ICR II Win95 versus Dos version.

I have both the Win95 and Dos versions loaded on my HD. On the laguna Seca track in the Win version my car cannot stay on the track because of the constant spinouts.In the Dos version same track same car settings the car handles much better and is much more responsive without constant spinouts. Also the sound effects are really much poorer in the Win version compared to the Dos version. I have all patchs loaded. Has any experienced these differences? Dennis

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> I have both the Win95 and Dos versions loaded on my HD. On the laguna Seca > track in the Win version my car cannot stay on the track because of the > constant spinouts.In the Dos version same track same car settings the car > handles much better and is much more responsive without constant spinouts. > Also the sound effects are really much poorer in the Win version compared > to the Dos version. I have all patchs loaded. > Has any experienced these differences?

I just patched up my DOS version 1.0.2 to the Win95 version 1.0.1 and found that the game plays more jerky (frame rate wise) and that the sound is really bad in Win95. The DOS version is way better and is smoother also. I'm running on a AMD5x86-133(oc160MHz) with 20MB RAM. -- Kenny Ho

..snip >> Also the sound effects are really much poorer in the Win version compared >> to the Dos version. I have all patchs loaded. >> Has any experienced these differences? ..snip.. >and that the sound is really bad in Win95. The DOS version is way better and >is smoother also. >I'm running on a AMD5x86-133(oc160MHz) with 20MB RAM. Yep same thing here... the win95 interface is GREAT but... as a patch is suppose to IMPROVE things, how come the sound is now badder instead of better.??? Thanks Papyrus though for the new paint shop :-) John

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> I just patched up my DOS version 1.0.2 to the Win95 version 1.0.1 and > found > that the game plays more jerky (frame rate wise) and that the sound is > really bad in Win95. The DOS version is way better and is smoother > also. > I'm running on a AMD5x86-133(oc160MHz) with 20MB RAM. > -- > Kenny Ho

I STRONGLY agree! The Win95 version SUCKS compared to the DOS version. Even on a P166 w/16megs it was accessing the HD and had a very jerky frame rate. I went back to the DOS version for good. I can't understand how it's supposed to be better than the DOS version. It does have some very neat new ways of displaying things but the acutual racing is no where near the DOS version. Sal V.

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>> I just patched up my DOS version 1.0.2 to the Win95 version 1.0.1 and >> found >> that the game plays more jerky (frame rate wise) and that the sound is >> really bad in Win95. The DOS version is way better and is smoother >> also. >> I'm running on a AMD5x86-133(oc160MHz) with 20MB RAM. >> -- >> Kenny Ho >I STRONGLY agree! The Win95 version SUCKS compared to the DOS version. >Even on a P166 w/16megs it was accessing the HD and had a very jerky >frame rate. I went back to the DOS version for good. I can't >understand how it's supposed to be better than the DOS version. It does >have some very neat new ways of displaying things but the acutual racing >is no where near the DOS version. >Sal V.

Guess I'll be the lone voice of dissent :-) I love the WIN95 version. I would use it all the time if the palette on the converted tracks worked right. I'm running a new Supermicro Motherboard with a Cyrix P166+ processer. I have 48 meg of ram (32 EDO + 16 Fast Page DRAM) and a Diamond Stealth 64 with 2 meg DRAM. I don''t get any of the aforementioned HDD access and my framerate is only 1-2 FPS off of my ICR2 DOS numbers. The only dissapointment for me is the short replay length, but I can live with that. One question, have you folks gone into the advanced settings and made sure your memory slider is in the green? The docs indicate that if you are in the yellow you will get occasional HDD access and if you are in the red you will constant HDD access. Chris Drake

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> Guess I'll be the lone voice of dissent :-) I love the WIN95 version. > I would use it all the time if the palette on the converted tracks > worked right. I'm running a new Supermicro Motherboard with a Cyrix > P166+ processer. I have 48 meg of ram (32 EDO + 16 Fast Page DRAM) > and a Diamond Stealth 64 with 2 meg DRAM. I don''t get any of the > aforementioned HDD access and my framerate is only 1-2 FPS off of my > ICR2 DOS numbers. The only dissapointment for me is the short replay > length, but I can live with that. > One question, have you folks gone into the advanced settings and made > sure your memory slider is in the green? The docs indicate that if you > are in the yellow you will get occasional HDD access and if you are in > the red you will constant HDD access.

Chris, I respect your opinion and your machine is probably a little faster than mine but I still feel that the DOS version is better than the WIN95 version. I'm still very glad PAPY/SIERRA made the update available to us and as I mentioned the extra goodies in the WIN95 version are pretty cool. It just won't run nearly as well as in DOS. Even if the HD access would go away the frame rate is very inconsistent and just seems slower. I haven't fooled with those advanced options you mentioned but maybe I'll give it try. I still don't think that will help the "jerkyness" I see. I'm sure glad NASCAR-2 will be a DOS program! Sal V.