ICR2 over network?

Granted I'm probably the only one still playing this game :-) but does anyone know if there's some way or a utility to play a modem-only game over any sort of network connection? I'm assuming the repackaged ICR2 (CART Racing) doesn't have any changes in that respect. Thanks!

Are you nuts!!?? Many of us still enjoy racing this sim go to http://members.tripod.com/scart99/index.html The only currently active league, besides Coral, but the greatest. check it out

No disrespect intended ;-) I've been playing the Indycar series since the Indy 500 simulator I got with my Soundblaster Pro! Just at scanning the subject lines for this group I see mostly "NASCAR" or "GPL". Thought I was the only one into "classic" Indycar sims! I've seen the downloads for carsets and updated sounds but do you know if anyone's been able to update engine and chassis specs?

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>>Granted I'm probably the only one still playing this game :-) but does >>anyone know if there's some way or a utility to play a modem-only game >>over any sort of network connection? I'm assuming the repackaged ICR2 >>(CART Racing) doesn't have any changes in that respect. >Are you nuts!!?? Many of us still enjoy racing this sim >go to http://members.tripod.com/scart99/index.html >The only currently active league, besides Coral, but the greatest. >check it out

How many people would be willing to revive that old 386 computer to a "barely" useable state if it allowed you to run multiplayer (full field)ICR2 over the internet with 0 warping? PS. doesn't have to be a 386, just the need for a 2nd computer (no fancy displays) with minimal "horsepower"

I have to admit, you lost me here. If you're asking how many people would play ICR2 on TEN/Pogo.com/whatever like with NASCAR Racing, I doubt that'll happen. The apparent lack of movement on anything ICR since ICR2's release in what, 1995?, pretty much kept me from asking Sierra. For me, I was just looking to see if anyone had heard of a way to get ICR2 to work using IPX or something other than a modem-to-modem connection. Just trying to keep out of the long-distance charges for a modem hookup!

>>How many people would be willing to revive that old 386 computer to a >>"barely" useable state if it allowed you to run multiplayer (full field)ICR2

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>>over the internet with 0 warping? >>PS. doesn't have to be a 386, just the need for a 2nd computer (no fancy >>displays) with minimal "horsepower" >I have to admit, you lost me here. If you're asking how many people >would play ICR2 on TEN/Pogo.com/whatever like with NASCAR Racing, I >doubt that'll happen. The apparent lack of movement on anything ICR >since ICR2's release in what, 1995?, pretty much kept me from asking >Sierra. >For me, I was just looking to see if anyone had heard of a way to get >ICR2 to work using IPX or something other than a modem-to-modem >connection. Just trying to keep out of the long-distance charges for >a modem hookup!

I've been out of the ICR2 world for a while (Nov 96) but before then I wrote a server program that did effectively the same thing as Hawaii for ICR2. Currently ICR2 only speaks to the outside world via serial port or modem. This communication would need to be converted to TCP/IP to be used across the internet. The only way I see that happening is with a 2nd cheap computer connected to both the Race computer, and the internet. Since you're talking about long-distance charges, we can assume IPX (Lan) racing is not your goal, the internet is.

Would you mind throwing some more hints/tips from your Hawaii-like project my way on what I might need to accomplish this? I'm not expecting success but I'm willing to hammer away at it. Feel free to e-mail me directly. My thought with the IPX thing was that there're a few of those IPX over TCP/IP software (Kahn, Kali, etc) that if I could get ICR2 to communicate IPX, I could interface with those. But I guess it would make more sense just to get ICR2 to somehow communicate over TCP/IP and be done with it. There's something out there called IHHD that looked promising but it's intended for DOS games (at least that's what it looks like).

>>I've been out of the ICR2 world for a while (Nov 96) but before then I wrote

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>>both the Race computer, and the internet. >>Since you're talking about long-distance charges, we can assume IPX (Lan) >>racing is not your goal, the internet is. >Would you mind throwing some more hints/tips from your Hawaii-like >project my way on what I might need to accomplish this? I'm not >expecting success but I'm willing to hammer away at it. Feel free to >e-mail me directly. >My thought with the IPX thing was that there're a few of those IPX >over TCP/IP software (Kahn, Kali, etc) that if I could get ICR2 to >communicate IPX, I could interface with those. But I guess it would >make more sense just to get ICR2 to somehow communicate over TCP/IP >and be done with it. >There's something out there called IHHD that looked promising but it's >intended for DOS games (at least that's what it looks like).

ICR2 <---a---> (converter) <---b---> Internet <---b---> (converter) <---a---> ICR2 Connection type <---a---> would be a null modem between ICR2 and the 2nd computer. Connection type <---b---> would be a dialup to the internet. If that works out, the next step is: ICR2 <---a---> (converter) <---b---> Internet ICR2 <---a---> (converter) <---b---> Internet ICR2 <---a---> (converter) <---b---> Internet ICR2 <---a---> (converter) <---b---> Internet ICR2 <---a---> (converter) <---b---> Internet ICR2 <---a---> (converter) <---b---> Internet etc Internet <---c---> Custom Host Where the host can multiplex multiple ICR2 clients into the same race. Connection type <---c---> would be high speed internet service