CPR - shall I buy it

In my local games shop they are selling CART Precision Racing for a bargain 20 pounds. Is this worth getting? I've briefly played the demo and it looks quite good, with good engine sounds, ok graphics etc. But from what I can gather not many of you rate it too highly. Please advise.

Andy Yau wrote Well... for 20pounds I would say no but... It all depend on what other racing simulators you have. If you don't have Icr2 yet, don't care about C:PR get "Cart Racing" from Papyrus. If you already have most of the racing titles (C:PR, F1RS, Nascar2, Gp2, etc..), and you want to have fun hotlapping on road courses, get it. C:PR still has good things, but too many bad points to consider buying it for 20pounds (hmm that's around 35$ US ?). - Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-) - Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s. - Member of the r.a.s. Ego-maniac club - Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking) - Excuse me for being provocative (I'm dumb speaking) - "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

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> In my local games shop they are selling CART Precision Racing for a > bargain > 20 pounds. Is this worth getting? I've briefly played the demo and > it > looks quite good, with good engine sounds, ok graphics etc. But from > what > I can gather not many of you rate it too highly. Please advise.

Hmmm, the price is a bit rich, but it is quite good, esp if you have a 3dfx card and a fast CPU (+200), else the graphics will be naff! Sim engine almost as good as Indy2, graphics with 3DFX much better...... GP2 still has the best sim engine in my opinion, but you need a monster Jammer UK

Some love it some hate it! If you want more information on the game head over to http://cart.gamestats.com People are starting to create all kinds of new tracks for the game so if you enjoy the feel of the driving you will be racing on new tracks for quite awhile! Thanks John >In my local games shop they are selling CART Precision Racing for a bargain >20 pounds. Is this worth getting? I've briefly played the demo and it >looks quite good, with good engine sounds, ok graphics etc. But from what >I can gather not many of you rate it too highly. Please advise.

I love mine. If you do get it make sure to go to the different sites and use the advice on controller settings and setups and such. It will increase your enjoyment 1000%. -- mark "You don't actually see the side of the road, you just *know* were it is... and you calmly slide both your outside wheels right to it. Like the bad mamba jamba that you are." F1RS - http://www.nmia.com/~chaser/car/results.htm Remove us here and there to mail me. >In my local games shop they are selling CART Precision Racing for a bargain >20 pounds. Is this worth getting? I've briefly played the demo and it >looks quite good, with good engine sounds, ok graphics etc. But from what >I can gather not many of you rate it too highly. Please advise.

It's almost impossible to get ICR2 in the UK (or Nascar2 for that matter). I would buy them both if I came across them. Sierra/Papyrus aren't big over here and they don't reply to mails you send to their UK site. Paul

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> Andy Yau wrote > >In my local games shop they are selling CART Precision Racing for a bargain > >20 pounds. Is this worth getting? I've briefly played the demo and it > >looks quite good, with good engine sounds, ok graphics etc. But from what > >I can gather not many of you rate it too highly. Please advise. > Well... for 20pounds I would say no but... > It all depend on what other racing simulators you have. If you don't have > Icr2 yet, don't care about C:PR get "Cart Racing" from Papyrus. If you > already have most of the racing titles (C:PR, F1RS, Nascar2, Gp2, etc..), > and you want to have fun hotlapping on road courses, get it. > C:PR still has good things, but too many bad points to consider buying it > for 20pounds (hmm that's around 35$ US ?). > - Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-) > - Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s. > - Member of the r.a.s. Ego-maniac club > - Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking) > - Excuse me for being provocative (I'm dumb speaking) > - "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

Paul Jones wrote http://www.sierra.com/ has a very good online store. I buyed all of the racing sims from them, and they can sell everywhere in the world. Just go there and command CART racing or/and Nascar 50th Anniversary (N2 + the GNS expansion set). - Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-) - Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s. - Member of the r.a.s. Ego-maniac club - Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking) - Excuse me for being provocative (I'm dumb speaking) - "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

I would say your best bet is to go to Sierra's US web site and purchase them from there. I have found purchasing things this way to be really easy and reliable. If you want any more info e-mail me.... -- Peter Hooper Hammers Express Racing Having tons of fun in the world's first F1RS league http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/as/f1rl.htm >It's almost impossible to get ICR2 in the UK (or Nascar2 for that matter). I >would buy them both if I came across them. Sierra/Papyrus aren't big over here >and they don't reply to mails you send to their UK site. >Paul

First off Paul, I did get a reply from Sierra UK saying that there was no chance of them releasing the BGN pack in the UK, and that you should order from the url provided by "YM" below... I'm sure I see N2, and maybe even ICR2 (as ICR2) in high street stores like "Game"... And I'll second that, I bought the GNS and when ordering just one, the postage *somehow* is included in the asking price. All that shows up on the credit card bill is a charge for the converted $$$ price. Downside is of course it took 3 weeks and 1 day. If you definitely want the GNS pack (Busch tracks: mostly the 2nd series of NASCARs' less than half mile ovals) then you'd have to get the package "YM" mentions.... If you wish to buy just N2 or Cart Racing (ICR2) then places like Special Reserve are a good bet. Browse to http://special.reserve.co.uk and I'm sure you can buy it there. I think membership is 5.50 but you can get a free gift (like a 24 CD wallet holder) and any game ordered online gets free first class delivery. I'd recommend them just as a long and satisfied customer, but there are rivals to SR like Gameplay, http://www.gameplay.co.uk ? Feel free to mail me for any more help/info. :) Jon Guest. - http://www.simproject.com/ccg/ "Although this world is a crazy ride, You just take your seat and just hold on tight"