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N2 - Blinking cars ahead

Tim Deatherag

N2 - Blinking cars ahead

by Tim Deatherag » Tue, 03 Feb 1998 04:00:00

I am a admitted sim *** !!!

I have a HP P166 with 16 meg of ram, 2 gig hd,,,with no 3d card

I  race on N2 every evening. When I qualify bad and race from 25-30 th place
on the grid I notice that I can only see 2-6 cars ahead . As i move up i see
more of the cars however I still only see  2-6 cars at a time. If they are
way ahead, the cars blink. is this a function of the CPU. Can it be fixed by
taking more graphics Off ?

Thanks Tim

Kurtis Mill

N2 - Blinking cars ahead

by Kurtis Mill » Tue, 03 Feb 1998 04:00:00


>I  race on N2 every evening. When I qualify bad and race from 25-30 th place
>on the grid I notice that I can only see 2-6 cars ahead . As i move up i see
>more of the cars however I still only see  2-6 cars at a time. If they are
>way ahead, the cars blink. is this a function of the CPU. Can it be fixed by
>taking more graphics Off ?

There's a setting on the Graphics option screen to set how many cars are
visible ahead.  I usually set this to 15 or 20.  I have a P120 with 32MB and a
2MB vid. card, and I can turn all graphics options on and run this many cars
with no problem.  Try it and see if your system will work with it.

As far as the blinking, either they're getting so far away N2 doesn't draw
them any more, or they might be racing side-by-side with someone else and
moving in and out of the drawn pack of cars.  This might also be a memory
issue, I dunno.

Tim Deatherag

N2 - Blinking cars ahead

by Tim Deatherag » Tue, 03 Feb 1998 04:00:00

I am a admitted sim *** !!!

I have a HP P166 with 16 meg of ram, 2 gig hd,,,with no 3d card

I  race on N2 every evening. When I qualify bad and race from 25-30 th place
on the grid I notice that I can only see 2-6 cars ahead . As i move up i see
more of the cars however I still only see  2-6 cars at a time. If they are
way ahead, the cars blink. is this a function of the CPU. Can it be fixed by
taking more graphics Off ?

Thanks Tim

Taz

N2 - Blinking cars ahead

by Taz » Tue, 03 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Tim,

Check under the Graphics Menu an see How Many Cars to Draw Ahead and How
Many Behind. Bet ya have it set for a low number 5-7 ahead.
                                                        Jae
                                                    aka: -=Tazworld=-

Tim Deatherag

N2 - Blinking cars ahead

by Tim Deatherag » Tue, 03 Feb 1998 04:00:00

I am a admitted sim *** !!!

I have a HP P166 with 16 meg of ram, 2 gig hd,,,with no 3d card

I  race on N2 every evening. When I qualify bad and race from 25-30 th place
on the grid I notice that I can only see 2-6 cars ahead . As i move up i see
more of the cars however I still only see  2-6 cars at a time. If they are
way ahead, the cars blink. is this a function of the CPU. Can it be fixed by
taking more graphics Off ?

Thanks Tim

George Buhr I

N2 - Blinking cars ahead

by George Buhr I » Wed, 04 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Uh, Tim?  Try checking your options menu.  You will see that there is a
setting for changing the amount of cars displayed to up to 39, front or
back.  The reason why you see cars flashing is because they only are shown
when they come into range.  If you have cars racing side by side, the view
forward is going to be less.



Jon Gue

N2 - Blinking cars ahead

by Jon Gue » Thu, 05 Feb 1998 04:00:00

On Mon, 2 Feb 1998 04:31:50 -0600, "Tim Deatherage"


>I am a admitted sim *** !!!

>I have a HP P166 with 16 meg of ram, 2 gig hd,,,with no 3d card

>I  race on N2 every evening. When I qualify bad and race from 25-30 th place
>on the grid I notice that I can only see 2-6 cars ahead . As i move up i see
>more of the cars however I still only see  2-6 cars at a time. If they are
>way ahead, the cars blink. is this a function of the CPU. Can it be fixed by
>taking more graphics Off ?

>Thanks Tim

Nahh Tim, :) Nothing so drastic.....

Simply go into Options and click on Graphics, and increase the number
of cars drawn ahead and behind. 15 or so seems fine to me in VGA,
maybe with a 166 you'd find 25+ in front still has no real affect,
maybe all?

I did wonder myself once... when I first got N1 (and anyone who has
the UK manual knows why...) I thought that option was how many cars
infront and behind... I set it to 1 and then wondered what the heck
was happening!!

Jon Guest :-)



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