>On Mon, 17 May 1999 14:56:35 GMT,
>>Status: N
>>>>The first is about framerate...people are talking about rates in the
> thirties!
>>>>Why would you set it that high? Your eyes can only detect up to about 20, so
>>>>dropping the frame rate would allow more graphics/cars/stuff wouldn't it? I
>>> know
>>>>frame rate was an issue in the GP1/2 days, but now most machines can run
> most
>>>>sims at 20 or above.
>>>With 36 fps, the car responds to your control 36 times/second.
>>>With 20 fps, the car responds only 20 times/second.
>>I'd be very surpised to learn that the Simulation rate was tied to frame rate.
>>I'd expect it to be constant.
>If you had a very slow system and GPL ran at 1 fps, would you be
>surprised to find that the sim didn't respond to your input as
>well as a person who could run it at 36fps?
>Its the same thing, from 20 - 36fps.
>It has nothing to do with 'simulation rate tied to framerate'.
That's not quite what the person is saying above- he's saying that GPl
responds to your commands at a rate tied to frame rate- that's not true, at
least as i understand it. Therefore, even if it was runnign at 1fps, it will
still respond at the same rate to input as anyone elses pc.
What is different is your response to the visual information about track
poisiton, car orientation, etc.
As for the frame rate question, is there a physical limit on what is useful?
All i've ever seen is heresy, and nothing of a respectable source saying what
is a real limit. What i am inclinded to believe, especialy in the case of GPL
and other sims is that *if* the limit was 25fps for what u could see, then
if you're sitting just on the mark, you'll notice it when momentarily (heavy
traffic, smoke, etc) it dips below. The higher frame rate (36, etc) will give
you more of a safety net.
Z.
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