On my older PC it looks like its running at a lower res in general. The odd thing for me is that the game looks much smoother especially the 2d stuff like character photos when you are selecting a character and the static images that show when the track is loading on my newer PC. The game runs smooth for me on this spec except for the occasional hicup. However I think the weak link may be your GPU. Our processors are very similar, in fact I think yours may be a bit more powerful. So my old PC spec is an I5 2400, 8gb and a geforece 750ti. There's also a ton of extra vehicles and power ups that have to be unlocked. You have to actually unlock everything on the actual arcade machine, so if you sit down and someone hasn't come along before you and unlocked 100cc then you cant play it until its unlocked. Its a little weird the way the game is set up, really like a single player game. That's great for me because most of my friends aren't really gamers, but they do love Mario Kart. The game is set up so you can just sit down and play with very little practice. The simplicity of Arcade GP DX is actually a plus if you have people playing it that don't usually play video games. Its a bit dwarfed I think because of the limits of the Gamecube Lan adapter. Its a bit of a pain to set up and you cant pick your character ect. While that's my favorite Mario Kart game, the LAN stuff is not ideal. The only other LAN capable MK game playable on PC is Double dash. This will be great for when I eventually finish my 4 player set up. I've been waiting for a LAN capable MK game for a while now.

The fact that networking is working already is huge for me. I know a lot of people feel the arcade MK games are too simple, but out of the 3 this is definitely the best one. I'm hoping the english version gets dumped but in the mean time its pretty damned cool that this is working. I thought I'd start a new thread on this game since its playable now and everybody is hyper focused on Daytona.

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