Nascar 2:Minor bugs (on my machine anyhow)

>Dega...... I must say that Papyrus has not come > close to the type of control you get with GP2. > ERic Hmmmm, comparing the handling of a Nascar to a F1 car usually doesnt deserve a response, but sometimes people must know how absurd they sound.

1. When you finish or back out of race the race records field shows for ex: Talladega Jeff Gordon 19?.?? The Player 19?.?? instead of your name, your name will show up on the tote board correctly though. 2. In the documentation it refers to a frame rate counter, also on the demo there was a box you could check to show the frame rate counter, I can't find it or it is not there. Other than that really good all around, I wish I could play in dos mode while connecting to TEN in the future. The framerates are a little better, but the Ten software runs in windows?? The paintkit is EXCELENT! Dega has a new and improved "tri-oval" looks like we'll be able to run 2 wide through there now. Mick in Tampa -- ______________________________________________________________________ | | | ____ ___ ___| | Mike Schreiner |CNSRL ADMIN. | ---\ / / /__ | |http://pages.prodigy.com/CNSRL | | --\ / /---/_ | | "Mick" on Hawaii |Earnhardt Rules!!| -\/ / / | | "Mick_S" on Ten | | / | ----------------------------------------------------------------------

>2. In the documentation it refers to a frame rate counter, also on the >demo there was a box you could check to show the frame rate counter, I >can't find it or it is not there. The frame rate counter disappeared in the final release. Not sure why, other than they were pressed for time and didn't have time to implement a keyboard toggle. Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

DEGA is better but the AI seems to be the sam okd shit. On the first lap, the whole mid field backed off alot everytime we went into turn three. BULLSHIT to that I say! Also the car still handles with that same jerky lame responsing motion from teh steering wheel. I assuem the faster teh CPU, the more responsive the steering. I must say that Papyrus has not come close to the type of control you get with GP2. ERic

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> DEGA is better but the AI seems to be the sam okd shit. On the first lap, > the whole mid field backed off alot everytime we went into turn three. > BULLSHIT to that I say! Also the car still handles with that same jerky > lame responsing motion from teh steering wheel. I assuem the faster teh > CPU, the more responsive the steering. I must say that Papyrus has not come > close to the type of control you get with GP2. > ERic

Thank God they haven't! The control in GP2 is quite disappointing- the car automatically jams on the brakes when you enter the pits, so you can't speed...All car makes handle the exact same way...The cartoony dash board shows all your arcade settings on it, doesn't look much like a real***pit...Those "canned" 180 degree spins...and how about that "slomo" effect that kicks in when you get airborne! Also, what's up with GP2 having cars from the '94 season? Gee, that's about when I quit playing World Circuit.

Eric, 2 thinks you might check that are causing the jerkyness problem. One is related to the frame rates. I noticed the same thing when I first played it then realized I forgot to config the univbe driver and presto the frame rate jumped way up and it smoothed my steering significantly. Also if you are using your old nascar1 setup it will need re-tweaking for optimal control. My new setup is totally different from my Nascar1 setting and it handles much smoother than my old setting did in Nas2. Pete

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> DEGA is better but the AI seems to be the sam okd shit. On the first lap, > the whole mid field backed off alot everytime we went into turn three. > BULLSHIT to that I say! Also the car still handles with that same jerky > lame responsing motion from teh steering wheel. I assuem the faster teh > CPU, the more responsive the steering. I must say that Papyrus has not come > close to the type of control you get with GP2. > ERic

None of the things you mention have any effect on the actual main driving model used when racing. I haven't got N2 yet - still not released in the UK :((, so I can't compare them, but GP2 offers _great_ control when driving, far in advance of N1 or ICR2. Cheers, Richard

Congratulations. You are this week's winner of "Post containing most propaganda and downright incorrect disinformation". Your prize is to play GP2 for two weeks and find out exactly how wrong you are. Your name is "Aw C,Mon", so why not do just that? N2 is out, but that doesn't mean we need to start the same tired ond "<new program> is much better than <old program>". It's SO tedious. Cheers! John _________________________________ __ _____| |_____ __ ________| |__| :| John Wallace | |__| |________ \ :| |::| :| Team WW Racing TSW | |::| | / > :| |::| :|_________________________________| |::| | < / :|__|::|____/ * Sim Racing News * \____|::|__| \ /______:/ \::/ http://sneezy.dcn.ed.ac.uk/simnews/index.htm \._____\ [link lost in import: /~harmon/simnews]