SCREAMER 2 : What's the graphics performance like?

Screamer 2 runs great. There are 4 graphics modes on offer : 256 colour high res - My favourite. Great definition and frame rate on my P133. 256 colour low res - Better than GP2 low res for playability. Should be useful for those with P75s. 64k colour low res - Really blocky. The 64k colours look so similar to the 256 that you really have to look hard to see the difference. I can't see the point. 64k colour high res - Really needs a kickin' machine to avoid the framerate dropping. Still playable but less frames/sec than 256 colours on my P133/Millenium/32MB. Screamer 2 is excellent. The computer opponents take some beating, the car handling is cool - like arcade Sega Rally , and there are even options to change the car setups for those of you who like more of a sim-like experience. Like Screamer 1 the keys seem to be the best control method (better than analogue joy or T1 wheel). Buy it !!

That just depends on what you call "great". I define a great frame rate as *25 frames/sec*. And unfortunately I don't get 25 fps on my P200/32MB/Millenium in hi-res. Most tracks are well playable, but for California (lots of buildings and other scenery) you'll have to step back to low resolution. Most of the time I play in lo-res to get the desired 25 fps. Sometimes I switch to hi-res but then I have to be satisfied with 18 or 20 fps (on the fast tracks). I don't agree. Look for example at the sky and the road in England. The difference is huge. About 15 fps on my P200. I don't call this playable, maybe other guys do. You probably mean: the keys are the best control method TO OBTAIN THE FASTEST TIME. However the best control method TO HAVE REALLY FUN is undoubtedly a wheel and pedals like my T2. I would'nt play it otherwise... That's right. Filip Humble.

I've got a Screamer 2 page at the URL in my signature. I've had quite a lot of mail about the gfx performance and it seems that to run it in hi-res hi-color you definitely need something in excess of a P166. As far as low res is concerned, however, there is not a noticeable speed difference between 256 and 65k colours, at least on my system (Cyrix P150+, Mystique, 16mb). Although hi-res is playable on this system and not particularly jerky I prefer the low res modes for the improved response. The lo-color schemes are very well designed as well as there is very little difference noticeable (especially when you are power sliding round a corner at 120mph+! Any further questions please e-mail me or check out the site BTW, any idea when the game is out in the USA? I just want to gear up for the deluge of hits my page is going to get! :-) Alan Head Screamer 2 homepages: http://www.feature.demon.co.uk/games.htm -----------------------------------------

We get a few UK copies here in Canada--I got mine a couple of days ago. I would echo Nick's comments completely (I have a P120, Matrox Mystique 4MB, running the game under Win95).

Hi! First of all, in low-res 256 or 64k colours, I can't tell the difference, but it plays very smoothly on a P5-166. In high-res in both modes, it's a little too choppy for my liking. Hope that helps!

i have to agree. this is what i use with my cyrix p150+/32mb/4mb matrox millenium

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> Hi! > > It runs GREAT in the lower res demo on my Pentium 166/32MB/Matrox, > > but I am curious as to what the graphic performance is like in the > > high res, modes ( both 256 and 64K color). > First of all, in low-res 256 or 64k colours, I can't tell the difference, > but it plays very smoothly on a P5-166. In high-res in both modes, it's a > little too choppy for my liking. > Hope that helps!

I have a P5-166 with a Matrox Mystique and i would tend to agree with both your comments....good game all the same though.......have tried a P5-200 and not much better in hi-res......... Matt.