rec.autos.simulators

by **N &** » Tue, 10 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Hi all
A friend and I decided after a couple of years of solo racing to connect and
race each other.
Great idea, BUT.....

...we are having trouble with the speed of the game on both machines( pent
133, 32M RAM and pent2 350, 64M RAM). We've tried turning all graphics off
so the frame rate is >25.6 but it doesn't seem to make any difference to the
speed of play.
We've experimented with different car sets, etc., even reloaded the game off
the CD so it was back to its original state, still no difference.

I guess the link performs some kind error checking so if the phone lines are
particularly noisy the speed will decrease. Am I right?

Baud rate is set to 57600 and both modems are 33.6K

Does anyone out there have any tips on how to get a faster link?
'cos my friend reckons he's going to kick my ass on the track and I want to
prove him wrong :-)

Thanks in advance

Nick

by **Trygve Jense** » Tue, 10 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Hi.You probably need two 56.6 modems.Me and my friend have 33.6 modems,and
we got about 10 fps when connecting:(
To bad,too sad,bye bye

> Hi all
> A friend and I decided after a couple of years of solo racing to connect and
> race each other.
> Great idea, BUT.....

> ...we are having trouble with the speed of the game on both machines( pent
> 133, 32M RAM and pent2 350, 64M RAM). We've tried turning all graphics off
> so the frame rate is >25.6 but it doesn't seem to make any difference to the
> speed of play.
> We've experimented with different car sets, etc., even reloaded the game off
> the CD so it was back to its original state, still no difference.

> I guess the link performs some kind error checking so if the phone lines are
> particularly noisy the speed will decrease. Am I right?

> Baud rate is set to 57600 and both modems are 33.6K

> Does anyone out there have any tips on how to get a faster link?
> 'cos my friend reckons he's going to kick my ass on the track and I want to
> prove him wrong :-)

> Thanks in advance

> Nick

by **Mark Hanno** » Wed, 11 Aug 1999 04:00:00

1) Have the p350 answer
2) Set the graphics options to manual and set the fps to a low
speed (say 15) and then you should get a slow but steady
game.

GP2 modem play isn't very good :-(

/mark

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by **DP-MA** » Wed, 11 Aug 1999 04:00:00

No No me and my friend did that with 14400 modems smooth as it is via a
serial link (which we did later..) I think it's the power differences
between the two platforms!
Try playing with the detail options on the weaker platform... also the PII
should be the host...
Hope that helps...

--
Oliver Nikolic
DP-MAX Computers
http://www.dp-max.co.yu/
BeoRocket Racing Team (retired)
http://www.beorocket.co.yu/

> Hi.You probably need two 56.6 modems.Me and my friend have 33.6
modems,and
> we got about 10 fps when connecting:(
> To bad,too sad,bye bye

> > Hi all
> > A friend and I decided after a couple of years of solo racing to connect
and
> > race each other.
> > Great idea, BUT.....

> > ...we are having trouble with the speed of the game on both
achines( pent
> > 133, 32M RAM and pent2 350, 64M RAM). We've tried turning all graphics
off
> > so the frame rate is >25.6 but it doesn't seem to make any difference to
the
> > speed of play.
> > We've experimented with different car sets, etc., even reloaded the game
off
> > the CD so it was back to its original state, still no difference.

> > I guess the link performs some kind error checking so if the phone lines
are
> > particularly noisy the speed will decrease. Am I right?

> > Baud rate is set to 57600 and both modems are 33.6K

> > Does anyone out there have any tips on how to get a faster link?
> > 'cos my friend reckons he's going to kick my ass on the track and I want
to
> > prove him wrong :-)

> > Thanks in advance

> > Nick

rec.autos.simulators

GP2 over modem link...Help!

GP2 over modem link...Help!

GP2 over modem link...Help!

GP2 over modem link...Help!

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