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Ah, the memories! I still remember getting 1:52 (I'm pretty sure it was either 1:52 or 1:27) in Pyrenees (IIRC, snowy track with rocks protruding on the road) w

Ah, the memories! I still remember getting 1:52 (I'm pretty sure it was either 1:52 or 1:27) in Pyrenees (IIRC, snowy track with rocks protruding on the road) with flat tires and the Carrera RS, beating the 'standard best time' by quite a bit. And every time I play a racing game on my iPad I ask me why we don't get as much quality as NFS:PU had.

lotharbot 11y ago
the only "snowy track" is the Alps. Pyrenees has a lot of white gravel next to the road, which might be what you're thinking of (but there's also green grass, dry pavement, and fall colors on the trees.) I wonder if there's a framerate issue or something that makes times not really comparable system to system. I can run that course in about 2:15 in much faster cars than the Carerra RS (2000 911 Turbo, GT1, 935, all carefully tweaked/upgraded) -- with an analog racing wheel and tons of practice. I've seen youtube videos of people coming in at around 2:05 in those cars by running insanely tight lines. I can't imagine how you could be even faster than that in an RS, with a top speed that's slower than what I take most corners at in my GT1. And yeah, it's a hugely high quality game, particularly for the era. It was clearly a labor of love. I've got a handful of games from the 1990-2000 era that I still play because nothing else captures the magic quite the same -- DooMII, Descent, and NFS:PU. (Source port links: DooMII - Zandronum at http://zandronum.com/ http://zandronum.com/ ; Descent - Retro at http://descentchampions.org/new_player.php http://descentchampions.org/new_player.php )
- RBerenguel 11y ago
  I think it was Pyrenees anyway, maybe the snow is my faded memory indeed. I have no idea how I managed to do it, aside from running extremely tight lines and not braking (or actually, stopping the gas) for the entire track. I used a Microsoft Sidewinder gamepad, it had a gyroscope so it worked wonders for racing games. It might be a framerate issue (I played on a P2 with some GeForce, not sure about model.)
- robbs 11y ago
  Do you play on Windows/Wine or a console? Last time I tried to play I couldn't get it to run on a computer.
  - lotharbot 11y ago
    Windows 7. I installed it straight from the CD. It ran like a dream (aside from the occasional crash, which was expected for software from that era.) I put in a new video card last week and hadn't played since then. Now I'm getting a DirectX 7 error (I'm running DirectX 11.)

lotharbot 11y ago

the only "snowy track" is the Alps. Pyrenees has a lot of white gravel next to the road, which might be what you're thinking of (but there's also green grass, dry pavement, and fall colors on the trees.) I wonder if there's a framerate issue or something that makes times not really comparable system to system. I can run that course in about 2:15 in much faster cars than the Carerra RS (2000 911 Turbo, GT1, 935, all carefully tweaked/upgraded) -- with an analog racing wheel and tons of practice. I've seen youtube videos of people coming in at around 2:05 in those cars by running insanely tight lines. I can't imagine how you could be even faster than that in an RS, with a top speed that's slower than what I take most corners at in my GT1. And yeah, it's a hugely high quality game, particularly for the era. It was clearly a labor of love. I've got a handful of games from the 1990-2000 era that I still play because nothing else captures the magic quite the same -- DooMII, Descent, and NFS:PU. (Source port links: DooMII - Zandronum at http://zandronum.com/ http://zandronum.com/ ; Descent - Retro at http://descentchampions.org/new_player.php http://descentchampions.org/new_player.php )

RBerenguel 11y ago
I think it was Pyrenees anyway, maybe the snow is my faded memory indeed. I have no idea how I managed to do it, aside from running extremely tight lines and not braking (or actually, stopping the gas) for the entire track. I used a Microsoft Sidewinder gamepad, it had a gyroscope so it worked wonders for racing games. It might be a framerate issue (I played on a P2 with some GeForce, not sure about model.)
robbs 11y ago
Do you play on Windows/Wine or a console? Last time I tried to play I couldn't get it to run on a computer.
- lotharbot 11y ago
  Windows 7. I installed it straight from the CD. It ran like a dream (aside from the occasional crash, which was expected for software from that era.) I put in a new video card last week and hadn't played since then. Now I'm getting a DirectX 7 error (I'm running DirectX 11.)