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DRAG Racing

6 posts by 6 people · 21 Dec 1996 - 24 Dec 1996

Steve E Ho 21 Dec 1996#349567
Are there any drag racing sim's or future plans for one.
Ronni 21 Dec 1996#349568
> Are there any drag racing sim's or future plans for one. Good question! I want to know too!
Kevin Earl 21 Dec 1996#349569
> Are there any drag racing sim's or future plans for one. Well, if you have a Commodore 64, you could have gotten Shirley Muldowney's Drag Racing or Top Fuel Eliminator for the Apple...about 10 years ago. IOW, there is not any that are currently out or any coming out in the foreseeable future. The closest thing to one is the Activision Classics set for Win95 that has Dragster in it that was originally on the Atari 2600. It is a ripe market just waiting for someone to come out with a respectable sim along the lines of Nascar 2. I find it hard to believe that no company has opened their eyes and realized the market that is out there for a drag racing sim. Kevin
ANTRACE 22 Dec 1996#349705
Quoted text (15 lines)> > Are there any drag racing sim's or future plans for one. > Well, if you have a Commodore 64, you could have gotten Shirley > Muldowney's Drag Racing or Top Fuel Eliminator for the Apple...about 10 > years ago. IOW, there is not any that are currently out or any coming > out in the foreseeable future. The closest thing to one is the > Activision Classics set for Win95 that has Dragster in it that was > originally on the Atari 2600. > It is a ripe market just waiting for someone to come out with a > respectable sim along the lines of Nascar 2. I find it hard to believe > that no company has opened their eyes and realized the market that is > out there for a drag racing sim. > Kevin
` You're talking .400(perfect) reaction times on a .400 tree and 5 second races in F/C and Top Fuel. How fast will the computers have to be? With all the trouble everyones having with N2 and the lot graphics-wise with 200 mph scenery... Although maybe that just means we'll have another video card to buy..."OPTIMIZED for NHRA drag racing?" I do agree though, I think the time is right for someone to launch a drag racing game, but I would think it would end up just that, a game.
Don Mullin 22 Dec 1996#349706
Quoted text (23 lines)> > > Are there any drag racing sim's or future plans for one. > > Well, if you have a Commodore 64, you could have gotten Shirley > > Muldowney's Drag Racing or Top Fuel Eliminator for the Apple...about 10 > > years ago. IOW, there is not any that are currently out or any coming > > out in the foreseeable future. The closest thing to one is the > > Activision Classics set for Win95 that has Dragster in it that was > > originally on the Atari 2600. > > It is a ripe market just waiting for someone to come out with a > > respectable sim along the lines of Nascar 2. I find it hard to believe > > that no company has opened their eyes and realized the market that is > > out there for a drag racing sim. > > Kevin > ` You're talking .400(perfect) reaction times on a .400 tree and 5 > second races in F/C and Top Fuel. How fast will the computers have to > be? With all the trouble everyones having with N2 and the lot > graphics-wise with 200 mph scenery... Although maybe that just means > we'll have another video card to buy..."OPTIMIZED for NHRA drag racing?" > I do agree though, I think the time is right for someone to launch a > drag racing game, but I would think it would end up just that, a game.
Actually there is a pack out for Win95 that has old Commodore games on it optimized to run in Win95. It has that Top Fuel Game in it. If you could actually call anything that runs in Win95 optimized. -- The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe, but the stupid man will just lay down on some seaweed and roll around until he's completely draped in it. Then he'll stand up and go, "Hey, I'm Vine Man." Jack Handey. GO #2!
David Marti 24 Dec 1996#350020
Quoted text (7 lines)> ` You're talking .400(perfect) reaction times on a .400 tree and 5 > second races in F/C and Top Fuel. How fast will the computers have to > be? With all the trouble everyones having with N2 and the lot > graphics-wise with 200 mph scenery... Although maybe that just means > we'll have another video card to buy..."OPTIMIZED for NHRA drag racing?" > I do agree though, I think the time is right for someone to launch a > drag racing game, but I would think it would end up just that, a game.
How much scenery do you think these guys actually notice as they go down the track. Any frame rate problem could be called reality. :-) David Martin

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