I noticed a strange thing in this fantastic game. I have an Athlon 600 Mhz
and a Microsoft FF Wheel (not USB). If I enable the force feedback, the game
doesn't run very smoothly, even at 640*480. If I play without feedback,
everything runs ok, even at 1024*768! How can this be possible. I tried to
reinstall drivers, I tried with windows me and 98se, but nothing changes. Is
feedback so power draining? i find this rather strange. Anyone may help out
there? thanks!
MSFF wheel eats cpu cycles with FF turned on. I didn't realize it was that
bad though. A long time ago I played Sports Car GT with a MS Sidewinder FF
joystick and it was unplayable with FF on at any resolution. With it off,
1024x768 on a PII 333 was fine (except at Desert Speedway for some reason).
Logitech FF seems to be much more CPU friendly.
"Matteo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I noticed a strange thing in this fantastic game. I have an Athlon 600 Mhz
> and a Microsoft FF Wheel (not USB). If I enable the force feedback, thegame
> doesn't run very smoothly, even at 640*480. If I play without feedback,
> everything runs ok, even at 1024*768! How can this be possible. I tried to
> reinstall drivers, I tried with windows me and 98se, but nothing changes.Is
> feedback so power draining? i find this rather strange. Anyone may helpout
> there? thanks!
>
>
On Fri, 05 Jan 2001 18:36:16 GMT, "Matteo" <[email hidden]>
wrote:
Yep, I too noticed the framerate drop when switching to the MSFF.
However, a lot of FPS can be gained by turning off Environmental
Mapping in Advanced Graphics.
/petern
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>I noticed a strange thing in this fantastic game. I have an Athlon 600 Mhz >and a Microsoft FF Wheel (not USB). If I enable the force feedback, the game >doesn't run very smoothly, even at 640*480. If I play without feedback, >everything runs ok, even at 1024*768! How can this be possible. I tried to >reinstall drivers, I tried with windows me and 98se, but nothing changes. Is >feedback so power draining? i find this rather strange. Anyone may help out >there? thanks!> MSFF wheel eats cpu cycles with FF turned on. I didn't realize it was that
> bad though. A long time ago I played Sports Car GT with a MS Sidewinder FF
> joystick and it was unplayable with FF on at any resolution. With it off,
> 1024x768 on a PII 333 was fine (except at Desert Speedway for somereason).
On a PIII 500 I've never had a problem with FF on the MSFF until I got CMR2.
But the jerkiness induced in CMR2 is very noticeable.
Bobby
