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Newbie INDYCAR Questions

4 posts by 4 people · 02 Oct 1995 - 07 Oct 1995

Scott Agen 02 Oct 1995#305980
I apologize if these are silly newbie questions. Is there an INDYCAR FAQ posted to this board on a regular basis? My questions are... 1. I don't seem to be able to use my mouse (Kensington Expert Mouse) as the input device for steering and shifting. It seems that I can only use the keyboard, or a joystick. Since I don't have a joystick, that pretty much leaves the keyboard which is a pretty lousy input device for steering. Is it possible to use the mouse as the input device for steering and shifting? How? 2. The graphics are pretty lousy. Lots of jaggies. Very low resolution. What causes that? The video card? My computer is a brand new HP Pavilion. I would think that they would put a decent card in the computer. Do I need some sort of souped-up video card? Which leads me to a general PC question... 3. I notice that, in general, the graphics on my PC are pretty lousy. Nowhere close to as good as my Macintosh (which I use at work). The monitor I got was a Nokia 447L (17", 1240x1028, 0.28 mm pitch, non-interlaced, 60 MHz etc...). Even applications like Word and Excel don't look as good on my PC as they do on my Mac. I'm assuming a better video card would help that, as well? TIA, Scott Ageno
B.VAN LI 03 Oct 1995#306031
>Subject: Newbie INDYCAR Questions >Date: 2 Oct 1995 23:46:23 GMT >I apologize if these are silly newbie questions. Is there an INDYCAR FAQ >posted to this board on a regular basis? My questions are... I don't know about the FAQ.......I'll let you know if I do... Well....ehm.....Nothing is sayd about the mouse in the manual....so...i guess that it's impossible It's the game......we all have the low res..........you should wait for indycar 2.....it has svga !!.....en also better graphics in low res. !! Ehh....ait a second....isn't that the same question as no.2 ?? The only thing you can improve is the ammount of frames per second....that should make things look better....a bit.....:) (not much) Bart-W. van Lith +--------------------------------------------------+ | I will always remember his orange/blue helmet | | I will always remember his puncture at Zandvoort | | I will always remember his white racing clothes | | I will always remember number 27 | | I will always remember Gilles Villeneuve | | "Only the Good Die Young" | +--------------------------------------------------+
RickGent 03 Oct 1995#306032
Well....ehm.....Nothing is sayd about the mouse in the manual....so...i guess that it's impossible <<< IndyCar Racing II supports driving with a mouse. Rick Genter Technical Lead, IndyCar Racing II/NASCAR Racing for Macintosh/Windows Papyrus Design Group, Inc.
Dave Henrie 07 Oct 1995#306161
Quoted text (7 lines)> Subject: Newbie INDYCAR Questions > Organization: Motorola, Inc. > > I apologize if these are silly newbie questions. Is there an INDYCAR FAQ > posted to this board on a regular basis? My questions are... > > 1. I don't seem to be able to use my mouse (Kensington Expert Mouse) as
th > input device for steering and shifting. It seems that I can only use the > keyboard, or a joystick. Since I don't have a joystick, that pretty much > leaves the keyboard which is a pretty lousy input device for steering. Is > possible to use the mouse as the input device for steering and shifting? H Get a Joystick, or better yet a steering wheel, anything else and you're gonna be sorry. > > 2. The graphics are pretty lousy. Lots of jaggies. Very low resolution. > What causes that? The video card? My computer is a brand new HP Pavilion. > would think that they would put a decent card in the computer. Do I need s > sort of souped-up video card? Which leads me to a general PC question... Thats the VGA graphics, better video card won't help the jaggies, only speed them up. > 3. I notice that, in general, the graphics on my PC are pretty lousy. > Nowhere close to as good as my Macintosh (which I use at work). The monito > got was a Nokia 447L (17", 1240x1028, 0.28 mm pitch, non-interlaced, 60 MHz > etc...). Even applications like Word and Excel don't look as good on my PC > they do on my Mac. I'm assuming a better video card would help that, as we Once again a vid-card will improve the performance of the applications but not the looks, the Mac probably is just a better looking computer. I wonder what the dot pitch on Mac's are these days? Dave Henrie > Scott Ageno * JABBER v1.1 * * Origin: NorthWest Online -*- APCiMPGS -*- 509.244.DOOM (1:346/25)

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