Hello,
I'm just wondering if anyone might have some tried and tested methods for
optimizing the frame rate, etc.of F12K on a machine similar to mine.
Thank you in advance,
Ed
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Yeah, I went out and bought a PIII 600!
G-Loc
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> Hello, > I'm just wondering if anyone might have some tried and tested methods for > optimizing the frame rate, etc.of F12K on a machine similar to mine. > > Thank you in advance, > Ed > [email hidden] > > >I just upgraded to a new Duron 700 and F1 2000 now flies for me, but I
was previously running F1 2000 on my AMD K6-2 500 system with a TNT2
Ultra; prior to that, I was also achieving playable frame rates on an
AMD K6-2 450 with a Voodoo Banshee card, so if you're willing to
compromise a little on graphics, you should be able to run F1 2000 just
fine. On my wimpy, mid-range AMD K6-2 400 system (oc'ed from 350) with
64 MB of RAM and an aging 16 MB Voodoo Banshee card (not overclocked),
I was achieving pretty decent frame rates in F12000 (in Quick Race
mode, I see no less than 15 around the pit areas, up to 30 elsewhere,
and averages in the low-to-mid 20s -- very playable and surprisingly
smooth). I use FRAPS (http://www.fraps.com/) to check the frame rate,
FYI.
Please note that I've also optimized my system using the "Cacheman"
utility (www.tweakfiles.com/memory/cacheman.html). I highly recommend
this -- it's a cheap, painless way to improve your system's performance
overall, and you don't have to be a computer guru to use it (just
select the "3D gaming system" or "low memory system" setting and re-
boot).
Here are the in-game settings I'm using in F12000 -- if you have a 500+
MHz PII or PIII system and a Voodoo 3 or 5, TNT2, or GeForce video
card, you should be getting MUCH better performance than I am seeing
using these same settings. Also, make sure you're using the 1.09 patch
(you can get it at the Blackhole Motorsports site --
http://www.bhmotorsports.com/). Give them a try, and you might be
surprised:
DISPLAY SETTINGS
Cockpit:
Cockpit detail - High
Moving steering wheel - off
Mirrors - off <THIS IS CRITICAL>
Miscellaneous (mirrors) - off
Trees (mirrors) - off
Billboards (mirrors) - off
Buildings (mirrors) - off
Bridges (mirrors) - off
Grandstands (mirrors) - off
Pit lane objects (mirrors) - off <THIS IS CRITICAL!>
Special Effects:
Bilinear Filtering - Off
Specular Highlighting - Off
Environment Mapping - Off
Race Groove - On
Skybox - Off
Everything else Off
Miscellaneous:
Movies - Off
Tooltips - 1.5
Measurement Units - Imperial
Page Transitions - Off
Placement Map - Off
Message Center Detail - High
Default View - Cockpit
World:
Resolution - 800x600
Viewing Distance - Maximum
Level of Detail Distance - Maximum
Fog Distance - Low
Texture Mapping Detail - Low
Player Vehicle Detail - Low
Other Driver Vehicle Detail - Low
Max. No. Visible Vehicles - 7
Miscellaneous - On
Trees - On
Billboards - Off (this setting not endorsed by Games-Advertising)
Bridges - On
Grandstands - On
Pit Lane Objects - Off
Unsupported Features:
MIP Mapping -- Off
Using these settings, F12000 should feel MUCH better, and it will sitll
look decent. All in all, the overall experience with F12000 on my K6-2
500 reminded me of when I first started playing GPL on my old AMD K6-
200 system with 16 MB of RAM and a first-generation Voodoo card. On
that system, I had to play at 640x480 resolution, with mirrors turned
off and world details cut back, but it was great. If it hadn't been for
GPL, I would probably still have that system, in fact -- the upgrades
were more than worth it for GPL, but not really necessary for any other
reason. Ah, well -- that's progress! <G>
You can also get a performance boost by running in "Window Mode"
(change the config.ini file so to run the game in a window - this
should increase the frame rate but not in all cases apparantly). You
might also try altering your system rating in the config.ini file; the
game probably pegged your system as a "3," but a value of "2" or
even "1" will give you less detail but better frame rates.
Hope this helps a bit!
-- JB
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> Hello,
> I'm just wondering if anyone might have some tried and tested methodsfor
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> optimizing the frame rate, etc.of F12K on a machine similar to mine. > > Thank you in advance, > Ed > [email hidden] > >Wow. Good for you -- I just got a Duron 700. So how is that going to
help Ed get F12K to run better on HIS system?
-- JB
P.S. BTW, you paid too much -- you should have bought a Duron system.
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