rec.autos.simulators

> Hey all,

> I really hate to ask this question since it has been asked to death, but
> here goes.  I have a CL TNT2 (non-ultra)  w/ P3 and was running the nvidia
> 3.53 drivers with no problems - mirrors worked fine.  Well like a big dummy
> I read some post somewhere about how the 3.68 drivers were the cat's meow so
> I thought I would give them a whirl.  I can't seem to tell any difference in
> frame rates, but  when I went to try GPL, my mirrors were screwed up again
> just like the bad old days.  Any idea how to fix them or should I just go
> back to 3.53.  Where would I find the 3.53 drivers?  I know older drivers
> won't install over newer drivers so how would I do it?

> I've asked my wife to put on her sharpest heels and give me a good kick in
> the ass to save everyone else the trouble.  If it aint broke, don't fix it -
> I'll just repeat this a thousand times.

> Thanks in Advance,

> Jcharm

> > Hey all,

> > I really hate to ask this question since it has been asked to death, but
> > here goes.  I have a CL TNT2 (non-ultra)  w/ P3 and was running the
nvidia
> > 3.53 drivers with no problems - mirrors worked fine.  Well like a big
dummy
> > I read some post somewhere about how the 3.68 drivers were the cat's
meow so
> > I thought I would give them a whirl.  I can't seem to tell any
difference in
> > frame rates, but  when I went to try GPL, my mirrors were screwed up
again
> > just like the bad old days.  Any idea how to fix them or should I just
go
> > back to 3.53.  Where would I find the 3.53 drivers?  I know older
drivers
> > won't install over newer drivers so how would I do it?

> > I've asked my wife to put on her sharpest heels and give me a good kick
in
> > the ass to save everyone else the trouble.  If it aint broke, don't fix
it -
> > I'll just repeat this a thousand times.

> > Thanks in Advance,

> > Jcharm

> > Hey all,

> > I really hate to ask this question since it has been asked to death, but
> > here goes.  I have a CL TNT2 (non-ultra)  w/ P3 and was running the
nvidia
> > 3.53 drivers with no problems - mirrors worked fine.  Well like a big
> dummy
> > I read some post somewhere about how the 3.68 drivers were the cat's
meow
> so
> > I thought I would give them a whirl.  I can't seem to tell any
difference
> in
> > frame rates, but  when I went to try GPL, my mirrors were screwed up
again
> > just like the bad old days.  Any idea how to fix them or should I just
go
> > back to 3.53.  Where would I find the 3.53 drivers?  I know older
drivers
> > won't install over newer drivers so how would I do it?

> > I've asked my wife to put on her sharpest heels and give me a good kick
in
> > the ass to save everyone else the trouble.  If it aint broke, don't fix
> it -
> > I'll just repeat this a thousand times.

> > Thanks in Advance,

> > Jcharm

> Here is an old post from a guy called Billy that may help. Say thanks to
> your wife for me ;-)
> Bart Westra
> -----------------------------
> I just got the GPL demo yesterday and after seeing how good it is, I plan
on
> buying the game.  There was a problem with the cars' mirrors though, which
> I've learned has been a long-time issue with the tnt/tnt2 cards.  I
searched
> the internet for a solution and came across a message here about using the
> 3.53 reference drivers with the "Use Block Transfer" setting to fix the
> problem, which works perfectly.  The only problem is that those drivers
suck
> hehe.  I wanted to know how to enable that setting with the 2.08 drivers
> (the best ones imo), and discovered that this fix can be applied to any
> driver version by simply changing the value of the "FlippingControl"
setting
> in the registry to "0".

> Depending on the driver version, this setting can be found in

> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\RIVA TNT\OpenGL], or