rec.autos.simulators

David G Fisher

I had a race earlier at WG with Uncle Fester where it froze also. He reeled
me in after some early trouble, and when he was within 1-1.5 seconds behind
me I swtitched on the mirror and had a freeze up After he went by he was
disco'd.

This screen freeze s**t is driving me crazy. Hadn't happened much at all
lately until last night. Used to happen at regular intervals and now it's
completely random.

David G Fisher

Passed you in T2, at the apex of T3 my screen locked up tighter than a
drum & had to reboot.  :-(

Only other time I've ever experienced it was with you & Eldred at Pocono
last week.  At least I know it's not just a problem with my rig here.
Wonder if the server gets too loaded down sometimes to deal with the
extra strain of N2k2?  Gonna have to put usage limits on them college
twerps.  :-P

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Fester

"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
double-edged sword. It both emboldens the ***, just as it narrows the
mind.  And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the
*** boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no
need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry,
infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their
rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I
have done. And I am Caesar."   -- Julius Caesar

  Since I quit doing the above, haven't had any freezes.

  Any chance something like this is happening and/or to many things running
in the background ?

-John

Eldred
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Damn - does that only happen on my server?  I'll try a different server
tonight..

Eldred
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The last thing I want to do is cause a wreck in an online race. The way I
wiped out rik zeppelin in practice it couldn't have looked more like I did
it on purpose as well. I turned right into him caused a wild crash.

David G Fisher

David G Fisher

Just for the record, I knew it was not on purpose.
I bailed cause I was tired.  Hell, I had to be at work at 3 am today.  I'm
sure Eldred's server will be a great place for ras-ers to go. Good luck with
your screen freeze.  :)

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Fester

"Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the
citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a
double-edged sword. It both emboldens the ***, just as it narrows the
mind.  And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the
*** boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no
need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry,
infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their
rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I
have done. And I am Caesar."   -- Julius Caesar

   I'll second that.  I have used new drivers, old drivers, two different
brands of soundcards and still get seemingly random lockups.   I have so far
had good results with the 21.83 whql drivers.  Actually the fastest fps I've
seen yet(70-80's with a full field during practice)...but still some lockup
action(although the last time was leaving the car while in the pits..not on
track)
dave henrie