rec.autos.simulators

> > Got N2002 yesterday, thanks Goy, and installed it on my XP
> > partition. Finally no problems of finding the CD in the drive like N4
> > had, and start up. I choosed Direct3D at 1200x960x16 something. The
> > MSFF (gameport) wheel calibrated well and off I went to Daytona.

> > Hmmm, no sound. Aw well, I fix this later, but I only got 35-50
> > fps. Is that normal with max graphics settings ?

> Are you alone in a testing session or with 42 AI in front of you? Mirror on
> or off, and what mirror detail setting? How many cars visible in mirror?
> What track? If you want to gain some fps, turn off reflections and turn
> sounds down to 8. You'll gain a lot with those two changes.

>> > > Hmmm, no sound. Aw well, I fix this later, but I only got 35-50
> > > fps. Is that normal with max graphics settings ?

> > Are you alone in a testing session or with 42 AI in front of you? Mirror
on
> > or off, and what mirror detail setting? How many cars visible in mirror?
> > What track? If you want to gain some fps, turn off reflections and turn
> > sounds down to 8. You'll gain a lot with those two changes.

> How silly of me not to mention that. Alone on the track in a testing
> session. In the turns I get around 50, and in the beginning of the
> straights it goes to around 35.

> Installed on my WinME partition, which I don't really like because it
> only handles 256 of my 512 MB ram. Direct3D was choppy bigtime, but
> OpenGL did the trick. No problems whatsoever at all.

> "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> the....." - Ash

> > I'm sure this has been covered before, searched on google, but didn't
> > find anything, so I go out on a limb and here :)

> > Got N2002 yesterday, thanks Goy, and installed it on my XP
> > partition. Finally no problems of finding the CD in the drive like N4
> > had, and start up. I choosed Direct3D at 1200x960x16 something. The
> > MSFF (gameport) wheel calibrated well and off I went to Daytona.

> > Hmmm, no sound. Aw well, I fix this later, but I only got 35-50
> > fps. Is that normal with max graphics settings ?

> > Then I was going to exit the game, pressed escape during the end
> > credits and waited and waited and waited and waited. What's all this
> > then ?

> > So, for XP I have two problems, no sound and one big wait.

> > Installed on my WinME partition, which I don't really like because it
> > only handles 256 of my 512 MB ram. Direct3D was choppy bigtime, but
> > OpenGL did the trick. No problems whatsoever at all.

> > I would prefer to run the game on XP though. Any good tips would be
> > appreciated.

> > System:
> > Epox 8kha+ mainboard
> > AMD xp1600+
> > 512 mb ddr ram
> > SB Live Player 1024
> > ELSA GeForce3 ti200 (at gf3 speed) 23.10 drivers.

> > And my #176 JBL Dodge is soon finished and will be
> > uploaded to the RASCAR forum very soon :)

> > --
> > Olav K. Malmin
> > remove .spam when replying

> >> > > Hmmm, no sound. Aw well, I fix this later, but I only got 35-50
> > > > fps. Is that normal with max graphics settings ?

> > > Are you alone in a testing session or with 42 AI in front of you? Mirror
> on
> > > or off, and what mirror detail setting? How many cars visible in mirror?
> > > What track? If you want to gain some fps, turn off reflections and turn
> > > sounds down to 8. You'll gain a lot with those two changes.

> > How silly of me not to mention that. Alone on the track in a testing
> > session. In the turns I get around 50, and in the beginning of the
> > straights it goes to around 35.

> Well it will depend on the track, but that does seem low. Here's something
> specific to compare to.

> At North Carolina (Rockingham) in a testing session and sitting in my pit
> stall in***pit view, I get 110 fps without mirror, 65 with mirror at low
> detail, 57 with mirror at high detail. Again, I use full graphics except
> reflections are turned off and sounds set to 8. Anisotrophic filtering has
> no effect on my fps whether it's off or on.

> > Looks like most of your issues have been addressed.  WinME handles 512MB RAM fine, either you are
> > mistaken, or you have a system problem........ask around, you'll find that out for yourself.

> I was under the impression that WinME, beeing based on the old Win98
> code couldn't handle more. Anyway, I feel that in XP things concerning
> memory are way faster, but of course, that can have other explainations.

> > Biz

> > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> > the....." - Ash

> > > I'm sure this has been covered before, searched on google, but didn't
> > > find anything, so I go out on a limb and here :)

> > > Got N2002 yesterday, thanks Goy, and installed it on my XP
> > > partition. Finally no problems of finding the CD in the drive like N4
> > > had, and start up. I choosed Direct3D at 1200x960x16 something. The
> > > MSFF (gameport) wheel calibrated well and off I went to Daytona.

> > > Hmmm, no sound. Aw well, I fix this later, but I only got 35-50
> > > fps. Is that normal with max graphics settings ?

> > > Then I was going to exit the game, pressed escape during the end
> > > credits and waited and waited and waited and waited. What's all this
> > > then ?

> > > So, for XP I have two problems, no sound and one big wait.

> > > Installed on my WinME partition, which I don't really like because it
> > > only handles 256 of my 512 MB ram. Direct3D was choppy bigtime, but
> > > OpenGL did the trick. No problems whatsoever at all.

> > > I would prefer to run the game on XP though. Any good tips would be
> > > appreciated.

> > > System:
> > > Epox 8kha+ mainboard
> > > AMD xp1600+
> > > 512 mb ddr ram
> > > SB Live Player 1024
> > > ELSA GeForce3 ti200 (at gf3 speed) 23.10 drivers.

> > > And my #176 JBL Dodge is soon finished and will be
> > > uploaded to the RASCAR forum very soon :)

> > > --
> > > Olav K. Malmin
> > > remove .spam when replying

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> Olav K. Malmin
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