I got the Acer I'm using now from Tesco for £300.

15.4" TFT, 1.6GHz Celeron, 256MB RAM (+£30 for 512MB), GMA 915 128MB.

Runs XP great, Vista Ultimate runs fine, if a bit slow.

I was going to bid for this (but acquired the game through alternative means):
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NASCAR-R ... ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Or you can Buy It Now for a ridiculous (but common) price:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NASCAR-R ... ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thanks, that was very helpful.

I might try the PWF mods soon, need to get the hang of the stock cars first

I just acquired NASCAR 2003 by Papyrus and IMO it's a good game, even if it is oval racing. What I can't find out is how to open the car texture files to paint them, can anyone with NR2003 experience help me?

Also, is Superspeedway.net the only place to get car and track updates?

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When you use the mouse to look around, its hard to get to center.

I tap the 'Center' button, which I've got mapped to X on my DFP.

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Also, its not good that you are able to go off the road and cross the forest to another road so easily.

Why? To stop it would defeat the free-roaming idea. The fact that you CAN choose to go offroad is part of the freedom I like. If you dislike it because the trees don't damage your car, then that's an issue with the damage model not with the offroading.

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I've been having some trouble at the moment with the Island Tour race...anytime I get near the finish the game loses its network connection

Can you tell me how to change an online profile to an offline one temporarily? With my main profile, I HAVE to be online to use it, there's no option I can see to use it offline.

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and I heard that the PC version need Colosuss to run properly

Partially untrue. My 3200+, 1GB RAM, 256Mb 7600GS OC gaming rig gives me perfectly good framerates at 1024x768 without HDR or AA. HDR has little effect anyhoo and is mostly just blooming in TDU. AA? Meh, you're going too fast to notice and it's not ugly without it anyway.

Got in on PC, and it's good for a semi-sim Hawaiian cruise if you're a car nut and want to save for a virtual Ferrari F430. I heard it's better on Hardcore too. Online is good as you can randomly cruise/chat with or race other players.

Oh, the elevation problems are negligible. Basically, the terrain map is a bit low-res in places which leads to the car being flung slightly to one side when coming over the crest of a steep hill (sometimes into oncoming traffic). But I don't think it's really unrealistic as if you jump a hill at 150mph, the car ain't gonna come down in a straight line is it?

Obviously, you've got the usual problems of commercial software: prone to bugs and crashes, non-linear steering (max 180deg), canned force feedback, you can't roll the car (40 degrees tilt MAX)... But it's worth it cos it's fun.

EDIT: It's fun because its so open. It suits your driving style whatever mood you're in. Want to drive safely and stick to the law? You can. Want to do stuff you can't IRL like weave in and out of traffic at 150mph? You can. Want to drive on a track? You can. Want to go offroading to reach your destination? You can. Etc...

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The word race suggests a competiton where the fastest person wins... so the fastest person would be the one who doesn't drift...

In D1GB, the fastest person wins, it's not judged on style etc.

Did anyone listen to James Whale on Talksport last night? He had a rather interesting/controversial point of view on the whole thing.

Cool, yet creepy. I'll probably have nightmares about being chased by one now.

Watched the race up until the rain (well, half watched while Dr Who was on) and it's actually quite good and easier to follow than I thought.

My money's on Jimmie Johnson for the championship but I'd like Jeff Gordon or Dale Jr to win.

Thanks for the help guys.

Why is American TV so complicated? Race series never repeatedly change channels during a season over here. I'll get my head around it one day

Tesco paid me on Friday as they should. w00t! Was only a week's wages though as I got paid last week too.

Hehe, thanks. I just saw the schedule and realised that. They're showing pre and post race on Speed as well as the truck series.

However, I also have FOX on TVUPlayer so I'll watch the Nextel Cup race on that. At whatever 1:30pm US time is in the UK.

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Thanks guys, most helpful

Hehe, that's a matter of opinion. I'm approaching NASCAR with an open mind and I'm prepared to give it a decent chance as I heard it can provide some good racing.

Serious answers are also welcome

OK, so I just got TVUPlayer and therefore a way to watch live NASCAR races on the Speed channel.

Being English, I have little understanding of NASCAR outside of Talladega Nights, Cars, and NASCAR videogames. I've read the Wiki article on the NEXTEL Cup too.

As I've seen a few NASCAR posts here I figured someone could possibly give me a basic explanation of this year's (I think) NEXTEL Cup season?

- How far through the season is it?
- Who are the drivers to watch?
- What have the 'big events' been this season?
- Anything else I need to understand to watch NASCAR

Thanks in advance!

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They should make it illegal for anyone in a city to buy a 4x4, that would help everyone out!

+1. Not to save the environment (because global warming is a natural process), but simply because people who buy 4x4s then DONT TAKE THEM OFFROAD and just do city runs (the most offroad these people have been is up the kerb outside their kid's school!) tend to be twunts who think they own the road.

Also, people carriers piss me off. If you have less than five kids, DON'T F***ING BUY ONE- because you don't need it! Buy a Kia Cerato!

FOGlegsy: Tesco Super unleaded was unaffected by the contaminated fuel thingy, it was just the 95 octane stuff.

spook: The US uses MON, Canada uses (RONxMON)/2.

From what I've read, the effect of high octane fuel depends on your car and opinion.

An modern-ish sports car with an ECU which can adapt will have better MPG and performance, an old car will see performance gains and a modern econobox will see MPG improvement and slight smoothness/performance gains as the ECU takes advantage of the new fuel. Or something.

I've been filling my car up with Tesco 95 octane for as long as I've had it and always been reasonably pleased with it. However, when the fuel contamination story hit I filled up at Esso using their 95 octane and found my car was sluggish and more unresponsive when I floored the throttle.

This month, I filled up with Tesco Super 99 octane. It cost the same as Esso's crap for a full tank and the difference seems quite significant. The throttle is more responsive, the car sounds less sluggish and just feels smoother.

According to a survey I read, Tesco Super 99 actually performs better than V-Power or BP Ultimate.

I drive a 1.25 16v Fiesta Mk5 Zetec (it's actually quite nippy) and I'm wondering if you LFS petrolheads fill up with regular unleaded or insist on high-octance super unleaded/Shell V-Power/BP Ultimate? And if you have changed fuel variety, what difference have you noticed/felt after switching?

I wonder if a fellow Tiscali user could write a strong but polite letter persuading them to de-restrict the ports...

Hilarious! The mockumentary is pretty good too.

Been waiting for this for ages.

Does it live up to they hype or is it another good-looking but generic shooter like Doom 3?

Same Tiscali problems between 4 and 11.

Thing is I can't get on LimeWire at this time too.

Is there any way to change the ports used for LFS and P2P stuff to get around the throttling?

I have a 256Mb Inno 3D GeForce 7600GS which I got for £70 online then overclocked it with ATiTool. It runs TDU at High 1024x768 fine without HDR on an AMD 3200+ and 1GB RAM.