rec.autos.simulators

     I Have An AST dx2-66 (Local Bus) with 8 meg of Ram.  If I put all detail,
 the animation is so choppy that It makes the game unplayable(IN VGA)!!!
   Is There something's wrong with my computer?????

They say a Pentium 90 with lots of memory can't run with everything in
full detail.  Some things have to be shut off.

        Not really. I just upgraded to a DX4-100, and I'm still choppy with
all detail on. I found that removing the crowd in the stands -- which
doen't affect the experience much for me -- does wonders.
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<<They say a Pentium 90 with lots of memory can't run with everything in
full detail.  Some things have to be shut off.>>

This is only in SVGA. I run a P60 and turn off grass and track texture.
All other detail is set to on. I get very smooth graphics. I prefer to
lose the track and grass instead of the crowd though. The crowd adds so
much to the racing experience.
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Yes.....but do you fun in SVGA and at what frame rate.  It is a
personal matter of choice, but to run at 12 fps and with most all of
the graphics flipping on/off has little appeal to some.

I have a P90 with 16 megs, and perhaps not the best DOS video card.
Even in VGA mode, I have to limit the graphics to get what I consider
an acceptable frame rate and to avoid the in/out  display which is
important to me.

        What do you mean by 'lots of memory'?  I have a P90 with 16megs
and I run 33 cars on all tracks with full detail with no problems.

bryon

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       You guys are damn lucky!!!!   I stuck with a piece of shit when you are
with the highest quality machine.   I would give my last pair of pants to get
a p90 with 16 megs!!!

What do you mean by 'no problems'?  Do you run in VGA mode?  Some might
consider that a problem.  What sort of frame rates?  Many of us want
frame rates well over 20.  To us, anything less is a problem.  So I
(P90, 16M) don't think you can run will full detail and 'no problems.'

                                - Max in CA

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I recently purchased a Pentium 120 with 32M RAM expressly to run
NASCAR.  Even with this setup, my racing gets a bit choppy unless I
turn off at least grass texture and occasionly pavement texture.  The
folks at Papyrus told me the key to good racing is **LOTS** of RAM and
that video card quality has little bearing on decent fps speed.

I don't think the DOS extender (16 bit) that they are using will use more then 16 meg or RAM - same as Windows. The only
way I see to use other 16 Meg ( I have 32M also ) is to setup large smartdrive cache.
Nick

It runs reasonably well with all features on but you are right to get
optimum frame rates I have several of the features set auto.  

Grass textures
Track textures
Fans in the stands (this one I set on/off depending on the track)

Chris

I don't think the DOS extender (16 bit) that they are using will use more
then 16 meg or RAM - same as Windows.
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DOS/4GW (the extender we use with NASCAR) allos you to address up to 4
Gigabytes (the full 32-bit address space). (Thus the name DOS/4GW.)

Rick Genter
Technical Lead, IndyCar Racing II
Papyrus Design Group, Inc.