Race07 Questions

After many years of NASCAR Racing 2003 I downloaded the demo of Race07 and found it pretty good..certainly different from what I am used to. What I would like to know is.. What do the more experienced simmers think of it? Is it realistic? And what about Steam? I never heard of it. How does that impact the driving experience? Any downside? Any input would be appreciated before I make a commitment. TIA

Jim Barbieri wrote: > After many years of NASCAR Racing 2003 I downloaded the demo of Race07 and > found it pretty good..certainly different from what I am used to. > > What I would like to know is.. > What do the more experienced simmers think of it? Is it realistic? Yes it is pretty well regarded. Bear in mind the primary simulation is WTTC cars, most of which are FWD. The open wheelers have a more mixed response. I don't have enough experience to say though I think they lack the overall polish of the WTCC cars (as if less time was spent on them) And what > about Steam? I never heard of it. How does that impact the driving > experience? Any downside? Steam is simply a software distribution and authentication system - it makes no difference to the driving experience. It is handy for patches and means you don't need a CD/DVD in the drive. You do need an internet connection though (although there is an offline mode once authenticated) Cheers Tony

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> After many years of NASCAR Racing 2003 I downloaded the demo of Race07 and > found it pretty good..certainly different from what I am used to. > > What I would like to know is.. > What do the more experienced simmers think of it? Is it realistic? And > what about Steam? I never heard of it. How does that impact the driving > experience? Any downside? > > Any input would be appreciated before I make a commitment. > > TIA >

I like it. The online play is about as good or better than any I have ever experienced and the offline AI are also very good. I was leary about the Steam thing, but once I got it installed I now launch most my racing sims there (GTR, GTR2, GTL, N2003 and rfactor). It is nice to just have one icon to click and then launch what I want. It has no effect at all as far as gameplay is concerned. Back to Race 07. I like running the sedans and coupes much better than open wheel cars, but the F3000 series in the sim is actually a lot of fun. I got Race 07 through Steam (yea.....spent too much.....again) and it updated it with the new patch and you can have it do that with all sims that you register through them that they support. Ed

Ed M. wrote: >I was leary about the > Steam thing, but once I got it installed I now launch most my racing sims > there (GTR, GTR2, GTL, N2003 and rfactor). How do you launch non-steam games from within Steam?

"John Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:UDZTi.308322$[email hidden]... > Ed M. wrote: > > >I was leary about the > > Steam thing, but once I got it installed I now launch most my racingsims > > there (GTR, GTR2, GTL, N2003 and rfactor). > > How do you launch non-steam games from within Steam? Open steam and go to the My Games tab. At the bottom of the screen is a button for add non-steam games and one to activate a product. I think the Simbin games can be added in this manner, not sure of others.

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> > "John Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:UDZTi.308322$[email hidden]... >> Ed M. wrote: >> >> >I was leary about the >> > Steam thing, but once I got it installed I now launch most my racing > sims >> > there (GTR, GTR2, GTL, N2003 and rfactor). >> >> How do you launch non-steam games from within Steam? > > Open steam and go to the My Games tab. At the bottom of the screen is a > button for add non-steam games and one to activate a product. I think the > Simbin games can be added in this manner, not sure of others. >

You can launch virtually any program from Steam. Some will not activate of course. All the above sims and FSX and CFS3 work just fine as far as having a central point to launch them. It is more of just a convenience than anything else. I have fewer shortcuts/quick launch stuff to worry about. Ed >

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> "DStamper" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:tl_Ti.13140$[email hidden]... > > > > > > > "John Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:UDZTi.308322$[email hidden]... > >> Ed M. wrote: > > >> >I was leary about the > >> > Steam thing, but once I got it installed I now launch most my racing > > sims > >> > there (GTR, GTR2, GTL, N2003 and rfactor). > > >> How do you launch non-steam games from within Steam? > > > Open steam and go to the My Games tab. At the bottom of the screen is a > > button for add non-steam games and one to activate a product. I think the > > Simbin games can be added in this manner, not sure of others. > > You can launch virtually any program from Steam. Some will not activate of > course. All the above sims and FSX and CFS3 work just fine as far as having > a central point to launch them. It is more of just a convenience than > anything else. I have fewer shortcuts/quick launch stuff to worry about. > > Ed > > > > - Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -

Pardon my ignorance, as I've never used Steam before... How is having a central location to launch games from (Steam) any more convenient than having a central location to launch games from (my PC desktop). I currently just click on a single icon and go... Is Steam more convenient than that!???

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> On Oct 25, 8:36 am, "Ed M." <[email hidden]> wrote: >> "DStamper" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> >> news:tl_Ti.13140$[email hidden]... >> >> >> >> >> >> > "John Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> >news:UDZTi.308322$[email hidden]... >> >> Ed M. wrote: >> >> >> >I was leary about the >> >> > Steam thing, but once I got it installed I now launch most my racing >> > sims >> >> > there (GTR, GTR2, GTL, N2003 and rfactor). >> >> >> How do you launch non-steam games from within Steam? >> >> > Open steam and go to the My Games tab. At the bottom of the screen is >> > a >> > button for add non-steam games and one to activate a product. I think >> > the >> > Simbin games can be added in this manner, not sure of others. >> >> You can launch virtually any program from Steam. Some will not activate >> of >> course. All the above sims and FSX and CFS3 work just fine as far as >> having >> a central point to launch them. It is more of just a convenience than >> anything else. I have fewer shortcuts/quick launch stuff to worry about. >> >> Ed >> >> >> >> - Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > Pardon my ignorance, as I've never used Steam before... How is having > a central location to launch games from (Steam) any more convenient > than having a central location to launch games from (my PC desktop). > I currently just click on a single icon and go... Is Steam more > convenient than that!??? >

DStamper wrote: > Open steam and go to the My Games tab. At the bottom of the screen is a > button for add non-steam games and one to activate a product. I think the > Simbin games can be added in this manner, not sure of others. > > Thanks. Never noticed that option before.

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> You can launch virtually any program from Steam. Some will not activate of > course. All the above sims and FSX and CFS3 work just fine as far as having > a central point to launch them. It is more of just a convenience than > anything else. I have fewer shortcuts/quick launch stuff to worry about. > > > > Ed > >

Vista comes with it's own game launcher too.

[email hidden] wrote: > Pardon my ignorance, as I've never used Steam before... How is having > a central location to launch games from (Steam) any more convenient > than having a central location to launch games from (my PC desktop). > I currently just click on a single icon and go... Is Steam more > convenient than that!??? > Putting icons all over the desktop looks messy and makes for a slower boot up time. I like game launchers.

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> Ed M. wrote: > >> You can launch virtually any program from Steam. Some will not activate >> of course. All the above sims and FSX and CFS3 work just fine as far as >> having a central point to launch them. It is more of just a convenience >> than anything else. I have fewer shortcuts/quick launch stuff to worry >> about. >> >> >> >> Ed >> >> > > Vista comes with it's own game launcher too.

I have had too many issues with Vista so I will just wait for awhile before I try it again. Maybe after the SP1 release I 'might' give it another go. Ed

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> I have had too many issues with Vista so I will just wait for awhile before > I try it again. Maybe after the SP1 release I 'might' give it another go. > > > Ed > >

Yea, I went back to XP too and put Vista on a secondary PC for now. I even bought 4gb of ram to use with Vista64. Seems my issue may have been a bad video card and have a replacement coming next week so may give it another go. Latest game benchmarks I've seen show Vista performing almost as good as XP now. I had the scrambled screen issue in Vista on the 7900GT and is the only reason I dumped it. I can live with it's other quirks.

On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:20:07 GMT, John Adams <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>[email hidden] wrote: > >> Pardon my ignorance, as I've never used Steam before... How is having >> a central location to launch games from (Steam) any more convenient >> than having a central location to launch games from (my PC desktop). >> I currently just click on a single icon and go... Is Steam more >> convenient than that!??? >> > >Putting icons all over the desktop looks messy and makes for a slower >boot up time. I like game launchers.

Then create a folder(s) and put the icons in there???

Does it use StarForce?

PW wrote: > Does it use StarForce? No

On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:33:05 GMT, Tony R <[email hidden]> wrote: >PW wrote: >> Does it use StarForce? > >No Thanks Tony - I am going to buy it then. Not sure if I will like Front Wheel Drive cars though. -pw

On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:19:07 -0700, PW wrote: > Thanks Tony - I am going to buy it then. Not sure if I will like > Front Wheel Drive cars though. > Make sure to try the demo first if you have an ATI gfx card, I've had some nasty texture & geometry bugs on my x800 gto. Cheers, uwe -- GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Most cars in Race 07 are rear wheel drive I believe... I love the Radicals.. 8-) GP >On Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:19:07 -0700, PW <[email hidden]> wrote: >Thanks Tony - I am going to buy it then. Not sure if I will like >Front Wheel Drive cars though. > >-pw