I just completed a five lap race at Melbourne after starting third and
finishing last. Pathetic yes, but enlightened beyond belief. You'd have
to watch the replay but I'll walk you through, so here's to a shot in
the dark...
No prac, to lazy.
Qual, go for four laps with a time of 1:32.3xx, good for third. MH
1:29.xxx, MS 1:30.xxx etc. Minardi's last with a 1:45.xxx and 1:47.xxx,
they should have been 107'd but oh well.
No warm up, to lazy.
Race, bad start, up-shifting button on wheel crapped out, took a second
to get to the lever (good 'ol modified T-2). RS shunted me on the
outside of t-1. I recovered on got away in 11th behind Diniz. On the way
to t-11 i got on the almost half way up the outside when he pulled on
the racing line. <this is a you had to be there thing, i thought it was
a text book crash> Diniz's right pod hit my left front, i went in to the
outside wall, busted my r-f, slid sideways for a while, and finally
busted the l-f on a tire wall in the yellow sand trap. As it happened i
was in awe, not just how it looked, but how it acted compared to a real
life crash. After which i limped around the track, went to the pits,
they managed to fix the front wheels and i finished the race one minute
and twenty-nine seconds after MH.
Still trying to think of key things that were stunning about it, well if
anyone wants the 15 meg replay i could irc or icq it.
For those at all interested, my system is 450 p3, 128 meg ram, and a 16
meg nVIDIA TNT. With the following graphics settings;
Textures=0
Rearview=1
StartingView=2
DriverArms=1
MovingSWheel=1
HUD=2
AutoMap=0
PlayerDetail=3
OpponentDetail=3
DustDetail=1
SmokeDetail=1
SkidDetail=4
ParticleDetail=3
Groove=1
TextureQuality=0
MIPMap=1
EnvMap=1
WetCar=1
Filtering=1
AnimatedSky=1
TreeShadows=1
Specular=1
DrawingDistancePct=150
LodPct=150
FogPct=150
DynamicLighting=1
VisibleVehicles=5
InCarTires=2
InCarDash=2
HiResDash=1
PopulatedPitSelf=1
PopulatedPitOther=1
VG_Main_Trees=1
VG_Main_Grandstands=1
VG_Main_Pitlane_Obj=1
VG_Main_Bbs_fences=1
VG_Main_Buildings=1
VG_Main_Misc=1
VG_Main_Bridges=1
VG_Main_Shadows=1
VG_Rear_Trees=0
VG_Rear_Grandstands=0
VG_Rear_Pitlane_Obj=0
VG_Rear_Bbs_fences=0
VG_Rear_Buildings=1
VG_Rear_Misc=0
VG_Rear_Bridges=0
VG_Rear_Shadows=0
SkyBoxDetail=2
And frame rate was great the whole time. So after this the game really
is seeming not all bad. Birthday's on April 12 so i know one thing that
i'm asking for. That and Dave's converter, mmm... forbidden doughnut, i
mean Laguna for GPL...