3D Card Racing Games

Are there any 3D accelerated Racing Games out at present? I just got a Monster card and am quite impressed with the action games with it, and would like to find a racing game. Thanks JEB

>Are there any 3D accelerated Racing Games out at present? >I just got a Monster card and am quite impressed with the action games >with it, and would like to find a racing game. POD has gotten some great reviews, but it is an arcade racer. The demo is worth a look though. Also F1 should be in the US, by the end of the month, but the reviews on that have been mixed. (also an arcade game) Andy PLEASE USE ABOVE ADDRESS FOR ALL EMAIL REPLIES

Not to mention Nascar 2 and Indycar 2

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> >Are there any 3D accelerated Racing Games out at present? > >I just got a Monster card and am quite impressed with the action games > >with it, and would like to find a racing game. > POD has gotten some great reviews, but it is an arcade racer. The > demo is worth a look though. Also F1 should be in the US, by the end > of the month, but the reviews on that have been mixed. (also an > arcade game) > Andy > PLEASE USE ABOVE ADDRESS FOR ALL EMAIL REPLIES

>Are there any 3D accelerated Racing Games out at present? >I just got a Monster card and am quite impressed with the action games >with it, and would like to find a racing game. Not really. The only thing close is Moto Racer (arcadish but very good on the Monster - I've played the demo for hours). Steer clear of POD, it sucks big time. Joe

>Was curious what you didn't like about POD? I didn't buy it either, >but the graphics, and sense of speed were good. (IMO) Just not my >type of game. I didn'r like the gameplay, or even the graphics - I found the game garish and ugly (*fastly* ugly, but ugly just the same). Joe

>Steer clear of POD, it sucks big time. Joe, Was curious what you didn't like about POD? I didn't buy it either, but the graphics, and sense of speed were good. (IMO) Just not my type of game. Andy PLEASE USE ABOVE ADDRESS FOR ALL EMAIL REPLIES

Unfortunately those aren't available for the 3Dfx cards. :-( Andy PLEASE USE ABOVE ADDRESS FOR ALL EMAIL REPLIES

Corking fun Moto Racer, especially over a LAN or the 'net. How are your times on the demo tracks? I've managed 37.99 on Speed Bay and 1:28 or so on Dirt Arena. Favourite track is Rock Forest - that's really brilliant (even if the name doesn't make sense). Seconded. Looks great, drives shit. -- Cheers! John (SRN-Europe) (Remove "NOSPAM" from address before replying...)

>Corking fun Moto Racer, especially over a LAN or the 'net. How are your >times on the demo tracks? I've managed 37.99 on Speed Bay and 1:28 or so on >Dirt Arena. Favourite track is Rock Forest - that's really brilliant (even >if the name doesn't make sense). Hi John, I only have the demo, the full version is still not available in North America. Nor are there any signs of it becoming available soon - does anyone have a web site or email address for the company that developed Moto Racer? I'd like to find out what the heck's going on with this. Joe

> I only have the demo, the full version is still not available in North > America. Nor are there any signs of it becoming available soon - does > anyone have a web site or email address for the company that developed > Moto Racer? I'd like to find out what the heck's going on with this. > Joe R: www.mracer.com No news there though. Also to any European. What would it take for you to purchase the game for me and you send it to me and I'll fully reiemberse you plus the time for your trouble? Q.B.M.

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> >Was curious what you didn't like about POD? I didn't buy it either, > >but the graphics, and sense of speed were good. (IMO) Just not my > >type of game. > I didn'r like the gameplay, or even the graphics - I found the game > garish and ugly (*fastly* ugly, but ugly just the same). > Joe

to the origional poster I suggest U wait for WipeoutXL. It is amazing on the Playstation and should be even better on 3DFX. WOXL is 10000000000X better and 100000000000X faster than POD. The speed is unbelivable on the highst speed class.

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>> >Was curious what you didn't like about POD? I didn't buy it either, >> >but the graphics, and sense of speed were good. (IMO) Just not my >> >type of game. >> I didn'r like the gameplay, or even the graphics - I found the game >> garish and ugly (*fastly* ugly, but ugly just the same). >> Joe >to the origional poster I suggest U wait for WipeoutXL. It is amazing >on the Playstation and should be even better on 3DFX. WOXL is >10000000000X better and 100000000000X faster than POD. The speed is >unbelivable on the highst speed class.

I have played a demo of Wipeout 2097 on the playstation and it is superb. According to the Psygnosis web site they are realeasing it for the PC, with support for certain 3D cards. I can't see it being as good as the playstation version, with all the different types of 3d cards available some are gonna be good and some are gonna be bad. we shall just have to wait and see, but this is the best racing game by far that I have played. Rob

>I have played a demo of Wipeout 2097 on the playstation and it is superb. >According to the Psygnosis web site they are realeasing it for the PC, >with support for certain 3D cards. Not another "futuristic" racer is it? I hope not, a total waste of time if it is. Joe

>www.mracer.com >No news there though. Thanks. Yeah, that sure is a crappy web site. 100% information-free - not even an email address for the company! I hate that "brochure ware" kind of site. Joe

*** me, that's 6,000,000,000,000 frames per second! Are you sure that 6 thousand million isn't the rate you've overclocked your 3dFX to? Or perhaps the surface temperature of the 3dFX chips..? :) -- Cheers! John (SRN-Europe) (Remove "NOSPAM" from address before replying...)

>Are there any 3D accelerated Racing Games out at present? >I just got a Monster card and am quite impressed with the action games >with it, and would like to find a racing game. >Thanks >JEB One word... POD . Note: Please remove NOSPAM from my address to email me.

>One word... POD . One more word: SUUUCKKS! Joe

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>>I have played a demo of Wipeout 2097 on the playstation and it is superb. >>According to the Psygnosis web site they are realeasing it for the PC, >>with support for certain 3D cards. >Not another "futuristic" racer is it? I hope not, a total waste of >time if it is. >Joe

Sorry Joe, you probably wouldn't like Wipeout (It is an Anti-Gravity Racing Game). I have an optimized version for my 3D Rage that came with my Sony, and I think it is excellent, but given your distaste for things with no wheels, you probably wouldn't care for it. Dan. Like everyone else, I've changed my reply address. To reply, remove ._nospam_ from address.

Thanks for the info, Dan, I think you're right. Joe

What I have heard about MotoRacer: BMG Interactive (the distributor of the game, not the programmers) went out of business or is restructuring or some shit like that. That caused the game to be put on hold indefinetly here in the US. With the awesomeness of this game, I find it very hard to believe that they couldn't find anyone else to distribute it though. Jeez, I'll distribute it for crying out loud. So there must be some other kind of legal jam up going on Mike Lewis

Who gives a s**t, this is a damn auto simulator newsgroup here ok?

Subject: Re: Where is MOTORACER!!!! Date: 31 May 97 13:36:44 GMT who the *** do you think you are jerkoff? If you don't want to read about it then don't read about it. If it concerns RACING games then i will write here about it. Got It? Love, Mike Lewis

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>BMG Interactive (the distributor of the game, not the programmers) went >out of business or is restructuring or some shit like that. That caused >the game to be put on hold indefinetly here in the US. >With the awesomeness of this game, I find it very hard to believe that >they couldn't find anyone else to distribute it though. Jeez, I'll >distribute it for crying out loud. So there must be some other kind of >legal jam up going on

I've been checking E.B. about once a week to see if the game is available in the U.S. Last time I asked, they didn't even have it on their pending release list. Since Delphine makes the game, I was hoping Electronic Arts would handle distribution. They handled other Delphine releases. Its a shame. I'm a motocross fanatic, and this is the first MX game that I really felt captured the "essence" of MX. I can only base this on the demo track. I saw the full version screen shots contain races in the snow and on the Great Wall of China. Not exactly realistic, but hell, if its fun, I won't complain. Heh. --

>Who gives a s**t, this is a damn auto simulator newsgroup here ok? I give a s**t. His post is a refreshing change from the usual piss-fest here. --

I don't know if it's any help but Electronic Arts have their logo all over (kind of) the version I bought in the UK. The first thing you see when you load the game is an EA splash screen which I don't remember seeing in the demo. I haven't seen any info on the game at EA's web site, though. Maybe I'm just not looking hard enough. I finished the second part (all tracks backwards) of the Championship last night on the medium level. This activates the pocket bike mode. This is hilarious to play and good fun but the game loses _ALL_ reality here. The pocket bikes have similar performance to the full size ones. Can you imagine an 18" high bike doing +200mph? Can you imagine coming off it at that speed? Best fun I've had in ages. I really like the game. Cheers ...... Pete