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>First one is that the cars in front of me are fading out of the picture too
>fast. I've read
>about a fix for this once, but since i didn't own F1 2001 at the time i
>didn't bother with it,
>but now i do i can't seem to find it anymore.

>Second problem are the cars in my mirrors, i only see some kind of black
>shapes and only if
>they're real close. Tried all possible settings but nothing helped.

>Anybody who knows how to fix this?

>(Vcard is a NVidia Quadro by the way...)

>Thanks,
>MD

> >I just got F1 2001 and although it runs fine, i have 2 small graphical
> >problems.

> >First one is that the cars in front of me are fading out of the picture
too
> >fast. I've read
> >about a fix for this once, but since i didn't own F1 2001 at the time i
> >didn't bother with it,
> >but now i do i can't seem to find it anymore.

> >Second problem are the cars in my mirrors, i only see some kind of black
> >shapes and only if
> >they're real close. Tried all possible settings but nothing helped.

> >Anybody who knows how to fix this?

> >(Vcard is a NVidia Quadro by the way...)

> >Thanks,
> >MD

>  Vid problem is maybe driver version? Does your card use Nvidia 23.11
> drivers?

>  For A/I cars vanishing, here's a post saved a while back, From David
> G Fisher.

> ----------------------snip--------------------------
> That way will kill most people's frame rates. Do the following:

> If you want to see cars more than 100m down the road, then the key is
> in the
> f1car.gen file....

> modify the lines that contain the "VD" references from something
> like...

> <MAX> MeshFile=<1234>vd.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> LODIn=(18.0)
> LODOut=(140.0)

> to something like

> <MAX> MeshFile=<1234>vd.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> LODIn=(18.0)
> LODOut=(500.0)

> just for info, the "VD" lines are used to determine at which distance
> the
> low detail models (referenced by the D suffix) are used... in the
> above
> example, between 18 and 140 meters.

> There were a couple of threads on this during the first burst of posts
> on
> this forum after the release of the game, and I think this is also on
> Jenson's F1 FAQ page.

> Changing the global LOD-multiplier setting (in the default.cfg) will
> only
> put more strain on your system, as MANY more polygons are being
> pushed. The
> method above (f1car.gen) will only increase the number of polys by a
> tiny
> amount.

> David G Fisher
> -------------------------------------snip--------------------------

> For the F1 cars, you only need to change the F1CAR.gen file. For the
GT mod,
> you have to go into the GT vehicles folder and change the .gen file
for each
> type of car (360, 550, Lister, Porsche, Viper).

> In the .gen files, find the lines below (they're at the top of the
page):

> <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>va.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
LODIn=(0.0)
> LODOut=(7.0)
> <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vb.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
LODIn=(7.0)
> LODOut=(10.0)
> <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vc.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
LODIn=(10.0)
> LODOut=(20.0)
> <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vd.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
LODIn=(20.0)
> LODOut=(175.0)

> and change them to this:

> <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>va.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
LODIn=(0.0)
> LODOut=(40.0)
> <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vb.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
LODIn=(40.0)
> LODOut=(60.0)
> <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vc.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
LODIn=(60.0)
> LODOut=(80.0)
> <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vd.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
LODIn=(80.0)
> LODOut=(500.0)

> The car textures will no longer flicker, and you'll see them much
farther
> down the track.

> David G Fisher

> > On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 20:33:03 +0100, "Down-The-Drain"

> > >I just got F1 2001 and although it runs fine, i have 2 small
graphical
> > >problems.

> > >First one is that the cars in front of me are fading out of the
picture
> too
> > >fast. I've read
> > >about a fix for this once, but since i didn't own F1 2001 at the
time i
> > >didn't bother with it,
> > >but now i do i can't seem to find it anymore.

> > >Second problem are the cars in my mirrors, i only see some kind of
black
> > >shapes and only if
> > >they're real close. Tried all possible settings but nothing helped.

> > >Anybody who knows how to fix this?

> > >(Vcard is a NVidia Quadro by the way...)

> > >Thanks,
> > >MD

> >  Vid problem is maybe driver version? Does your card use Nvidia
23.11
> > drivers?

> >  For A/I cars vanishing, here's a post saved a while back, From
David
> > G Fisher.

> > ----------------------snip--------------------------
> > That way will kill most people's frame rates. Do the following:

> > If you want to see cars more than 100m down the road, then the key
is
> > in the
> > f1car.gen file....

> > modify the lines that contain the "VD" references from something
> > like...

> > <MAX> MeshFile=<1234>vd.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> > LODIn=(18.0)
> > LODOut=(140.0)

> > to something like

> > <MAX> MeshFile=<1234>vd.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> > LODIn=(18.0)
> > LODOut=(500.0)

> > just for info, the "VD" lines are used to determine at which
distance
> > the
> > low detail models (referenced by the D suffix) are used... in the
> > above
> > example, between 18 and 140 meters.

> > There were a couple of threads on this during the first burst of
posts
> > on
> > this forum after the release of the game, and I think this is also
on
> > Jenson's F1 FAQ page.

> > Changing the global LOD-multiplier setting (in the default.cfg) will
> > only
> > put more strain on your system, as MANY more polygons are being
> > pushed. The
> > method above (f1car.gen) will only increase the number of polys by a
> > tiny
> > amount.

> > David G Fisher
> > -------------------------------------snip--------------------------

> <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vs.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> ShadowObject=True LODIn=(0.0) LODOut=(40.0)
> <MAX>    MeshFile=<12>suspa.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> LODIn=(0.0) LODOut=(7.0)
> <MAX>    MeshFile=<12>suspb.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> LODIn=(7.0) LODOut=(25.0)

> So you could also use this trick to make shadows visible farther away by
> increasing the LODOut value for the first line above, and make the
> suspension visible farther away by increasing the LODOut value for the
> third line above.  Increasing the LODOut value for the second line and
> the LODIn value for the third line would increase the distance at which
> the low detail suspension is drawn instead of the high detail susension.

> Gotta love those ISI guys - sticking everything useful in text files
> with full knowledge that we are going to hack the snot out of it.  ;o)

> > I just posted this in another thread a few minutes ago for the GT mod.
> Best
> > to use the numbers below because then you won't have the car textures
> > flickering as they move away from you. I think I'll repost this in a
> new
> > thread too.
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------
> > ----------------------------

> > For the F1 cars, you only need to change the F1CAR.gen file. For the
> GT mod,
> > you have to go into the GT vehicles folder and change the .gen file
> for each
> > type of car (360, 550, Lister, Porsche, Viper).

> > In the .gen files, find the lines below (they're at the top of the
> page):

> > <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>va.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> LODIn=(0.0)
> > LODOut=(7.0)
> > <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vb.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> LODIn=(7.0)
> > LODOut=(10.0)
> > <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vc.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> LODIn=(10.0)
> > LODOut=(20.0)
> > <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vd.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> LODIn=(20.0)
> > LODOut=(175.0)

> > and change them to this:

> > <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>va.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> LODIn=(0.0)
> > LODOut=(40.0)
> > <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vb.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> LODIn=(40.0)
> > LODOut=(60.0)
> > <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vc.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> LODIn=(60.0)
> > LODOut=(80.0)
> > <MAX>    MeshFile=<1234>vd.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> LODIn=(80.0)
> > LODOut=(500.0)

> > The car textures will no longer flicker, and you'll see them much
> farther
> > down the track.

> > David G Fisher

> > > On Sun, 10 Feb 2002 20:33:03 +0100, "Down-The-Drain"

> > > >I just got F1 2001 and although it runs fine, i have 2 small
> graphical
> > > >problems.

> > > >First one is that the cars in front of me are fading out of the
> picture
> > too
> > > >fast. I've read
> > > >about a fix for this once, but since i didn't own F1 2001 at the
> time i
> > > >didn't bother with it,
> > > >but now i do i can't seem to find it anymore.

> > > >Second problem are the cars in my mirrors, i only see some kind of
> black
> > > >shapes and only if
> > > >they're real close. Tried all possible settings but nothing helped.

> > > >Anybody who knows how to fix this?

> > > >(Vcard is a NVidia Quadro by the way...)

> > > >Thanks,
> > > >MD

> > >  Vid problem is maybe driver version? Does your card use Nvidia
> 23.11
> > > drivers?

> > >  For A/I cars vanishing, here's a post saved a while back, From
> David
> > > G Fisher.

> > > ----------------------snip--------------------------
> > > That way will kill most people's frame rates. Do the following:

> > > If you want to see cars more than 100m down the road, then the key
> is
> > > in the
> > > f1car.gen file....

> > > modify the lines that contain the "VD" references from something
> > > like...

> > > <MAX> MeshFile=<1234>vd.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> > > LODIn=(18.0)
> > > LODOut=(140.0)

> > > to something like

> > > <MAX> MeshFile=<1234>vd.MTS CollTarget=False HATTarget=False
> > > LODIn=(18.0)
> > > LODOut=(500.0)

> > > just for info, the "VD" lines are used to determine at which
> distance
> > > the
> > > low detail models (referenced by the D suffix) are used... in the
> > > above
> > > example, between 18 and 140 meters.

> > > There were a couple of threads on this during the first burst of
> posts
> > > on
> > > this forum after the release of the game, and I think this is also
> on
> > > Jenson's F1 FAQ page.

> > > Changing the global LOD-multiplier setting (in the default.cfg) will
> > > only
> > > put more strain on your system, as MANY more polygons are being
> > > pushed. The
> > > method above (f1car.gen) will only increase the number of polys by a
> > > tiny
> > > amount.

> > > David G Fisher
> > > -------------------------------------snip--------------------------

> > That is a neat little trick.  Thanks for posting it David.  Hopefully
> > people realize that the changes David posted are for the other vehicle
> > at max detail level only, if you want to change a different detail level
> > you will have to change a different set of lines, as documented in the
> > comments in the file.  That makes good sense, given that you are adding
> > more detail than the max level already has, I only mention it because if
> > you change those lines and do not have the vehicle detail level set at
> > max then you won't see the difference.

> It's not really important, but the last number doesn't have to be set to
> 500. 200 is enough on my system. I didn't notice any difference in the
view
> distance, or frame rate.

> David G Fisher

> Tried to fiddle with the other settings in the F1CAR.gen file to solve my
> mirror
> problem also, but that didn't help. I just recently moved from a Voodoo 5
> (without
> mirror probs) to a NVidia Quadro, so i guess it has to do with the Vcard.
> Tried
> the latest drivers, but without succes.
> What i don't get is that i see every trackdetail in the mirrors, but no
> cars...

> MD

> > > That is a neat little trick.  Thanks for posting it David.  Hopefully
> > > people realize that the changes David posted are for the other vehicle
> > > at max detail level only, if you want to change a different detail
level
> > > you will have to change a different set of lines, as documented in the
> > > comments in the file.  That makes good sense, given that you are
adding
> > > more detail than the max level already has, I only mention it because
if
> > > you change those lines and do not have the vehicle detail level set at
> > > max then you won't see the difference.

> > It's not really important, but the last number doesn't have to be set to
> > 500. 200 is enough on my system. I didn't notice any difference in the
> view
> > distance, or frame rate.

> > David G Fisher