NASCAR2 - short review of good points of demo

Hi, I am going to just give the improved items I have found and liked running the new NASCAR2. I have run NASCAR2 for three hours on my Pentium 150/Diamond Stealth 64 with 16Meg, Using a TSW steering wheel, and SB16 sound card. Once program was installed after following instructions from the Web site I got it from, Program came up with no problems. I had to copy sound .cfg file over from old NASCAR program to get sound as mentioned in readme file. The things I like about the new NASCAR2: 1. The changes in the graphics are better in NASCAR2. More detail. Not quite as much as GP2, but I like the new layouts of tracks. 2. The cars are much more detailed and clearer now. I find the cars handle better than in NASCAR, but thats my opinion. 3. I like the new track layouts for Atlanta and Watkins Glenn. I hope the rest of final tracks are like these two. 4. The talking spotters are fantastic. It brings another flavor or NASCAR touch the simulator. I would buy the simulator just to get this feature. 5. I like the new menus designs are very well done, even though alot of features are not implemented yet. Its great to see what the features are going to be when it comes out this Winter. Things that I have noticed(probably not implemented for demo) 1 The mirror does not seem to see what is behind the car at this time. 2. My TSW wheel cannot get pedals to be used as Accelerator/Brakes. So I am using my shifter buttons as those functions(probably because of joystick feature only allowed). Surpisingly, I drive pretty good in this mode. 3. Under race pace lap, with only 10-12 cars, I cannot see the pace car with 30 cars viewing selected. 4. If you get off on the grass at Watkins Glenn, it seeems much slicker than in orignial NASCAR. Taction seems better on tracks. 5. The replay viewing are much different then orignal NASCAR, and the long distance shots are different(some rough edges need to be worked out on the viewing). Not sure if full screen option works(no effect when clicked for demo). I like the side view stats of replay window. I will be very interested to see what this product looks like in 3D when the rendition chip comes out. To sum it up, I am going to like NASCAR2 when final version comes out. Dave Thayer

> Hi, > Things that I have noticed(probably not implemented for demo) > 1 The mirror does not seem to see what is behind the car at this time. Read the manual, ie readme.txt and you'll learn that buy pressing 'm' mirrors, although bad ones, appears. This is strange. I have a TSW too. No problem. I guess you haven't changed the steering controls, ie made accelerate on the y-axis(throttle that is) of the wheel, etc. Grass is slick as hell because it is supposed to be. You should not drive on the grass. :) Again, if you read the manual you would learn that the various camera angels are NOT working properly. Will probably look exactly the same but at a constant 30 fps on a reasonable Pentium instead of ~20 fps. Cheers! -- --- Terje Wold Johansen --- http://www.ifi.uio.no/~terjjo/ --- "I am your inferior superior." O.W.

>Again, if you read the manual you would learn that the various camera >angels are NOT working properly. Camera angels? Didn't know angels were getting this specialized... <g> Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

> >Again, if you read the manual you would learn that the various camera > >angels are NOT working properly. > Camera angels? Didn't know angels were getting this specialized... <g> ARGH! "angles" "angles" "angles" "angles" "angles" "angles" "angles" :-)) -- --- Terje Wold Johansen --- http://www.ifi.uio.no/~terjjo/ --- "I am your inferior superior." O.W.

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>writes: >> >Again, if you read the manual you would learn that the various camera >> >angels are NOT working properly. >> Camera angels? Didn't know angels were getting this specialized... <g> >ARGH! >"angles" "angles" "angles" "angles" "angles" "angles" "angles" >:-)) >-- >--- Terje Wold Johansen >--- http://www.ifi.uio.no/~terjjo/ >--- "I am your inferior superior." O.W.

S'OK, Terje. I wouldn't have a clue how to say "angle" in Norwegian. Or any other word for that matter. <g> Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

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> >writes: > >> >Again, if you read the manual you would learn that the various camera > >> >angels are NOT working properly. > >> Camera angels? Didn't know angels were getting this specialized... <g> > >ARGH! > >"angles" "angles" "angles" "angles" "angles" "angles" "angles" > >:-)) > S'OK, Terje. I wouldn't have a clue how to say "angle" in Norwegian. Or any > other word for that matter. <g>

I tell you, Norwegian pronunciation is pretty hopeless. :-) In Norwegian "angle" means "vinkel" (pronounce it as it is). But anyway, your point is very valid indeed, there are too many people who pay too little attention to the ultimate tool of communication. Rock on! -- --- Terje Wold Johansen --- http://www.ifi.uio.no/~terjjo/ --- "I am your inferior superior." O.W.

> > I will be very interested to see what this product looks like in 3D when > > the rendition chip comes out. To sum it up, I am going to like NASCAR2 > > when final version comes out. > Will probably look exactly the same but at a constant > 30 fps on a reasonable Pentium instead of ~20 fps. Can someone (Ed, Adam?) confirm this. I've been under impression that Rendition version would be 16-bit color instead of 8-bit ... -- Henrikki (Hena) Hakkanen Tel. +358-(9)0-345 5538 ------- The best way to accelerate a Mac is 9.81 m/s2 -------- -------------------------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are mine and does not necessarily reflect those of my employer!