Before I hear the words "foul", here are the results for ICR2:
Well I thought I would do a controlled experiment to see how much ICR2
plays with time. There's GOOD news & BAD news.
: The BAD news is that GP2 wrecks havoc with the 4th dimension.
The GOOD news is that ICR2 plays consistant with the 4th dimension.
For the ICR2 test I took a replay of a lap and replayed it with maximum
graphics details in SVGA and again with minumum graphics in VGA. This
was the same setup I used for GP2.
Results:
: Internal GP2 Time 1:24.623
Internal ICR2 Time 1:30.94
: Real Time (SVGA ~300% occupancy) 3:43.86 (+164.5%)
ICR2 Real Time (SVGA max detail) 1:32.84 (+2.20%)
: Real Time (VGA ~31.5% occupancy) 1:20.07 (-5.4%)
ICR2 Real Time (VGA min detail) 1:32.84 (+2.20%)
The BAD news is that ICR2 does not accurately reflect real time. Also
there is the related bad news that when ICR2 drops frames to keep time
consistant, this can wreck havoc with feedback and over-compensating
with the wheel/gas/brakes. However, by playing with the min/max display
and tweaking the graphics to AUTO/OFF/ON one can come close to getting a
fairly balanced frame rate. Except for occasions when the traffic is
really bunched up.
For the record these tests were run on the same machine under the same
conditions.
Gateway2000 P5-90
16 meg of memory
ATI Mach64 video card w/2meg memory
m64vbe installed with vesa extensions 2.0
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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.
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