gpl stuttering

Apologies - I had previously posted this and it got lost under another subject..... Can anyone help me sort out the stuttering within GPL - specifically when I'm racing at the Kyalami course. Depite turning off practically all the video options and sound, racing only 5 drivers, turning down the resolution to 800x600 and trying both D3D and OpenGL the race is ruined by the sudden breaks in play. This isn't happening on the other courses, so why is Kyalami different? BTW the PC has XP, a Geforce3 (64Mb), a P4 2Ghz and 512 Mb Ram so I would have thought the game would have no issues at all. Have up to date video and SB audio drivers (which cleared up sound issues) and all relevant GPL patches. Any help or input would be appreciated JTB

Don't know why it would be just Kyalami. Have you installed the cpu patch? if not you need to with your 2ghz cpu. Have you got other programs running in the background? if so try to turn some of them off. I have a amd 1600 xp and had the same problem when i was running Win XP and eventually went back to Win 98se, a much better os for gaming than XP imo. Sid. "Jonathan Turner-Bishop" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:p2L%8.225$[email hidden]...

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> Apologies - I had previously posted this and it got lost under another > subject..... > > Can anyone help me sort out the stuttering within GPL - specifically when > I'm racing at the Kyalami course. > > Depite turning off practically all the video options and sound, racing

only > 5 drivers, turning down the resolution to 800x600 and trying both D3D and > OpenGL the race is ruined by the sudden breaks in play. This isn'thappening > on the other courses, so why is Kyalami different? > > BTW the PC has XP, a Geforce3 (64Mb), a P4 2Ghz and 512 Mb Ram so I would > have thought the game would have no issues at all. Have up to date > video and SB audio drivers (which cleared up sound issues) and allrelevant

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> GPL patches. > > Any help or input would be appreciated > > JTB > >

Yes, I have the cpu patch and all the others from papy.com The problem always occurs when racing against the AI cars, when they're around the stuttering starts. (Even with as few as 5 cars!!) The problem does occur on the other courses, but it is most severe at Kyalami making the control more difficult than it needs to be. When on practice runs, the game runs perfectly and always at the 36fps, it's only when that I race I have the problems... I did tend to blame WinXP, but presumed that the hardware should have overcome any lag that might be inherent in the OS, so looked at alternatives like hardware drivers. But having updated all of these, the stuttering still remains. Any other ideas?? JTB

It is not XP. I have a XP and a geforce 3 and GPL runs great! Have you tried the latest nvidia drivers? Also are you using any video overclocking utilities. Sometimes they can cause problems too. "Jonathan Turner-Bishop" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:SWV%8.11$[email hidden]... > Yes, I have the cpu patch and all the others from papy.com > > The problem always occurs when racing against the AI cars, when they're > around the stuttering starts. (Even with as few as 5 cars!!) The problem > does occur on the other courses, but it is most severe at Kyalami makingthe > control more difficult than it needs to be. When on practice runs, thegame > runs perfectly and always at the 36fps, it's only when that I race I have > the problems... > > I did tend to blame WinXP, but presumed that the hardware should have > overcome any lag that might be inherent in the OS, so looked atalternatives > like hardware drivers. But having updated all of these, the stutteringstill

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> remains. > > Any other ideas?? > > JTB > >

On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 09:45:37 -0700, Jonathan Turner-Bishop <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Yes, I have the cpu patch and all the others from papy.com > >The problem always occurs when racing against the AI cars, when they're >around the stuttering starts. (Even with as few as 5 cars!!) The problem >does occur on the other courses, but it is most severe at Kyalami making the >control more difficult than it needs to be. When on practice runs, the game >runs perfectly and always at the 36fps, it's only when that I race I have >the problems... > >I did tend to blame WinXP, but presumed that the hardware should have >overcome any lag that might be inherent in the OS, so looked at alternatives >like hardware drivers. But having updated all of these, the stuttering still >remains. > >Any other ideas?? > >JTB > >

Are you using MS FF wheel with usb connector ? Try disabling force feedback from core.ini. Stuttering should stop but it's not as much fun driving without force feedback.