N2 dissapointment

Well I finally decided to play Nascar2, I played Nascar1 quite a bit, but to due steep hardware requirements and a crummy joystick I never got into it. So while waiting for F!RS to arrive here in Jersey I decided to get N2 at a local show on the chaep. So I get it home and beathlessly try to play it, man what a ***!! Its just such a pain So here what I have: P200MMX viper 330 64 meg ram Monster Sound card TM G1 wheel So heres what I did: installed game, tried to run it but hte display was whacked, I did the display doctor thing and finally got into the game, but occasionally have video corruption that seems to tear the screen. tried to set up sound but it hung up every time in every config, no go on sound at all. I checked the set blaster line and tried to emulate a SB card with the proper setting still no go. For me this is a killer since I wont play a game without sound and one that has graphics problems. I also cant use the straight DOS version since the Monster will only work when a game is at least played in a DOS box. Oh and here is the topper, my wheel wont work in the there at all, I see no wheel config options, I selec the wheel, but when I try to play its like its not there, I try to callibrate the joysticks, that dont work, I have the lastest patch. So heres my question can anyone point me toward a resource for getting htis stinking game to work? Hoently if we weren't getting into the season I woouldn't bother becuase I firmaly believe that if you cant get ANY computer program workling inside of 5 minutes (sans copy time) that program isn't worth you HD real estate ( I write software for a living and religously stick to this). thanks edk

Check out the N2 faq at [link lost in import] Hope it helps, -- Don Burnette I-65 Racing Dburn on Ten snip

As far as the sound problem goes I had the same problem. Copy the sound.cfg file from NR1 to NR2. It should work. RayD >So heres what I did: >installed game, tried to run it but hte display was whacked, I did the >display doctor thing and finally got into the game, but occasionally have >video corruption that seems to tear the screen. tried to set up sound but it

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>hung up every time in every config, no go on sound at all. >I checked the set blaster line and tried to emulate a SB card with the >proper setting still no go. >For me this is a killer since I wont play a game without sound and one that >has graphics problems.

I have PII 233mhz with 64 mb and a Viper330 card. N2 works great under windows in a DOS box. I am also using the GP1 wheel. Make sure the wheel is calibrated under windows. Do you have the latest Diamond drivers? >Well I finally decided to play Nascar2, I played Nascar1 quite a bit, but to >due steep hardware requirements and a crummy joystick I never got into it. >So while waiting for F!RS to arrive here in Jersey I decided to get N2 at a >local show on the chaep. >So I get it home and beathlessly try to play it, man what a ***!! Its just

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>such a pain >So here what I have: >P200MMX >viper 330 >64 meg ram >Monster Sound card >TM G1 wheel >So heres what I did: >installed game, tried to run it but hte display was whacked, I did the >display doctor thing and finally got into the game, but occasionally have >video corruption that seems to tear the screen. tried to set up sound but

it

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>hung up every time in every config, no go on sound at all. >I checked the set blaster line and tried to emulate a SB card with the >proper setting still no go. >For me this is a killer since I wont play a game without sound and one that >has graphics problems. I also cant use the straight DOS version since the >Monster will only work when a game is at least played in a DOS box. >Oh and here is the topper, my wheel wont work in the there at all, I see no >wheel config options, I selec the wheel, but when I try to play its like

its >not there, I try to callibrate the joysticks, that dont work, I have the >lastest patch. >So heres my question can anyone point me toward a resource for getting htis >stinking game to work? Hoently if we weren't getting into the season I >woouldn't bother becuase I firmaly believe that if you cant get ANY computer

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>program workling inside of 5 minutes (sans copy time) that program isn't >worth you HD real estate ( I write software for a living and religously >stick to this). >thanks >edk

First I would ask if you are trying to run in windows or dos. If windows, run only in pure dos mode. set your soundcard up in this mode. If the sound card won;t set up, i suggest you try some other games in pure dos mode and see if their sound is working in dos. if not , I would blame the setup, maybe you don't have dos drivers loaded for the game to work. If other games work in pure dos mode, use the setting that they are useing, for nascar2. As for the display, I don't know what card you are using, but If the dos mode doesn't fix the display, try loading the uvconfig program on the cd to install univbe. If you have already done so, uninstall it, it might be conflicting. Hope this helps. > As far as the sound problem goes I had the same problem. Copy the sound.cfg

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> file from NR1 to NR2. It should work. > RayD > >So heres what I did: > >installed game, tried to run it but hte display was whacked, I did the > >display doctor thing and finally got into the game, but occasionally

have > >video corruption that seems to tear the screen. tried to set up sound but

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> it > >hung up every time in every config, no go on sound at all. > >I checked the set blaster line and tried to emulate a SB card with the > >proper setting still no go. > >For me this is a killer since I wont play a game without sound and one

that > >has graphics problems.

Ed, I'm not familiar with your video card, so I can't help you there (sorry). The Monster Sound card's gameport doesn't work in dos mode, so it won't help you at all (my wheel is plugged into my legacy card's gameport). If you have a legacy sound card hooked up, you can use it for the gameport and the sound (using the pass-thru cable provided). I used to do my sound this way, but have since changed my Monster Sound to enable the Sound Blaster emulation and, so far, haven't had any problems running N2 with sound and wheel control. Hope this helps solve at least part of your problem. Mike

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>So here what I have: >P200MMX >viper 330 >64 meg ram >Monster Sound card >TM G1 wheel