GPL - screen freezes?

Hi racers, when I drive GPL, the screen sometimes freezes for, let us say, half a second or so. It varies though. And this happens for. ex. 3 to 4 times in a 4 lap race at Bremgarten. I guess it must have something to do with the program saving the rpy-file? Should I change some system settings? Or perhaps I should edit the replayMemoryOverride = 20000 in the core.ini? How much larger? My system: AMD 1.1 GHz, 256MB ram, GeForce2 GTS, Sony 17" Triniton, GPL 1.2. with 3D3-patch, vsync off Thanks in advance! Arto

I get a similar problem, but just once just as I leave the pits, or just after the flag drops in a race, It happens on all tracks every time without fail. My system: Abit BF6, Celeron 600@950, 128MB PC100 SDRAM, Voodoo 3 3000, GPL 1.2 in glide. Sorry I can't help Arto, But similar problem, might be similar cause. Mark "Arto Wikla" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wikla.980017492@kanasaari... > Hi racers, > > when I drive GPL, the screen sometimes freezesfor, let us say, > half a second or so. It varies though. And thishappens for. ex. > 3 to 4 times in a 4 lap race at Bremgarten. > > I guess it must have something to do with theprogram saving the > rpy-file? > > Should I change some system settings? Or perhapsI should edit > the replayMemoryOverride = 20000 in thecore.ini? How much larger? > > My system: AMD 1.1 GHz, 256MB ram, GeForce2 GTS,Sony 17" Triniton, > GPL 1.2. with 3D3-patch, vsync off > > Thanks in advance! > > Arto

I don't get any hiccups in gpl..in other sims I do tho..I guess the first place to look is the drivers...are yours up to date? The last set of official 3dfx drivers were released between November 11th and November 20th. Your default replay value shouldn't be causing a problem unless you are VERY low on memory AND harddrive space. Do the boring things first... scandisk and defrag your hard drive. Use cnrtl-alt-delete to turn off any background programs you don't need. I'm not sure about the GTS..but there are some bios settings that can affect performance..make sure you visit a Nvidia fan site and get some tweeks for the GTS. (I believe the agp setting is especially critical) Also make sure your soundcard drivers are up to date as well. Good luck dave henrie "Mark Aisthorpe" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:zdra6.4919$[email hidden]...

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> I get a similar problem, but just once just as I > leave > the pits, or just after the flag drops in a race, > It happens on all tracks every time without fail. > > My system: Abit BF6, Celeron 600@950, 128MB PC100 > SDRAM, > Voodoo 3 3000, GPL 1.2 in glide. > > Sorry I can't help Arto, But similar problem, > might be similar cause. > > Mark > > "Arto Wikla" <[email hidden]> wrote in > message news:wikla.980017492@kanasaari... > > Hi racers, > > > > when I drive GPL, the screen sometimes freezes > for, let us say, > > half a second or so. It varies though. And this > happens for. ex. > > 3 to 4 times in a 4 lap race at Bremgarten. > > > > I guess it must have something to do with the > program saving the > > rpy-file? > > > > Should I change some system settings? Or perhaps > I should edit > > the replayMemoryOverride = 20000 in the > core.ini? How much larger? > > > > My system: AMD 1.1 GHz, 256MB ram, GeForce2 GTS, > Sony 17" Triniton, > > GPL 1.2. with 3D3-patch, vsync off > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Arto > >

I have same Problem, a stutter after leaving pits or start.If anyone has any ideas it would be a help. I have all the latest drivers etc. Joe Arto Wikla <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wikla.980017492@kanasaari...

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> Hi racers, > > when I drive GPL, the screen sometimes freezes for, let us say, > half a second or so. It varies though. And this happens for. ex. > 3 to 4 times in a 4 lap race at Bremgarten. > > I guess it must have something to do with the program saving the > rpy-file? > > Should I change some system settings? Or perhaps I should edit > the replayMemoryOverride = 20000 in the core.ini? How much larger? > > My system: AMD 1.1 GHz, 256MB ram, GeForce2 GTS, Sony 17" Triniton, > GPL 1.2. with 3D3-patch, vsync off > > Thanks in advance! > > Arto

Same here. It happens random with allmost the same system except a voodoo 5 and 128 mb ram. any ideas would help. Thanks. Alexander. Arto Wikla wrote:

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> Hi racers, > > when I drive GPL, the screen sometimes freezes for, let us say, > half a second or so. It varies though. And this happens for. ex. > 3 to 4 times in a 4 lap race at Bremgarten. > > I guess it must have something to do with the program saving the > rpy-file? > > Should I change some system settings? Or perhaps I should edit > the replayMemoryOverride = 20000 in the core.ini? How much larger? > > My system: AMD 1.1 GHz, 256MB ram, GeForce2 GTS, Sony 17" Triniton, > GPL 1.2. with 3D3-patch, vsync off > > Thanks in advance! > > Arto

Interesting... I thought it was because of my old system (233MMX, 32 MB, VooDoo 2), but as you have the same with 1.1 GB, 256 MB and VooDoo5... It happens at Bremgarten much more than at other tracks, but I wasn't too surprised because the frame rate at Bremgarten is appr. 20; at Monza I run a 'solid' (ahem...) 30-32. Regards, Bert "Marki000" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Same here. It happens random with allmost the same system except a > voodoo 5 and 128 mb ram. any ideas would help. Thanks. > > Alexander. > > Arto Wikla wrote: > > > Hi racers, > > > > when I drive GPL, the screen sometimes freezes for, let us say, > > half a second or so. It varies though. And this happens for. ex. > > 3 to 4 times in a 4 lap race at Bremgarten. > > > > I guess it must have something to do with the program saving the > > rpy-file? > > > > Should I change some system settings? Or perhaps I should edit > > the replayMemoryOverride = 20000 in the core.ini? How much larger? > > > > My system: AMD 1.1 GHz, 256MB ram, GeForce2 GTS, Sony 17" Triniton, > > GPL 1.2. with 3D3-patch, vsync off > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Arto >

I've just started getting this as well - so far I've only noticed it at Bremgarten, but then again I've just installed DirectX 8, so that might be it. Quite an improvement in framerate with DX8 as well - with full detail at Bremgarten I was getting 20fps in the trees, and it went up to 30. Still not good enough though - it causes a strange type of instability, which goes away if I set track objects to "few". I'm using an Nvidia Model 64, which is far slower than the Voodoo 3 I used to have (before it overheated). Come back 3dfx, all is forgiven! "Bert Hilberink" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:94i2v0$10860$[email hidden]... > Interesting... > > I thought it was because of my old system (233MMX, 32 MB, VooDoo 2), butas > you have the same with 1.1 GB, 256 MB and VooDoo5... > > It happens at Bremgarten much more than at other tracks, but I wasn't too > surprised because the frame rate at Bremgarten is appr. 20; at Monza I runa

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> 'solid' (ahem...) 30-32. > > Regards, > > Bert > "Marki000" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Same here. It happens random with allmost the same system except a > > voodoo 5 and 128 mb ram. any ideas would help. Thanks. > > > > Alexander. > > > > Arto Wikla wrote: > > > > > Hi racers, > > > > > > when I drive GPL, the screen sometimes freezes for, let us say, > > > half a second or so. It varies though. And this happens for. ex. > > > 3 to 4 times in a 4 lap race at Bremgarten. > > > > > > I guess it must have something to do with the program saving the > > > rpy-file? > > > > > > Should I change some system settings? Or perhaps I should edit > > > the replayMemoryOverride = 20000 in the core.ini? How much larger? > > > > > > My system: AMD 1.1 GHz, 256MB ram, GeForce2 GTS, Sony 17" Triniton, > > > GPL 1.2. with 3D3-patch, vsync off > > > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > Arto > > > >

I get the brief freezes on the first lap only - apparently it is loading textures to RAM, or something like that. They are always on the exact same place on the track. E.g. on Silverstone just at the entry of the 2nd last turn - easily makes you spin off, and just before going under the bridge before last turn. I am desperately looking for a fix for this... My system: AMD K7 600MHz, TNT2 Ultra 2X AGP 32MB, 256MB RAM Kind regards Anton Sorensen

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>I get the brief freezes on the first lap only - apparently it is loading >textures to RAM, or something like that. They are always on the exact same >place on the track. E.g. on Silverstone just at the entry of the 2nd last >turn - easily makes you spin off, and just before going under the bridge >before last turn. >I am desperately looking for a fix for this... > >My system: >AMD K7 600MHz, TNT2 Ultra 2X AGP 32MB, 256MB RAM

You get freezes with THAT system? Whoa... What resolution and graphics level are you running. I must have missed it if you stated earlier. I have a K6-3 400 and I don't have a problem in that location. 1024X768, detail slider left of center, most textures off in mirrors... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +28.80...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

EldredP <[email hidden]> wrote: > You get freezes with THAT system? Whoa... What resolution and graphics level > are you running. I must have missed it if you stated earlier. I have a K6-3 > 400 and I don't have a problem in that location. 1024X768, detail slider left > of center, most textures off in mirrors... My settings are the same. I am using the DX driver which gived the best frame rate - I believe the stutter disappears with the OpenGL driver, but it's too slow to be preferred. I am pretty certain that the pause at Silverstone happens when the farm enters the world for the first time. It is tempting to get a Geforce2 card to see if that helps, but I am not sure it will... Anton