rec.autos.simulators

> I was wondering if anyone else has noticed strange graphics anomolies
while
> driving the Talladega track in N4? It's the only track that I have noticed
> this effect so far... basically the tar patches on the track surface seem
to
> shimmer or almost hover above the track surface and after a couple of AI
> cars wrecked in front of me in turn 4 the skid marks seem to be suspended
in
> mid air and I was driving under them. I have my V5 5500 running the latest
> drivers (Driver Rev. 1.04.01 with the x3dfx driver installed dated
> 31/01/01... I did follow the advice on the 3D Spotlight's V4/5 Tweak Guide
> to backup 3dfxvs.dll because of problems with the x3dfx D3D driver.) and I

> 45 to 60 fps using the built in frames counter in N4... if fluctuates
> depending upon how many cars are around me and where I am on the track but
> it never drops below the 40's.
> The rest of my system that is pertinent:
> 1.2 Ghz. Athlon
> Abit KT7A-Raid
> 3dfx V5 5500
> 2 X 128 Mb SpecTek SDRAM
> 30 Gig IBM Deskstar ATA100
> SBLive!
> Win98SE

> If anyone else has noticed this I would appreciate any tips or fixes that
> may have been discovered. I have my V5's driver optimised using the
> suggestions in the tweak guide at 3D Spotlight and I have never seen this
> kind of effect in any other sim or at any other track in N4.
> TIA,
> Robin

> I see that also

> --
> Kevin Anderson

> > I was wondering if anyone else has noticed strange graphics anomolies
> while
> > driving the Talladega track in N4? It's the only track that I have
noticed
> > this effect so far... basically the tar patches on the track surface
seem
> to
> > shimmer or almost hover above the track surface and after a couple of AI
> > cars wrecked in front of me in turn 4 the skid marks seem to be
suspended
> in
> > mid air and I was driving under them. I have my V5 5500 running the
latest
> > drivers (Driver Rev. 1.04.01 with the x3dfx driver installed dated
> > 31/01/01... I did follow the advice on the 3D Spotlight's V4/5 Tweak
Guide
> > to backup 3dfxvs.dll because of problems with the x3dfx D3D driver.) and
I

about
> > 45 to 60 fps using the built in frames counter in N4... if fluctuates
> > depending upon how many cars are around me and where I am on the track
but
> > it never drops below the 40's.
> > The rest of my system that is pertinent:
> > 1.2 Ghz. Athlon
> > Abit KT7A-Raid
> > 3dfx V5 5500
> > 2 X 128 Mb SpecTek SDRAM
> > 30 Gig IBM Deskstar ATA100
> > SBLive!
> > Win98SE

> > If anyone else has noticed this I would appreciate any tips or fixes
that
> > may have been discovered. I have my V5's driver optimised using the
> > suggestions in the tweak guide at 3D Spotlight and I have never seen
this
> > kind of effect in any other sim or at any other track in N4.
> > TIA,
> > Robin

> GPL does the "hovering skid mark" thing occasionally too. It happens on
most
> tracks but is most noticeable at Bristol (converted from N3).

> (I bring GPL into this N4 discussion because N4 uses a similar engine to
> GPL, not because I'm a GPL nut - which I am...)

> > I see that also

> > --
> > Kevin Anderson

> > > I was wondering if anyone else has noticed strange graphics anomolies
> > while
> > > driving the Talladega track in N4? It's the only track that I have
> noticed
> > > this effect so far... basically the tar patches on the track surface
> seem
> > to
> > > shimmer or almost hover above the track surface and after a couple of
AI
> > > cars wrecked in front of me in turn 4 the skid marks seem to be
> suspended
> > in
> > > mid air and I was driving under them. I have my V5 5500 running the
> latest
> > > drivers (Driver Rev. 1.04.01 with the x3dfx driver installed dated
> > > 31/01/01... I did follow the advice on the 3D Spotlight's V4/5 Tweak
> Guide
> > > to backup 3dfxvs.dll because of problems with the x3dfx D3D driver.)
and
> I

> about
> > > 45 to 60 fps using the built in frames counter in N4... if fluctuates
> > > depending upon how many cars are around me and where I am on the track
> but
> > > it never drops below the 40's.
> > > The rest of my system that is pertinent:
> > > 1.2 Ghz. Athlon
> > > Abit KT7A-Raid
> > > 3dfx V5 5500
> > > 2 X 128 Mb SpecTek SDRAM
> > > 30 Gig IBM Deskstar ATA100
> > > SBLive!
> > > Win98SE

> > > If anyone else has noticed this I would appreciate any tips or fixes
> that
> > > may have been discovered. I have my V5's driver optimised using the
> > > suggestions in the tweak guide at 3D Spotlight and I have never seen
> this
> > > kind of effect in any other sim or at any other track in N4.
> > > TIA,
> > > Robin

> Okay, so I haven't been dedicating as much time to GPL since I purchased N4
> as I should have. I haven't noticed the "hovering skid mark" anomolie in GPL
> to this point and I've only tried the speedways in N4 to date... as I stated
> earlier 'dega was the first track where I noticed it. I was wondering if
> this phenomenon is isolated to 3dfx products or do the Nvidia cards exhibit
> this same behavior? Just curious at this point... I guess I can live with it
> but it is distracting... very distracting. I think I just found an excuse
> for bad laps at 'dega!! ;)
> Robin

> Okay, so I haven't been dedicating as much time to GPL since I purchased
N4
> as I should have. I haven't noticed the "hovering skid mark" anomolie in
GPL
> to this point and I've only tried the speedways in N4 to date... as I
stated
> earlier 'dega was the first track where I noticed it. I was wondering if
> this phenomenon is isolated to 3dfx products or do the Nvidia cards
exhibit
> this same behavior? Just curious at this point... I guess I can live with
it
> but it is distracting... very distracting. I think I just found an excuse
> for bad laps at 'dega!! ;)
> Robin


> > GPL does the "hovering skid mark" thing occasionally too. It happens on
> most
> > tracks but is most noticeable at Bristol (converted from N3).

> > (I bring GPL into this N4 discussion because N4 uses a similar engine to
> > GPL, not because I'm a GPL nut - which I am...)

> > > I see that also

> > > --
> > > Kevin Anderson

> > > > I was wondering if anyone else has noticed strange graphics
anomolies
> > > while
> > > > driving the Talladega track in N4? It's the only track that I have
> > noticed
> > > > this effect so far... basically the tar patches on the track surface
> > seem
> > > to
> > > > shimmer or almost hover above the track surface and after a couple
of
> AI
> > > > cars wrecked in front of me in turn 4 the skid marks seem to be
> > suspended
> > > in
> > > > mid air and I was driving under them. I have my V5 5500 running the
> > latest
> > > > drivers (Driver Rev. 1.04.01 with the x3dfx driver installed dated
> > > > 31/01/01... I did follow the advice on the 3D Spotlight's V4/5 Tweak
> > Guide
> > > > to backup 3dfxvs.dll because of problems with the x3dfx D3D driver.)
> and
> > I

> > about
> > > > 45 to 60 fps using the built in frames counter in N4... if
fluctuates
> > > > depending upon how many cars are around me and where I am on the
track
> > but
> > > > it never drops below the 40's.
> > > > The rest of my system that is pertinent:
> > > > 1.2 Ghz. Athlon
> > > > Abit KT7A-Raid
> > > > 3dfx V5 5500
> > > > 2 X 128 Mb SpecTek SDRAM
> > > > 30 Gig IBM Deskstar ATA100
> > > > SBLive!
> > > > Win98SE

> > > > If anyone else has noticed this I would appreciate any tips or fixes
> > that
> > > > may have been discovered. I have my V5's driver optimised using the
> > > > suggestions in the tweak guide at 3D Spotlight and I have never seen
> > this
> > > > kind of effect in any other sim or at any other track in N4.
> > > > TIA,
> > > > Robin