CART/ICR2/Rendition one last try...

I have exactly the same problem. I used to play it all the time in Rendition mode - and believe me, there is a BIG difference. But ever since I upgraded to this machine so I could run GPL, I have never been able to get CART to run again. If you figure it out, please let me know. -Tony-

OK, I found a copy of CART racing for $9.95. I bought it, brought it home, installed it, and no dice. Things I have tried to get it to work: Rebooting to MS-DOS mode and running it. Running it in a DOS box in Win98. Running both the CARTFAST.BAT and CARTREND.BAT Setting the .BAT files to reboot to MS-DOS mode and run the .EXE Installing the ICR2_V2K patch. Trying the DOSV2K patch. Trying the INDYFIX.BAT swapping trick. The system that I'm running on is a K6-3 450 with a Diamond Stealth II S220 card (4 meg PCI, V2100), FIC PA-2013 mainboard, SB Live! Value card, 192 megs of PC-100 memory, and a 3COM Fast Etherlink XL 10/100 NIC w/bootrom. I'm thoroughly stumped. The best that I've managed is to get the Rendition Redline logo (RR.EXE???) to display, then I get a bar of messed-up colors across the top of the screen. I've waited at this stage for 3-4 minutes just to see what might happen (as I've read some messages that seem to indicate that the INDYFIX.BAT method can cause the system to sit in a seemingly stalled state for awhile). to no avail. I'm at a complete loss. I've loved playing this game for years, but I really wanted to see it in all of it's Rendition glory. The only thing that I haven't tried yet is re-building one of my other systems to be a DOS only box and installing it there. Though I don't think that's necessarily the problem. Does anyone have any other suggestions? -- ___________________________________________ Talent does what it can, genius does what it must.

The problem is, as you know, the 2nd gen Rendition chip in your Diamond Stelth II. If you could scrounge up an older v1000 based card, then everything would work easily. I had the rendition version running once upon a time, but after several hd formats, I was never able to get it running again in 3d. the dos version worked just fine, just not aa neat. It sounds like you've already tried the things that are "supposed" to work, I can't add much more. good luck dave henrie

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> OK, I found a copy of CART racing for $9.95. I bought it, brought it > home, installed it, and no dice. Things I have tried to get it to work: > Rebooting to MS-DOS mode and running it. > Running it in a DOS box in Win98. > Running both the CARTFAST.BAT and CARTREND.BAT > Setting the .BAT files to reboot to MS-DOS mode and run the .EXE > Installing the ICR2_V2K patch. > Trying the DOSV2K patch. > Trying the INDYFIX.BAT swapping trick. > The system that I'm running on is a K6-3 450 with a Diamond Stealth II > S220 card (4 meg PCI, V2100), FIC PA-2013 mainboard, SB Live! Value card, > 192 megs of PC-100 memory, and a 3COM Fast Etherlink XL 10/100 NIC > w/bootrom. > I'm thoroughly stumped. > The best that I've managed is to get the Rendition Redline logo > (RR.EXE???) to display, then I get a bar of messed-up colors across the top > of the screen. I've waited at this stage for 3-4 minutes just to see what > might happen (as I've read some messages that seem to indicate that the > INDYFIX.BAT method can cause the system to sit in a seemingly stalled state > for awhile). to no avail. I'm at a complete loss. I've loved playing this > game for years, but I really wanted to see it in all of it's Rendition > glory. The only thing that I haven't tried yet is re-building one of my > other systems to be a DOS only box and installing it there. Though I don't > think that's necessarily the problem. > Does anyone have any other suggestions? > -- > ___________________________________________ > Talent does what it can, genius does what it must.

get the patch for your video card at http://simracing.com/alison/gpl/ use the site map and go to the CART section, you will be dialed.

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> The problem is, as you know, the 2nd gen Rendition chip in your >Diamond Stelth II. If you could scrounge up an older v1000 based >card, then everything would work easily. > I had the rendition version running once upon a time, but after >several hd formats, I was never able to get it running again in 3d. >the dos version worked just fine, just not aa neat. > It sounds like you've already tried the things that are "supposed" to >work, I can't add much more. >good luck

This is from memory, but two things I did to get it to run on a Hercules Thriller (V2200): 1. Get one of the 2nd generation Rendition fixes from Bjorn's 3d world (www.bjorn3d.com). I think it was V2kFix. This alters your Rendition executable so it doesn't ***when it looks for only a V1000 card. 2. I've read and found successful the following procedure: boot in DOS, run the executable, quit it, run it a second time. It seems like it needs the second start to properly initialize. Good luck! PS - Some recent versions of CART Racing don't have the Rendition executables included (even if they say so on the box!) :( This doesn't seem to be a problem for the original poster, though. "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark

It's been a long time, but, I seem to remember having to use a switch like "-nodma" or "-dma" in order to make it work on my Screamin' 3D. Try typing cartrend /? to see what switches are available -- Pat Dotson > OK, I found a copy of CART racing for $9.95. I bought it, brought it >home, installed it, and no dice. Things I have tried to get it to work:

The Sim Project: http://www.simracing.com/simproject/

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> OK, I found a copy of CART racing for $9.95. I bought it, brought it > home, installed it, and no dice. Things I have tried to get it to work: > Rebooting to MS-DOS mode and running it. > Running it in a DOS box in Win98. > Running both the CARTFAST.BAT and CARTREND.BAT > Setting the .BAT files to reboot to MS-DOS mode and run the .EXE > Installing the ICR2_V2K patch. > Trying the DOSV2K patch. > Trying the INDYFIX.BAT swapping trick. > The system that I'm running on is a K6-3 450 with a Diamond Stealth II > S220 card (4 meg PCI, V2100), FIC PA-2013 mainboard, SB Live! Value card, > 192 megs of PC-100 memory, and a 3COM Fast Etherlink XL 10/100 NIC > w/bootrom. > I'm thoroughly stumped. > The best that I've managed is to get the Rendition Redline logo > (RR.EXE???) to display, then I get a bar of messed-up colors across the top > of the screen. I've waited at this stage for 3-4 minutes just to see what > might happen (as I've read some messages that seem to indicate that the > INDYFIX.BAT method can cause the system to sit in a seemingly stalled state > for awhile). to no avail. I'm at a complete loss. I've loved playing this > game for years, but I really wanted to see it in all of it's Rendition > glory. The only thing that I haven't tried yet is re-building one of my > other systems to be a DOS only box and installing it there. Though I don't > think that's necessarily the problem. > Does anyone have any other suggestions? > -- > ___________________________________________ > Talent does what it can, genius does what it must.