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Just got GPL and trying to install on my relatively new system:

Gateway P3-500 w/384mb RAM
Diamond Viper 770 using Detonator 1.88 reference drivers
SonicVOrtex2 A3D sound card
MS FF Sidewinder

Downloaded the 1.1 patch
Downloaded the OpenGL beta patch

Installed the main game (outta box)

Will NOT run in software 640x480 mode.  Can get to pit screen and when it
switches to in-car view the monitor flickers and returns me to Win-desktop.

Installed the 1.1 patch.  Same thing - no software mode play.  This is VERY bad
when the lowest common denominator will not work.

Installed the OpenGL patch.  Set to OpenGL and exited and restart.

Click the GPL icon....screen goes black...3m:18s later the splash screen comes
up.  I click on Single Race and 5m:12s later the track select comes up.  I pick
Africa since it is the default screen.  8m:37s later the PIT screen comes up.  I
click the green box to start the race and 6m:22s later the green light goes dark
and the computer finally locks up.

When I restart my system Windows comes up in a 640x480 mode and I have to reset
back to my normal default windows resolution.

I'd really like to play this game but don't plan on investing too much more time
into it.  If anyone has any ideas I'm willing to try just about anything.  

And please don't tell me to get a voodoo card - I'm not going to DOWNgrade my
system to play one game.  I've handpicked all the components on this system and
any game that won't play on it isn't worth having (IMO).

Thanks in advance for any help.

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I think you should try the following, in order.

Try different drivers for the Diamond. Go back to the default drivers, try
some older drivers, definitely change the driver.

If you have no luck with drivers, uninstall GPL. Reinstall 1.0 and see if
things work. If they don't, try some more video drivers with 1.0.

If that doesn't work, go spend $50 on a 8MB Voodoo2. Considering the
investment you've already made, $50 is not too much to enjoy THE greatest
driving simulation. I know it's about principles, but it supposed to be
about driving fast with lots of other people, and if $50 is all that stands
in front of me and fast racing with lots of other people,***principles.
I prefer racing.

If that doesn't work report back to here and let me know how it went, ok?

Those incredibly long times are a dead giveaway.  Your OpenGL ICD is
broken, and you're running software OpenGL.  This has happened to me
twice.  Run another OpenGL game (get the Quake 2 demo or Quake 3 Arena
test if you don't have one) to confirm that it's a general problem,
not just GPL.

Go to tweak3d.net and find the TNT tweak guide, in particular the
part about switching drivers.  If you just install a new driver version
over the old one, it probably won't fix the problem.  You need to
go through the whole procedure: switch to VGA, reboot, delete nv*.*
everywhere under \windows, delete the nvidia registry keys, then
install the new drivers.  PITA.

I recommend starting with the latest TNT reference drivers and
working backwards until you find a version that works well for you.

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GPL is worth a "downgrade" of a cheap V2 and will work with your components.

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"My other car is a Ferrari"
http://members.home.net/gpl.mondsj/gpl - For my combined gas/brake setups
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