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But I'm pissed !!!!!! That 3D engine sucks. I cannot get a descent framerate
in the race, even when I have turned almost everything to low detail, and
off in 800x600. In testing, and when alone on the circuit everything is
peachy. But as soon I'm on the grid, the fps drops like mad. It's gets a bit
better as the race progress, but still way under 24fps. To get at smooth
fps, I have to run the game very ugly, and who wants that when every other
game looks and runs fine ???
Used Fraps to get a fps. I got some 12fps on the grid on Monza with 10
visible cars, and a maximum of 17fps during the race. Now that is not good
enough !!

Is it just me, or are you having the same problems ????

And why the hell did'nt the include Transform and Lighting support ??? Not
only beacuse I'm a Geforce owner, but because every major graphiccard
developer (3Dfx, Matrox, Nvidia), will have and have T&L support.
The game just screams for it. Let the GPU handle the graphics, it's what
it's there for, and the CPU can concerate on the AI and physics etc.
By the way, is T&L only a OpenGL feature, or does it support D3D as well ?
(If not, forget what I sad about T&L :)

It's not because my system (PII 450Mhz, Asus V6800 DDR, 128Mb) isn't
configuret correclty, cause all my games run smooth.

Just hope that though claimed to be the final release, that it isn't. And
that the purchased version will have a much better 3D engine

Is it difficult to include T&L in a furure patch ?? Or must it be part of
the programming from scratch ??

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Borchers

Marco

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If not, I am going to assume that you are incorrect.

Thanks.

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Go to http://www.fraps.com and download the FRAPS program.
It is very small. Run it prior to starting F1-2000 and it will
show you what your framerate is at all times.

Want to improve fps? You can by reducing the number of AI drivers.
Go to save directory, then to player's name directory (presumably, your
name), open the .plr file with notepad, scroll down to game
options section where it says QR_opponents, change the number to the number
of AI's you want. Save and start the game. Now, you
can have a quick race with that number of AI drivers. You can do the same
for GP (grand prix) opponents or CH (championship) opponents.
Enjoy

Jason.

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It's in the topic called "Want to improve FPS by reducing AI?"

Here's what it says.Want to improve fps? You can by reducing the
number of AI drivers.Go to save directory, then to player's name
directory (presumably, your name), open the .plr file with notepad,
scroll down to gameoptions section where it says QR_opponents, change
the number to the number of AI's you want. Save and start the game.
Now, you can have a quick race with that number of AI drivers. You can
do the same for GP (grand prix) opponents or CH (championship)
opponents.

It actually works quite well.  Just ran a 10% quick race at Spain with
5 AI.  Started at the back of the grid, and the frame rate was a heck
of a lot better than with a full field!  It doesn't seem to work on
GP, though.  I changed the file to 5 in GP, but when I went into the
game it changed it back to 21.

also if you are having fps problems in the quick race and grandprix et al
you can reduce the amount of cars in the race by editing a text file. Sorry
i didnt bother getting the details yet ... but the post is again on the High
Gear forum

Hope this helps ... i'm still looking forward to this one

just remember tHeY ooN Joo

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Shane Lowry

Hmm - No I have a descent fps thrue the entire race. It's a another game now
:)
Still, to bad that I have to wait until I get meself a 1Ghz CPU, before the
detail come on and I can enjoy the full flawor of this game..

Borchers

Andre