Need recommendation on best race sim - F1 won't run on my Dell 400!

Well, I bought this hot new Dell 400 MHz machine so I could run the latest and greatest in graphics-intensive racing and flight sims - and guess what? F1 Racing won't install or run, and Ubisoft Tech can't figure out why! After 3 days of trying, they told me to take it back to the store! So what's the next best racing sim in terms of graphics power and good gameplay? Grand Prix II is a year old already, Microsoft Cart Precision Racing is graphically good but has flawed gameplay from what I've read, and Nascar II is OK but I wanted something better. Any recommendations from all the fellow race car jockeys out there? Thanks! Greg -- Remove "nospam" from email address when replying.

> Well, I bought this hot new Dell 400 MHz machine so I could run the latest > and greatest in graphics-intensive racing and flight sims - and guess > what? F1 Racing won't install or run, and Ubisoft Tech can't figure out > why! After 3 days of trying, they told me to take it back to the store! I think you mis-understood. If you can't get F1RS to work on your new PC, send the PC back to DELL. Larry

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>Well, I bought this hot new Dell 400 MHz machine so I could run the latest >and greatest in graphics-intensive racing and flight sims - and guess >what? F1 Racing won't install or run, and Ubisoft Tech can't figure out >why! After 3 days of trying, they told me to take it back to the store! >So what's the next best racing sim in terms of graphics power and good >gameplay? Grand Prix II is a year old already, Microsoft Cart Precision >Racing is graphically good but has flawed gameplay from what I've read, >and Nascar II is OK but I wanted something better. Any recommendations >from all the fellow race car jockeys out there? Thanks!

The best racing sim isn't released yet. Its Grand Prix Legends. Why not practice with the demo while waiting a couple of months for the release? -Jan Otto

>Well, I bought this hot new Dell 400 MHz machine so I could run the latest >and greatest in graphics-intensive racing and flight sims - and guess >what? F1 Racing won't install or run, and Ubisoft Tech can't figure out >why! After 3 days of trying, they told me to take it back to the store! I have a Dell Dimension XPS D300, with this config (don't know how similar this is to yours, but): 300MHz PII 64MB RAM Orchid R3D-II Voodoo 2 card Matrox Millenium AGP II card Turtle Beach Montego soundcard (not using either the original or latest Ubisoft 3D soundpatch) CH GameCard 3 Automatic gamecard Thomas Super Wheel F1RS patch 1.09 and F1RS runs as smooth as silk, every since I patched it with the Ubisoft 1.09 patch. If you provide some more detail about your difficulties with F1RS, someone in the n.g. might be able to help. Don't give up on F1RS...it's well worth the extra time to get it working, IMO. ============================ Dave Mack (remove "nospamfor_" for correspondence)