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> I have downloaded the full 125 mb of SP3 but I am unhappy with the way it
> alters my game of SCGT and have reinstalled the game without it.  Is it
> possible to just install the cars from this zip file and if so which files
> do I need to install?

> > I have downloaded the full 125 mb of SP3 but I am unhappy with the way
it
> > alters my game of SCGT and have reinstalled the game without it.  Is it
> > possible to just install the cars from this zip file and if so which
files
> > do I need to install?

> OK, I'm stupid. What is SP3?

> > OK, I'm stupid. What is SP3?
>   Service Pak 3.0 is a collection of fixes for scgt and...that should
be
> a really big AND...about 155 real world cars plus a Trans Am Category
to
> replace GTX and Aussie V8's to replace GTO.
>   It is a privately done HUGE piece of work.  Gunslinger, James
> Wohlever, put it together.  sp3.1 saves the cars with higher than
> average polygon counts and replaces them with slightly less detailed
> cars so online racing should be improved.
>   Just out also is a patch that comprised the American LeMans Series.
I
> have it on my hd but haven't installed it yet.. :)  (dang N3...!)
> gtinsider should have a link to Gunslinger's site...Techware
> Motorsports.
> dave henrie

> > btw...what didn't you like about the sp3.0?  Have you tried the ALMS
> > patch yet?

> After installing the patch the game became really stuttery and totally
> unplayable.  It seemed to be constantly accessing the HD which seems rather
> strange as I have 96mb ram and it doesn't even do that in GPL or for that
> matter SCGT without the patch.

> Chris

> > > btw...what didn't you like about the sp3.0?  Have you tried the ALMS
> > > patch yet?

> > After installing the patch the game became really stuttery and totally
> > unplayable.  It seemed to be constantly accessing the HD which seems rather
> > strange as I have 96mb ram and it doesn't even do that in GPL or for that
> > matter SCGT without the patch.

> > Chris
>   hmmm  that DOES sound like you are running out of memory and accessing
> a swap file.  Make sure you close down all unneeded programs before you
> start scgt.  Use cntrl-alt-delete to choose which ones you can do
> without.  I "think" all you need are the explorer and any mouse or
> controller functions.   The only place I saw slowdowns was on high
> detail when I ran near the pits.  I lowered the detail to medium and
> chose 800x600 and I think lately it's been pretty smooth.
> dave henrie

> I've installed SP3 , very nice but as you say some cars have no sound, any
> idea where I can get these sounds from? I've looked through the SCGT sites I
> can find but no sounds that work :(

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> Ian Parker

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> > > Dave
> > > I have not tried the sp3.0 yet, but are there other "fixes" in it such
> > > as improved poly counts for cars and tracks? Any changes in the replay
> > > mode? It seems I heard some thing about this a while back.

> > > tia

> > > Ivan
> > >  sp3.1 moves the high polycount cars to a save folder and uses lower
> count cars in their place.  The replay can now be set to any length, even 24
> hours if you have the hard drive space :)  and the race calendar fixes the
> northpoint penalty bug etc.
> >   Two faults with the pak, some cars don't have any sound files
> > included, but those are available from several sources.  Use
> > SCGTSoundcheck.zip to find the proper files.  2nd the Calendar allows
> > for all the tracks to run in all the weather settings.  So you will
> > have  4 races at each track (day, night, rain, night/rain) unless you
> > edit the calendar file which is bigger than notepad likes...:)
> >   Other than that...The only drawback is the huge size and...DONT use a
> > browser to dload.  Use Go!zilla or Getright, they make a world of
> > difference, trust me on this one.  Go!zilla is a freebie so it should be
> > a no brainer.  later
> > dave henrie