rec.autos.simulators

> > >To each his own, but I think this is total BS.  I bet if products didn't
> > >have a frame rate counter showing, 95% of the users out there would think
> > >they were running 30fps+ on a 15-18fps output.

> > Nonsense. The difference between 15-18 fps and 30 fps is like night
> > and day. Personally, I find anything less than 25 fps intolerable,
> > unplayable. At 30+ fps things become very comfortable. I'm looking
> > forward to Voodoo2 which should make 30+fps the norm.

> > Joe

> Most TVs display frames at around 25 fps.  The human eye cannot detect
> framerates above much higher than this.  This is why I cannot understand
> why so many of you *need* 30+fps to play a racing sim properly.  I play
> GP2 at 19.2 fps, and while its not perfect, it is definitely not
> unplayable.

> -Jono Hill

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>    When you get a real computer and get used to 30 fps you will know
> what we mean. I used to think I was going well when I had GP1 running at
> a whopping 12 fps. Quite a joke when I look back on it. When you get 30
> fps the experience is far greater and laptimes will fall! The difference
> to ones ability to be precise with the car is amazing!

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> >    When you get a real computer and get used to 30 fps you will know
> > what we mean. I used to think I was going well when I had GP1 running at
> > a whopping 12 fps. Quite a joke when I look back on it. When you get 30
> > fps the experience is far greater and laptimes will fall! The difference
> > to ones ability to be precise with the car is amazing!

> I will never forget how my laptimes dropped when I switched to the
> Rendition
> version of ICR2 (several seconds at some tracks!)