What off-road racing sims are available???

I would love a Baha style racing sim (not arcade game, ie..Monster Truck Madness) and I am now convinced one does not exist. Does anyone out there know of one in the works, or maybe I missed something.

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You would like SODA Offroad Racing. It's the best offroad sim I've seen. Check http://www.allies.com or http://www.sierrasports.com Jason. > I would love a Baha style racing sim (not arcade game, ie..Monster > Truck Madness) and I am now convinced one does not exist. Does > anyone out there know of one in the works, or maybe I missed something. -------- Jason Monds "My other car is a Ferrari" http://members.home.net/gpl.mondsj/gpl - For my combined gas/brake setups (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

Definitely SODA, great sim, get it in the bargain bin cheap. Check this site out. JM > I would love a Baha style racing sim (not arcade game, ie..Monster > Truck Madness) and I am now convinced one does not exist. Does > anyone out there know of one in the works, or maybe I missed something.

I would cast a vote for SODA also. It has the second most realistic physics I've seen in a sim. Of course, Viper Racing is tied for that second. :) Now if Papyrus/Sierra had only offered some 3D support other than Rendition (read 3dfx), it would be on my classic list. At any rate, _definitely_ worth the price it can be had for now. Brett On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 08:54:31 -0500, George Papaioannou >I would love a Baha style racing sim (not arcade game, ie..Monster >Truck Madness) and I am now convinced one does not exist. Does >anyone out there know of one in the works, or maybe I missed something.

One other thing I would like to see is a place to race the off road sims like SODA and on road sims like Viper. A place that's beter then Kali and kahn. Something simular to TEN with N2.

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> I would cast a vote for SODA also. It has the second most realistic > physics I've seen in a sim. Of course, Viper Racing is tied for that > second. :) > Now if Papyrus/Sierra had only offered some 3D support other than > Rendition (read 3dfx), it would be on my classic list. > At any rate, _definitely_ worth the price it can be had for now. > Brett > On Tue, 09 Feb 1999 08:54:31 -0500, George Papaioannou > >I would love a Baha style racing sim (not arcade game, ie..Monster > >Truck Madness) and I am now convinced one does not exist. Does > >anyone out there know of one in the works, or maybe I missed something.

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For your reading pleasure, read Steve Smith's review of SODA on SRO: http://simracing.com/simracing/soda.html Cheers! Marc > I would love a Baha style racing sim (not arcade game, ie..Monster > Truck Madness) and I am now convinced one does not exist. Does > anyone out there know of one in the works, or maybe I missed something. -- Marc J. Nelson SimRacing Online - http://www.simracing.com * No animals were harmed in the making of this e-mail *

An amusing thought about SODA: Way back in the days of yore, before there was even a GPL demo, when there was SODA. I just remembered my first time in that sim, what a laugh. I spun wildly through at least the first 5 corners I took in that sim, and was thinking to myself, "What the heck is this?! I must have something set wrong!" Of course, I didn't, but it was a new experience to me, after N1, N2, ICR2, and GP2 - to think that I had to use _that_ much finesse on the accelerator; the concept of little or no down force in a sim. Then came GPL. I had no idea. ;) Brett

Sierra SODA Off-Road Racing is the best SIM for off road racing ever made. The game came out Christmas 97 and didn't have direct 3D support and only rendition 3D support which meant that most people had to use software rendering. If you own a Pentium II 233 or higher I definetly recommend the game. I know that a PII 300 will run the game at 640 x 480 with all graphic options at 30 fps the game max. If you run the game at 320 x 240 then a Pentium 233 or higher will run the game pretty good. I love this game and still play it . The game supports tcp/ip, modem, and ipx for multiplay and has a built in track editor/creator with the ability to have the computer vehicles learn the track. The game has 4x4 800Hp trucks, 4x2 800hp trucks, and 4x2 buggies with 150 hp. This is a real sim and not monster truck madness arcade style game play. Sierra decided to cut the price and put it into the bargain bin instead of adding direct 3D suppor,t but it is still a good game. Actually I have a rendition V2200 card and the only thing that card adds to the game is filtered textering with no improvement in frame rate. The trucks are very well detailed and have garoud shading and looks fine. Not Quake 2 or Unreal textured or anything but that doesn't help game play of a driving sim anyway. Try this game. Jerry

I even run it in a 320x240 window on my P133 notebook using a stealthy little minijoystick. I manage to snaek a few laps at work. Of course, I can't run it with any textures on, but being the mechanical engineering and computer geek that I am, I somehow like the stark beauty of the virtual world. I also use the arcade view just to watch the suspension working. A vastly underrated sim... sort of like having ADAMS to play with. Stephen : Sierra SODA Off-Road Racing is the best SIM for off road racing ever made. The : game came out Christmas 97 and didn't have direct 3D support and only rendition : 3D support which meant that most people had to use software rendering. If you : own a Pentium II 233 or higher I definetly recommend the game. I know that a : PII 300 will run the game at 640 x 480 with all graphic options at 30 fps the : game max. If you run the game at 320 x 240 then a Pentium 233 or higher will

Steve Ferguson wrote I agree so much ! The beauty with SODA (and GPL also) is that hard-core simracers will admire watching the replay and <drool> on the suspension working, body rolling and weight transfer of those cars (err trucks) into the corners and so. Especially with a great (and easy) track editor, makes for infinite amount of fun ;-) I will race this sim probably for the next 10years ;-D -= 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."