hoot.. Which leaves me with the dilemma.... Spend the $$$ now (a bit pricey as it's an import) or hold off to see if it will hit USA store shelves. Does anyone have a clue when that might happen? Given my situation, what would you do? ! ? Thanks for the advice... Jay J

i live in uk i can get rally masters for �25.99 then post it to you but i am not sure about the postage cost and exchage rat it could be $50+ <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I happen to love RC2K, but we'll leave that aside for the moment. :) > > Rally Masters (aka Test Drive Rally) will not be released in the US > until November (!) according to Babbage's. And EB has dropped Test > Drive Rally completely from its projected release list. > > AFAIK, CMR 2.0 is not yet slated to be released in the US. > > When Ubisoft's Rally Racing Simulation will actually show up is also > an open question. > > Given your HD constraints, it might be an idea to bite the bullet and > go for Rally Masters. It only eats about 17MB and it should run very > well on your system. I have almost the same system (only difference > being that it's a PII-300 with an old SB16 ISA card) and it runs just > fine. > > > > On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 23:37:18 GMT, "Jay J" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >After playing the RM demo, I'm very tempted to take the leap and buy the > >full out game from www.interactcd.com which is nearly $50 US including > >standard shipping (3-5 business days). > > > >However I'd be willing to hold off if I knew that CMR2 or Ubisoft's Rally > >game will be available in the next month or so. > > > >Anyone heard a word on those two????? > > > >I've thought about getting RC2000, but was totally turned off by the > >frustrating car handling in the demo (yes I know the real deal + patches

is > >supposed to be much better) but the other factor is that my currentsystem > >is a bit dated. (saving up for a new one in 6 months or so) > > > >I've only got a PII 266, 128meg RAM, 16meg RivaTNT video + V2 12 megadd-on > >and a Soundblaster Live X-Gamer... > > > >But the real kicker is that I'm quite low on HD space, so unless I remove > >something (which I'd rather not) I doubt I'd have the space to run RC2000on > >my meager system worth a hoot.. > > > >Which leaves me with the dilemma.... Spend the $$$ now (a bit pricey asit's

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> >an import) or hold off to see if it will hit USA store shelves. > > > >Does anyone have a clue when that might happen? > > > >Given my situation, what would you do? ! ? > > > >Thanks for the advice... > >Jay J > > > > > > > Remove "hi" from address or it will bounce....

I happen to love RC2K, but we'll leave that aside for the moment. :) Rally Masters (aka Test Drive Rally) will not be released in the US until November (!) according to Babbage's. And EB has dropped Test Drive Rally completely from its projected release list. AFAIK, CMR 2.0 is not yet slated to be released in the US. When Ubisoft's Rally Racing Simulation will actually show up is also an open question. Given your HD constraints, it might be an idea to bite the bullet and go for Rally Masters. It only eats about 17MB and it should run very well on your system. I have almost the same system (only difference being that it's a PII-300 with an old SB16 ISA card) and it runs just fine. On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 23:37:18 GMT, "Jay J" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>After playing the RM demo, I'm very tempted to take the leap and buy the >full out game from www.interactcd.com which is nearly $50 US including >standard shipping (3-5 business days). > >However I'd be willing to hold off if I knew that CMR2 or Ubisoft's Rally >game will be available in the next month or so. > >Anyone heard a word on those two????? > >I've thought about getting RC2000, but was totally turned off by the >frustrating car handling in the demo (yes I know the real deal + patches is >supposed to be much better) but the other factor is that my current system >is a bit dated. (saving up for a new one in 6 months or so) > >I've only got a PII 266, 128meg RAM, 16meg RivaTNT video + V2 12 meg add-on >and a Soundblaster Live X-Gamer... > >But the real kicker is that I'm quite low on HD space, so unless I remove >something (which I'd rather not) I doubt I'd have the space to run RC2000 on >my meager system worth a hoot.. > >Which leaves me with the dilemma.... Spend the $$$ now (a bit pricey as it's >an import) or hold off to see if it will hit USA store shelves. > >Does anyone have a clue when that might happen? > >Given my situation, what would you do? ! ? > >Thanks for the advice... >Jay J > >

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

On Fri 28 Apr 2000 12:37:18am, Jay J wrote: >After playing the RM demo, I'm very tempted to take the leap and buy >the full out game from www.interactcd.com which is nearly $50 US >including standard shipping (3-5 business days).<snip> >I've only got a PII 266, 128meg RAM, 16meg RivaTNT video + V2 12 meg >add-on and a Soundblaster Live X-Gamer...<snip> >Given my situation, what would you do? ! ? Get Rally Masters. It's a lot of fun, and runs well on average systems. The car handling isn't that great, but it's more of an arcade game in any case (and light years ahead of Sega Rally II PC). CMR 2.0 is too far off to wait for, really - if it was out next week, it'd be different. In any case, I've just read an article in PC Gaming World that implies you'll need a PII-350 or so as a minimum. Rally Championship is absolutely fantastic (and yes, it's a *lot* better than the demo), but your system will be struggling. The recommended spec is a PIII-500, and my Celeron 400 is only just good enough to get a good fps count. And, of course, it's a *very* difficult game - the GPL of rallying. So, get Rally Masters. It's great. -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

Thanks for the help.... I wound up purchacing it from www.interactcd.com and it arrived last night! Jay J Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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| Thanks for the help.... | | I wound up purchacing it from www.interactcd.com and it arrived last | night! | | Jay J | | | Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ | Before you buy.