Help me figure out what I've bought

Hi, all. I recently picked up a Racing Mania collection as it was on sale at Circut City. I grabbed it for Sports Car GT, which I've heard so much about, and Road Rash, which was a favorite time-killer of mine back when I had a Sega Genesis. Anyway, a couple of questions. One, are there any sites that are "must visit" for Sports Car GT? Any other advice on getting started with this one? What about Road Rash? Any sites at all out there? (I doubt it, but doesn't hurt to ask.) Now, on to the rest of the package. Andretti Racing. I've heard nothing but bad. Add to my coaster collection, I assume? Nascar Road Racing (EA). Again, I assume it's pretty bad, but if anyone says otherwise I'll give a listen. Need for Speed 2. Looks arcadish, but might be fun. Anyone chime in? Superbike World Championship. No clue on this one. Is it good? Does it suck? Are there web sites? Thanks. -Tim

Hi Tim, SBK is great for single-player racing or LAN. It might not be dead on physics like GP500 but the tracks are beautiful and the driving is fun. Using the head-cam view, you really get into the action. I recommend installing it. One thing, it will only allow 640x480 on a V5. Good thing you can use 4xFSAA. Jason. The Enigmatic One wrote: > > Hi, all. > > I recently picked up a Racing Mania collection as it was on sale at[snip]

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> > Superbike World Championship. No clue on this one. Is it good? Does > it suck? Are there web sites? > > Thanks. > > -Tim

-- Jason Monds http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (N3, GPL, Fun Run Sims) http://www.racersdomain.com - Race hosting. (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

I loved Sports Car GT (SCGT). If it isn't already patched on the CD, make sure you get the 1.551 patch from EA's web site. There are lots of SCGT add-on sites out there as well - this is one of the most edited racing games out there. I played Need for Speed (NFS) 2SE, which was the version after 2. It was a lot of fun. Not a "sim" but one of the most fun NFS's in the series in my opinion (3 and 4 weren't very good, 5 was good). Superbike is good too, if that's your cup of tea. Great graphics and good performance. Didn't grow on me because I sucked at it... "The Enigmatic One" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:SLn56.1608$[email hidden]... > > Hi, all. > > I recently picked up a Racing Mania collection as it was on sale at > Circut City. I grabbed it for Sports Car GT, which I've heard so muchabout, > and Road Rash, which was a favorite time-killer of mine back when I had aSega > Genesis. > > Anyway, a couple of questions. One, are there any sites that are "must > visit" for Sports Car GT? Any other advice on getting started with thisone? > What about Road Rash? Any sites at all out there? (I doubt it, butdoesn't

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> hurt to ask.) > > Now, on to the rest of the package. Andretti Racing. I've heard > nothing but bad. Add to my coaster collection, I assume? > > Nascar Road Racing (EA). Again, I assume it's pretty bad, but if > anyone says otherwise I'll give a listen. > > Need for Speed 2. Looks arcadish, but might be fun. Anyone chime in? > > Superbike World Championship. No clue on this one. Is it good? Does > it suck? Are there web sites? > > Thanks. > > > -Tim >

>SBK is great for single-player racing or LAN. It might not be dead on >physics like GP500 but the tracks are beautiful and the driving is fun. >Using the head-cam view, you really get into the action. I recommend >installing it. One thing, it will only allow 640x480 on a V5. Good >thing you can use 4xFSAA. V5? Heh. My machine is quite old which is why I usually buy older games. I'm assuming it should run fine on a V2. I'm hoping, anyway. Any patches I need for SBK? Add-on tracks? 3rd-party sites? -Tim

I ran SBK on a PII 333 with SLI'd V2's and it worked pretty well. I had to turn a few things down if I recall but I could run it at at 1024x768 with decent performance. "The Enigmatic One" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:rgo56.1609$[email hidden]...

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> > >SBK is great for single-player racing or LAN. It might not be dead on > >physics like GP500 but the tracks are beautiful and the driving is fun. > >Using the head-cam view, you really get into the action. I recommend > >installing it. One thing, it will only allow 640x480 on a V5. Good > >thing you can use 4xFSAA. > > V5? Heh. My machine is quite old which is why I usually buy older > games. I'm assuming it should run fine on a V2. I'm hoping, anyway. Any > patches I need for SBK? Add-on tracks? 3rd-party sites? > > > -Tim >

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> > >SBK is great for single-player racing or LAN. It might not be dead on > >physics like GP500 but the tracks are beautiful and the driving is fun. > >Using the head-cam view, you really get into the action. I recommend > >installing it. One thing, it will only allow 640x480 on a V5. Good > >thing you can use 4xFSAA. > > V5? Heh. My machine is quite old which is why I usually buy older > games. I'm assuming it should run fine on a V2. I'm hoping, anyway. Any > patches I need for SBK? Add-on tracks? 3rd-party sites? > > -Tim

The V2 will work fine. You'll get 800x600 as a choice for sure. I don't know of any patches; it worked fine out of the box for me. -- Jason Monds http://www.proracingclub.com - Pro Racing Club! (N3, GPL, Fun Run Sims) http://www.racersdomain.com - Race hosting. (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

> Now, on to the rest of the package. Andretti Racing. I've heard > nothing but bad. Add to my coaster collection, I assume? I got this free with my wheel, and I have to say I like it. OK, it's not a sim, but it's great for making time pass quickly. Good fun, but not if you're looking for realism. If you don't like it, I'll have it ... I accidentally snapped the corner off the CD :-( Andy

CD's have corners in Europe??? They are round in Canada! <g> "Andy Laurence" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:NMo56.49$[email hidden]... > you're looking for realism. If you don't like it, I'll have it ... I > accidentally snapped the corner off the CD :-(

I played a lot of Andretti Racing when I first got into PC racing (a few years ago), and had my fun with it. However, if you're used to more modern sims, such as GPL, most of the F1 games, etc, you'll tire of it quickly. In other words, I enjoyed it for a time, but don't have it on my HD anymore. But, why not try it out and see for yourself? Regarding Superbike -- Install it. My system is also a V2, and it runs great. One thing it showed me is that a bike sim and an auto sim are 2 very different things re: braking points, line, etc. Lotsa fun though. Andy Laurence wrote:

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> > Now, on to the rest of the package. Andretti Racing. I've heard > > nothing but bad. Add to my coaster collection, I assume? > > I got this free with my wheel, and I have to say I like it. OK, it's not a > sim, but it's great for making time pass quickly. Good fun, but not if > you're looking for realism. If you don't like it, I'll have it ... I > accidentally snapped the corner off the CD :-( > > Andy

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On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 17:46:26 GMT, [email hidden] (The Enigmatic One) wrote:

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> > Hi, all. > > I recently picked up a Racing Mania collection as it was on sale at >Circut City. I grabbed it for Sports Car GT, which I've heard so much about, >and Road Rash, which was a favorite time-killer of mine back when I had a Sega >Genesis. > > Anyway, a couple of questions. One, are there any sites that are "must >visit" for Sports Car GT? Any other advice on getting started with this one? >What about Road Rash? Any sites at all out there? (I doubt it, but doesn't >hurt to ask.)

For SCGT, there are a couple good sites- but we have a good selection of stuff(including some great Touring Cars, and a complete TC add-on)as well as some knowledgable guys in the forums at The Pits. http://www.theuspits.com Hope you find something you like! Scott Moore The Pits: PowerSims Magazine http://www.theuspits.com

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> > Now, on to the rest of the package. Andretti Racing. I've heard >nothing but bad. Add to my coaster collection, I assume? > > Nascar Road Racing (EA). Again, I assume it's pretty bad, but if >anyone says otherwise I'll give a listen. > > Need for Speed 2. Looks arcadish, but might be fun. Anyone chime in? > > Superbike World Championship. No clue on this one. Is it good? Does >it suck? Are there web sites? > > Thanks. > > > -Tim >

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> For SCGT, there are a couple good sites- but we have a good selection > of stuff(including some great Touring Cars, and a complete TC > add-on)as well as some knowledgable guys in the forums at The Pits. > http://www.theuspits.com > > Hope you find something you like! > > Scott Moore > The Pits: PowerSims Magazine > http://www.theuspits.com

I went, I looked, I found the SCGT forum. What should I click to see other SCGT stuff? Thanks Larry

>I loved Sports Car GT (SCGT). If it isn't already patched on the CD, make >sure you get the 1.551 patch from EA's web site. There are lots of SCGT >add-on sites out there as well - this is one of the most edited racing games >out there. So I've heard. It's been on my list for awhile, I was just waiting to get my wheel back. >I played Need for Speed (NFS) 2SE, which was the version after 2. It was a >lot of fun. Not a "sim" but one of the most fun NFS's in the series in my >opinion (3 and 4 weren't very good, 5 was good). Yeah, it's actually not too bad. I've got the first one around somewhere, too. Doesn't really compare to Big Red Racing for pure arcadish fun, however. >Superbike is good too, if that's your cup of tea. Great graphics and good >performance. Didn't grow on me because I sucked at it... I seem to, as well. Tough game. Looks like a keeper. Do you know of any add-ons for this one? Tracks? Bikes? Etc? Road Rash is as fun as I remember, in a purely escapist fashion. Nascar Road Racing has got to be one of the worst games I've seen. Andretti...well, I'm not sure yet. -Tim

>I got this free with my wheel, and I have to say I like it. OK, it's not a >sim, but it's great for making time pass quickly. Good fun, but not if >you're looking for realism. If you don't like it, I'll have it ... I >accidentally snapped the corner off the CD :-( I might take you up on that offer. Give me a little bit longer to play with it, then get back to me in a few days. -Tim

>For SCGT, there are a couple good sites- but we have a good selection >of stuff(including some great Touring Cars, and a complete TC >add-on)as well as some knowledgable guys in the forums at The Pits. >http://www.theuspits.com No suprise there. I was checking the various links I have for GP2, ICR2, Nascar99, etc. I was just looking for any that weren't broader--the pits have been in my bookmarks for a long time. -Tim