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WC Cornering - The Truth!

Afzal Ball

WC Cornering - The Truth!

by Afzal Ball » Wed, 01 Mar 1995 17:16:39

|> A recent post tipped me off.  Last year a friend and I did some stop-watch
|> testing with World Circuit when our times appeared inconsistent.  It seems the
|> program does not use a computers' internal clock but has it's own system
|> - a glaring oversight!  If you set your frame rate unusually low (say 60%
|> or less occupancy with the 'O' key depressed) time moves slower!  Conversely,
|> with an unreasonably high frame rate, real time is slowed down!
|> Additionally, this effect is independent of machine speed (386 vs. 486).  
|> Real time is only acurately reflected when 100% occupancy is achieved on any
|> given machine.  It seems this is going to be a problem for the Record Keepers.
|> Has this problem been addressed?
|>

So if I head for my 386 25MHz (don't laugh) and turn on full detail and
texture mapping, then I should be able to turn wicked times? Stay tuned...

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