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Re: CART: what do you recommend

12 posts by 10 people · 05 Apr 2000 - 08 Apr 2000

don hodgdon 05 Apr 2000#280533
I just reloaded Cart Racing on my PII400 with a SB Live and a LWFF wheel. It runs great and although it looks every bit it's age, CART Racing is still a lot of fun. I got it off the Sierra site for US$ 9.95. -- don "Getting hit by a meteorite is an accident... everything else is driver-error." "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > The choices are very slim. You have CART RAcing by Sierra. or Cart > Precision Racing by Microsoft. CPR is several years newer and has a few > interesting ideas, but the whole package seemed to be judged a failure. > Cart racing is Indy Car Racing 2 that has been repackaged. Even tho > it is pratically out of print, you can still get it via mail order at > Sierra's web site. Cart Racing is probably the better "Sim", but it has > many glaring weaknesses such as dos soundcard requirements or a special > 3d card that leave many users unable to properly run the sim in a modern > Win9x machine. > If you know how to setup a soundcard for certain IRQ's and are > comfortable with 640x480 jaggy graphics, then CART racing is the one. > dave henrie > > * Leong wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > I am thinking of trying CART racing > > besides the one offered by that buggy > > software company, what other > > choices do you recommend that I look > > into ? > > > > Thanks
GPL. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- * Leong <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi > > I am thinking of trying CART racing > besides the one offered by that buggy > software company, what other > choices do you recommend that I look > into ? > > Thanks > > >
* Leong 06 Apr 2000#280422
Hi I am thinking of trying CART racing besides the one offered by that buggy software company, what other choices do you recommend that I look into ? Thanks
sc 06 Apr 2000 04:10 UTC#280529
Urmh... Papy's Cart Racing aka ICR2? You can find it in bargain bins everywhere (Popular Bookstore even has it for abt S$15...the 3D enhanced version somemore...) Then install the CART2000 shapes that u can find at www.simracing.com and you're set! Won't work with digital wheels tho :-( Another possibility is GP2 with the CART shapes... then can race CART ard Sepang! * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!
Dave Henrie 06 Apr 2000 04:27 UTC#280442
The choices are very slim. You have CART RAcing by Sierra. or Cart Precision Racing by Microsoft. CPR is several years newer and has a few interesting ideas, but the whole package seemed to be judged a failure. Cart racing is Indy Car Racing 2 that has been repackaged. Even tho it is pratically out of print, you can still get it via mail order at Sierra's web site. Cart Racing is probably the better "Sim", but it has many glaring weaknesses such as dos soundcard requirements or a special 3d card that leave many users unable to properly run the sim in a modern Win9x machine. If you know how to setup a soundcard for certain IRQ's and are comfortable with 640x480 jaggy graphics, then CART racing is the one. dave henrie * Leong wrote:
Quoted text (10 lines)> > Hi > > I am thinking of trying CART racing > besides the one offered by that buggy > software company, what other > choices do you recommend that I look > into ? > > Thanks
Ashley McConnell 06 Apr 2000 10:48 UTC#280338
Indycar Racing 2 by Sierra.....its a bit old now though (and DOS) .....I have been wishing for a new CART game for years now :( Definitely worth playing though! Ash http://www.twistedtech.co.uk * Leong <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (12 lines)| Hi | | I am thinking of trying CART racing | besides the one offered by that buggy | software company, what other | choices do you recommend that I look | into ? | | Thanks | | |
Jim Brindle 06 Apr 2000 17:46 UTC#280224
you can dowload a patch (the Pits have it in their archives and the Sim Project too) which enables you to play in win95/8 I have just reinstalled after reading stuff about the new shapes and am loving it again! Jim Ashley McConnell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8chq2h$264$[email hidden]...
Quoted text (24 lines)> Indycar Racing 2 by Sierra.....its a bit old now though (and DOS) .....I > have been wishing for a new CART game for years now :( > > Definitely worth playing though! > > Ash > http://www.twistedtech.co.uk > > * Leong <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > | Hi > | > | I am thinking of trying CART racing > | besides the one offered by that buggy > | software company, what other > | choices do you recommend that I look > | into ? > | > | Thanks > | > | > | > >
Chris Helps 06 Apr 2000 22:43 UTC#280163
If you have a second computer, get ICR2 (CART Racing) from Payrus, buy Rendition video card for around $40, and install the Rendition version of the game. Go to the Pits website for links to utilities and track enhancements. Without a Rendition card, CART Racing is 640x480 unaccelerated graphics, around 6 years old. Fun to drive, but it won't look very good. You could buy Dave Noonan's track converter, though, and race the tracks on GPL ... I wonder if anyone has come up with a way to modify the GPL handling and carshapes to produce a reasonable facsimile of modern CART? Otherwise, you can get the sim "by that buggy software company" with cheezy but Voodoo-compatible graphics, although it sux the big one regarding AI and drivablilty. I bought it with great excitement, tried it twice; waited for the patch, tried it twice more then uninstalled it. Yuck!! Sky "* Leong" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (12 lines)> Hi > > I am thinking of trying CART racing > besides the one offered by that buggy > software company, what other > choices do you recommend that I look > into ? > > Thanks > > >
Peter Ives 07 Apr 2000#279883
In article <8ch8ta$vv0$[email hidden]>, don hodgdon <[email hidden]> writes >I just reloaded Cart Racing on my PII400 with a SB Live and a LWFF wheel. >It >runs great and although it looks every bit it's age, CART Racing is still a >lot of fun. I got it off the Sierra site for US$ 9.95. If CPR had online racing I would probably still be playing it. The driving model and sense of speed was pretty decent, it was just the AI that was a waste of space. <snip>
Quoted text (13 lines)>> * Leong wrote: >> > >> > Hi >> > >> > I am thinking of trying CART racing >> > besides the one offered by that buggy >> > software company, what other >> > choices do you recommend that I look >> > into ? >> > >> > Thanks > >
-- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.
David 07 Apr 2000 22:38 UTC#279763
Well it does at the zone and its free. I spent many a night racing there. I am not sure if anyone still races there with CPR, but they did. Dave
Quoted text (27 lines)> If CPR had online racing I would probably still be playing it. The > driving model and sense of speed was pretty decent, it was just the AI > that was a waste of space. > > <snip> > > >> * Leong wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi > >> > > >> > I am thinking of trying CART racing > >> > besides the one offered by that buggy > >> > software company, what other > >> > choices do you recommend that I look > >> > into ? > >> > > >> > Thanks > > > > > > -- > Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) > > No person's opinions can be said to be > more correct than another's, because each is > the sole judge of his or her own experience. >
Peter Ives 08 Apr 2000#279441
In article <01bfa0b9$7249db20$72d3fc3f@packardbell>, David <robinsonsapm [email hidden]> writes > > >Well it does at the zone and its free. I spent many a night racing there. >I am not sure if anyone still races there with CPR, but they did. > >Dave Cheers Dave, I'll check it out. :) > >> If CPR had online racing I would probably still be playing it. The >> driving model and sense of speed was pretty decent, it was just the AI >> that was a waste of space. >> -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.
Peter Ives 08 Apr 2000#524262
Cheers Dave, I'll check it out. :) -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

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