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by **Paul Jage** » Thu, 09 Aug 2001 23:57:26

Having just started to play EA's F12000 CS, I am still not sure which
graphics settings are going to guarantee 'stutter free'. Could someone with
a similar spec computer to my own guide me as to what works for them

I have a 1.4 Athlon, 512mb ram, SB Live sound card and Hercules Gforce2
Ultra (64mb) graphics card.

Thanks

PJ

by **0x4E0x6F0x7** » Fri, 10 Aug 2001 03:32:57

On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:57:26 +0100, "Paul Jager"

>Having just started to play EA's F12000 CS, I am still not sure which
>graphics settings are going to guarantee 'stutter free'. Could someone with
>a similar spec computer to my own guide me as to what works for them

>I have a 1.4 Athlon, 512mb ram, SB Live sound card and Hercules Gforce2
>Ultra (64mb) graphics card.

>Thanks

>PJ

Tunr down the detail of "other" cars to medium, turn off enviromental
reflections (or whatever it's called). Just try various options until
you are happy with it. But setting the detail on other cars to medium
or low makes a big difference during a race.

by **Bob Davidso** » Fri, 10 Aug 2001 06:02:17

Try turning off force feedback. Some controllers (especially
Microsoft) diminish performance considerably. Turning off pit lane
objects helps, as does turning off the skybox.

BD

>On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:57:26 +0100, "Paul Jager"

>>Having just started to play EA's F12000 CS, I am still not sure which
>>graphics settings are going to guarantee 'stutter free'. Could someone with
>>a similar spec computer to my own guide me as to what works for them

>>I have a 1.4 Athlon, 512mb ram, SB Live sound card and Hercules Gforce2
>>Ultra (64mb) graphics card.

>>Thanks

>>PJ

>Tunr down the detail of "other" cars to medium, turn off enviromental
>reflections (or whatever it's called). Just try various options until
>you are happy with it. But setting the detail on other cars to medium
>or low makes a big difference during a race.

by **Dave Henri** » Fri, 10 Aug 2001 08:08:12

use R to turn the mirrors off at the start. and also shut off Force
Feedback. Also I have heard running the formation lap is a good idea since
it preloads the graphics and sounds....haven't tested that tho...so it may
be bogus.
good luck.
dave henrie

by **Jay** » Fri, 10 Aug 2001 08:26:07

Force Feedback shouldn't be an issue if you've got a USB controller, like
the original LWFF Wheel.

> Try turning off force feedback. Some controllers (especially
> Microsoft) diminish performance considerably. Turning off pit lane
> objects helps, as does turning off the skybox.

> BD

> >On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:57:26 +0100, "Paul Jager"

> >>Having just started to play EA's F12000 CS, I am still not sure which
> >>graphics settings are going to guarantee 'stutter free'. Could someone
with
> >>a similar spec computer to my own guide me as to what works for them

> >>I have a 1.4 Athlon, 512mb ram, SB Live sound card and Hercules Gforce2
> >>Ultra (64mb) graphics card.

> >>Thanks

> >>PJ

> >Tunr down the detail of "other" cars to medium, turn off enviromental
> >reflections (or whatever it's called). Just try various options until
> >you are happy with it. But setting the detail on other cars to medium
> >or low makes a big difference during a race.

by **Dave Henri** » Fri, 10 Aug 2001 08:41:11

It is...I have the LWFF/usb and F1cs just BOGS down when using it. same
with the mirrors....on a 1.1ghz Athlon. The FF from SCGT/F12k/F1cs2k has
always been mostly just rumble-strips and collisions. You don't get any
driving feedback. and it does kill the framerate.
dave henrie

> Force Feedback shouldn't be an issue if you've got a USB controller, like
> the original LWFF Wheel.

> > Try turning off force feedback. Some controllers (especially
> > Microsoft) diminish performance considerably. Turning off pit lane
> > objects helps, as does turning off the skybox.

> > BD

> > >On Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:57:26 +0100, "Paul Jager"

> > >>Having just started to play EA's F12000 CS, I am still not sure which
> > >>graphics settings are going to guarantee 'stutter free'. Could someone
> with
> > >>a similar spec computer to my own guide me as to what works for them

> > >>I have a 1.4 Athlon, 512mb ram, SB Live sound card and Hercules
Gforce2
> > >>Ultra (64mb) graphics card.

> > >>Thanks

> > >>PJ

> > >Tunr down the detail of "other" cars to medium, turn off enviromental
> > >reflections (or whatever it's called). Just try various options until
> > >you are happy with it. But setting the detail on other cars to medium
> > >or low makes a big difference during a race.

by **Greg Cisk** » Fri, 10 Aug 2001 10:18:14

Well I have a P3-750 with a Voodoo5 card and 128MB of ram with
a SB Live and a Logitech LWFF. It is stutter free at 800x600 (yes
even at the start with a full field). So perhaps your anthlon or Geforce
(or both) are the culprits?

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by **Ali Ismet Ozka** » Fri, 10 Aug 2001 15:59:06

Very true. I got MSFF USB and 1GHz Athlon and the FF is a fps hog. Though I
am still on DirectX8.0. Anybody seen an improvement on 8.0a ?

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