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Re: Technical glitch, or am I just not a good driver?

3 posts by 3 people · 12 Dec 1999 - 12 Dec 1999 19:36 UTC

Have you tried using the papyrus driver? I have found that the DX joy driver doesnt work well at all in Nascar3 for me. Ripple wrote in message ...
Quoted text (12 lines)>I recently purchased N3, having played both previous installments until my >fingers bled (no N99, though). In both N1 and N2 I was able to race >competitively and sometimes win at 99% skill and 50% race length. I was >able to hold my line in traffic, and generally avoid accidents. The ratio >of accidents caused by the AI versus ones caused by me was probably ten to >one. > >Now N3 comes along, though, and all of the sudden I'm driving like a >three-year old in a theme park bumper car. What gives? > >I cannot seem to hold my line well. My car often seems horribly tight >entering turns and very loose coming out of them, regardless of how I
tinker
Quoted text (15 lines)>with my setup. At 98% I can usually qualify top 10, but never on the pole. >I'm usually a little quicker than the AI for the first few laps until the >tires heat up, and then the AI cars are too fast for me. At 98 freakin' >percent! > >In general, I'm using a tweaked version of the ACE setup for each track. >PII / 333, 128 SDRAM, AGP TNT w/ 16mb, full install, TM Grand Prix I, D3D >joystick driver, 800 x 600, 12 cars drawn in front, 3 behind, all detail at >max except replay & skid buffers and drawing distance, 16 bit sound w/ 4 >cars heard max. > >Is there something technical wrong, or am I just not a good driver in these >days of higher speeds than N2 ?! > >
Ripple 12 Dec 1999 14:42 UTC#291233
I recently purchased N3, having played both previous installments until my fingers bled (no N99, though). In both N1 and N2 I was able to race competitively and sometimes win at 99% skill and 50% race length. I was able to hold my line in traffic, and generally avoid accidents. The ratio of accidents caused by the AI versus ones caused by me was probably ten to one. Now N3 comes along, though, and all of the sudden I'm driving like a three-year old in a theme park bumper car. What gives? I cannot seem to hold my line well. My car often seems horribly tight entering turns and very loose coming out of them, regardless of how I tinker with my setup. At 98% I can usually qualify top 10, but never on the pole. I'm usually a little quicker than the AI for the first few laps until the tires heat up, and then the AI cars are too fast for me. At 98 freakin' percent! In general, I'm using a tweaked version of the ACE setup for each track. PII / 333, 128 SDRAM, AGP TNT w/ 16mb, full install, TM Grand Prix I, D3D joystick driver, 800 x 600, 12 cars drawn in front, 3 behind, all detail at max except replay & skid buffers and drawing distance, 16 bit sound w/ 4 cars heard max. Is there something technical wrong, or am I just not a good driver in these days of higher speeds than N2 ?!
Vintook 12 Dec 1999 19:36 UTC#291263
In article <vvO44.2810$[email hidden]>, "Ripple" <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (27 lines)>I recently purchased N3, having played both previous installments until my >fingers bled (no N99, though). In both N1 and N2 I was able to race >competitively and sometimes win at 99% skill and 50% race length. I was >able to hold my line in traffic, and generally avoid accidents. The ratio >of accidents caused by the AI versus ones caused by me was probably ten to >one. > >Now N3 comes along, though, and all of the sudden I'm driving like a >three-year old in a theme park bumper car. What gives? > >I cannot seem to hold my line well. My car often seems horribly tight >entering turns and very loose coming out of them, regardless of how I tinker >with my setup. At 98% I can usually qualify top 10, but never on the pole. >I'm usually a little quicker than the AI for the first few laps until the >tires heat up, and then the AI cars are too fast for me. At 98 freakin' >percent! > >In general, I'm using a tweaked version of the ACE setup for each track. >PII / 333, 128 SDRAM, AGP TNT w/ 16mb, full install, TM Grand Prix I, D3D >joystick driver, 800 x 600, 12 cars drawn in front, 3 behind, all detail at >max except replay & skid buffers and drawing distance, 16 bit sound w/ 4 >cars heard max. > >Is there something technical wrong, or am I just not a good driver in these >days of higher speeds than N2 ?! > >
I found N3 easier to drive than N2. Then again it could also be all that GPL time paying off! Vintook

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