rec.autos.simulators

>After reading some posts and not being able to find mgprs2 yet I decided
>to dust off my GP2 CD and see if it would run on my new fire-breather.
>It runs, but I can't it to talk to my Turtle Beach Montego A3D card.  It
>correctly autodetects the values that match the Sound Blaster settings
>(A220 I5 D3).  But the sound test produces an annoying stuttering sound
>instead of the car zoom sound.  Does anyone have any ideas?

> Try using auto detect and just save the settings. I had the same problem
> with an A3D card. The sound works OK in the game (Just not in setup).

>I have a Turtle Beach Montego (Dell OEM version) PCI A3D card.  I got
>the horrible sound in the setup too.  I also got a warning about not
>having configured the Open Files and/or Buffers variables correctly in
>config.sys/autoexec.bat.  In the game, I get some distortion in the
>sound, but nothing as bad as the setup screen.  I didn't try to
>troubleshoot this, as GPL came out shortly thereafter.

>What are the recommended settings for these variables and could this be
>the cause of the sound problems?

>Dave Ewing

>> Try using auto detect and just save the settings. I had the same problem
>> with an A3D card. The sound works OK in the game (Just not in setup).

>After reading some posts and not being able to find mgprs2 yet I decided
>to dust off my GP2 CD and see if it would run on my new fire-breather.  
>It runs, but I can't it to talk to my Turtle Beach Montego A3D card.  It
>correctly autodetects the values that match the Sound Blaster settings
>(A220 I5 D3).  But the sound test produces an annoying stuttering sound
>instead of the car zoom sound.  Does anyone have any ideas?

>BTW, I was a little disappointed to see 100+% occupancy during the start
>at Monza.  And that was without sound.  I would have thought a P2/400
>w/Riva TNT would be enough machine for this sim.  Wonder what Monaco is
>going to look like.

>Mighty