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Nascar 2 realism?

5 posts by 4 people · 17 Jul 1997 - 03 Aug 1997

Brian Davi 17 Jul 1997#373491
Quoted text (8 lines)> I just went from Nascar 1 to Nascar 2. My experience with N1 was that > when there was a wreck, it was almost always my fault (OK always!). > Anyway, I've noticed with N2 that I sometimes get cut off going into the > corners, and to top it off, I was leading at Talledega, parked in my pit > stall on the jack, and Jeff Gordon takes a sharp left turn and rams into > me! And his pit stall was nowhere near mine. What's the deal there? Is > there a realism problem with N2? I know in real life "stuff happens," > but hey, ramming someone in the pit stall?
There was an AI fix for Taladega, I think, to keep from getting hit in the pits and some other stuff. Look at [link lost in import] . --------Brian
You might want to install the patches too fix these problem. Plus it will add a save race option. Get the patches from the "THE PITS" -- Nigel of Lakewood Motorsports (Memeber of the Nascar Offline Racing Series) Nascar Coruba & Coke Chevy Hamilton New Zealand
Bob Thurman 19 Jul 1997#373617
I was running a race at Richmond the same day that I installed N2. I thought I'd try the "realistic" setting. I was running a 25 lap race at I think %85 on the opponents. With 4 laps to go I goofed up and hit the turn 4 wall. I got the "we got major damage on the right front" message from the crew chief. The car pushed real bad, but I had a big lead and came home 1st by about 10 seconds. When the picture of my car in the winners circle came up there was NO right front wheel! I checked the replay and it was the same there! I ran the last 3 1/2 laps with only 3 wheels and still won. Realism is a very indefininate term.<G> But N2 it still the most realistic in about all the areas of a game. buzard
Nice Pant 21 Jul 1997#373783
> I was running a race at Richmond the same day that I installed N2. I > thought I'd try the "realistic" setting. I was running a 25 lap race at > I think %85 on the opponents. With 4 laps to go I goofed up and hit the [snip] > Realism is a very indefininate term.<G> But N2 it still the most > realistic in about all the areas of a game. "Realism" is racing opponents set to 85%? Geez, step up to the plate and give yourself a challenge, let those bad boy AIs run where they're going to give you a little more of a run for your money, then decide how realistic it is. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Alan J. Claffie PARSIMONIOUS Internet Grand National aclaffie 'at' bgnn.com RACING #93 Buick Riviera Southern New England Correspondent for "The Racin' Paper" WWW.BGNN.COM - NASCAR's Busch North Series on the Internet --- SPAMbot bait below:
Bob Thurman 03 Aug 1997#374804
Considering I haven't really played Nascar1 enough to "turn pro", and the fact that my steering wheel and pedals were still in storage and the fact that with my P75 with 16 megs of memory requires me to turn the detail on N2 down so far that it is difficult to see where to turn in and brake , running at 85% was not much of a cakewalk! On a few of the short ovals on Nascar1 I was running 95 to 100% opponents. But as I indicated in the previous message, I had the N2 program a whole 15 minutes before I did the race in question. I'm not quite good enough to install a new program and set it up to 100% opponents before I even bring up a track to see what the graphics look like and how it will run on my machine! BTW! Due to program size and sluggish performance, N2 is off my HD until I can upgrade! I do like the program though and am looking forward to running it in a proper manor. And I did get up to 94.95 mph at Martinsville and 97% opponents before I uninstalled. (with all 4 tires that is!<G>) buzard

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