NASCAR 99 QUESTION

Hi i just got nascar 99 today looks preety decent so far however my roomate and i play nascar 2 multiplayer all the time where in the hell did or why in the hell did sierra/papyrus put the multiplayer option it's not on the main screen do i have to add it in somehow and what is all this talk about changing the 99.ini file for better performance with a voodoo2 12mg card ?? any help would be appreciated rdracer

This relates directly to my total dissapointment in the Win95 native .exe of Nascar 1999. It's not there... You have to run the old DOS version to do MultiPlayer races :( -Larry

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> Hi i just got nascar 99 today looks preety decent so far however my > roomate and i play nascar 2 multiplayer all the time where in the hell > did or why in the hell did sierra/papyrus put the multiplayer option > it's not on the main screen do i have to add it in somehow and what is > all this talk about changing the 99.ini file for better performance with > a voodoo2 12mg card ?? any help would be appreciated > rdracer

>This relates directly to my total dissapointment in the Win95 native >.exe of Nascar 1999. >It's not there... >You have to run the old DOS version to do MultiPlayer races :( Well what the hell is the matter with you guys? Didn't you read the system specs on the box before you bought the frigging game? I'm sure it clearly states that the DOS executable is required for multiplayer. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

Well, some things are taken for granted and expected, just out of normality. I guess we can't take anything for granted in reference to Nascar any more. We shouldn't trust them to do the wrong thing. -Larry > Well what the hell is the matter with you guys? Didn't you read the > system specs on the box before you bought the frigging game? > I'm sure it clearly states that the DOS executable is required for > multiplayer.

I think it is normal for one to expect the new Win9x executable version of a game to be more FEATURE COMPLETE than the old, re-packaged DOS version that's in the same box... It would never cross my mind to check for stupid ommissions like this. I have all the OS's, 128MB of RAM, 19GB of Hard Drive Space, A Monster II, A G-460, and a 300Mhz Pentium II. I don't generally bother reading System Requirement Boxes :) -Larry > Well what the hell is the matter with you guys? Didn't you read the > system specs on the box before you bought the frigging game? > I'm sure it clearly states that the DOS executable is required for > multiplayer.

I have a similar setup, and I ALWAYS read the requirements... you never know.

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>I think it is normal for one to expect the new Win9x executable version >of a game to be more FEATURE COMPLETE than the old, re-packaged DOS >version that's in the same box... >It would never cross my mind to check for stupid ommissions like this. >I have all the OS's, 128MB of RAM, 19GB of Hard Drive Space, A Monster >II, A G-460, and a 300Mhz Pentium II. I don't generally bother reading >System Requirement Boxes :) >-Larry >> Well what the hell is the matter with you guys? Didn't you read the >> system specs on the box before you bought the frigging game? >> I'm sure it clearly states that the DOS executable is required for >> multiplayer.

Remove the -nospam- from the email address. Sorry, I *had* to put it in. I'm receiving more junk mail than ever now.

>I have a similar setup, and I ALWAYS read the requirements... you >never know. Correct. Only the requirements on the box do not explain anywhere that DOS is required for multiplay. I sent a flaming diatribe to the editor in cheif of Computer *** World. We will see what happens. I think it was totally dishonest of Sierra to package the game that way. I also think that if they clearly explained that multiplay required DOS their sales for this title would suck. Oh and incase you guys didn't know, my previous post was sarcastic. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com >>I think it is normal for one to expect the new Win9x executable version >>of a game to be more FEATURE COMPLETE than the old, re-packaged DOS >>version that's in the same box... >>It would never cross my mind to check for stupid ommissions like this. >>I have all the OS's, 128MB of RAM, 19GB of Hard Drive Space, A Monster >>II, A G-460, and a 300Mhz Pentium II. I don't generally bother reading >>System Requirement Boxes :) >>-Larry >>> Well what the hell is the matter with you guys? Didn't you read the >>> system specs on the box before you bought the frigging game? >>> I'm sure it clearly states that the DOS executable is required for >>> multiplayer. >Remove the -nospam- from the email address. Sorry, I *had* to put it in. >I'm receiving more junk mail than ever now.

Sounds like what the minimum requirements for NASCAR 2000/N3 with 39 cars and all the features turned on are gonna be. ========================== ==========================

So, if you have any 'windows-only' hardware, like network card or modem, you can't USE it? That SUCKS... :( Eldred