ICR2: Adding Memory (Y/N?)

I am running IndyCar Racing II on a 486 DX2 66mhz with 8mb of RAM. Will adding another 8mb of RAM make a significant difference in game play? It runs smoothly in VGA mode but I would prefer to run it "smoothly" in SVGA. Will 16mb of RAM instead of 8mb help me? -Shawn

Yes, but only a VERY little. You need to go for a Pentium which is an expensive upgrade, or a high-end 486 which is a cheap upgrade, but only a stop-gap to the inevitable Pentium upgrade later on. Your choice :( Check out the May issue of Sim Racing News for upgrade paths and the best hardware for sim racing. The URL is in my .sig. Cheers! John _________________________________ __ _____| |_____ __ _________| |__| :| John Wallace | |__| |_________ \ :| |::| :| Team WW Racing TSW | |::| | / > :| |::| :|_________________________________| |::| | < / :|__|::|____:/ Sim Racing News \.____|::|__| \ /_______:/ \::/ http://www.dcn.ed.ac.uk/pulse/index.htm \::/ \._______\

I tried ICR2 on my 486/66. It had 32 Meg. I could only run high rez with ALL detail off. Even then I felt my poor machine was being overtaxed. I found traction to be unrealistically low. I soon lost interest until I upgraded to my new machine. I have never had less than 32 Megs of memory, but I remember someone posting that if you didn't have enough memory, you had problems at the longer tracks. I don't remember if the the problem was that you couldn't race, or couldn't tape. Try Elkhart Lake, that's the longest track there is. If you can run there, and tape there, I don't think more memory will do anything for you. Larry

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>I am running IndyCar Racing II on a 486 DX2 66mhz with 8mb of RAM. >Will adding another 8mb of RAM make a significant difference in game play? >It runs smoothly in VGA mode but I would prefer to run it "smoothly" in >SVGA. >Will 16mb of RAM instead of 8mb help me? >-Shawn

I found that upgrading my video card from 1 meg to 2 megs helped, I am using an 80mhz 486 with 16 megs of ram and can run almost full detail on svga.. - Jeff Prey

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>From: Jay Freels >Subject: Re: ICR2: Adding Memory (Y/N?) >Date: 31 May 1996 07:29:26 -0700 >>I am running IndyCar Racing II on a 486 DX2 66mhz with 8mb of RAM. >>Will adding another 8mb of RAM make a significant difference in game play? >>It runs smoothly in VGA mode but I would prefer to run it "smoothly" in >>SVGA. >>Will 16mb of RAM instead of 8mb help me? >>-Shawn >>I have a Pentium 60 and just went from 8mb to 16mb. I ran in svga before the upgrade and it was not as smooth as I would like. After the addition I have NOT noticed any change:).

It's been stated that the memory(above 8MB) only increases the length of the replay... ________ Eldred Pickett I am NOT paranoid. And why are you always watching me?!?