rec.autos.simulators

> > I'm not seeing any FPS change with the # of sounds set from a low number
> > (10) to a high (max) either.  But, I'm suspicious that this would show
up
> as
> > a FPS hit depending on the cpu load during a race, type and cpu "muscle"
> in
> > your system....and the type of sound card (remember, the SBL series
takes
> > most of the sound load of the cpu).

> It could be the built in sound card I'm using (P4 1600, GF2Ti, Avance
> AC '97 audio, 320megs, XP, Ferrari FF wheel), although others have
reported
> the same thing. Someone from r.a.s posted this tip page for improving fps
in
> N2002, and the had the same result on their system too.
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> > As far as the mirrors.....sitting at Atlanta pits....I'm getting 49
> > FPS....it bumps to 54 FPS with the interior reflection removed...then up
> to
> > 68 FPS with the mirror removed entirely.  I like the realism....so I
leave
> > the mirrors on max....49 FPS is plenty of juice.

> Yep, mirror really kills the frame rate, but you can't race without it.

> > I'm still not really pleased with the D3D jaggies....even at 1600 res.
> > Trying to reduce them with a little FSAA or anistropic filtering....just
> > knocks the FPS down too far (below 30 FPS....which it seems to me to be
> > something of a minimum since it gets real choppy below that level).

> x2 FSAA has almost no effect on my fps suprisingly. Just a few frames.
> Forgot to mention that I'm only using D3D now.

> David G Fisher

> It's a shame they are not really scalable.  Just look at GPL and the # of
> items you can take out of the mirrors.  I could easily get 4-5 fps just by
> taking out stuff in the mirror I don't care about to render.  Why do they
> force us to render the grass or asphalt texture in the mirror? It makes no
> sense.  And even more (I whined a lot about this in N4), you can only see
> your own smoke if you toggle the mirror a second time, so that it renders
> everything.  It makes no sense, it's sometimes difficult when you hear
> yourself screeching the tyres to know if you smoke them or not.  It's very
> important on road courses.

> I guess they won't fix it, like the 100 other things that aren't fixed
(ex:
> can't tweak graphics in the replay theatre, etc...)

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