I have yet to get this new revamped version of Nascar2. From reading
the posts around here I don't think I will.
It seems to me that in trying to update an already great product,
Papyrus seems to only have degraded the performance. I was running Nascar2 on
my old Cyrix P150 with 16 megs of ram with all graphics turned on (including
all 39 cars drawn forward and aft and all engine sounds on) and it ran smooth
as glass. Now even people with a 300Mhz processor seem unable to get it to run
that good. I won't even get into the car makes and sponsors problem. When was
Nascar2 originally released? Over a year ago? With all that time you would
think they could make a minor upgrade worth something.
I am very disappointed in what Papyrus has done with regard to the
Nascar series. If this is any indication on how the new management is going to
be running things from now on then I am not going to even start getting my
hopes up for the next Nascar installment.
Don't think I am just trashing on Papyrus though, I do have Grand Prix
Legends and can't stop talking about how great a sim that is to anyone I come
in contact with. I still love Nascar2 but Nascar1999 seems to be a step
backwards.
Vintook
>as glass. Now even people with a 300Mhz processor seem unable to get it to run
>that good. I won't even get into the car makes and sponsors problem. When was
>Nascar2 originally released? Over a year ago? With all that time you would
My splash screen for N2 says 1996.
It isn't really. I do like the enhancements. I've run Texas, Martinsville,
Bristol
Watkins Glen and Dega. I only have a P5-200MMX with a 3dfx card. All in
all I am OK with the performance (and I do have all gfx ON). If the game
runs OK with a FF wheel (probably a MS) then I'll be satisfied with it. For
me the 3dfx enhancement is worth the price. YMMV.
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Vintook,
You make a very strange statememt here. First off, the statement that it
"seems to me that in trying to update an already great product, Papyrus
seems to only have degraded the performance" is an invalid statement
considering that you "have yet to get this new revamped version of Nascar2."
I have not seen that much chatter here about N1999 to warrent your first
statement.
As far as I see it-- and I have N1999-- the game is a fairly good buy. The
graphics (provided you have a 3dfx card) are better, the trucks are nice,
and the extra tracks a pleasant addition.
Being an online racer, I was a bit displeased by the fact that you still
have to run the DOS version of the game to race IPX. I haven't tried Kali
yet, but it would seem that it is very possible that the infamous warp
factor when racing with a number of online opponents would still be there.
I was hoping that after GPL Papyrus would have a better online IPX system,
which would've included a TCP option.
Still, despite this, N1999 is worth it.
:Now even people with a 300Mhz processor seem unable to get it to run
:that good. I won't even get into the car makes and sponsors problem. When
was
:Nascar2 originally released? Over a year ago? With all that time you would
:think they could make a minor upgrade worth something.
With all due respect (egad, I sound like Mr. Starr now), I'm not sure where
you're getting your information. This is one thing about N2 and N1999 that
I have always been happy with. Unlike GPL, which needs unbelievable
horsepower to run all 19 AI cars, N1999 runs well with all cars and all
graphics: and I have but a P200mmx.
So this idea that folks with "300MHz' machines cannot run N1999 is an absurd
statement that is simply untrue.
I certainly do agree with you on one thing though. From the time that N2
was released (it was more like three or four years ago) to the time of the
release of N1999, one would expect that the game-- especially the online
aspect of it-- would have changed drastically. It has changed, certainly.
But not as much as one would have expected.
The big question is of course when will the next, more transformative
version of Nascar be released. Sierra/Papyrus may be milking the success of
GPL, hoping that customers who have that excellent racing game will get
N1999, despite knowing that the difference between N1999 and N2 is not that
great.
Respectfully, I would have to disagree. If anything, N1999 is a small step
forward from N2. This small step would include improvements in such things
as the menus, graphics, and the additional trucks and tracks.
Later,
Alanb
Once you do the rebate its nearly free!!
Crash
My NR99 runs pretty smooth on my P166 MMX with 32 megs of RAM. Once I took out
N2, it ran better.
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Speaking of rebates, I have an old version of EA FIFA 96. Would that qualify
for the rebate?
The sticker seemed kind of vague on what was acceptable.
later
Sean
>Once you do the rebate its nearly free!!
>Crash
Any EA sports game!!
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Crash
> From the time that N2 was released (it was more like three or four years ago)
N2 was released for Christmas '96. Two years. =)
Cheers!
Marc
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