rec.autos.simulators

Need advise: GP2 & Direct Link

Jason Smit

Need advise: GP2 & Direct Link

by Jason Smit » Mon, 22 Jul 1996 04:00:00


> How can we get a direct link (null-modem cable) to run smoothly in
> GP2?
> We are using a regular null-modem cable and we are having _some_
> problems
> to get this shit going.  It seems to me that GP2 is GP1 in SVGA with
> the same
> problems.  While in link, the game completely stops several time every
> laps, and dont try to get off the road (or even worse, into the
> pit) on any of the machines, since the graphics then will stop at 20
> fpm on the machine which is still on the road.
> Multiplayer rules, but this is not funny at all.  Yes, we have tried
> everything!
> <gp2 use16550> surely works, but we cant find more stability.
> Both machines is top range-pentiums, and we are in the need for speed,
> also while linked.

> This goes over head not duck
> JoHS

Yeah tell me too!, this suxs. Gp1 was awfull, slow ***horrible over
the modem and gp2 looks like being the same. I wish Geoff had of stole
the routines from indycar or Nascar.  So close yet so far.
I had a p90 and Cyrix 133 and The null modem ran slower than a snail.
Jason.

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