Nascar Revolution-First Impressions

OK, got Nascar Revolution today from EB ($45)....... I'm not sure what the guy that was ranting and raving about this game was smoking, but so far it's just very BLAH to me??? There is no real feeling of speed. My speedometer said 185, but if you were watching the game and didnt know, you would think you were going about 55 mph! The graphics and the cars look very nice, but the gameplay isn't really exciting to me. The car handling using "simulation" mode isn't difficult at all and the steering sensitivity is so low it's rediculous. The announcers are interesting for a while but they tend to say random things that rwally have nothing to do with what's going on, anf they get repetitive after a while. Also, the frame rate is kind of slow on my P200, even with most details off ( I would say that a P200 would be the bare minumum to run this game). I would like to hear from others who have this game to hear if I am just missing something here? Maybe I need to tweak some settings for a while to find an enjoyable handleling level??? But for now I am not too impressed.

Jack B wrote impressed. Your not missing anything. In fact what you said resumes incredibly well the simulation side of Nascar Revolution. Ahhhh the joy of a new ***title entering on the market. It's been quite a while since the last one (Ronald you can guess it the company who makes it starts with an U). ;-) -= Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard/Nas-Frank>

Let me preface my replies by saying I'm not a hard core racer, but for some reason I picked up this game. >I'm not sure what the guy that was ranting and raving about this game >was smoking, but so far it's just very BLAH to me??? There is no real >feeling of speed. My speedometer said 185, but if you were watching the >game and didnt know, you would think you were going about 55 mph! I didn't get that feeling, having played the other Nascar games, I felt the feeling of speed as you put it. Only when I used the view from inside the ccar with the hands on the wheel did I see any slowdowns. I'm running a a P400 though. while. Yes they do get repetitive, but they do say a lot of interesting things, especially if your not a Nascar nut. As for the handeling, I'm not qualified enoguh to comment, I haven't found the game easy though. impressed. Beats me what you could do, I think this is just one of those love it or hate it games. I don't usually spend more than a week or so with a racing game then I'm bored, so ask me in a week if I like it.

I have only played the demo so far, waiting for the game to get shipped to me. But like another poster here said, I too did not experience what you have about the lack of speed. There is obviously something wrong on your system then if you think the car is moving slow. What brand of 3d card do you have? 3DFX Voodoo2 cards are the best if you want good framerates. I love the demo,and know I'll love the full game when I get it. And unlike a lot of simulation fanatics, I don't go around bashing simulation games just because I prefer the arcade type. (I play both, but prefer the arcade type). Lots of people seem to think if the racing game isn't *exactly* like Nascar1 or Nascar2, then the game sucks according to them. They also seem to have a ridiculous idea that Nascar2 is just like racing a real car... yeah right.

i am having trouble with my mouse not working properly, after I start up the game, any sugestions??? please help??

Absolutely! Do what I did. Return that stinking piece of dog *** (apologies to any dog ***reading this). -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

And that's why it says on the box, in plain black and white, that a P200 is the "bare minimum" cpu to run the game :) >Also, the frame rate is kind of slow on my P200, even with most details >off ( I would say that a P200 would be the bare minumum to run this game).

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> Jack B wrote > >I would like to hear from others who have this game to hear if I am just > >missing something here? Maybe I need to tweak some settings for a while > >to find an enjoyable handleling level??? But for now I am not too > impressed. > Your not missing anything. In fact what you said resumes incredibly well > the simulation side of Nascar Revolution. > Ahhhh the joy of a new ***title entering on the market. It's been quite a > while since the last one (Ronald you can guess it the company who makes it > starts with an U). ;-)

Oh, come on, you can still type the full name. Or do you already experience physical pain after typing it? BTW, let's see how long we can handle this continued exchange of little smacks over the head in our posts... ;^) l8er ronny -- How to get rid of censorship in German game releases <http://www.gamesmania.com/german/maniac/freedom/freedom.htm |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

LOL On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:52:40 -0600, "Greg Cisko"

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>>i am having trouble with my mouse not working properly, after I start up >the >>game, any sugestions??? >>please help?? >Absolutely! Do what I did. Return that stinking piece of dog *** >(apologies to any dog ***reading this).

On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:52:40 -0600, "Greg Cisko" >Absolutely! Do what I did. Return that stinking piece of dog *** >(apologies to any dog ***reading this). Y'know, before reading your post I wrote almost exactly the same advice, then thought "no, I can't be that *** (honest, whatever)". I'm glad we can rely on you and Joe to call a spade a spade - I got a chuckle out of that. Cheers! John

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>On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:52:40 -0600, "Greg Cisko" >>Absolutely! Do what I did. Return that stinking piece of dog *** >>(apologies to any dog ***reading this). >Y'know, before reading your post I wrote almost exactly the same >advice, then thought "no, I can't be that *** (honest, whatever)". >I'm glad we can rely on you and Joe to call a spade a spade - I got a >chuckle out of that.

Hey that was nothing, I am fairly well behaved here. You should check out some of the goings-on in the flightsim NG for the *** stuff :-) -- Header address intentionally scrambled to ward off the spamming hordes. cisko [AT] ix [DOT] netcom [DOT] com

Paul Jones wrote Aw c'mon you really want me to start the long, long list ? :) Sorry Ronald I saw your point about continuing the debate but my stupid news server only keeps post for 48hours (stupid ISP). I lost it ;( let's continue still :) You get a point Paul, but Ubisoft targeted it as a hard-core simulator, not an arcade game like most of the titles are. I just have some philosophy problems with the Ubisoft family, how they approach our market and how they design the software. There is some incredible problems of mentality between the Ubisoft Corporation and their employees. If you want I will be happy to continue more in this thread, as I feel there is big m***and social injustice at Ubisoft. -= 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."

Hey, Fran?ois, why do you hate F1RS and MGPRS2 so much? They may not be as good as GPL but they're not that bad. Compare them to F1'97, F1'98, Prost, Johnny Herbert, Grand Touring Cars, Power F1, CPR, etc etc, and they come up smelling of roses. I really think you going overboard a little suggesting that they are anywhere near as bad as Nascar Revolution. In fact I rather like them. Cheers, Paul

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> Jack B wrote > >I would like to hear from others who have this game to hear if I am just > >missing something here? Maybe I need to tweak some settings for a while > >to find an enjoyable handleling level??? But for now I am not too > impressed. > Your not missing anything. In fact what you said resumes incredibly well > the simulation side of Nascar Revolution. > Ahhhh the joy of a new ***title entering on the market. It's been quite a > while since the last one (Ronald you can guess it the company who makes it > starts with an U). ;-) > -= Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard/Nas-Frank>

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> Hey, Fran?ois, > why do you hate F1RS and MGPRS2 so much? They may not be as good as GPL but > they're not that bad. > Compare them to F1'97, F1'98, Prost, Johnny Herbert, Grand Touring Cars, Power > F1, CPR, etc etc, and they come up smelling of roses. I really think you going > overboard a little suggesting that they are anywhere near as bad as Nascar > Revolution. > In fact I rather like them. > Cheers, > Paul

I totally agree about F1RS -- it is great.. the GPL is better, but F1Rs is my fav by far. I like it even better than their new Monaco game (still UbiSoft). As for GP2, I used to play that all the time before I got F1Rs -- you really can't beat the car adjustments and the authenticity of the sim. take care! Jer

Your mouse is smart :) -Larry > i am having trouble with my mouse not working properly, after I start up the > game, any sugestions??? > please help??