F1 2002 track loading times

Hi folks, I saw F1 2002 on a friend's machine the other day, and track loading time are horrible (it takes a whopping 90 seconds to load Spa for "test day", for instance). Is this "normal" behaviour or can something be done to improve track loading times? (it's not a small machine we tried this on, mind you ;-) Cheers, uwe -- Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

I have a slow 8GB hd, on my Duron800MHz, with ATA66, and it does maybe take 20secs to load a track..guess something is wrong at his computer. "Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi folks, > > I saw F1 2002 on a friend's machine the other day, and track > loading time are horrible (it takes a whopping 90 seconds to load > Spa for "test day", for instance). > > Is this "normal" behaviour or can something be done to improve > track loading times? (it's not a small machine we tried this > on, mind you ;-)

The tracks do take quite a long time to load compared with F1 2001. On my ATA100 RAID configured drives, it takes about 30 secs to load Spa, and about 20 secs to load Melbourne. Not good! Iain "Andreas Nystr�m" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:geDP8.43914$[email hidden]... > I have a slow 8GB hd, on my Duron800MHz, with ATA66, and it does maybetake

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> 20secs to load a track..guess something is wrong at his computer. > > > "Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Hi folks, > > > > I saw F1 2002 on a friend's machine the other day, and track > > loading time are horrible (it takes a whopping 90 seconds to load > > Spa for "test day", for instance). > > > > Is this "normal" behaviour or can something be done to improve > > track loading times? (it's not a small machine we tried this > > on, mind you ;-) > > >

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Have you turned off your AntiVirus Program? that can add some time "Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi folks, > > I saw F1 2002 on a friend's machine the other day, and track > loading time are horrible (it takes a whopping 90 seconds to load > Spa for "test day", for instance). > > Is this "normal" behaviour or can something be done to improve > track loading times? (it's not a small machine we tried this > on, mind you ;-) > > Cheers, > > uwe > > > -- > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) > PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

and on my old computer without raid it loads faster or same speed as F1 2001. Maybe something in the code of the program that makes raid go slower then it should?? I dont even think about it loading a track, so it doesnt take long time. "Iain Mackenzie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > The tracks do take quite a long time to load compared with F1 2001. On my > ATA100 RAID configured drives, it takes about 30 secs to load Spa, andabout > 20 secs to load Melbourne. > Not good! > Iain

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 21:45:35 +1200, FC <[email hidden]> wrote: > Have you turned off your AntiVirus Program? that can add some time > don't run any, the box safe behind a linux firewall, the windows box is gaming only. Only Explorer and Systray are running, as it should be (loss98SE) BTW, how much memory do the "fast" guys have? The box I'm on about has 256megs. Cheers, uwe -- Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

I have 384MB "Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 21:45:35 +1200, FC <[email hidden]> wrote: > > Have you turned off your AntiVirus Program? that can add some time > > > don't run any, the box safe behind a linux firewall, the > windows box is gaming only. > > Only Explorer and Systray are running, as it should be (loss98SE) > > BTW, how much memory do the "fast" guys have? The box I'm on > about has 256megs. > > Cheers, > > uwe > > > -- > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) > PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

39 seconds for Spa Test Day on my 1 Ghz box w/ 512MB RAM. Is the game accessing the CD when loading the track? Just wondering if maybe he didn't do a full install... - David Cook "Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi folks, > > I saw F1 2002 on a friend's machine the other day, and track > loading time are horrible (it takes a whopping 90 seconds to load > Spa for "test day", for instance). > > Is this "normal" behaviour or can something be done to improve > track loading times? (it's not a small machine we tried this > on, mind you ;-) > > Cheers, > > uwe > > > -- > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) > PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61 >

There's no need for explorer or systray to run. /Carl "Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 21:45:35 +1200, FC <[email hidden]> wrote: > > Have you turned off your AntiVirus Program? that can add some time > > > don't run any, the box safe behind a linux firewall, the > windows box is gaming only. > > Only Explorer and Systray are running, as it should be (loss98SE) > > BTW, how much memory do the "fast" guys have? The box I'm on > about has 256megs. > > Cheers, > > uwe > > > -- > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) > PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Well without making any acusations, I'm going to let you know that the retail version loads a lot faster than the warez version, btw mine cost me $65Cad Tax in, and i got 640mb sdram, haven't put a stopwatch on loading times though and im useing XP Pro "Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 21:45:35 +1200, FC <[email hidden]> wrote: > > Have you turned off your AntiVirus Program? that can add some time > > > don't run any, the box safe behind a linux firewall, the > windows box is gaming only. > > Only Explorer and Systray are running, as it should be (loss98SE) > > BTW, how much memory do the "fast" guys have? The box I'm on > about has 256megs. > > Cheers, > > uwe > > > -- > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) > PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

Full Install here...35 sec. to load Spa, single race. Athlon 1400, 512 ram, no-cd patch. -- don ------------------------------------- BAPOM Alternative Program Covers for GPL http://www.trilon.com/bapom/ "David L. Cook" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:DVEP8.2456$[email hidden]... > 39 seconds for Spa Test Day on my 1 Ghz box w/ 512MB RAM. Is the game > accessing the CD when loading the track? Just wondering if maybe he didn't > do a full install... > > - David Cook > > "Uwe Schuerkamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Hi folks, > > > > I saw F1 2002 on a friend's machine the other day, and track > > loading time are horrible (it takes a whopping 90 seconds to load > > Spa for "test day", for instance). > > > > Is this "normal" behaviour or can something be done to improve > > track loading times? (it's not a small machine we tried this > > on, mind you ;-) > > > > Cheers, > > > > uwe > > > > > > -- > > Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ > > Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) > > PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61 > > > >

> Well without making any acusations, I'm going to let you know that the > retail version loads a lot faster than the warez version, btw mine cost me > $65Cad Tax in, and i got 640mb sdram, haven't put a stopwatch on loading > times though and im useing XP Pro Btw, the NOCD exe often crashes when I'm changing my car setup, so I've gone back to using Daemon Tools...

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:55:01 GMT, Hans Jensen <[email hidden]> wrote: > retail version loads a lot faster than the warez version, btw mine cost me Ok, that's good to know. Cheers! Uwe -- Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61