A lot of racing sims questions

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> Hi, I have a lot of racing sims questions to ask, from older to newer > sims. So here they are! > How do you use a joystick in Indy 500? Does a TMGP1 wheel will work? > I bought a CD-ROM version of IndyCar Racing 1 (with the track pack > included, but not the Indy extension) and there's no paintkit. Is this > wrong? > Does Papyrus plan to release a Track Pack for ICR2? It could contain > Homestead, Rio de Janeiro, California, Gateway and even, maybe, the > future japanese track or a track like Trois-Rivieres (used in Atlantic > and Indy Lights series). > I just bought Nascar 2 and I must say that I'm a little disappointed. I > don't care running the game in VGA, but I must remove all details to get > a "decent" frame rate. I think I'm getting best results with GP2 even if > my system (486DX266, 20 megs RAM) is under the minimum requirements. > Does anyone have a system like me and is able to run N2 satisfyingly? > So if you have the answer to any of these questions, please mail me! > Thanks > J-F Gigure > -- > "Chacun de nous est un flux en mouvance." - Jocelyn Ltourneau > "Alors... Mouvons-nous le flux!?!" - Paul Bisbille

I had an AMD 5x86-133 and I was running N2 in SVGA. I did not have all the graphics turned up, but most of them were turned on. I know that I left the textures turned off. I finally decided and saved up the money to upgrad my system to a P166. Man, does it fly. I would suggest that you upgrade sometime in the near future. I know that it is not cheap, but real soon a a DX66 will not even be a minimum. I paid $419 for my new triton board, P166 CPU, and fan. That was before the MMX came out. All the stuff is going to get cheaper and the older something is the more obsolete something will be. -- If you want to reply to me remove the no junk from my e-mail address. has been done to eliminate the junk e-mail that I receive.

Hi, I have a lot of racing sims questions to ask, from older to newer sims. So here they are! How do you use a joystick in Indy 500? Does a TMGP1 wheel will work? I bought a CD-ROM version of IndyCar Racing 1 (with the track pack included, but not the Indy extension) and there's no paintkit. Is this wrong? Does Papyrus plan to release a Track Pack for ICR2? It could contain Homestead, Rio de Janeiro, California, Gateway and even, maybe, the future japanese track or a track like Trois-Rivieres (used in Atlantic and Indy Lights series). I just bought Nascar 2 and I must say that I'm a little disappointed. I don't care running the game in VGA, but I must remove all details to get a "decent" frame rate. I think I'm getting best results with GP2 even if my system (486DX266, 20 megs RAM) is under the minimum requirements. Does anyone have a system like me and is able to run N2 satisfyingly? So if you have the answer to any of these questions, please mail me! Thanks J-F Gigure -- "Chacun de nous est un flux en mouvance." - Jocelyn Ltourneau "Alors... Mouvons-nous le flux!?!" - Paul Bisbille

On Tue, 04 Mar 1997 00:24:07 -0500, Jean-Fran?ois Gigure >I bought a CD-ROM version of IndyCar Racing 1 (with the track pack >included, but not the Indy extension) and there's no paintkit. Is this >wrong? Though it was before my time at Papyrus, I believe that the paintkit was bundled only with the Indianopolis Track "Pack". Probably not. I suppose it could depend on the video card (someone might have a 486/66 with a kick-***video card and have it work acceptably), but on a 486, details off is the order of the day... ---Jim Sokoloff, Papyrus

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> Hi, I have a lot of racing sims questions to ask, from older to newer > sims. So here they are! > How do you use a joystick in Indy 500? Does a TMGP1 wheel will work? > I bought a CD-ROM version of IndyCar Racing 1 (with the track pack > included, but not the Indy extension) and there's no paintkit. Is this > wrong? > Does Papyrus plan to release a Track Pack for ICR2? It could contain > Homestead, Rio de Janeiro, California, Gateway and even, maybe, the > future japanese track or a track like Trois-Rivieres (used in Atlantic > and Indy Lights series). > I just bought Nascar 2 and I must say that I'm a little disappointed. I > don't care running the game in VGA, but I must remove all details to get > a "decent" frame rate. I think I'm getting best results with GP2 even if > my system (486DX266, 20 megs RAM) is under the minimum requirements. > Does anyone have a system like me and is able to run N2 satisfyingly? > So if you have the answer to any of these questions, please mail me! > Thanks > J-F Gigure > -- > "Chacun de nous est un flux en mouvance." - Jocelyn Ltourneau > "Alors... Mouvons-nous le flux!?!" - Paul Bisbille

I've also got a 486dx66 with 20 megs of RAM, I gave up trying to run NASCAR 2 long ago. My advice is to go out and get NASCAR 1, if you don't have it already. I've made an almost complete carset for NASCAR 1 too, if you want it email me. Craig Jacobson

That's actually a good point. The graphics operations in NASCAR1 were optimized for the 486, which made them slower on Pentiums than they could have been. (of course, when N1 came out, a 486/66 was a decent machine) N2 is more optimized for the Pentium, making the code run slower on a 486 than N1, but the vast majority of the customers of N2 have Pentiums, so that's the logical processor to target for optimizations. ---Jim Sokoloff, Papyrus

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> On Tue, 04 Mar 1997 00:24:07 -0500, Jean-Fran?ois Gigure > >I bought a CD-ROM version of IndyCar Racing 1 (with the track pack > >included, but not the Indy extension) and there's no paintkit. Is this > >wrong? > Though it was before my time at Papyrus, I believe that the paintkit > was bundled only with the Indianopolis Track "Pack".

The ICR1 paintkit was in the Indianapolis track addon. Do you have any idea whare I can get this??? I tried looking in local stores but they were out of stock (not suprisingly). I would think Sierra, EA or Papy would have some laying around for sale. Header address intentionaly scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes.

Papyrus won't have any for sale, since they sold out of these over 6-months ago...The last I heard is that you may still be able to get a copy at the Indianapolis Motorspeedway gift shop. The cost for the pack is around $20 bucks. Best Regards, Marc Marc J. Nelson Sim Racing News - USA http://members.aol.com/simracing