Fresh eyes on CPR

There is an ongoing debate on the quality of CPR. Thought I would give you my experience. I did a bunch of reading on sims (had never tried one) but love auto racing and wanted a driving game that would be realistic. At christmas I bought a Dell PII 266 with all the goodies (surround, big screen etc) and asked santa for a wheel and pedals. So.....there I was with this great machine and a TM Nascar Pro wheel and pedals. Went out and the only thing on the shelf was MS CPR. Looked like it was serious about realism so I bought it. Man I was really e***d--it sounded great, the tracks looked realistic. After 3 hours I hated it. It was so frustrating....I have good hand eye and eventually I could turn good times but it wasn't fun because it was so twitchy. and the AI cars were banging into me all the time...I got the patch....marginal improvement. Net net, I felt that I was not a sim guy and was feeling guilty I had dumped a bunch on a wheel that was just sitting there. I have not turned it on since. Last week I gave the sim thing another chance and bought N2.....wow !! I can't go to bed. I'm glued to this thing.....its a gas. And I've never been a Nascar fan....always indy and F1. I'll now watch Nascar races. So, I'll have to say its likely I'll be using the CPR CD as a coaster.

If you like nascar, I suggest you give CART racing a try. It is by Papyrus, the same people who made Nascar Racing. Also, try Grand Prix 2 if you can find it. It is the best formula one simulator(until f1rs comes to US.) >There is an ongoing debate on the quality of CPR. Thought I would give you >my experience. >I did a bunch of reading on sims (had never tried one) but love auto racing >and wanted a driving game that would be realistic. At christmas I bought a >Dell PII 266 with all the goodies (surround, big screen etc) and asked santa

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>for a wheel and pedals. So.....there I was with this great machine and a TM >Nascar Pro wheel and pedals. Went out and the only thing on the shelf was >MS CPR. Looked like it was serious about realism so I bought it. Man I was >really e***d--it sounded great, the tracks looked realistic. After 3 >hours I hated it. It was so frustrating....I have good hand eye and >eventually I could turn good times but it wasn't fun because it was so >twitchy. and the AI cars were banging into me all the time...I got the >patch....marginal improvement. Net net, I felt that I was not a sim guy

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>was feeling guilty I had dumped a bunch on a wheel that was just sitting >there. I have not turned it on since. Last week I gave the sim thing >another chance and bought N2.....wow !! I can't go to bed. I'm glued to >this thing.....its a gas. And I've never been a Nascar fan....always indy >and F1. I'll now watch Nascar races. >So, I'll have to say its likely I'll be using the CPR CD as a coaster.

>There is an ongoing debate on the quality of CPR. Thought I would give you >my experience. (edit) Very well put. Also, I concur with the suggestion that you should check out GP2. Michael Tracy

>Last week I gave the sim thing another chance and bought N2... >wow !! I can't go to bed. I'm glued to this thing.....its a gas. >And I've never been a Nascar fan....always indy and F1. Definitely go out and buy CART Racing by Papyrus/Sierra (the same company that put out N2). It should be about $30, and it comes with a $10 rebate coupon, and a great strategy guide. It's a few years old, but it's still a great one!! Once you do that, you can forget about Nascar and you can come back to being a real race fan... :-) - Mike. PS - Before anyone flames me, refer to the :-)... ============================================ Mike Holthouse - Indianapolis, IN My new philosophy is to never explain my philosophies. I wish I could tell you why. ============================================

LOL, one thing for you to think about... Robby Gordon! ROTFL!!! : : >Last week I gave the sim thing another chance and bought N2... : >wow !! I can't go to bed. I'm glued to this thing.....its a gas. : >And I've never been a Nascar fan....always indy and F1. : : Definitely go out and buy CART Racing by Papyrus/Sierra (the : same company that put out N2). It should be about $30, and : it comes with a $10 rebate coupon, and a great strategy guide. : It's a few years old, but it's still a great one!! : : Once you do that, you can forget about Nascar and you can : come back to being a real race fan... :-) : : - Mike. : : PS - Before anyone flames me, refer to the :-)... : : ============================================ : Mike Holthouse - Indianapolis, IN : My new philosophy is to never explain my : philosophies. I wish I could tell you why. : ============================================ :

Last week I gave the sim thing Its made by Papyrus. Simple as that.