rec.autos.simulators

But i have some critics:
1): only two camera views when we race. Why not the great "over helmet" view
that i saw in the little replay screen in the menu ?
2): because the exterior view is so arcade and undrivable, i only race in
***pit view but we don't have any "numbers", like in exterior
view, like speed, ........We can't know our actual speed, gear or lap time. For
a sim, it's pretty weird, uh ?
3): A very boring stuff happened and i can't resolv it.
I have a PIII 450, 128 RAM and a ATI 16 Mo but when i race, in the start and
during the first lap, i have a frame rate number around 38-40
fps but after 1 or 2 lap, it continuously decrease until to 10 fps and even 5
fprs !!!!!!   Then, the game becomes unplayable.
If some1 had the same problem, please tell me how to fix this annoying problem.

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There is some way to activate the rollbar view for driving, I'm sure
somebody can tell you how, but if you want to go "real sim", stay in the
***pit.

Not weird, but realistic. '67 F1 cars didn't have speedometers, I don't even
know if they have them now. But you don't need a speedometer, after some
practice you will be able to tell your speed from the sound depending what
gear your in, and if you want to analyze a lap, you have the speed in the
replay.
You can tell the gear you're in by looking on the H-shifter to the right,
but with some practice you won't need this also, because you'll simply know
what gear you're in.
Note, that the lap time you're getting after completing a lap is the one
from the previous lap (well, the guys need a lap to write it on the board
:-))

problem.

??? Haven't heard of this one. The framerate is capped at 36, so the max
readout should be 36-37. With your system you should be able to get a
constant 36 except at the start, where it should drop to somewhere in the
mid twenties, depending on resolution and detail setting.
Do you have any background tasks running, like MS Office's FindFast? If so,
kill them when playing GPL, I have no idea, what else could be the culprit
for your dropping fps.

Peter

Jeff H

Bendito;

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It's very useful. A lot of references incomprehensible to non-
Americans, though (has *anyone* in the UK heard of Alois Ruf???)

Aha. Looks like we have another victim ;-)

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This "6th and last car". It wasn't white, was it? If so, it was one
John Surtees, and the only sensible advice is "avoid! avoid!",
especially at the Parabolica (last corner at Monza).

There are ways to change this, and there are other views available (see
elsewhere in this thread). But I think these are a little unfair,
especially in online races. Stick with the***pit view - you even get
road noise!

Nope. It's a sim. Whihc is to say, a simulation. So it does (more or
less) what the real car did. And 1967 F1 cars don't have speedometers.
In any case, you don't need it to drive - the rev counter is the main
thing, and once you get good you'll make most of your decisions on the
engine noise alone.

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I had this once, but only once, and I can't remember what was causing
it. If all else fails, reinstall GPL.
--
David. (GPLRank handicap: -2.05)
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

Johan N