rec.autos.simulators

> On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of
> 'chugging'.  It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one second
> intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or
> something.  It does affect the frame counter a bit.  It doesn't seem to be
> too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more
common
> on stages with weather.  I tried dropping my video resolution to cure it
to
> no avail.  Maybe it's the video replay information?  Any way to turn that
> off.  Anyone know an tweaks to help this?   I see ral.cfg heap size vars
in
> the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex.

> Anyone else get this?

> My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing
> extraneous running.
> --

> Peter Ashley
> Boston, MA, USA

> On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of
> 'chugging'.  It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one second
> intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or
> something.  It does affect the frame counter a bit.  It doesn't seem to be
> too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more
common
> on stages with weather.  I tried dropping my video resolution to cure it
to
> no avail.  Maybe it's the video replay information?  Any way to turn that
> off.  Anyone know an tweaks to help this?   I see ral.cfg heap size vars
in
> the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex.

> Anyone else get this?

> My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing
> extraneous running.
> --

> Peter Ashley
> Boston, MA, USA

> I got the same problem on a completely different system: 333MHz P II,
> Voodoo3 3000 AGP, Diamond Monster MX300 sound card. Turning off all 3D
sound
> acceleration (A3D in my case) helped a bit, running 800x600, but getting
the
> latest Voodoo3 drivers (as of Jan 25) seemed to help the most.

> BTW, how do you get a frame counter??? I've been wishing for one from day
> one so I don't have to guess whether or not things are improving.

> > On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of
> > 'chugging'.  It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one second
> > intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or
> > something.  It does affect the frame counter a bit.  It doesn't seem to
be
> > too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more
> common
> > on stages with weather.  I tried dropping my video resolution to cure it
> to
> > no avail.  Maybe it's the video replay information?  Any way to turn
that
> > off.  Anyone know an tweaks to help this?   I see ral.cfg heap size vars
> in
> > the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex.

> > Anyone else get this?

> > My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing
> > extraneous running.
> > --

> > Peter Ashley
> > Boston, MA, USA

> I got the same problem on a completely different system: 333MHz P II,
> Voodoo3 3000 AGP, Diamond Monster MX300 sound card. Turning off all 3D
sound
> acceleration (A3D in my case) helped a bit, running 800x600, but getting
the
> latest Voodoo3 drivers (as of Jan 25) seemed to help the most.

> BTW, how do you get a frame counter??? I've been wishing for one from day
> one so I don't have to guess whether or not things are improving.

> > On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of
> > 'chugging'.  It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one second
> > intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or
> > something.  It does affect the frame counter a bit.  It doesn't seem to
be
> > too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more
> common
> > on stages with weather.  I tried dropping my video resolution to cure it
> to
> > no avail.  Maybe it's the video replay information?  Any way to turn
that
> > off.  Anyone know an tweaks to help this?   I see ral.cfg heap size vars
> in
> > the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex.

> > Anyone else get this?

> > My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing
> > extraneous running.
> > --

> > Peter Ashley
> > Boston, MA, USA

> RC2K choppy graphics has been a problem since the beginning. The solution
> that solves it for me is to shut down all unnecessary processes, all
system
> tray jobs and all.

> There's a tool called ENDITALL that helps here, do a search for
enditall.exe
> or .zip and I'm sure you'll find it.

> Frame counters are very useful I use FRAPS, again do a search for
FRAPS.EXE
> or .ZIP and you'll track it down. (This doesn't appear to work in Le Mans
> 24Hr but then it's not a big deal here).

> Send me an e-mail if you can't get them.

> Andi.

> > I got the same problem on a completely different system: 333MHz P II,
> > Voodoo3 3000 AGP, Diamond Monster MX300 sound card. Turning off all 3D
> sound
> > acceleration (A3D in my case) helped a bit, running 800x600, but getting
> the
> > latest Voodoo3 drivers (as of Jan 25) seemed to help the most.

> > BTW, how do you get a frame counter??? I've been wishing for one from
day
> > one so I don't have to guess whether or not things are improving.

> > > On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of
> > > 'chugging'.  It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one
second
> > > intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or
> > > something.  It does affect the frame counter a bit.  It doesn't seem
to
> be
> > > too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more
> > common
> > > on stages with weather.  I tried dropping my video resolution to cure
it
> > to
> > > no avail.  Maybe it's the video replay information?  Any way to turn
> that
> > > off.  Anyone know an tweaks to help this?   I see ral.cfg heap size
vars
> > in
> > > the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex.

> > > Anyone else get this?

> > > My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing
> > > extraneous running.
> > > --

> > > Peter Ashley
> > > Boston, MA, USA

> On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of
> 'chugging'.  It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one second
> intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or
> something.  It does affect the frame counter a bit.  It doesn't seem to be
> too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more
common
> on stages with weather.  I tried dropping my video resolution to cure it
to
> no avail.  Maybe it's the video replay information?  Any way to turn that
> off.  Anyone know an tweaks to help this?   I see ral.cfg heap size vars
in
> the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex.

> Anyone else get this?

> My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing
> extraneous running.
> --

> Peter Ashley
> Boston, MA, USA

> I turned of replay=1 in ral.cfg (already had the fps counter), ran
cacheman,
> killed everything and haven't had the stutter again.  I think it's lack of
> memory (98megs here) because the game was using 98 physical + ~135 mb
> virtual in that 'clean' configuration.  I guess a 256 meg machine is the
new
> standard.

> > On some stages, in the middle of a stage I will get 1-2 minutes of
> > 'chugging'.  It seems like the game is dropping 4-5 frames at one second
> > intervals as if the CPU is overloaded calculating the background or
> > something.  It does affect the frame counter a bit.  It doesn't seem to
be
> > too related to how much scenery is visible, but does seem to be more
> common
> > on stages with weather.  I tried dropping my video resolution to cure it
> to
> > no avail.  Maybe it's the video replay information?  Any way to turn
that
> > off.  Anyone know an tweaks to help this?   I see ral.cfg heap size vars
> in
> > the .exe but the defaults are unreadable hex.

> > Anyone else get this?

> > My system: Geforce DDR, Celeron 488, 98mb, LXmb, 200 mb swap, nothing
> > extraneous running.
> > --

> > Peter Ashley
> > Boston, MA, USA