Nascar 1 vs. Nascar 2?

I'd like to know from those of you who have purchased <both> Nascar Racing and Nascar Racing 2, if you think N2 is really worth the purchase. Is it <that> much of an improvement over the original game as to be worth the extra money? I have the opportunity to pick up the track pack for N1 for $19, and I have downloaded carset97, so I'm up-to-date carwise. I hate the thought of just shelving N1! Please bear in mind that I have a P100 (& Herc Dyn128vid), so I don't Thanks for your opinions!

I would definetly buy Nascar 2. The racing physics are MUCH better. The tracks are much better. >track pack for N1 for $19, and I have downloaded carset97, so I'm >up-to-date carwise. I hate the thought of just shelving N1! >Please bear in mind that I have a P100 (& Herc Dyn128vid), so I don't With a P100 you should be able to run with everything but GRASS and the track texturing. N2 seems to be a little more sluggish then N1, but it is well worth the cost. I can run N2 with everything ON with my K5 chip running at 133Mhz. I'm not sure what a P100 will do. It does have some bugs, but NONE of them are worth all the complaining we've seen here. It's patch has done a good job and only has a few minor problems which I here are being worked on. I have both games and haven't gone back to N1 since the purchase of N2. I've had no problems whatsoever with N2. I use it with a Voicemodem so I can talk to my buddy when we race and haven't seen any Multiplayer problems either. -- Lannie Schafroth Pathworks Network Administrator Iowa Network Services, Inc. Voice: 515 830-0443 4201 Corporate Drive Fax: 515 830-0123 West Des Moines, IA 50266 Any statements herein are my own opinion and not that of my employer.

buy both the track pack and n2. both games have their pros and cons. in n2 you have a huge blind spot but you have a spotter talking to you, you have more viewing area of the track in n1 but the graphics are better in n2, some things you can adjust in n1 you can no longer adjust in n2 like the amount of gas you start the race with or the amount of gas you take on during pit stops or the amount of (i think) front spoiler (the spoiler is mandated by nascar__i think)........ really when you consider the price of the pc, and the t2 whats another 40 - 50 $. i have quite a few games i bought and discovered i didn't like but you will never know unless you give it a try. personally i only play n1 when playing with somebody else (modem) who doesn't have n2 yet. when both players have n2, we allways play n2. Bartman.

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>I'd like to know from those of you who have purchased <both> Nascar >Racing and Nascar Racing 2, if you think N2 is really worth the >purchase. Is it <that> much of an improvement over the original game >as to be worth the extra money? I have the opportunity to pick up the >track pack for N1 for $19, and I have downloaded carset97, so I'm >up-to-date carwise. I hate the thought of just shelving N1! >Please bear in mind that I have a P100 (& Herc Dyn128vid), so I don't >Thanks for your opinions!

Be prepared to spend more than $29 if you go with N2. A lot more. If you want decent frame rate. Intel p166 Bus Mastering motherboard Reactor card etc. etc.

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> Be prepared to spend more than $29 if you go with N2. A lot more. If you > want > decent frame rate. > Intel p166 > Bus Mastering motherboard > Reactor card > etc. etc.

Really? I have purchased a better system, but N2 was about 2 frames/second BETTER than N1 on my old P100 with Matrox Millenium. If you're happy with N1 frame rates, most people report a small improvement or small loss. You MAY be more e***d about the game, but then that IS the goal here anyway, isn't it?

I have a P133, 32Mb of RAM and a 1Mb Diamond Video card and I get terrific frame rates with ALL graphics on and 39 cars. -- Lannie Schafroth Pathworks Network Administrator Iowa Network Services, Inc. Voice: 515 830-0443 4201 Corporate Drive Fax: 515 830-0123 West Des Moines, IA 50266 Any statements herein are my own opinion and not that of my employer.