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On Mon, 30 Mar 1998 17:49:48 +0100, "Iain Mackenzie"

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Sounds like a dodgy computer then

Friend with PPro200 runs fine with Pure 3D
I run a 200MMX with a Voodoo Rush (which is inherently 4-5% slower
than Voodoo Graphics) and it runs fine too.
Maybe you need to change the virtual memory or vcache settings to get
it to run right?

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On Mon, 30 Mar 1998 13:44:03 -0500, "David G Fisher"

The world does not hate MS, no matter how much easier that is for you
to believe.

Cheers!
John

Greetings:

Where would I find the Ubisoft message board?
Checked their home page but didn't see it mentioned.

Thanks,

Joe.

When driving for example on Monza track, I usually take one of the
S-shaped chicanes full speed driving two tires on the grass almost
without any turning, and I lose very little speed in the process.
It appears to me that there is a little lag like one second or so
before the "sticky grass" comes into effect.

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My P233MMX with 3Dfx Voodoo runs F1RS 1.08 very nicely. Funny how much
difference that 33Mhz or MMX can make. ;-) I'm using full graphics
except that the drawing distance is one notch down from full, this
gives no visible pop up. And maximum number of cars of course.

With "nicely" I mean something like 30 fps most of the time with
several cars in view, and slowing down to maybe 15-20 fps in extreme
situations like seeing all the racing cars in view (doesn't happen
that often). Those are estimations as there is no frame rate counter.
Anyway the gameplay remains smooth 99% of the time.

Considering the level of graphics, I wouldn't say so. They have done
very good job.

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Same here. Quite odd. I have yet to see the black sky phenomenom in
F1RS. Maybe it is just like that garbled***pit thing, some people
encounter it while others don't?

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Did I say the world hated Microsoft? Hardly. Apparently most of the world
likes it quite a bit. You, and the others who responded to my post, have
chosen to ignore the main point I made which is that the bugs in POD are now
in F1. If Microsoft was the publisher of F1 and had repeated the same bugs
in a sequel, they, judging from some of the CPR bashing, wouldn't have been
treated nearly so kindly here at r.a.s. You're flat out lying if you say you
aren't aware of the existence of (insecure) people who have a dislike of MS
and Bill Gates simply because they are overwhelmingly successful. It's an
issue that is mentioned regularly in the computer world. It's very clear
there are a few of those people here at r.a.s.

Dave

Many of us, myself included, have had no problems with CPR either. It's a
sim, not a game. The AI criticism is way overblown. How much time did you
actually spend with CPR. I'm curious as to why you don't like multi-player
racing. It takes only a few minutes to get a race going at the Zone so I
don't understand the comment that it takes too much time. There are a number
of incredible drivers at the Zone to race, and the races are far more
exciting to participate in than any computer AI could give you. The
satisfaction you get from beating a top driver is worth 20 wins against AI
opponents. Sims are supposed to recreate reality. There's nothing more real
than racing human opponents.

Dave

It happens on many configurations. It only happens with a save game in a
full season when the weather is VARIABLE AND 5% HUMIDITY, and you reload it
more than once!
Does that help?
I have been in communication with Ubi for 3-4 months on this, and still they
can't fix it!

It's on www.ubisoft.fr/f1racing/f1racing.html OK?