I'm Back! Feel like a newbie again/ Nascar and other sims Big race sim fan

I raced Nascar on Hawaii and TEN. My PC went on the blitz and I havent been in the game for about a year and I went cold turkey..no games. Seems like theres a lot of new stuff out there whats good and whats junk...games and wheels. Are the force feed backs cool? What Formula game is cool, I still have the old GP2? What about the Super/GP motorcycle sims? Is my old Thrustmaster 2 obsolete? I bought a new Dell P3 500 with 256 ram, 13.6 7200RPM HD, 40X CDROM, 16meg Viper TNT AGP, and a 19" Trinitron monitor. Now I'm ready for some games! I need speakers was thinking of the Cambridge..I did get Soundblaster Live. Any suggestions on speakers also? I looked at this newsgroup everyday for about 2 years then I didn't see it for 1year! Thanks, Gary

Welcome Home Gary !!!!!! The undisputed king has got to be GPL (Grand Prix Legends). Unfortunately it wont run on your TNT. Try SCGT or Viper Racing. Both are awesome. I have a Microsoft FF Wheel and love it. Get the four point surround speakers from Creative .They work great with the SB Live! Doug (a.k.a. Alfredo Fettucini, my racing alter ego !!)

Run to the store NOW and get GPL...and a VooDoo 3 card. =:-) Robert

On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 17:07:31 -0400, "MindSpring User"

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>I raced Nascar on Hawaii and TEN. My PC went on the blitz and I havent been >in the game for about a year and I went cold turkey..no games. Seems like >theres a lot of new stuff out there whats good and whats junk...games and >wheels. Are the force feed backs cool? What Formula game is cool, I still >have the old GP2? What about the Super/GP motorcycle sims? Is my old >Thrustmaster 2 obsolete? I bought a new Dell P3 500 with 256 ram, 13.6 >7200RPM HD, 40X CDROM, 16meg Viper TNT AGP, and a 19" Trinitron monitor. >Now I'm ready for some games! I need speakers was thinking of the >Cambridge..I did get Soundblaster Live. Any suggestions on speakers also? >I looked at this newsgroup everyday for about 2 years then I didn't see it >for 1year! >Thanks, >Gary

Get Nascar 99 (trucks, Busch cars, new tracks), you'll probably want Sports Car GT, too, from the sound of people using it. I HIGHLY recommend a Voodoo 3 card - the 2000'll do ya just fine for around $125, I think. Gunner #50 Van Halen Monte Carlo

Gary, I almost envy you, getting to discover some really cool sims that a lot of us have used for months and are starting to take for granted... Force Feedback is still in it's infancy, but it's already an impressive child<g>. You might read the reviews of the current hardware and check out the forum at [link lost in import] I've had the Logitech FF wheel since November and like it very much, but wheels are fairly personal, and there is a lot of good new hardware out there to chose from. You asked about Formula Car sims and others have recommended Grand Prix Legends, and for good reason, it's simply the best driving experience available in a simulation at this time, but it's an aquired taste. It is also an ***ion that many of us suffer willfully<vbg>. You mentioned that you have GP2 and many will argue that it is still the "best" simulation of the modern F1 car, I certainly can't offer an opinion on that, the closest I ever gotten to driving a big formula car was a very short run in an old Surtees F-5000 car that frankly, scared the s**t out of me<g>. I still have GP2 but have converted it to a CART sim. Formula 1 Racing Simulation(F1RS) and it's successor, Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2(MGPRS2) from UBISoft are well liked by many and vilified by a few, both titles support 3DFX and Force Feedback, as do most new simulations. UBIsoft had an FIA license when creating F1RS so all the teams and most of the drivers are present out of the box. MGPRS2 however, does not have an FIA license but editors are included in the sim which will allow you to upgrade the title in a matter of minutes. There are many other cool sims available now, Viper Racing, Sports Car GT and Colin McRae Rally, to name a few, and some interesting new titles on the horizon including a LeMans 24 Hour sim due this year, and a modern Can-Am/SCCA sim due sometime next year. And of course, there is yet another Neckcar sim due from Papy soon. We continue to hear rumours of GP3, but I'm not holding my breath. I have the Creative 4 point speakers with the SB Live Value, it's a reasonable solution, I don't have much space and these speakers have a tiny footprint, sound great and the software is fun to play with. don []-(_)-[] >I raced Nascar on Hawaii and TEN. My PC went on the blitz and I havent been

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>in the game for about a year and I went cold turkey..no games. Seems like >theres a lot of new stuff out there whats good and whats junk...games and >wheels. Are the force feed backs cool? What Formula game is cool, I still >have the old GP2? What about the Super/GP motorcycle sims? Is my old >Thrustmaster 2 obsolete? I bought a new Dell P3 500 with 256 ram, 13.6 >7200RPM HD, 40X CDROM, 16meg Viper TNT AGP, and a 19" Trinitron monitor. >Now I'm ready for some games! I need speakers was thinking of the >Cambridge..I did get Soundblaster Live. Any suggestions on speakers also? >I looked at this newsgroup everyday for about 2 years then I didn't see it >for 1year! >Thanks, >Gary

On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:15:56 -0700, "don hodgdon" ........ Gary might be interested to know that there are now carshape editors and even a track editor around for GP2. This has resulted in +100 freely downloadable tracks for GP2, many of them excellently implemented. ===> www.grandprix2.com Warning: lots of people had trouble with the combination Soundblaster Live + GP2 ........ It's more than rumours now. There have been at least 2 official announcements from publisher HASBRO and it is expected for the first or second quarter 2000. JoH ======================================== Jo Helsen EDP Operations BF Belgium ========================================