rec.autos.simulators

Hello-

I'm running N2 on a brand new (2 week old) Pentium 200 MMX system with
a similarly brand new T2 wheel/pedal setup.  Everything works fine for
awhile, and then the game gets stuck; the video freezes and the audio
goes into a rapid-fire loop (several times per second) of sound pulses.
It stays this way until I hit the escape key, at which point the game
"returns" to the garage.  Upon re-entering the activity where the game
hung up (practice, warmup, or racing) the game continues normally.

This has happened in practice, warmup, and race modes at several
different tracks, and seems to be associated with accidents and/or
gas/brake/steering activity.   It is an intermittent problem; I
can go for several events without seeing it, and then out of
nowhere - DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH . . .  

I took the T2 pedal unit apart and applied TV channel cleaner to the
pedal pots (per previous tips from this group - thanks, folks), and
it seemed to help somewhat.  However, the problem has re-occurred a
couple of times since then.

Has anybody else seen this?  Any suggestions?

Other than this problem, the game has been excellent!

Thanks again for all of the useful posts that have been placed out there.

Bill

It's not the same, but is similar to a problem I've recently started
having with games such as C&C: RedAlert after I upgraded from a P90 to
a PPro200. Same CD-ROM (only 2x mind you), but the sound/video
judders, and has the same "rapid-fire loop" for a moment that you
describe. Diablo also suffers this problem, but I suspect that's a
feature of the fact that the CDROM is an old non-IDE style plugged
into my AWE32 - which is making a LOT of wonderful noises at the same
time.

Haven't tried playing the video from NCR2 on this new PC though as it
was ***on the P90 on my 2x CD anyway!

Stuart

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Stuart Booth
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1) Get the fastest IDE CDrom you can (10X are going for about $120).
2) Get another soundcard.

The CD would only effect loading times not actual framerate while
racing.

Is that because you think it's part of my problem or that you
generally don't like the AWE32? It does the job I use it for very well
and sounds great in Diablo!!! There is the annoying hiss in Nascar 2
that other SB owners complain about though.

I realise that, but the **video** at the start of the game (when you
run the N2.BAT file) loads from the CD - and suffers on my system
because of it. I haven't really needed a new CD until these last
couple of weeks when both Diablo and RedAlert have started causing me
a few problems.

Stuart

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Somewhere in Oxfordshire, England, UK

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