F1-2001 Graphics Pausing <Help>

Hi folks, Reloaded F1-2001 on XP and getting a strange warping affect, esp. noticeable when turning into corners with other car(s) close in front. It's like everything pauses for a couple of tenths and then leaps forward - really bad on turn 6 at Melbourne, happens two or three times in a row. It's almost like it's pausing to load the next bit of track, but seems OK on the straights. Ctrl-F steady at ~60 FPS min and doesn't drop when the above happens. Using latest F1-2001 patch, 1600x1200x32 (tried 16), P4-2000, GF3 Ti500, XP Pro, 21.83 drivers, LWFF. Tried fiddling with settings; improves if I drop detail but should I have to? Fine otherwise. TIA

I have an almost completely different configuration to yours, but have lately noticed exactly the same problem. I first noticed it when running the FIA GT mod. I changed graphics drivers a couple of times, but it did not go away. I then went back and paid a little more careful attention when driving F1 2001, and sure enough it has the same problem, it's just not quite as noticeable. What I haven't tried yet, and probably won't have time to today, is to use FRAPS instead of Ctrl-F to check the frame rates. I have a feeling the ctrl-F feature is showing us the average over a large number of frames, and therefore isn't going to reflect a short drop in frame rate. But it also seems like this might actually be some kind of wierdness in the physics engine. For example it normally happens in corners, and it seems like it is more likely to happen if I am on the kerbs. My configuration is latest F1 2001 patch, 1024x768x32 (also tried 16), Celeron running at 1 ghz, Radeon 32 meg DDR, Win98, LWFFGP. "Nigel Taylor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a2vjn7$qnb$[email hidden]... > Hi folks, > > Reloaded F1-2001 on XP and getting a strange warping affect, esp.noticeable > when turning into corners with other car(s) close in front. It's like > everything pauses for a couple of tenths and then leaps forward -really bad > on turn 6 at Melbourne, happens two or three times in a row. It'salmost > like it's pausing to load the next bit of track, but seems OK on the > straights. Ctrl-F steady at ~60 FPS min and doesn't drop when theabove > happens. > > Using latest F1-2001 patch, 1600x1200x32 (tried 16), P4-2000, GF3Ti500, XP > Pro, 21.83 drivers, LWFF. Tried fiddling with settings; improves if Idrop > detail but should I have to? Fine otherwise. > > TIA > >

Nigel - Are you using the F1 2001 Telemetry add-on? I just found out that this is causing a lot of the pauses that I was experiencing. Rather than uninstall it, I just went into my player file and commented out the lines that activated it. That way I can easily re-enable it when I want to use it. This got rid of most of the pausing, although I still get some pauses when going around corners that bring a new area of the track into view. When I get a chance I think I am going to go back to 16 bit color, I think that might get rid of the pauses on corners (by freeing up some more graphics memory). Regards, Haqsau "Nigel Taylor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a2vjn7$qnb$[email hidden]... > Hi folks, > > Reloaded F1-2001 on XP and getting a strange warping affect, esp.noticeable > when turning into corners with other car(s) close in front. It's like > everything pauses for a couple of tenths and then leaps forward -really bad > on turn 6 at Melbourne, happens two or three times in a row. It'salmost > like it's pausing to load the next bit of track, but seems OK on the > straights. Ctrl-F steady at ~60 FPS min and doesn't drop when theabove > happens. > > Using latest F1-2001 patch, 1600x1200x32 (tried 16), P4-2000, GF3Ti500, XP > Pro, 21.83 drivers, LWFF. Tried fiddling with settings; improves if Idrop > detail but should I have to? Fine otherwise. > > TIA > >

Hi Haqsau, No, I'm not using the telemetry add-on, but thanks for your advice. I'm encouraged, in some ways, that the problem is the same as yours - pausing on corners - as I suspect it's a graphics engine issue and not config. I'm now dropping the detail and it seems to be better, although I'm not too happy to have to do so on a P4-2k / GF3 Ti500 combo. Cheers, Nigel > Nigel - > > Are you using the F1 2001 Telemetry add-on? I just found out that this

I went back to 16 bit graphics and saw no improvement in the pausing at corners. The irritating thing is that I know this was not happening when I first installed it, nor immediately after the patch. After going through several video drivers, I don't think it's the drivers either. The only other thing that I have done lately (that I can recall) is install DX8.1. I wonder if that is causing it? XP comes with DX8.1 doesn't it? I sure hope that's not it, because I have heard it is not easy to go back to an earlier DX version, and with XP I don't think you can. Regards, Hal "Nigel Taylor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a3mbrb$47t$[email hidden]...

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> Hi Haqsau, > > No, I'm not using the telemetry add-on, but thanks for your advice. > > I'm encouraged, in some ways, that the problem is the same as yours - > pausing on corners - as I suspect it's a graphics engine issue and not > config. I'm now dropping the detail and it seems to be better,

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> not too happy to have to do so on a P4-2k / GF3 Ti500 combo. > > Cheers, > > Nigel > > > > Nigel - > > > > Are you using the F1 2001 Telemetry add-on? I just found out that

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Mine has started pausing occasionally in the corners as well, and I haven't changed anything on my system. I am running win XP also. Don Burnette "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a3n2qm$17ho11$[email hidden]...

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> I went back to 16 bit graphics and saw no improvement in the pausing at > corners. The irritating thing is that I know this was not happening > when I first installed it, nor immediately after the patch. After going > through several video drivers, I don't think it's the drivers either. > The only other thing that I have done lately (that I can recall) is > install DX8.1. I wonder if that is causing it? XP comes with DX8.1 > doesn't it? I sure hope that's not it, because I have heard it is not > easy to go back to an earlier DX version, and with XP I don't think you > can. > > Regards, > Hal > > > "Nigel Taylor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:a3mbrb$47t$[email hidden]... > > Hi Haqsau, > > > > No, I'm not using the telemetry add-on, but thanks for your advice. > > > > I'm encouraged, in some ways, that the problem is the same as yours - > > pausing on corners - as I suspect it's a graphics engine issue and not > > config. I'm now dropping the detail and it seems to be better, > although I'm > > not too happy to have to do so on a P4-2k / GF3 Ti500 combo. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Nigel > > > > > > > Nigel - > > > > > > Are you using the F1 2001 Telemetry add-on? I just found out that > this > > > > > > >

Yes, Windows XP comes with DirectX 8.1 already installed, and no other "enhancement" should be added. Try cranking down your sound card hardware acceleration a couple notches to the left. Amazing as it sounds (oops!), the interplay between the sound and graphics cards are pretty close. -- Chris H. "Haqsau" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:a3n2qm$17ho11$[email hidden]... > I went back to 16 bit graphics and saw no improvement in the pausing at > corners. The irritating thing is that I know this was not happening > when I first installed it, nor immediately after the patch. After going > through several video drivers, I don't think it's the drivers either. > The only other thing that I have done lately (that I can recall) is > install DX8.1. I wonder if that is causing it? XP comes with DX8.1 > doesn't it? I sure hope that's not it, because I have heard it is not > easy to go back to an earlier DX version, and with XP I don't think you > can. > > Regards, > Hal > > > "Nigel Taylor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:a3mbrb$47t$[email hidden]... > > Hi Haqsau, > > > > No, I'm not using the telemetry add-on, but thanks for your advice. > > > > I'm encouraged, in some ways, that the problem is the same as yours - > > pausing on corners - as I suspect it's a graphics engine issue and not > > config. I'm now dropping the detail and it seems to be better, > although I'm > > not too happy to have to do so on a P4-2k / GF3 Ti500 combo. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Nigel > > > > > > > Nigel - > > > > > > Are you using the F1 2001 Telemetry add-on? I just found out that > this > > > > > > > >

"Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:mrF78.31588 > Mine has started pausing occasionally in the corners as well, and Ihaven't > changed anything on my system. > > I am running win XP also. ^^ I won't say a word...NOT ONE Word. NosirreeyouBob. I'm not gonna get involved in this :) lol dave henrie > > Don Burnette

"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Y9I78.27132$[email hidden]...

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> "Don Burnette" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:mrF78.31588 > > Mine has started pausing occasionally in the corners as well, and I > haven't > > changed anything on my system. > > > > I am running win XP also. > ^^ > I won't say a word...NOT ONE Word. NosirreeyouBob. I'm not gonna get > involved in this > :) lol > dave henrie

LOL, good you know better :). Don Burnette