rec.autos.simulators

> I can join and get into the garage etc.  About 2-3 seconds after I get
> in the car, I get a bluescreen fatal exception in Windows.  Locks up
> tight and have to soft boot.

> Single player is fine, no problems whatsoever.

> grrrr,
> Gerald

> FWIW, this happened about 3 times.  Eventually, I was able to connect,
> get in the car, and stay connected.  It worked fine the rest of the
> night, multiple races and multiple servers.  Not sure what to make of
> it; but I hope it doesn't come back.

> Gerald

> > I can join and get into the garage etc.  About 2-3 seconds after I get
> > in the car, I get a bluescreen fatal exception in Windows.  Locks up
> > tight and have to soft boot.

> > Single player is fine, no problems whatsoever.

> > grrrr,
> > Gerald

> DANGIT now it is happening in single player.  It seems to coincide
> with me mashing the accelerator pedal.  I can sit on pit lane
> indefinitely, but as soon as I mash the gas, it locks up.

> Here is the error info:

> Fatal Exception 0E at 0028:0296053A

> I did the DirectX diagnostics and both DirectDraw and Direct3D failed
> at points.  I guess my machine doesn't really like DX8.1

> Strange thing is, this game has worked, this is only an intermittant
> problem.  The worst kind.

> Doing the driver update thing now....

> Gerald

> > FWIW, this happened about 3 times.  Eventually, I was able to connect,
> > get in the car, and stay connected.  It worked fine the rest of the
> > night, multiple races and multiple servers.  Not sure what to make of
> > it; but I hope it doesn't come back.

> > Gerald

> If direct X is having problems on your system, then most likely that will
> translate to racing games severly.  Especially if you are using the Direct
> control settings.    Your best bet would be to debug direct X before worring
> about N 2002.  Until you have DX working properly, then anything else would
> be just counter productive...
>   Have you ever erased your windows folders and started fresh?  Usually at
> least once a year I totally wipe windows out and re-install.  sometimes
> sooner if I begin to get problems that don't have easy solutions.
> dave henrie


> > DANGIT now it is happening in single player.  It seems to coincide
> > with me mashing the accelerator pedal.  I can sit on pit lane
> > indefinitely, but as soon as I mash the gas, it locks up.

> > Here is the error info:

> > Fatal Exception 0E at 0028:0296053A

> > I did the DirectX diagnostics and both DirectDraw and Direct3D failed
> > at points.  I guess my machine doesn't really like DX8.1

> > Strange thing is, this game has worked, this is only an intermittant
> > problem.  The worst kind.

> > Doing the driver update thing now....

> > Gerald

> > > FWIW, this happened about 3 times.  Eventually, I was able to connect,
> > > get in the car, and stay connected.  It worked fine the rest of the
> > > night, multiple races and multiple servers.  Not sure what to make of
> > > it; but I hope it doesn't come back.

> > > Gerald

> > > > I can join and get into the garage etc.  About 2-3 seconds after I get
> > > > in the car, I get a bluescreen fatal exception in Windows.  Locks up
> > > > tight and have to soft boot.

> > > > Single player is fine, no problems whatsoever.

> > > > grrrr,
> > > > Gerald