rec.autos.simulators

> I've been struggling for the past 4 months trying to figure out my
> N2/TEN and now N3 online connection problem.  Basically whenever I
> enter a N3 multiplayer race, everything is fine until 5 or so minutes
> into the practice run.  At this point my video and controls get real
> choppy as if something is chewing up all my CPU cycles.  I only see
> this problem online.  I don't see this problem with other online games
> such as DTR... only N2/TEN and N3.

> I don't think I have any problems hardware related because I didn't
> have this problem when Win95 was installed on my computer.  You see,
> ever since I upgraded to Win98, I had this problem.  When I upgraded
> to Win98, I did a full install (ie reformatted my hard drive and
> reinstalled everything from scratch).  I've made sure that I have the
> latest video drivers and sound drivers.

> I don't think it's a driver problem because I have absolutely NO
> problems with N2 or N3 offline... It's only an online problem.  My ISP
> seems to be very good... that is if I download a huge file from say
> microsoft, I do not experience any interruptions in the download.  My
> computer receives a constant stream of data according to the dialup
> networking icon in the system tray.  In fact, once after experiencing
> the problem in N3 online, I immediately went to IE5.0 and surfed the
> web looking for any help at all and there was no problems with my
> connection.

> I've gone through the exercise of making sure all non essential
> programs were removed from memory and adjusting the modem properties
> but still I am experiencing this problem.  I am at a loss as to what
> is causing this and I greatly miss racing online with all my buddies.
> I appreciate any help at all.

> Please find below my response and email to sierra support.  So far
> nothing has alleviated my problem.

> <snip>