Nascar 2 frame rates and things...

Hello I've been reading some posts here and I've seen that everyone seems to thing that this GP2 thing is really taxing on the fastest computers out right now. Is Nascar 2 going to be the same way, or is it going to be pretty much the same as 1, except with better graphics and a little (5-10) frames slower? Anyone have any ideas? Chris

I believe that Nascar2 will be using the same graphics engine as Indy2 and if that is the case then it will run a hell of a lot faster than Nascar 1. My PC is a P120 with 16 Meg but is only fitted with a bog standard 1Meg video card. Indy 2 flies on with this card so I feel confidant that Nascar 2 will as well.

: I believe that Nascar2 will be using the same graphics engine : as Indy2 and if that is the case then it will run a hell of a : lot faster than Nascar 1. : My PC is a P120 with 16 Meg but is only fitted with a bog : standard 1Meg video card. Indy 2 flies on with this card so I : feel confidant that Nascar 2 will as well. I only hope they refine it a little bit. I've never got the univbe that came with ICR2 to work with my ATI Mach64. Even using the new SDD52, there is no improvement. It seems that Papy "hard-linked" their graphics engine to the univbe that it loads and not an external one. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

It might be true they are going to use the same graphic engine, but someone pointed out to me you won't get the same performance as in IC2. Mainly because there are 60+ more polygons to draw for the cars in Nascar. Thats what I've been told anyway, and it seems to make sense. :) Andy [link lost in import: /~ridger] Kali/***/Nascar

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>>I believe that Nascar2 will be using the same graphics engine >>as Indy2 and if that is the case then it will run a hell of a >>lot faster than Nascar 1.<snip> >It might be true they are going to use the same graphic engine, but >someone pointed out to me you won't get the same performance as in >IC2. Mainly because there are 60+ more polygons to draw for the cars >in Nascar. >Thats what I've been told anyway, and it seems to make sense. :) <snip>

I read in Sim Racing News, http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~harmon/simnews/ that Nascar2 is being written to take advantage of the new "Rendition chip" which will produce 16-bit texture mapping at 37FPS on a lowly Pentium 75. The Rendition chip boards are not out yet. If you don't go with the Rendition board They say "With a decent video card with 2Mb, the game promises to run even better than the current IndyCar Racing II". I don't know but I've been told... Mike Radler