EA's Moto Racer - Any Good?

>Well, is it? If you have a 3dfx card (I just got one yesterdaym, woo hoo!) it will rock your world. Otherwise it's just OK. Joe

>Well, is it? >TIA >Ken Well, first of all it's not a SIM, but it sure is a very fun arcade racer and the first motorcycle racer I've had fun with on my home computer since playing "Hang-On" on my old roommate's Amiga500 many years ago. It worked pretty well for me with a P166, Matrox Mill, 32Meg RAM, just had to turn off a few details and run in 320x400. This week I bought a Monster3D 3dfx accelerator and *amazingly* on the same computer I can now play MotoRacer at 640x480 with all the details on at 30fps and it looks especially beatiful using the D3D "filtered" mode. Not bad for a $161 Monster3D card :) Anyhow, MotoRacer is a *very* fun arcade racer, just don't be expecting a "sim". Looking forward to a 3dfx version of Nascar2, and sorely sad we will never see a 3dfx version of GP2, would be awesome to have GP2's driving model with Psygnosis F1's graphics and sound and especially F1's WET WEATHER racing. Cheers. --John -- Note: my real e-mail address is below. Delete the asterisks. ------------------------------+-------------------------- Seattle, Washington USA. | http://www.cool.com/~jsilva -- Note: my real e-mail address is below. Delete the asterisks. ------------------------------+-------------------------- Seattle, Washington USA. | http://www.cool.com/~jsilva

:>Well, is it? :> :>TIA :> :>Ken : :Well, first of all it's not a SIM, but it sure is a very fun arcade :racer and the first motorcycle racer I've had fun with on my home computer :since playing "Hang-On" on my old roommate's Amiga500 many years ago. : :It worked pretty well for me with a P166, Matrox Mill, 32Meg RAM, just had to :turn off a few details and run in 320x400. : :This week I bought a Monster3D 3dfx accelerator and *amazingly* on the same :computer I can now play MotoRacer at 640x480 with all the details on at 30fps :and it looks especially beatiful using the D3D "filtered" mode. Funnily enough, (just as the other poster did too) I went and bought a Monster 3D today also (Millenium+3dFX is supposed to be the best setup going?) and grabbed a copy of MotoRacer. What a blast! Everything full on at 30fps on my P133, and a good trash of an arcade racer, but I'm useless at the offroad courses. :Not bad for a $161 Monster3D card :) I was thinking of buying a PlayStation. The 3dFX is better. : :Anyhow, MotoRacer is a *very* fun arcade racer, just don't be expecting a :"sim". Any bike thing is good enough for me - Team Suzuki is the only other PC bike racer I can think of (barring Road Rash, but that's just a Sega port), and this is so playable. :Looking forward to a 3dfx version of Nascar2, and sorely sad we will never :see a 3dfx version of GP2, would be awesome to have GP2's driving model :with Psygnosis F1's graphics and sound and especially F1's WET WEATHER racing. Not raced Nascar 2 at all - I was hopeless and crashed too often with N1. If this alleged Microsoft port to D3D comes off, I could reinstall GP2, but at the moment it's not on my HD. :Cheers. : :--John Ken -- #include <disclaim>

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>:This week I bought a Monster3D 3dfx accelerator and *amazingly* on the same >:computer I can now play MotoRacer at 640x480 with all the details on at 30fps >:and it looks especially beatiful using the D3D "filtered" mode. >Funnily enough, (just as the other poster did too) I went and bought a >Monster 3D today also (Millenium+3dFX is supposed to be the best setup >going?) and grabbed a copy of MotoRacer. What a blast! Everything full >on at 30fps on my P133, and a good trash of an arcade racer, but I'm >useless at the offroad courses.

That makes three of us. I played the Moto Racer demo first (on my P200) and thought it was just OK. Then I installed the Monster 3D 3dfx and WOW! 640x480, filtered (similar to anti-aliased) textures, 30 fps steady even at high speed. I was impressed! It feels like it's tripled the 3d performance of my computer - the 3dfx is easily the most "power per dollar" that I have ever bought. BTW, have you tried the F6 view? It rocks - virtual***pit mode with leaning! It even makes the dirt-bike racing fun. I will buy this game as soon as it's available - can't wait to see a sim (i.e., gp2, n2, etc.) ported to the 3dfx. Other 3dfx games I'm playing ... Tomb Raider (great graphics and gameplay - you can download a 3dfx demo). I bought Quake today and am now downloading the Quake GL 3dfx patch (and the ncc 1701-D Enterprise map <g>). Can't wait for the I76 D3D patch and Jedi Kinght (although I wouldn't have time to play them right now anyway!). Joe

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> >:This week I bought a Monster3D 3dfx accelerator and *amazingly* on the same > >:computer I can now play MotoRacer at 640x480 with all the details on at 30fps > >:and it looks especially beatiful using the D3D "filtered" mode. > >Funnily enough, (just as the other poster did too) I went and bought a > >Monster 3D today also (Millenium+3dFX is supposed to be the best setup > >going?) and grabbed a copy of MotoRacer. What a blast! Everything full > >on at 30fps on my P133, and a good trash of an arcade racer, but I'm > >useless at the offroad courses. > That makes three of us. I played the Moto Racer demo first (on my > P200) and thought it was just OK. Then I installed the Monster 3D 3dfx > and WOW! 640x480, filtered (similar to anti-aliased) textures, 30 fps > steady even at high speed. I was impressed! It feels like it's tripled > the 3d performance of my computer - the 3dfx is easily the most "power > per dollar" that I have ever bought.

Despite this game being D3D is also runs extremely well on a Rendition based card. I run it on a P166 512k with Intergraph Intense 3d and it run just as good as the Voodoo version, maybe even better. They did a fantastic job with this game, don't let D3D's poor track record keep you Rendition owners away. Dana Bailes

I have been playing this demo all weekend. It is great! Where can I get the full version? Oh, wait. I feel that he should release the full version and not ask for any money. What a capatalist dog! Death to the greedy!!! ccorpora wrote in article ...

Yep. The***pit mode is the only true way to play. It's great bringing the front end up and not seeing what's in front of you. Both street and dirt are good. I prefer the dirt racing however. Q.B.M.

R: Actually it works well with the Rendition boards as well. Q.B.M.