EA NASCAR Demo Is Released

"Darus" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> As mentioned above, but worth noting as it was something they got
> right:
>
> Controller input (setup) is excellent. Even my TSW2, which usually
> causes "some" problems right out of the box, worked flawlessly. Simply
> select the item, push, turn or click the controller and away you go.
> Almost Papy like!
>
> Recovery from a spin actually works, you know opposite lock! Wow!
>
>
> Downsides:
>
> This quote: "Users of L.C.D. displays, especially laptop displays, may
> experience
> noticeably decreased performance when running the game at any
> resolution
> other than the
> native resolution of the L.C.D. display which is usually 1280x1024."
>
> That was posted above from the readme. Guess what? There is no
> 1280x1024 mode offered. The highest I saw was 1280x960, both 16 and 32
> bit.

Same problem for me. It looks pretty good in 1280x960 32 bit though, and
frame rates are high. Looks better than N2003 in a lot of ways. People need
to make sure they have anisotropic filtering turned on in display
properties.
--
David G Fisher

Maybe it's just me, but I figured I'd ask. Does anyone get the
impression that driving the cars it feels like drving a boat? The first
impression I got was this thing is floating and wallowing around all
over. I had no sensation of what was happening.
I've never driven a stock car, but I never thought it would feel like
driving a boat. Is it me or the setups? Maybe it's the new physics? So
far it just feels like something is wrong with the demo to me.

Does someone have a decent setup for the tracks?

--
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In article .com>,
says...

> Downsides:
>
> This quote: "Users of L.C.D. displays, especially laptop displays, may
> experience
> noticeably decreased performance when running the game at any
> resolution
> other than the
> native resolution of the L.C.D. display which is usually 1280x1024."
>
> That was posted above from the readme. Guess what? There is no
> 1280x1024 mode offered. The highest I saw was 1280x960, both 16 and 32
> bit.
>
>

Maybe that's why the warning is there. 1280x1024 mode doesn't exist, so
the image quality will suffer.

Looks like I won't be trying the demo then (but it looks like I wouldn't
have been impressed anyway, so no great loss).

Looks good? For me it looks worse than N3 at 1280, its so bad that you cant even judge where the track is going to go.
_____

Steve

"Military intelligence, two words combined that can't make sense."




David G Fisher wrote:
> Same problem for me. It looks pretty good in 1280x960 32 bit though, and
> frame rates are high. Looks better than N2003 in a lot of ways. People need
> to make sure they have anisotropic filtering turned on in display
> properties.

John,

You need to try it for your won edification. I have run it since it came out
and am not reviewer and won't attempt it.

What I have read previously is true, and false. It was only after I saw,
drove, messed with all the settings that I satisfied my own curiosity.

I appreciate what you say (I read this group daily and have for years, just
don't post much).

So do a girl racer a favor and try it. I am interested in YOUR opinion, not
your opinion based on others comments...

;-)


"John Simmons" > wrote in message
...
> In article .com>,
> says...
>
>> Downsides:
>>
>> This quote: "Users of L.C.D. displays, especially laptop displays, may
>> experience
>> noticeably decreased performance when running the game at any
>> resolution
>> other than the
>> native resolution of the L.C.D. display which is usually 1280x1024."
>>
>> That was posted above from the readme. Guess what? There is no
>> 1280x1024 mode offered. The highest I saw was 1280x960, both 16 and 32
>> bit.
>>
>>
>
> Maybe that's why the warning is there. 1280x1024 mode doesn't exist, so
> the image quality will suffer.
>
> Looks like I won't be trying the demo then (but it looks like I wouldn't
> have been impressed anyway, so no great loss).

ZZ wrote:

> Maybe it's just me, but I figured I'd ask. Does anyone get the
> impression that driving the cars it feels like drving a boat? The first
> impression I got was this thing is floating and wallowing around all
> over. I had no sensation of what was happening.
> I've never driven a stock car, but I never thought it would feel like
> driving a boat. Is it me or the setups? Maybe it's the new physics? So
> far it just feels like something is wrong with the demo to me.
>
> Does someone have a decent setup for the tracks?
>

I get that same feeling, or lack of ZZ. Larry was just telling me that he
feels like hes floating in GTR, I can only imagine what his impression of
this thing is IMO its a horrible effort and totally on par with all the
other EA crap.

I dont think EA has ANY clue what a true simmer wants.

Mitch
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"David G Fisher" > wrote in message
...
>
> http://www.gamespot.com/?tag=gs_gsbc_gshome
> --
> David G Fisher
>
>

Welcome to Nascar

-Larry

"ZZ" > wrote in message ...
> Maybe it's just me, but I figured I'd ask. Does anyone get the impression
> that driving the cars it feels like drving a boat? The first impression I
> got was this thing is floating and wallowing around all over. I had no
> sensation of what was happening.
> I've never driven a stock car, but I never thought it would feel like
> driving a boat. Is it me or the setups? Maybe it's the new physics? So far
> it just feels like something is wrong with the demo to me.
>
> Does someone have a decent setup for the tracks?
>
> --
> Richard "ZZ" Busch
>
> Member:
> Screamers Racing League
> oAo
> AoA
> MARA GTR
> GT Rank +41.931
> NGT Rank +84.383
> GT Rank Monster +1341.080
> GPL Rank + 14.768
> MoGPL Rank + 308.654
> N2003 Rank -18.8060
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> Remember racecar is racecar spelled backward
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Not floating. More like flying over the surface.

Hovercraft! That's it! That's what an ISI based game feels like to me

-Larry

"Mitch_A" > wrote in message
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> ZZ wrote:
>
>> Maybe it's just me, but I figured I'd ask. Does anyone get the
>> impression that driving the cars it feels like drving a boat? The first
>> impression I got was this thing is floating and wallowing around all
>> over. I had no sensation of what was happening.
>> I've never driven a stock car, but I never thought it would feel like
>> driving a boat. Is it me or the setups? Maybe it's the new physics? So
>> far it just feels like something is wrong with the demo to me.
>>
>> Does someone have a decent setup for the tracks?
>>
>
> I get that same feeling, or lack of ZZ. Larry was just telling me that he
> feels like hes floating in GTR, I can only imagine what his impression of
> this thing is IMO its a horrible effort and totally on par with all
> the
> other EA crap.
>
> I dont think EA has ANY clue what a true simmer wants.
>
> Mitch
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"Edgecrusher" > wrote in message
...
>
> Looks good? For me it looks worse than N3 at 1280, its so bad that you
> cant even judge where the track is going to go.
> _____
>
> Steve
>
> "Military intelligence, two words combined that can't make sense."
>
>
>
>
> David G Fisher wrote:
>> Same problem for me. It looks pretty good in 1280x960 32 bit though, and
>> frame rates are high. Looks better than N2003 in a lot of ways. People
>> need
>> to make sure they have anisotropic filtering turned on in display
>> properties.