rec.autos.simulators

So far, I am speechless at the quality of the sim-experience.  After a 1 1/2
years of GP2, I can finally enjoy a beautiful F1 race.  Thanks Ubi!

John Wehman

The best method is to set up a batch file for the Glide settings and call
the sim at the end of it. For F1RS, I use the following batch file:

type f:\readme.txt > nul

set FX_GLIDE_NO_SPLASH=1
set SST_FASTPCIRD=1
REM set FX_GLIDE_SWAP_INTERVAL=0
REM set SST_SWAP_EN_WAIT_ON_VSYNC=0
set SST_FASTMEM=1
set SST_GAMMA=1.7

set SST_GRXCLK=55
set SST_VIDEO_24BPP=1
set SST_SCREENREFRESH=85
C:\WINDOWS\UbiSoft\UBISETUP.exe -play F1RS

Some notes:

 - the first line is simply to get my machine to read the CD - otherwise
it makes horrible vibration noises (yes, I need a new CD-ROM <g>)

 - SST_FASTPCIRD, SST_FASTMEM and SST_GRXCLK all boost the performance of
the 3dfx. Use these at your own risk.

 - the two REMed out lines can result in significant fps increases for
some sims and hardware combinations. Alternatively they may make no fps
difference and simply degrade the picture. I didn't notice any
improvements with F1RS on my machine so I don't use them.

Using a batch file like this is that you can easily change the settings
(just edit the .bat & then re-run) and can have different settings for
each Glide program.

Cheers,
Richard

HAHA... Good joke. My GP2 is in the shitcan where it belongs.

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Steve----   GP2 still rules

Make that Cyrix + *some* 3d games. There are a number that performed
quite well on my old P166+/Monster3D combo, with GLQuake and F1RS being
the "exceptions" in my collection. And GLQuake was actually satisfactory
for single-player use (27fps). F1RS had slowdown in the first corner of
a race, which makes actually competing in the race difficult, but
otherwise the game was pretty smooth and fast.

For most 3d action titles, Cyrix+3d card is a good, economical
combination. For anything based on the Quake engine, and sims with heavy
AI calculations, however, the advantage of hardware acceleration is
nullified. The general rule (Quake engine excepted) is that if a game
performs well on a iP133, it will perform similarly on a 6x86 P166
(133MHz clock speed) and most likely better on a 6x86 P200 (150MHz clock
speed). For a game requiring an iP166/3d card combo or above, however,
the old 6x86s don't have the horsepower. As far as the 6x86MXs go,
however, I haven't a clue.

Michael Knepher

Steve,

If you're having that much trouble with just a few cars ahead of you
throughout a race, it sounds like you may need to tweak your system a
bit. On my recently retired p166+, I only had framerate problems going
into the first turn of a race. Otherwise, once the field spread out, the
game was fairly to extremely smooth, with slight degradation going into
a turn with 4-5 cars ahead. I don't know if the 200 is fast enough to
eliminate the first turn slowdown (you're only getting ~150MHz
performance with the FPU, maybe a little less), but you might try
adjusting some system settings. There are some other threads in the
newsgroup with tweaking suggestions, see if any of those can help you.
Otherwise, if you want to play F1RS as it was intended, you may need a
faster processor (raw MHz).

Michael Knepher