Are there any current <g> or past racing games or sims that will work on Win 7 64-Bit?

Looky here! A new post in RAS <g> Besides Andrew of course ;-) Does any one know of any racing games or sims that will work on Windows 7 64-bit in an acceptable resolution? Something higher than say 1024x768. Heck, I'd even take a racing "game" for that matter these days. Preferably a NASCAR sim but I love all racing. My main monitor is capable of 1920x1080 but I realize I'm stretching it. -paulw

[email hidden] (PW) wrote: > Does any one know of any racing games or sims that will work on > Windows 7 64-bit in an acceptable resolution? I should give someone else a chance to speak up first. But now I don't have the iRacing forums to distract me, my caravan is parked firmly in the r.a.s. car park. Only an eviction order (or a 3 month for $10 iRacing offer) will get me out of here. I've run NKPro, Dirt2, GTR Evo, Nascar2003, GTR2, LFS, and RBR under Win7 64. I seem to remember having to jump through some hoops for RBR (or was that for three screens?), but the others worked perfectly at any resolution D3D can detect. Only GTL proved to be a crash-fest. I think there's a fix but I gave up. GPL is my main annoyance. I can run it ok but it's sounded terrible on my last two upgrades. Again I'm sure if I persevered I could solve that as well (perhaps with an add-in soundcard), but there's always something shinier to distract me. I installed Win7 64 as a test initially and had no problems whatsoever that I could detect, so stuck with it. It sounds like there's something strange going on with your system, but I'm clueless as to what. Andrew McP

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:56 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), [email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote:

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>[email hidden] (PW) wrote: > >> Does any one know of any racing games or sims that will work on >> Windows 7 64-bit in an acceptable resolution? > >I should give someone else a chance to speak up first. But now I don't have the >iRacing forums to distract me, my caravan is parked firmly in the r.a.s. car park. >Only an eviction order (or a 3 month for $10 iRacing offer) will get me out of >here. > >I've run NKPro, Dirt2, GTR Evo, Nascar2003, GTR2, LFS, and RBR under Win7 64. I >seem to remember having to jump through some hoops for RBR (or was that for three >screens?), but the others worked perfectly at any resolution D3D can detect. > >Only GTL proved to be a crash-fest. I think there's a fix but I gave up. > >GPL is my main annoyance. I can run it ok but it's sounded terrible on my last two >upgrades. Again I'm sure if I persevered I could solve that as well (perhaps with >an add-in soundcard), but there's always something shinier to distract me. > >I installed Win7 64 as a test initially and had no problems whatsoever that I could >detect, so stuck with it. It sounds like there's something strange going on with >your system, but I'm clueless as to what. > >Andrew McP

I couldn't get RBR to run. I will see if I can do so with NASCAR 2003, and GTR2 (but what is the maximum resolution for those two?). I will boot up Race 07 and see how that is. DIRT 2 works. Something strange going on with my system? What do you mean by that?! -paul

[email hidden] (PW) wrote: > and GTR2 (but what is the maximum resolution for those two?). Any D3D resolution available. I run at 5040x1050 > Something strange going on with my system? What do you mean by > that?! From your post I thought you'd tried some and were limited to low resolutions. Andrew McP

On 2/18/2011 4:16 PM, Andrew MacPherson wrote:

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> [email hidden] (PW) wrote: > >> and GTR2 (but what is the maximum resolution for those two?). > > Any D3D resolution available. I run at 5040x1050 > >> Something strange going on with my system? What do you mean by >> that?! > > From your post I thought you'd tried some and were limited to low resolutions. > > Andrew McP >

Arca 08 does just fine win7 64 bit,nr2003,rfactor

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:16 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), [email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote: >[email hidden] (PW) wrote: > >> and GTR2 (but what is the maximum resolution for those two?). > >Any D3D resolution available. I run at 5040x1050 What kind of monitor is that?

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> >> Something strange going on with my system? What do you mean by >> that?! > >From your post I thought you'd tried some and were limited to low resolutions. > >Andrew McP

No, my 27 inch Samsung caps out at 1920x1080 Thanks

[email hidden] (PW) wrote: > What kind of monitor is that? It's 3 x 1680x1050. They're only cheap 20" screens which cost me about the same as one good quality 24". Once you've experienced three screens there's no going back. :-) Andrew McP

On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:23 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), [email hidden] (Andrew MacPherson) wrote:

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>[email hidden] (PW) wrote: > >> What kind of monitor is that? > >It's 3 x 1680x1050. They're only cheap 20" screens which cost me about the same as >one good quality 24". Once you've experienced three screens there's no going back. >:-) > >Andrew McP

Okay, I have a 27 inch Samsung and a 22 inch Samsung installed with another 22 inch not hooked up because it was getting a little flaky. Just one video card, a eVGA GTX 480 1536MB. Dang, I asked my wife for an XBox 360 for my Bday (yeah, right, like she's going to buy me a "game player" but I never know!). If I knew GT5 was that impressive I guess I might have asked for a PS3. Price point seemed better for a Playstation than the XBox since we can only afford the 4GB XBox now (I would/will eventually get an external HD for it). Now, to the basement to see if I can find NASCAR 3 or NASCAR Sim Racing and get it up and running on my Win7-64 system. Hopefully in a week or two. Especially after today's Daytona race!!! -paulw

[email hidden] (PW) wrote: > If I knew GT5 was that impressive I guess I might have asked for a PS3. I must emphasise that it's the Nordschleife experience which makes GT5 superb (for me). The rest is entertaining in a more game-like way, but nowhere near as satisfying. It's almost as if the Nordschleife was worked on by a different team... or at least someone who loves that track and driving there. Having said that, I seem to have managed to do most of the GT5 tests and races now. So the main gameplay must have some kind of addictive charm, and enough sim qualities to stop it being deadly dull. But I would still be reluctant to recommend the PS3 to anyone without a Nordschleife (or Little Big Planet) addiction. I'd also never have bought a PS3 if I didn't have a G25 wheel which is supported. That's why I've never been tempted by Forza on the Xbox... I can't/won't drive with a controller and Microsoft are stupid about compatibility. You will also be pleased to hear that my rational brain has taken over and suppressed the idea of getting another couple of PS3s for peripheral vision. It will remain a dream rather than a goal. Probably. ;-) > Especially after today's Daytona race!!! I'm guessing we're talking about iRacing? I gather from various places that iRacing are still almost as good at putting on big special events as their members are of competing in them safely. ;-) I shouldn't poke fun, but there is a rather depressing predictability to the gap between iRacing's aspirations and harsh reality. Still, they seem to have pulled a *lot* more new accounts in this week. That's got to be good for the marketing team to work with, and fresh blood is always needed to supply iRating for the top tiers to feed on. :-) Andrew McP

[email hidden] (PW) wrote: > Okay, I have a 27 inch Samsung and a 22 inch Samsung installed with > another 22 inch not hooked up because it was getting a little flaky. > Just one video card, a eVGA GTX 480 1536MB. My GTX 260 used to drive three screens remarkably well (via a TripleHead box, which is no longer cost effective... it's cheaper to buy a new ATI card). If you had a second PCI-E slot you might be able to pick up a cheap second card for Soft-TH (lots of topics about this on the iRacing forums if I remember correctly). But with a 27" main screen the mismatch in sizes might be a bit too disorientating. An inch or two would be tolerable, but that's a big gap. It is, as I say, a superbly immersive step, but I've never used a big single monitor and it may well be that this makes up for it quite a lot. You can, after all, use a wider FOV before the view starts to look "wrong". Andrew McP PS I've just remembered you can run iRacing in a window if you have a two screen desktop, and at least have peripheral vision on one side.