rec.autos.simulators

> Is it only me , but has any one noticed the inconsistent frame rates in
> Colin McRae 2, when running a stage i n the wet? Take stage 1 in Finland;
> there are a few areas on the track where my FPS drop from 38 to as little as
> 15. Nothing I do seems to be able to change this. I have tried turning force
> feedback on and off (and changing force %), changing screen resolution,
> changing the graphics settings (with Vsynch off and a variety of different
> graphics driver used), but all to no avail. Its strange because snow falling
> in the Sweden stages does not affect my frame rate.

> Anyone got a solution?

> Just for reference I have a 1.4 Athlon, 512 mb ram,  Geforce 2 Ultra (64mb),
> MS Wheel (force feedback), run 32 bit/16bit 1024 res.

> PJ

> Hi Paul,

> that's strange, because I have a PIII 450 running at 530something, and a
> GeForce 2 MX, and CMR 2.0 runs pretty well with no such terrible
> slowdowns. Are you by any chance running any FSAA settings? Also, what
> drawing distance do you use? It jsut might be possible (though I doubt
> it, considering it's a 64 MB card) that with too large a drawing
> distance, not all textures fit into the memeory and AGP starts to be
> used, and this bogs things down.

> I hope the above pointers are useful.

> -Gregor

> -Gregor

> > Hi Paul,

> > that's strange, because I have a PIII 450 running at 530something, and a
> > GeForce 2 MX, and CMR 2.0 runs pretty well with no such terrible
> > slowdowns. Are you by any chance running any FSAA settings? Also, what
> > drawing distance do you use? It jsut might be possible (though I doubt
> > it, considering it's a 64 MB card) that with too large a drawing
> > distance, not all textures fit into the memeory and AGP starts to be
> > used, and this bogs things down.

> > I hope the above pointers are useful.

> > -Gregor

> PJ


> > Oh, and cubic environment mapping might be the culprit as well, try
> > turning that one off in options by setting it to standard (I don't even
> > think about turning it on on my system :) ).

> > -Gregor

> > > Hi Paul,

> > > that's strange, because I have a PIII 450 running at 530something, and
a
> > > GeForce 2 MX, and CMR 2.0 runs pretty well with no such terrible
> > > slowdowns. Are you by any chance running any FSAA settings? Also, what
> > > drawing distance do you use? It jsut might be possible (though I doubt
> > > it, considering it's a 64 MB card) that with too large a drawing
> > > distance, not all textures fit into the memeory and AGP starts to be
> > > used, and this bogs things down.

> > > I hope the above pointers are useful.

> > > -Gregor