NR2002 Patch Needs a Patch

I finally had the time to sit down and try the NR2002 patch. First the good news - no change in frame rate in D3D (probably because I am using a Radeon, not a GeForceX). Now the bad news - I cannot qualify at Michigan without blowing an engine, and the game freezes after less than 10 laps. I then tried running the NoCD exe file for the old version, and it still runs fine - no blown engines, no freezes. So whatever is different is in the .exe file, not in any of the other files that were updated. So I can race the AI still using the old NoCD, but I cannot race online now. I know I am not the only one experiencing freezes with the new patch. Back to the drawing board, Papy!

I would try reinstalling the patch, I am not having those problem at all. Just ran a 20 lap Michigan myself with 3 others practicing and didn't have any problems, but I am running in OpenGL with a Geoforce. The patch changed the exe as well so you are missing out on more than just multi probably ... Phillip "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aaknfd$b8tgb$[email hidden]...

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> I finally had the time to sit down and try the NR2002 patch. First the > good news - no change in frame rate in D3D (probably because I am using > a Radeon, not a GeForceX). Now the bad news - I cannot qualify at > Michigan without blowing an engine, and the game freezes after less than > 10 laps. I then tried running the NoCD exe file for the old version, > and it still runs fine - no blown engines, no freezes. So whatever is > different is in the .exe file, not in any of the other files that were > updated. So I can race the AI still using the old NoCD, but I cannot > race online now. I know I am not the only one experiencing freezes with > the new patch. Back to the drawing board, Papy! >

Are you having 2-3 second screen freezes? David G Fisher "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aaknfd$b8tgb$[email hidden]...

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> I finally had the time to sit down and try the NR2002 patch. First the > good news - no change in frame rate in D3D (probably because I am using > a Radeon, not a GeForceX). Now the bad news - I cannot qualify at > Michigan without blowing an engine, and the game freezes after less than > 10 laps. I then tried running the NoCD exe file for the old version, > and it still runs fine - no blown engines, no freezes. So whatever is > different is in the .exe file, not in any of the other files that were > updated. So I can race the AI still using the old NoCD, but I cannot > race online now. I know I am not the only one experiencing freezes with > the new patch. Back to the drawing board, Papy! > >

No it froze up solid, requiring a reboot. "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:zcmz8.1436$[email hidden]...

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> Are you having 2-3 second screen freezes? > > David G Fisher > > "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:aaknfd$b8tgb$[email hidden]... > > I finally had the time to sit down and try the NR2002 patch. First

the > > good news - no change in frame rate in D3D (probably because I amusing > > a Radeon, not a GeForceX). Now the bad news - I cannot qualify at > > Michigan without blowing an engine, and the game freezes after lessthan > > 10 laps. I then tried running the NoCD exe file for the oldversion, > > and it still runs fine - no blown engines, no freezes. So whateveris > > different is in the .exe file, not in any of the other files thatwere > > updated. So I can race the AI still using the old NoCD, but Icannot > > race online now. I know I am not the only one experiencing freezeswith > > the new patch. Back to the drawing board, Papy! > > > > > >

Since the patch my online connections have gone down the crapper big time. I'm begining to think this might have had alot to do with the RASCAR problems on Saturday. MadDAWG