Nascar and Win95?

I just wanted opinions on how Nascar Racing runs in win95. I am considering uprading but if it doesn't run Nascar in SVGA as fast as it does in DOS now I won't upgrade. Any opinions are appreciated. Thanx!

>I just wanted opinions on how Nascar Racing runs >in win95. I am considering uprading but if it doesn't >run Nascar in SVGA as fast as it does in DOS now I >won't upgrade. Any opinions are appreciated. >Thanx! runs just like under good old DOS - just get used to the machine rebooting itself between playing games and running Windows. I noticed that my copy of Indyca suddenly lost use of the joystick for the menus, while everything else still works fine (I can still steer and brake with the stick, but the menus are all keyboard now) Nascar didn't have that problem. Division of Information Technology | 608-262-0282 1210 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706 |

>It runs great with WIN 95 and SVGA. Superfast! On what kind of system?? Cpu, ram etc?? Does it run BETTER in Win95 than in DOS??

Well, in low-res it runs just like it did in DOS. Seems to be ok. Dunno about any performance increase though...

(duncan r mclean ) writes: IMHO There is NO way it could run BETTER under Win95. Win95 simply uses Dos mode to run games like this, letting you set up an individual autoexec and config (like OS/2 has always done). If you have an exceptional setting for Nascar autoexec and config and use the same settings in Win95, they should play the same. Unless I'm mistaken, Win95 still has not gotten rid of the stupid 640k barrier. Kirk

I can't tell the difference be*** DOS and Win 95 for speed comparison. I am using a 100MHZ Pentium with 20MB of memory.

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>>I just wanted opinions on how Nascar Racing runs >>in win95. I am considering uprading but if it doesn't >>run Nascar in SVGA as fast as it does in DOS now I >>won't upgrade. Any opinions are appreciated. >>Thanx! >runs just like under good old DOS - just get used to the machine >rebooting itself between playing games and running Windows.

If you take the default settings this will happen. Before I go into my PIF settings, I must say that I think it runs better in MS-DOS mode...I find the joystick calibration isn't all that great (the car is _really_ twitchy). I can't decide whether or not the frame rate is worse or not. I am using a DX4/100, 16MB, Mach64 graphics (PCI), running off the HD. I tried both practice and the beginning of a race at Talledega in 640x480 mode. Hope this helps. MY PIF settings: (items marked with ** are ones I changed from the defaults): "program", "advanced": ** -- prevent ms-dos programs from detecting windows is checked -- suggest ms-dos mode as necessary checked ** -- ms-dos mode is _unchecked_ "program" cmd line: <path>\nascar.exe [-h] working: <path> run: normal window "font" both font types, auto size "memory" all auto ** protected mode box checked uses HMA box checked "screen" all defaults usage: full screen or window, doesn't matter (you'll end up with a full screen session anyway) "misc" defaults, except: **allow screen saver unchecked ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jeremy Mitchell Carleton University http://travel1.travel-net.com/~starfury/cobraone.html We are dreamers, shapers, singers, and makers We study the mysteries of laser and circuit, crystal and scanner Holographic demons and invocations of equations These are the tools we employ, and we know...... ....many things -- Elric [Babylon-5 "The Geometry of Shadows"] ----------------------------------------------------------------

> I am considering uprading but if it doesn't >run Nascar in SVGA as fast as it does in DOS now I it runs great. i have win95 it runs on a boutupdisk( not a disk) e-mailme at rustyian

> I just wanted opinions on how Nascar Racing runs > in win95. I am considering uprading but if it doesn't > run Nascar in SVGA as fast as it does in DOS now I > won't upgrade. Any opinions are appreciated. > Thanx! I found that it did not run at all. I was running on one of the last BETA versions prior to commercial release. The problem was not being able to get the audio to function properly. More than likely, it was me and not 95. But it ran fine when I chose to restart in the DOS mode. In the DOS mode it appears to run exactly the same as it did prior to WIN 95. If you are planning on going WIN 95, remember you can always restart in the DOS mode any time and the game will run fine. My configuration is a P-60, 2X CD-ROM, SVGA, Soundblaster compatable (well mostly compatable) card and 24MB RAM. Good Luck Andy

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>> I just wanted opinions on how Nascar Racing runs >> in win95. I am considering uprading but if it doesn't >> run Nascar in SVGA as fast as it does in DOS now I >> won't upgrade. Any opinions are appreciated. >> Thanx! > I found that it did not run at all. I was running on one of the > last BETA versions prior to commercial release. The problem > was not being able to get the audio to function properly. > More than likely, it was me and not 95. But it ran fine when > I chose to restart in the DOS mode. In the DOS mode it > appears to run exactly the same as it did prior to WIN 95. > If you are planning on going WIN 95, remember you can > always restart in the DOS mode any time and the game will > run fine. > My configuration is a P-60, 2X CD-ROM, SVGA, Soundblaster > compatable (well mostly compatable) card and 24MB RAM. > Good Luck > Andy

I am running Nascar under win95 and have no problems at all. What you should do is create a shortcut to the executable, right click it, and choose properties. Under the program tab, you can add the "-h" switch if you plan to run in SVGA. Hit the ADVANCED button and check the MS-DOS mode box. Select "specify a new MS-DOS configuration", and put whatever drivers and junk you need into the config.sys and autoexec.bat boxes. Good luck, Brian