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Sierra′s Cart Racing vs Microsoft′s Cart

13 posts by 12 people · 08 Jan 1999 - 15 Jan 1999

Are there more than I how like ICR2 more then CPR, its older but I like almost everything more. And with the rendition version its looking good. Shall they release a new Cart game soon. I dont have any of their Nascar-game but are they something to have?
If you like ICR 2, then definetly buy Nascar 2! Tight battle on ovals -usually door to door - is easier with Nascar, since the cars behaviour is more forgiving. The road courses in Nascar aren't especially interesting, but the short ovals like Rockingham and Bristol... a lot of fun and sweat! -Sami > Are there more than I how like ICR2 more then CPR, its older but I like > almost everything more. > And with the rendition version its looking good. > Shall they release a new Cart game soon. > I dont have any of their Nascar-game but are they something to have?
ymenard 08 Jan 1999#444203
>Are there more than I how like ICR2 more then CPR, its older but I like >almost everything more. Well let's ask the question from another point of view... "Anybody like C:PR more than Icr2???" hehehe. Yes, very rich colors and smooth polygon rendering. IMHO still one of the best looking racing sim on the market, considering that the details aren't as full as the new titles of today. Hmm Sierra has a CART License until 2001 IIRC, so speculate on an upcomming software in that timelapse. They are classics. I would suggest to get Nascar Racing : 1999 Edition for a choice between the 3 current Nascar Sims from Papyrus. It's a great product, and has an incredible gameplay. -= Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard/Nas-Frank> -= NROS Nascar sanctioned Guide http://www.nros.com/ -= SimRacing Online http://www.simracing.com/ -= Official mentally retarded guy of r.a.s. -= May the Downforce be with you... "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."
Agreed. I've never been a Nascar fan, but I finally took the plunge and bought N99. If you have an old sports game acting as coaster from EA Sports, MS, Eidos, GT Interactive, or a couple of others, you can get a full refund from Sierra if you find a box with the coupon (does anyone have an old sports game that they want to send me so I can get the refund??!). Why did I get it? Well, because I had a lot of fun with, err, EA's Nascar Revolution demo! But (a) it isn't out and (b) I wanted one that was a better sim. So far, I'm having fun running against 95% at oval races and 90% at Watkins Glenn (hey, I'm new to Nascar).
DAVID 09 Jan 1999#444386
Yes I do, but mainly do to haveing a lot of fun online racing at the zone. Admittly the AI in CPR is poor even when you run Pro, but for online I have really enjoyed the game. And unlike a majority of people I thought most of the tracks are very accurate, tho I have oly actaully drove Road America, Mid Ohio, and Portland. Dave
Yep, ICR2 by Papyrus completely rocks compared to CPR, but what would expect from a Microsoft product? I have yet to see one which does not suck utterly and completely ;-) Ok, so it wasn't developed by them, but somehow their name on the package brought that thing down to their usual "quality standard". See Alison Hine's web site for a good review of both products. ICR2 is still the best CART sim around on the market, ok, it has a a couple of bugs but otherwise is a very good product. Uwe -- Spam-proof e-mail: Uwe Schuerkamp <hoover at telemedia . de> http://www.telemedia.de/~hoover ////// Phone: +49-5241-80-10-66 Best of Scottish Folk: http://home.pages.de/~nsg >>> Blue Ribbon Campaign: Support Free Speech on the Internet <<<
Greg Cisko 09 Jan 1999#444388
old Just go to a local software store and buy an EA classic sports game like Jack Nickelous 4 or something. Those game generally cost oh around $5.99 now :-) Has anyone recieved their refund yet? I sent mine around the end of November 98. The game is cool. You can download the indytrack for the Brickyard 400. That is a very tough track to race at (with all the traffic). I like to practice at all the tracks by running 10% races and start in the back of the field. Then I adjust the AI until I can just barely make it to the front by the end of the race. So far the brickyard is impossible. I have to go to a 20% race :-) I also haven't run at the road courses much. But the game gets really cool if you have a local friend and race against him with the modem. In NR1999 you still need the DOS exe's though. -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com
YOu seem to have missed, Monster Truck Madness 1 & 2, Motocross Madness, Age of Empires, Close Combat and Close Combat: A Bridge too Far. All Microsoft licenced games that rock pretty well. Seems they all don't suck. -David
Tom Oliver 11 Jan 1999#444770
Well, I'll give you my experience. Could never get IC2 to run on my machine at all. I had a version I bought for next to nothing at some used software store, so I never thought much of it. I bought the "new" version lately because it was pretty cheap, and guess what? Same problem. Rendition version doesn't work at all and the software version is so old and ugly I wouldn't even run it. They are all kinds of patches, workarounds, and flat out guesses as to getting it to work with Rendition but they're so bizarre I haven't even tried them. I can't believe someone would ship a product that doesn't even work on current hardware and then have the guts to put "Rendition support" right on the box! IC2 is a total waste of money. Get CART or GPL. At least they work. Tom
Jim Sokolo 15 Jan 1999#445465
> Yep, ICR2 by Papyrus completely rocks compared to CPR, but what would > expect from a Microsoft product? I have yet to see one which does > not suck utterly and completely ;-) Excel doesn't suck. :-) ---Jim
...nor does my MS mouse. =) > Excel doesn't suck. :-) Good to see you're still hangin' around, Jim. Cheers! Marc -- Marc J. Nelson SimRacing Online - http://www.simracing.com * No animals were harmed in the making of this e-mail *

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