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I upgraded my computer recently, enabling DMA for my rendition card, and
I finally got my ICR2 to work properly. 'Properly' does not entirely
describe what i think of the game, ICR2 really flies, smooth, oh so
smooth, nice graphics, steady frame rate around 30, no sim can give you
the impression of speed like ICR2 can...

I know there are some special (in relation to Rendition) commands you
can use (yeah, like alt-x, alt-r, alt-m), what I would like to ask
Sokoloff:
Jim, could you give us all rendition-related commands to ICR2? I would
like to know both the command line options as well as the in-game
commands...

I'm sickly worried as to missing something, as this version of ICR2
gives me the goosebumps (you can't enhance something perfect, or can
you?)

---Asgeir--- (Long time racing sim devotee, rediscovering ICR2!)

---Jim

Alt-R:   Frame rate display toggle.

Alt-M:   Three-state toggle for mirror: none, medium detail,
         high detail.  Defaults to medium.  Anti-aliasing takes
         place in hi-res mode only.

Alt-W:   Three-state toggle for weather: day, night, and rain.
         This is a 'for fun / showing off' feature and is not a
         realistic gameplay feature; e.g., traction does not change
         in 'rain' mode.

Alt-K:   Sky optimization toggle: This defaults to off.  Can speed
         up frame rate at the expense of occasional graphical
         glitches, especially on the horizon, when viewed at an
         angle (like at Michigan when on a banked turn).  May
         not be a significant speedup unless you are in Turbo
         mode and / or running on a track with no textured sky
         (clouds).  Only really useful for showing off "maximum
         speed mode".

         [Technically, can causes glitches on any non-textured
         polygon that spans entire screen horizontally, like
         when going under some bridges or facing sideways]

Alt-A:   Anti-aliasing toggle.  Anti-aliasing smooths the jagged
         edges of the graphics on screen.

Alt-T:   Timer toggle ('Turbo mode'): When the timer is 'off', the
         physics runs at the frame rate: it will be slower than
         reality at less than 30 frames/sec, and faster than reality
         at greater than 30 frames/sec.  Advantage of 'off' is when
         the timer is on, the frame rate cannot exceed 30 fps.  Can
         cause sound problems, especially in big crashes with lots
         of smoke and dirt where the frame rate becomes low.  Should
         NOT be used in dual / multiplayer mode.  This is a 'for
         fun / showing off' feature only and comes with no warranties.

Alt-X:   "Maximum Speed Mode": Frame rate display on, mirrors off,
         sky optimization on, anti-aliasing off, timer off.  When
         toggled off, reverses all these settings, regardless of
         their previous values (i.e., restores default).
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I mean, IF the are..... THEN I better get my ASS moving and RUn down to the
retailer and BUY myself a RENDITION CARD !!!!

So... are they?

--
Ed_ - Norway
Cheek Junior Team  
http//:home.sol.no/solhmrek

"Early on, the cars were getting faster and faster.  And with
good reason:  everybody was cheating."   - Richard Petty

Yep they all real.  The coolest thing is that even the highest detail
setting I still got a solid 30fps at pretty much every track with my old
P120.

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Edwin Solheim wrote in article

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Ed_ - Norway
Cheek Junior Team  
http//:home.sol.no/solhmrek

"Early on, the cars were getting faster and faster.  And with
good reason:  everybody was cheating."   - Richard Petty

You might want to hold off until the 2nd generation Rendition cards are
released, which should be sometime this holiday season.

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Edwin Solheim wrote in article

Hi Eric,

There's still no fix for the ICR2-incompatability problem.  Ed
should still wait, at least to see what develops (if ICR2 is all he's
after).  If fixed, then he'll have a card that'll run circles around
the older v1000 chip!!  =)

Cheers!

Marc

I've seen quotes from someone named BJPapyrus (AFAIK there's no one at
Papyrus named BJ or anyone who even has the initials B.J., so take this for
what it's worth) saying that the V2000 series cards have problems with V1000
titles that use anti-aliasing.

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Simproject wrote in article

On 19 Sep 1997 20:47:58 GMT, "Edwin Solheim"

Before you send me UCE, I know what you're thinking...  Did he complain
to five or six postmasters last month?  Now, you must ask yourself one
question: "Do I feel lucky?"  Well, do you, punk?