Arcade Racing

I own 2 PCs with LAN cards and would like to find a simple racing game for when my friends come over. It should: 1) Run good on a P200 w/o accelerator card 2) Run on a LAN (of course) 3) Run on 2 PCs with 1 disk, or be cheap enough now for me to by 2, say $15-20 tops. Let me add that I would prefer an arcade-type game for this purpose. My friends are not necessarily into sims. Ideal would be one of those games where you earn money to buy upgrades. (I realize this is a sim group, but I figure it is the best place to ask). Also, I posted a message something like this before. Would Need for Speed (SE or II) fit the bill? I have upgraded since the last time I asked and can probably handle something fancier. Thanks.

I do all sorts of racing, and NFS SE is still the one I throw on the network when my friends are coming over. No 3D accelerator required, easy to pick up gameplay, tons of fun. Best part is you can buy it for less than $15 at lots of places (it's part of EA's CD-ROM Classics series) and you only need one CD - you can install a "client" version on your second machine (about 100-120 meg). If you really want to splurge, get a TM Grand Prix 1 for around $30 - they'll swear it's the coolest thing they've ever done on a PC. I'm assuming you already have a wheel for yourself, of course... All in all, an absolute winner. Good luck! On Sat, 3 Oct 1998 14:51:13 -0400, "David Bohnenberger"

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>I own 2 PCs with LAN cards and would like to find a simple racing game for >when my friends come over. It should: >1) Run good on a P200 w/o accelerator card >2) Run on a LAN (of course) >3) Run on 2 PCs with 1 disk, or be cheap enough now for me to by 2, say >$15-20 tops. >Let me add that I would prefer an arcade-type game for this purpose. My >friends are not necessarily into sims. Ideal would be one of those games >where you earn money to buy upgrades. (I realize this is a sim group, but I >figure it is the best place to ask). >Also, I posted a message something like this before. Would Need for Speed >(SE or II) fit the bill? I have upgraded since the last time I asked and can >probably handle something fancier. Thanks.

Rally Championship by Europress. It's an older game (but graphics are still pretty good). Runs very well on P200 computers. No 3D accelerator card needed (or even used if you had one). I think it runs on a lan (this I'm not so sure about, I think it does). It's also very cheap (? $20 ?). It's one of the best arcade racing games ever. Give it a try.

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>I own 2 PCs with LAN cards and would like to find a simple racing game for >when my friends come over. It should: >1) Run good on a P200 w/o accelerator card >2) Run on a LAN (of course) >3) Run on 2 PCs with 1 disk, or be cheap enough now for me to by 2, say >$15-20 tops. >Let me add that I would prefer an arcade-type game for this purpose. My >friends are not necessarily into sims. Ideal would be one of those games >where you earn money to buy upgrades. (I realize this is a sim group, but I >figure it is the best place to ask). >Also, I posted a message something like this before. Would Need for Speed >(SE or II) fit the bill? I have upgraded since the last time I asked and

can >probably handle something fancier. Thanks.

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> I own 2 PCs with LAN cards and would like to find a simple racing > game for > when my friends come over. It should: > 1) Run good on a P200 w/o accelerator card > 2) Run on a LAN (of course) > 3) Run on 2 PCs with 1 disk, or be cheap enough now for me to by 2, > say > $15-20 tops. > Let me add that I would prefer an arcade-type game for this > purpose. My > friends are not necessarily into sims.

Try MTM, or Big Red Racing, or RAC Rally Championship, or Screamer 2, or Destruction Derby, or GP2 on a serial link. 8-) *Peter* 8-) (NB: remove asterix to e-mail)

For good "bang'em up" racing, get TOCA! It has some awesome action! >Try MTM, or Big Red Racing, or RAC Rally Championship, or Screamer >2, or Destruction Derby, or GP2 on a serial link. >8-) >*Peter* 8-)