Nascar 2 Purchase questions?

<<1. Will N2 run under Win95, or do I have to reboot in DOS>> I play it just fine, as I do all my DOS games, from Win95. I may not say a definite "yes" because not everyone may be as fortunate. <<2. Does the game require the CD inserted, or can I do a full install to the HD>> Either. If you leave the CD in and start the game, though, you get some motion images and a splash intro. Without the CD in the drive the games starts normally. Nick _______________________________________________________________ #6 & #94 in the quest for the Cup My home away from home... http://www.mindspring.com/~ntotoro/ _______________________________________________________________

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> <<1. Will N2 run under Win95, or do I have to reboot in DOS>> > I play it just fine, as I do all my DOS games, from Win95. I may > not say a definite "yes" because not everyone may be as fortunate. > <<2. Does the game require the CD inserted, or can I do a full > install to the HD>> > Either. If you leave the CD in and start the game, though, you get > some motion images and a splash intro. Without the CD in the drive the > games starts normally. > Nick

Oops... I meant to say that was what happens when you do a full installation. I've yet to do a partial install. Nick _______________________________________________________________ #6 & #94 in the quest for the Cup My home away from home... http://www.mindspring.com/~ntotoro/ _______________________________________________________________

> 2. Does the game require the CD inserted, or can I do a full install to the > HD You can do a full install, and type "nascar2" instead of "n2" in your Nascar 2 directory to skip the command for the intro movie. If you have a rendition card, there are other commands which I won't go into here. You only need the CD in the drive if you want to host a multiplayer race (i.e., be the one to answer the phone). If you have and enjoy the original Nascar, I recommend this version. Good Luck and have fun! TC

I'm considering purchasing this game yet I need to know a few things first. I would appreciate it if any of you could help me out. 1. Will N2 run under Win95, or do I have to reboot in DOS 2. Does the game require the CD inserted, or can I do a full install to the HD Thanks

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> > 2. Does the game require the CD inserted, or can I do a full install to the > > HD > You can do a full install, and type "nascar2" instead of "n2" in your > Nascar 2 directory to skip the command for the intro movie. If you have > a rendition card, there are other commands which I won't go into here. > You only need the CD in the drive if you want to host a multiplayer race > (i.e., be the one to answer the phone). > If you have and enjoy the original Nascar, I recommend this version. > Good Luck and have fun! > TC

I have a question: why do people run DOS games from Win95. I mean, I can and have done it, but I get 100% better performance when I restart in DOS. I assume the performance gain would hold true on almost any machine. So you guys that run form Win95, clue me in. Ed

> I'm considering purchasing this game yet I need to know a few things first. > I would appreciate it if any of you could help me out. > 1. Will N2 run under Win95, or do I have to reboot in DOS It will do both, but on my PC (P133, 16mb) the Win95 version will encounter slight interruptions in frame rate when Windows accesses it's swap file.... unacceptable. I re-installed as the DOS version and it ran smoothly. You can do a full install and edit the startup .bat to bypass the intro, then the CD can be removed. Later. dglenn -- \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ NASCAR RACING by Papyrus Late Night with Dave Racing League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html Name: dglenn COAST2COAST RACING Ken Hower and David Thompson ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

REPLY: 1. The networking built into Win'95 is great and painless. 2. You don't have a zillion different setups for each game. You trulty just press an icon and play. 3. I don't receive your 100% performance boost that you get in dos mode. Most of the time I can't see any improvement. Honestly. If you would get the three things listed above, which way would you choose?? Your assuming what you get performance wise is the norm. But I've talked with many many about these very issues you bring up. Some people truly do get better performance through DOS while there's an equal or larger group that receives no such gain, as Win'95 runs equal to DOS. Q.B.M.

> > > 2. Does the game require the CD inserted, or can I do a full install to the > > > HD > > You can do a full install, and type "nascar2" instead of "n2" in your > > Nascar 2 directory to skip the command for the intro movie. If you have > > a rendition card, there are other commands which I won't go into here. > > You only need the CD in the drive if you want to host a multiplayer race

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> > (i.e., be the one to answer the phone). > > If you have and enjoy the original Nascar, I recommend this version. > > Good Luck and have fun! > > TC > I have a question: why do people run DOS games from Win95. I mean, I can > and have done it, but I get 100% better performance when I restart in > DOS. I assume the performance gain would hold true on almost any > machine. So you guys that run form Win95, clue me in. > Ed

I used to boot to dos mode for all my games but I don't for any of them anymore. I think the main reason for the change was I went from 16 megs of ram to 32. I also bought a Rendition card which was better than my old card. I can run Quake from Windows in 640x480, full screen (no health or ammo shown) at 22 fps, which is quite acceptable I think. And it's alot better than restarting the computer all the time. Plus I can play Nascar 2 while downloading new cars from IWCCCars :)