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NASCAR Racing 2 Demo - My $.02 - Please Papyrus people and EVERYONE read

16 posts by 13 people · 17 Sep 1996 - 26 Sep 1996

Hello everyone, A lot of posts in here regarding NASCAR Racing 2 Demo has happened, I find no problem in this. But yet, people are saying that "the demo sucks" and "its better than GP2." Come on people, the Demo isn't out yet! Quit saying something you have no proof to back up with. Speaking of which, people have been flaming Adam Levesque for his "promise" of the 15th release, people, if you read back, it says: "We hope to have it out around the 15th" He didn't say that "Yes, it's coming out the 15th." Stop blaming Adam, there's no reason. My biggest concern is, my goodness, the Demo file is 18 MB!!!! I would bet some cold hard cash that says most people wont be able to run it (unless those fortunate that have 32MBs and above) I have a bad computer, its only a 486DX2-66MHz with 16 MB RAM, so I guess I'm eliminated, I wont be able to run the thing. What is the requirements? Pentium 66 with 32 MB RAM! Gez..... Hope that this file can be "compacted" into 6-10 MB. Papyrus, listen to this, with a game that requires that much memory to boot, some people won't buy because of the requirements. I know few people who have tons of memory on their computer, so think about it. If there is a way to compact, you'd better do it. I just had to get in my two cents here, please take no offense everyone.... Mark Fields
fortunate that have 32MBs and above) 18MB of disk space, not RAM! Good question, Mark. Sierra/Papyrus hasn't said a word about this. Hey Adam, are you reading this one? I believe I read a post by Adam saying they got the demo shrunk down to about 7MB, which I think was about the size of the ICR2 demo.
Calm down. Have you ever played Hexen? Quake? NASCAR??? These progs occupy more than 16 megs of HARD DRIVE. Even Doom's WAD file was over 10Mb. The game ran on 486 with 4mb RAM. Not every file is loaded in RAM at once. They are swapped in and out as the game progresses. Rick
John Cal 18 Sep 1996#337609
Ah HA! Can you top a 386-40MHz with 8 MB RAM!? And you thought you had it tough... :) John
Ron R. II 18 Sep 1996#337610
>>I have a bad computer, its only a 486DX2-66MHz with 16 MB RAM, so I guess I'm eliminated, I wont be able to run the thing. >Ah HA! Can you top a 386-40MHz with 8 MB RAM!? And you thought you >had it tough... :) > John Hah hah, a guy I work with bought a 386-16 w/4Mg and while at a flea market found someone with 2 motherboards for sale, a 486 and a 286. He grabbed one and didn't know till he got home that he grabbed the 286 by mistake......... And he expects to run Windows, Smart-Cam and Autocad12 on this system :) Ron R II *********************************************** ** Keep the shiny side up & the hammer down ** *** Ron "Cougar" Riekens II *** **** Owner - Driver **** **** Medallion Motorsports/*** Photography **** *** NASS ARCA Series #96 Pontiac *** ***********************************************
James Dunph 18 Sep 1996#337612
Leave Adam alone we all know what happened to The Pits when ***s flamed Jed ( not to say that Papyrus will close up shop) BUT the information you find so useful from him will end. Think about it !!!!!
Quoted text (12 lines)>>My biggest concern is, my goodness, the Demo file is 18 MB!!!! I would bet some cold >>hard cash that says most people wont be able to run it (unless those fortunate that have 32MBs and above) >>I have a bad computer, its only a 486DX2-66MHz with 16 MB RAM, so I guess I'm eliminated, I wont be able to run the thing. >>What is the requirements? Pentium 66 with 32 MB RAM! Gez..... >Calm down. Have you ever played Hexen? Quake? NASCAR??? >These progs occupy more than 16 megs of HARD DRIVE. >Even Doom's WAD file was over 10Mb. The game ran on 486 with 4mb RAM. >Not every file is loaded in RAM at once. They are swapped in and out >as the game progresses. >Rick
Well, thanks Rick for letting me know, I have 250MB Hard Drive so I "guess" I will be able to run it Yup, I've played all those games, definately NASCAR..=) Mark
Thanks, you struck some relief into me. I was getting really nervous when I saw 18MB. Well, anyway, you are right, Adam, Ed, whoever, PLEASE INFORM US OF THE REQUIREMENTS!! Mark
Wallace B 20 Sep 1996#337840
Take a look at your current NASCAR directory. Mine has the NASCAR Track Pack, a few extra car sets, and the Hawaii multiplayer beta. It's about 60 Megabytes. My biggest concern is Adam said that the size of the demo was 18 MB, now it's about 7 MB. That must mean that they removed some tracks from the demo so more people could download it. Bummer. That means that we'll have to wait a month or so to get the real thing before we can blast around most of the tracks. I sure hope the demo isn't only the Talladega track and no others. Please include a road course and a short track. Re: The September 15th "deadline" All of you maniacs that are complaining are apparently not in the software business. Papyrus, take your time and turn out a quality product. Most people probably don't remember NASCAR 1.00 which had several annoying anomalies like computer cars that were apparently DWI when heading into the pits. They'd smash into the pit wall, other cars, and (most importantly) you. NASCAR racing 2 is going to be great! We already have eight guys in the Albuquerque area that are set up to run multiplayer over IPX. We're tired of shooting each other with rocket launchers, we're ready to race! \\|// Wallace J. Bow, ***jock (o o) [link lost in import] ------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo---------------------------------------------- Voice: (505) 275-3969 Data/NASCAR Racing: (505) 291-6417
Brian Ho 20 Sep 1996#337841
Ah HA! Can you top a 386-40MHz with 8 MB RAM!? And you thought you I have a 486SX2-50Mhx with 12 MB Ram. Can race 30 cars with most options off. I pray I don't need to spend $1800 for new equipment to run NASCAR2!. Please let us know the minimum requirements Adam. Brian in GR, MI
Kurt G Nune 20 Sep 1996#337842
Where do these guys get there information? This is the first I have heard the demo has been paired down to 7MB. It also seems to me all the posts telling us all to show patients waiting for the demo are by people who have websites. Is that a coincidence? Hmmmmm.
Well pay attention to the Headers, Adam stated this a day or two ago. Yes, it's a big *** by those of us with web pages to keep the rest of you in the dark. <grin> Andy
Rhett Lan 22 Sep 1996#338031
>Ah HA! Can you top a 386-40MHz with 8 MB RAM!? And you thought you >>had it tough... :) >> John >I have a 486SX2-50Mhx with 12 MB Ram. Can race 30 cars with most options >off. I pray I don't need to spend $1800 for new equipment to run NASCAR2!. I also have a PBell 486SX2-50Mhz with 8megs. I have been trying to figure out the cheapest and best upgrade on cpu's or a T2 wheel. I have to turn all but pavement and decals off, 5 cars ahead and I still get choppy motion.
Whatbra 24 Sep 1996#338464
writes: Try turning OFF the pavement and turning on something like Objects. Pavemneht and grass are hardest on the processor. Gene
Alan Pe 26 Sep 1996#338891
have to turn all but pavement and decals off, 5 cars ahead and I still get choppy motion. << Pavement is the top processor hog, turn it off and turn on two other things.<g> !^NavFont02F008E000BQGJHG4CHG8FB8EC -- Posted 09/25/96 at 20:28

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