Updated Preview of NASCAR 3 at Digital Sportspage

Judging from your screenshots, it looks like they STILL haven't got straight pit roads. Is that true? -- When I die, I hope they bury me at Wal-Mart so my wife will visit me everyday.

http://www.digitalsports.com/dsports/pc4/nascar_racing3/preview2.html I took some screenshots I think you'll enjoy in addition to my breakdown of the latest build I got from Papyrus. Enjoy, and questions are welcome. Randy

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> http://www.digitalsports.com/dsports/pc4/nascar_racing3/preview2.html > I took some screenshots I think you'll enjoy in addition to my > breakdown of the latest build I got from Papyrus. Enjoy, and > questions are welcome. > Randy

In your article you mention the following thing: "Finally, it will be nice to see TNT2 and other Direct3D card owners brought into the fold for racing, something that has not yet really been done in a Papyrus racing sim." I thought that Nascar 3 supported D3D. I'm not sure what you meant by this. Does it mean you wished people with those cards try the beta version and send their feedback? Philster

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>> http://www.digitalsports.com/dsports/pc4/nascar_racing3/preview2.html >> I took some screenshots I think you'll enjoy in addition to my >> breakdown of the latest build I got from Papyrus. Enjoy, and >> questions are welcome. >In your article you mention the following thing: >"Finally, it will be nice to see TNT2 and other Direct3D card owners >brought into the fold for racing, something that has not yet really been >done in a Papyrus racing sim." >I thought that Nascar 3 supported D3D. I'm not sure what you meant by >this. Does it mean you wished people with those cards try the beta >version and send their feedback?

No. He means that in the past, if you wanted decent 3D accelerated performance, you had to have a Rendition or a Voodoo card, as well as a sim that has native support for one or both chipsets. Since N3 supports DirectX, people that are running cards like TNT, Matrox, Savage, et al, can finally get some use out of their 3D cards in a racing sim. -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker (Zerex12) http://www.members.home.net/jms1/index.html Barbarian Diecast Collector (370+ cars and counting) http://members.home.net/jsimm/diecast_index.html Internet Grand Prix Series Season 2 http://www.paddedwall.org/igps2/igps2.html North American Stockcar Racing Online Competition http://www.paddedwall.org/nasroc1/nasroc1.html Super X Philes http://members.home.net/kap/superx/superx.html If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

No. N3 *does* support D3D. Randy

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>> http://www.digitalsports.com/dsports/pc4/nascar_racing3/preview2.html >> I took some screenshots I think you'll enjoy in addition to my >> breakdown of the latest build I got from Papyrus. Enjoy, and >> questions are welcome. >> Randy >In your article you mention the following thing: >"Finally, it will be nice to see TNT2 and other Direct3D card owners >brought into the fold for racing, something that has not yet really been >done in a Papyrus racing sim." >I thought that Nascar 3 supported D3D. I'm not sure what you meant by >this. Does it mean you wished people with those cards try the beta >version and send their feedback? >Philster

I have a voodoo2 sli, could you tell me which mode provides the best looking graphics: Glide or Direct 3d. I had the unfortunate task of playing NASCAR revolution and both modes looked the same to me in that. Thanks!

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> http://www.digitalsports.com/dsports/pc4/nascar_racing3/preview2.html > I took some screenshots I think you'll enjoy in addition to my > breakdown of the latest build I got from Papyrus. Enjoy, and > questions are welcome. > Randy

Most disconcerting item about this whole deal was your statement that on your machine (that runs GPL nicely) STRUGGLED with this sim. Sure makes me realize how long-in-tooth my machine is getting. (Sigh...) Andre

> questions are welcome. "The AI seems to hold its line, but it does so much closer than it did in NASCAR 3." What were you testing, NASCAR 4? Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

says... Pick the one that gives you the best frame rates. -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker (Zerex12) http://www.members.home.net/jms1/index.html Barbarian Diecast Collector (370+ cars and counting) http://members.home.net/jsimm/diecast_index.html Internet Grand Prix Series Season 2 http://www.paddedwall.org/igps2/igps2.html North American Stockcar Racing Online Competition http://www.paddedwall.org/nasroc1/nasroc1.html Super X Philes http://members.home.net/kap/superx/superx.html If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

Right now I think Glide looks a bit better, but D3D is coming along since the earlier preview I did. >I have a voodoo2 sli, could you tell me which mode provides the best looking >graphics: Glide or Direct 3d. I had the unfortunate task of playing NASCAR >revolution and both modes looked the same to me in that. >Thanks!

Ooops :) typo hell...

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>> questions are welcome. >"The AI seems to hold its line, but it does so much closer than it did >in NASCAR 3." >What were you testing, NASCAR 4? >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

Yeah I know. I hope they optimize it in bunches before it gets released.

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>> http://www.digitalsports.com/dsports/pc4/nascar_racing3/preview2.html >> I took some screenshots I think you'll enjoy in addition to my >> breakdown of the latest build I got from Papyrus. Enjoy, and >> questions are welcome. >> Randy >Most disconcerting item about this whole deal was your statement that on >your machine (that runs GPL nicely) STRUGGLED with this sim. Sure makes >me realize how long-in-tooth my machine is getting. (Sigh...) >Andre