Should I Buy Cart Precision Racing?

Hi Don, Do yourself a favor and get a 3d-card (even a cheap Rendition v1K). You'll get tons of comments about this, that, and the other of which sim is best (lots of good ones), but it all comes down to a matter of opinion - it's whatever turns your crank - and you can't get that from a newsgroup thread. FWIW, get one of the Rendition cards that has ICR2-3D bundled-in, and by the time you get-over the fluid_frame_rate and 16-bit images, you'll have something better to guage the next-generation of 3D- enhanced sims. BTW, that $60-bucks you would spend on CPR, is just about the cost of a v1000 Rendition card...Pretty good deal! =) Cheers! Marc

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> I've heard both good and bad about CPR, and I don't > want to drop 60.00 on a game that won't run on my > pc. I've got a P166 with 32mb ram, and no 3d > graphics accelerator. Is there any chance it'll run, > or should I stick with ICR2? > Any help is appreciated! > Don

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If you are at all satisfied with ICR2 I'd stick with that. Yes, I think CPR will run on your machine, but not very well. Others may disagree, but there's a lot of frustration between opening the box and satisfaction for most, I think. I've taken it off my hard drive for now. -Mike

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>I've heard both good and bad about CPR, and I don't >want to drop 60.00 on a game that won't run on my >pc. I've got a P166 with 32mb ram, and no 3d >graphics accelerator. Is there any chance it'll run, >or should I stick with ICR2? >Any help is appreciated! >Don

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> I've heard both good and bad about CPR, and I don't > want to drop 60.00 on a game that won't run on my > pc. I've got a P166 with 32mb ram, and no 3d > graphics accelerator. Is there any chance it'll run, > or should I stick with ICR2? > Any help is appreciated! > Don

Marc is absolutely right -- there are people who enjoy CPR (though most of them seem to enjoy it online, head-to-head, rather than driving against the sim's errr...quirky, I guess...AI). Try to buy it from a place that will refund your money if you find it to be a dog. I'm pretty sure some of the online software stores will do that, and MS itself is reputed to have a money-back guarantee. Quite frankly, ICR-II (now known as CART), is an excellent sim, IM (very) HO -- I'd take Marc's advice: buy a decent, inexpensive board (another choice might be the Diamond Stealth S220), and try a couple of sims. The CPR demo, BTW, won't tell you diddly-squat about the current, unfinished, state of the sim. Good luck! Bart Brown

I've heard both good and bad about CPR, and I don't want to drop 60.00 on a game that won't run on my pc. I've got a P166 with 32mb ram, and no 3d graphics accelerator. Is there any chance it'll run, or should I stick with ICR2? Any help is appreciated! Don

>I've heard both good and bad about CPR, and I don't >want to drop 60.00 on a game that won't run on my >pc. I've got a P166 with 32mb ram, and no 3d >graphics accelerator. Is there any chance it'll run, >or should I stick with ICR2? Stick with ICR2 for now. You'll do much better in terms of performance, and perhaps by the time a new version of CPR or Papyrus CART comes out, your system will be able to run it well, and of course there are a lot of AI problems in CPR that I think would make the experience less enjoyable for you anyway... Randy

>Any help is appreciated! The best thing you can do is take the time to download the demo version from Micrsoft's site... if you don't want to wait for a 13 meg download, pick of the latest issue of PC Gamer (I think - one of those rags has the demo on CD this month...). The demo will give you a very good idea of how the game will run for you. Also, $60? Where do you shop? I've seen it advertised for $40 with a $20 rebate making your net cost $20... I think it's worth that... Well, personally, I think it's worth $40 (no flames please - just my opinon), but I doubt I'd pay $60... - Mike. ============================================ Mike Holthouse - Indianapolis, IN My new philosophy is to never explain my philosophies. I wish I could tell you why. ============================================

Well, it will at least give you an idea of how the game will run on a given system... at least, that was my experience... - Mike. ============================================ Mike Holthouse - Indianapolis, IN My new philosophy is to never explain my philosophies. I wish I could tell you why. ============================================

Hi Mike, Sorry maybe I should've mentioned I'm in Canada eh. :) So that's 60 Canadian bucks. Cheers, Don ----------------------

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> >The CPR demo, BTW, won't tell you diddly-squat about the > >current, unfinished, state of the sim. > Well, it will at least give you an idea of how the game will run > on a given system... at least, that was my experience... > - Mike.

Right you are! Bart Brown

u may want to try the demo

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> I've heard both good and bad about CPR, and I don't > want to drop 60.00 on a game that won't run on my > pc. I've got a P166 with 32mb ram, and no 3d > graphics accelerator. Is there any chance it'll run, > or should I stick with ICR2? > Any help is appreciated! > Don

If your not interested in ovals it may be ok.