rec.autos.simulators

> It seems that, unless I have mirrors turned off, the only thing I see of
> the opponent cars on track are the cars' shadow on the asphalt.  So, I
> have to decide to either race without mirrors and see the competition,
> or race with mirrors and not see the competition -- not a good choice.

> Since I had just upgraded to the latest ATI Catalyst 5.1 drivers, I was
> hoping that this graphical glitch had been worked out by now.  From what
> I can tell so far, it hasn't been.

> So, I'm wondering whether any ATI Radeon user has worked out how to use
> the mirrors without losing the visuals of the opponents cars.  Perhaps
> there's a patch that I'm not aware of, or some ini file to be adjusted?

> RD2 has been patched to 1.2, and my system has a Radeon9700Pro, 1 Gig
> Ram, AMD AthlonP2600, TB Santa Cruz Soundcard.  Running WinXP Pro - SP1.

> Any suggestions on working this out would be appreciated.

> Thanks!

>>I have also seen this problem before in Toca and I have a ATI Raden 9800XT.
>>The problem is in the settings of the catylyst. If I remember correctly,
>>it
>>was something to do with Artificial Intelligence in the Catylyst. When
>>this
>>was on, then all I got was shadows on the ground.

> Actually I solved it this weekend. I had given up on it for the same reason,
> gave it a try Sunday afternoon and found out that if I turn off "High-Res
> Bonnet Reflection" and "Lock Frame Rate" (under "Advanced Settings"),
> everything else on and maxed details it works fine.

> I have an X800Pro, 4.12 Cats,1280x1024x32, AA 4x AF 4x, 70 Hz.

> Hope this helps.

>>I have also seen this problem before in Toca and I have a ATI Raden 9800XT.
>>The problem is in the settings of the catylyst. If I remember correctly,
>>it
>>was something to do with Artificial Intelligence in the Catylyst. When
>>this
>>was on, then all I got was shadows on the ground.

> Actually I solved it this weekend. I had given up on it for the same reason,
> gave it a try Sunday afternoon and found out that if I turn off "High-Res
> Bonnet Reflection" and "Lock Frame Rate" (under "Advanced Settings"),
> everything else on and maxed details it works fine.

> I have an X800Pro, 4.12 Cats,1280x1024x32, AA 4x AF 4x, 70 Hz.

> Hope this helps.

>>> I have also seen this problem before in Toca and I have a ATI Raden
>>> 9800XT.
>>> The problem is in the settings of the catylyst. If I remember
>>> correctly, it
>>> was something to do with Artificial Intelligence in the Catylyst.
>>> When this
>>> was on, then all I got was shadows on the ground.

>> Actually I solved it this weekend. I had given up on it for the same
>> reason, gave it a try Sunday afternoon and found out that if I turn
>> off "High-Res Bonnet Reflection" and "Lock Frame Rate" (under
>> "Advanced Settings"), everything else on and maxed details it works fine.

>> I have an X800Pro, 4.12 Cats,1280x1024x32, AA 4x AF 4x, 70 Hz.

>> Hope this helps.

> Thanks -- I'll give that a try.

> Do you have any ideas regarding my second question?  How to run the
> Formula Fords at Laguna and other tracks?

>>>I have also seen this problem before in Toca and I have a ATI Raden
>>>9800XT.
>>>The problem is in the settings of the catylyst. If I remember correctly,
>>>it
>>>was something to do with Artificial Intelligence in the Catylyst. When
>>>this
>>>was on, then all I got was shadows on the ground.

>> Actually I solved it this weekend. I had given up on it for the same
>> reason, gave it a try Sunday afternoon and found out that if I turn off
>> "High-Res Bonnet Reflection" and "Lock Frame Rate" (under "Advanced
>> Settings"), everything else on and maxed details it works fine.

>> I have an X800Pro, 4.12 Cats,1280x1024x32, AA 4x AF 4x, 70 Hz.

>> Hope this helps.

> Joao,

> That worked great!  Thanks!

> Bert