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by **WIT** » Tue, 16 Apr 2002 18:05:56

Is there any solution to the TOCA2 disk activity problem? When i start the
game, the first 2 - 3 races are ok. then the HDD starts going crazy... Any
idea what might be the problem?

by **pjgt..** » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 00:34:34

> Is there any solution to the TOCA2 disk activity problem? When i start
> the
> game, the first 2 - 3 races are ok. then the HDD starts going crazy...
> Any
> idea what might be the problem?

Try using the no-cd patch?

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by **Morgan Boo** » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 01:23:45

I was in the top Toca 2 Online League on the planet for 3 years and never
ever heard of that problem despite having many many problems filter through.

I suggest it's not the game that is at fault mate.

Sorry

Morgan

by **WIT** » Thu, 18 Apr 2002 02:24:25

| I was in the top Toca 2 Online League on the planet for 3 years and never
| ever heard of that problem despite having many many problems filter
through.
|
| I suggest it's not the game that is at fault mate.

Take a look at that (notice the date):

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Topic:TOCA2 problem
from:rec.autos.simulators
View this article only
Date:2000/08/01

All of a sudden I can't get TOCA2 to work any more!

I've be playing it without problem since the day it was released over a year
ago and it last worked OK a few days ago. Now when it comes to the track
loading screen, the thing slows to a staggering crawl. The hard disk is
churning away like mad but the progress bar hardly moves. I let it go for
over an hour and the progess bar only got to about halfway then stopped,
although the disk activity continued.

I really can't understand what's changed with the PC. Since I last played
it successfully I upgraded from an AMD K6-2 400MHz to a 500MHz version. As
an experiment I switched back to the 400 but it still didn't work.

Full system is AMD K6-2 500MHz on DFI P5BV3+ mobo (VIA Apollo 598MVP AGP
chipset), 128Mb RAM, SB Live!, nvidia TNT2 M64 graphics with latest
reference drivers. This combination worked fine (with the 400MHz CPU) until
a couple of days ago.

The only other change that I can remember was to install GP3. I tried
repeating this on another PC but TOCA2 worked fine on that one after the
install.

Any suggestions anyone...otherwise I'll have to re-install Win 98 and start
again. Doh!

Cheers...Mark

_______________________________________________

There were suggestions, that this might be "The old AMD vs Toca struggle",
but i'm a celeron guy and here it is.

by **Eldre** » Sat, 20 Apr 2002 03:23:08

>| I was in the top Toca 2 Online League on the planet for 3 years and never
>| ever heard of that problem despite having many many problems filter
>through.
>|
>| I suggest it's not the game that is at fault mate.

>Take a look at that (notice the date):

>_____________________________________________________

>Topic:TOCA2 problem
>from:rec.autos.simulators
>View this article only
>Date:2000/08/01

>All of a sudden I can't get TOCA2 to work any more!

Fragmented HD, perhaps?

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by **WIT** » Sat, 20 Apr 2002 03:39:31

| Fragmented HD, perhaps?
|

No

by **Eldre** » Sun, 21 Apr 2002 04:50:02

>| Fragmented HD, perhaps?
>|

>No

Well, it was worth a shot.<g>

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