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NASCAR 2

11 posts by 9 people · 06 Aug 1996 - 13 Aug 1996

Rich McCab 06 Aug 1996#331907
Hey wheres the speedo and shift indicator ? Looking at the new screen shots they are missing. Whats up with that ??????
Well Uh What can I say. Have you ever seen a Speedo in a Stock Car ??
: Hey wheres the speedo and shift indicator ? Looking at the new screen : shots they are missing. Whats up with that ?????? Real NASCAR cars don't have a speedo, the drivers don't really want to know how fast they are going (otherwise they might slow down) ;-) Besides the screen shots where NOT screen shots but "mock-ups" of what Papyrus, would like the game to look like. There were more in line with story-boards for movies. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I thought Speedo was a bathing suit??? (Sorry, I couldn't resist) -- Kenneth http://www.rocket.git.net http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/6224/index.html #Speed on us.undernet.org, IRC _______ _______ ______ __ __ ______ _______ / ____ / / ___ / / ____// / / / / ____/ /___ __/ / / // / / / / / / / / _/ / / /____ / / / /___// / / / / / / / __ / ____/ / / | ___ \ / /__ / / / /____ / / \ \/____ / / |_| \__\_____/ /______/_/ \_\___/ // > >Hey wheres the speedo and shift indicator ? Looking at the new screen > >shots they are missing. Whats up with that ?????? > Well Uh What can I say. Have you ever seen a Speedo in a Stock Car ??
AdLevesq 08 Aug 1996#332352
Hi Rich, Since the drivers don't have a speedometer, we removed it. We couldn't put the shifter where it should go so we removed that too. However, you'll be able to get a display of those by pressing a key (not sure which one yet :). The display will appear to the left of the gas gauge. Adam Papyrus
Real live Nascars don't have speedo's. Guess its going to be like that in Nascar 2.
Mike Manthe 09 Aug 1996#332630
ROFL!!! I think they *could* get a speedo in there, but the crew chief would take it out. That way, he can tell the driver to keep going faster, and the driver can't respond with the obvious "Geez, I'm already doin' 190"... Mike
Brad Morga 09 Aug 1996#332631
Thank you Adam! The sensory inputs from a real racecar are much higher that those from the simulation. You can "feel" how fast you are going. In the simulation, knowing the speed at various points on the track is a very useful piece of information and you can most easily get that from a speedometer. It possible that the speedometer could be replaced by forcefeed back steering wheels and a full motion gyro platform (for up to 1G of load anyway) but only time will tell... Brad
Mike Manthe 09 Aug 1996#332632
> I thought Speedo was a bathing suit??? (Sorry, I couldn't resist) You're right, of course.... Some drivers want them in their car. <go figure> Mike
>Hi Rich, > Since the drivers don't have a speedometer, we removed it. We >couldn't put the shifter where it should go so we removed that too. >However, you'll be able to get a display of those by pressing a key (not >sure which one yet :). The display will appear to the left of the gas >gauge. Are laptimes going to be in seconds now instead of mph? I would much rather see it that way, or an option for either time or mph/kph or both? Go #6 Mark Martin,#16 Ted Musgrave & #99 Jeff Burton - Jack Roush Racing!! NASCAR Racing!! http://camalott.com/~sean/nascar/nascar.htm <--NASCAR Racing Sim page
AdLevesq 13 Aug 1996#333356
Hi George, The plan is to have a global switch which will change between time/speed everywhere in the game. One thing we learned is that while most people think in speed, at the track, everyone thinks in time. Adam Papyrus

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