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Brian

another question, does it work with mercedes benz truck racing?

would luv to play this on win98.  currently only works in win2k on my
system.  geforce2mx + duron 800.

thanx in advance if you can help.
Regards all,
istoff

Sudesh

From: "Brian Michael"
Subject: nVidia beta Det4 12.90 drivers get rid of flashing GPL etc etc

| I just updated to the latest leaked beta drivers from nVidia (12.90
| from www.m3dzone.com) and it appears that the flashing GPL menu
| screens (after exiting the car) have gone away.  I'm using the beta
| DirectX 8.1 with Win98SE and a Visiontek GF3.
|
| Brian

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Brian

FYI
Monza, race-start, 19 opponents, in-car view, back of grid, all graphic
options on, detail slider bar on full, 1280*1024, no fsaa, p3-650

                            sat in pits / before the flag drops / lowest
score recorded during race start
6.50 drivers   =       27.0                 28.7
~22
12.90 drivers =       28.3                 26.5
~20

For some reason the 12.90 are faster when I'm sat in the pit lane, but
slower during the race start.  Tis bizarre :)

| Thom, i've tried them and it looks like the 12.90 drivers do fix the
| flashing menu problem, but I found them a little slower than 6.50.  I
guess
| it depends on how irritating you find the flashing menus :)
|
| FYI
| Monza, race-start, 19 opponents, in-car view, back of grid, all graphic
| options on, detail slider bar on full, 1280*1024, no fsaa, p3-650
|
|                             sat in pits / before the flag drops / lowest
| score recorded during race start
| 6.50 drivers   =       27.0                 28.7
| ~22
| 12.90 drivers =       28.3                 26.5
| ~20
|
| For some reason the 12.90 are faster when I'm sat in the pit lane, but
| slower during the race start.  Tis bizarre :)
|

| > Hmmm? All this driver, AGP Aperture, Bios settings, SE verses ME,
| > GF2 verses GF3 etc stuff gets more confusing each post....lol Phew!
| > Daggit... What to do? What to do? Thom_j.

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I found applying the beta MTBR patch helped the game to be less
sensetive to driver versions. Had tried many drivers and got
problems, then applied the patch with the same drivers and it worked.

Cheers,
Rod.

thanks for the feedback.  will re-install, re-apply the patch & see.
i know it works with the 6.5 drivers, but i kinda like the newer ones.

why, i don't know.  the bigger version numbers make my feel like tim
allen.  more *power*, grunt, grunt...

:)
Regards all,
istoff

| Tell windows to update the driver. When it asks to search you just do a
HAVE
| DISK and point to the old drivers. Done.
|
| > Hmmmmm? Simon? This presents me with a decision now! I cant handle
| > this pressure!! Yikes!!..lol Serious Question tho'.. When you load 12.90
| > and you dont like it, how do you get back to 6.50? Tia.. Thom_j.

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