rec.autos.simulators

Uh....  Can I change my tune? Or is it too late?

After two days of trying everything I dared: scandisk, defrag, VXD optimization, new drivers for every card, INI hacking, DLL swaps and many wheel calibrations, I still had massive controller latency in my GPL. I went to try one more race on VROC before giving up fully and going back to 1.0. No luck, the car was like a snake and out the window 1.1 went.

I uninstalled GPL and deleted it's folders. (after having saved my drivers profiles and replays) I installed 1.0 fresh from the disk and had my beloved GPL back. Just the way I always remembered it. Nice tight car control and stunning realism. I went to VROC to see if I could get a race. No. The answer was no. A guy there asked if I had tried the windows controller instead of the generic setting. Why no, I hadn't as my W98 calibration drifts hourly. But I had to give it a try. So I went to Papy.com and got the patch 1.1 for the second time. Installed it and...

and....

It works perfectly! GPL is better than ever. All the new VROC features are WAY over my head but I don't care, because when I do find a race with actual people in it GPL 1.1 kicks gnarly butt!

Now, I aint no computer whiz so excuse me if I get silly here, but I'm thinking that maybe 1.0 was corrupted or 1.1 came down the pipe a little fuzzy due to traffic or it installed a bit goofy because my screen saver kicked in or whatever. The point is, it was the particular install.

I would like to formally apologize to Bruce and Papy and everyone for jumping the gun. :-) I'd also like to suggest to anyone having any problem with 1.1, especially if your the only one having it, that you try a clean install. Worked wonders for me.

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Mark Jeangerard
www.soundchaserweb.com
New Mexico USA

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Uh....  Can I change my tune? Or is it too late?

After two days of trying everything I dared: scandisk, defrag, VXD
optimization, new drivers for every card, INI hacking, DLL swaps and many
wheel calibrations, I still had massive controller latency in my GPL. I went
to try one more race on VROC before giving up fully and going back to 1.0.
No luck, the car was like a snake and out the window 1.1 went.

I uninstalled GPL and deleted it's folders. (after having saved my drivers
profiles and replays) I installed 1.0 fresh from the disk and had my beloved
GPL back. Just the way I always remembered it. Nice tight car control and
stunning realism. I went to VROC to see if I could get a race. No. The
answer was no. A guy there asked if I had tried the windows controller
instead of the generic setting. Why no, I hadn't as my W98 calibration
drifts hourly. But I had to give it a try. So I went to Papy.com and got the
patch 1.1 for the second time. Installed it and...

and....

It works perfectly! GPL is better than ever. All the new VROC features are
WAY over my head but I don't care, because when I do find a race with actual
people in it GPL 1.1 kicks gnarly butt!

Now, I aint no computer whiz so excuse me if I get silly here, but I'm
thinking that maybe 1.0 was corrupted or 1.1 came down the pipe a little
fuzzy due to traffic or it installed a bit goofy because my screen saver
kicked in or whatever. The point is, it was the particular install.

I would like to formally apologize to Bruce and Papy and everyone for
jumping the gun. :-) I'd also like to suggest to anyone having any problem
with 1.1, especially if your the only one having it, that you try a clean
install. Worked wonders for me.

--
Mark Jeangerard
www.soundchaserweb.com
New Mexico USA

Just curious, why "DUH"?  I have used the generic drivers since the
demo.  And for me they work the best.  Is there something I am missing?

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Not only that, but I also use the generic because there is a slight, but
noticeable, latency with the windows selection - on my machine. If it were
the other way around I would use the windows driver and exit and calibrate
after every sprint.

really

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Mark Jeangerard - who really digs the new in game calibration method
www.soundchaserweb.com
New Mexico USA

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