rec.autos.simulators

by **M Chapma** » Sun, 23 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Hi all
I have recently started participating in online racing (Nascar 3). This I am
finding great fun, but I am experiencing other cars disappearing. This has
caused me to wipe out fellow players (sorry ) on a couple of occasions. How
do I improve this situation or is it something that you all live with. I
suspect its my 33k modem but let me know your views

Modem 33k, AMD K6-2 350, 64Mb RAM, Voodoo3 3000, Most details turned on.

Thanks Martin U.K.

by **koen** » Sun, 23 Jan 2000 04:00:00

get an faster connection..it just dont work fine with an 56k modem or
slower

by **Wayne Hutchiso** » Sun, 23 Jan 2000 04:00:00

I disagree. Given a short clean route to the host, a 28.8K modem is
perfectly fine for racing N3 online. I know, because that's what I have :)

The trick is to pick your hosts carefully

Wayne Hutchison

by **Eldre** » Sun, 23 Jan 2000 04:00:00

writes:

You mean you actually *need* an ISDN or something to run N3 online?!? That
sucks. Some of us don't have that luxury yet. I haven't even found a
provider(in DETROIT, yet).

Eldred
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by **Chuck Kandle** » Sun, 23 Jan 2000 04:00:00

> get an faster connection..it just dont work fine with an 56k modem or
> slower

Baloney. You'd be advised not to *host* with a 56K, but joining in on
races works just fine. Watch the host, you must be picking some you
don't ping well with.

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by **Kraku** » Sun, 23 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Just out of curiosity, what kind of frame rates are you getting with this
setup?

by **M Chapma** » Sun, 23 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Framerates

Off the top of my head, running in 800*600 everything on, but with skid mark
buffer low. if there is little traffic about I get 31 ish most of the time,
in traffic it drops and moves from 16 to 25. Coming out of the pits for the
first time it can drop to a real stutter. Overall I am quite happy with the
rates I get.

Next time I run N3 ill take a closer look to confirm this. hope this helps,
If you want to know more detail with a specific track, condition etc. let me
know, pleased to Help.

by **Benjami** » Tue, 25 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Something else you might wanna look at: while connected, do a TRACEROUTE and
see how many "hops" it takes from your end to the host's end. This is a HUGE
problem for me because my phone service does some weird stuff before even
starting out to the internet. I have a 56k modem and with a PIII 500mhz, I
can only get 26400 or 28800 - on my clunker 75mhz with a 19.2 modem, it's
14400 ONLY. I checked my route a few times and it makes on average 18 to 20
hops; that ain't too good for racing.... I can get away with it when net
traffic isn't too bad, but it causes problems sometimes.

Good Luck

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