NFS-PU Nirvana achieved. My experience.

I have had this title since the first day it came out. I was never too happy with the frame rate until recently. I came across two great little "fixes". One was a registry setting to let me get 1024x768 with my V2 SLI. The other was a "patch" that lets me run in Glide mode. WOW-----WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE !!!!The graphics are liquid smooth with glide on my system. Still a little choppy with more that 4 AI or in a tunnel,but much better than before. Now I'm thinking it can't possible get any better that this. But I was wrong. While playing with different graphics settings I went into the sounds options. I did not realize that I did not have hardware accelerated sound on nor did I have the highest quality selected. EAX really makes this game sound awesome. Now these changes didn't make as much of a difference as my HEADPHONES !!!! I read a post a couple months ago by someone expounding the glory of GPL with headphones and have wanted to try them for a while but I didn't own any until this week. It was really late last night and I was trying not to wake the kids so I plugged in my $9.99 Jensen headphones and I WAS BLOWN AWAY !!! The sound is absolutely incredible.(Cue angelic choir singing AHHHH!!) If you own headphones stop reading this and plug them in ,start the game jump in the GT2 and head out on the Autobahn. You will be amazed. This morning with everyone else gone to church I tried something else. I kept 2 of my regular speakers and my subwoofer turned on and still used the headphones. AMAZING !!! You can actually feel the car with the subwoofer pumping. I must say that the sounds for the GT2 car that I downloaded are the best. The in car view is not as muted with this one as the ones that came with the game are. Next it was time to try new wheel settings. I have a MSFF wheel. I set the return to center and FF effects to high in the Sidewinder properties. I think the "return to center "being on high made the biggest difference. Bingo----perfection !!!!! I can honestly say I am totally happy with every aspect of NFS-PU. I must say this is the best looking , sounding and feeling racing title I have ever played since my recent tweaks. Here are my in game settings: GRAPHICS Glide 1024x768 All options set to highest except lens flare turned off and sky to medium (who looks up?) SOUND 3D sound=ON Quality=HIGH Sound effects 80% Engine 100% Speech 50% Ambient world sounds 70% FORCE FEEDBACK SETTINGS Stick volume 85% Road effects 0% Collision 70% Engine 75% Road Grip 100% MY SYSTEM SPECS. PII350 128 MB Ram SBLive! Value FPS 2000 Digital speakers 12 meg V2 SLI Viewsonic PS790 19" MSFF wheel Doug

I have had this title since the first day it came out. I was never too happy with the frame rate until recently. I came across two great little "fixes". One was a registry setting to let me get 1024x768 with my V2 SLI. The other was a "patch" that lets me run in Glide mode. WOW-----WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE !!!!The graphics are liquid smooth with glide on my system. Still a little choppy with more that 4 AI or in a tunnel,but much better than before. Now I'm thinking it can't possible get any better that this. But I was wrong. While playing with different graphics settings I went into the sounds options. I did not realize that I did not have hardware accelerated sound on nor did I have the highest quality selected. EAX really makes this game sound awesome. Now these changes didn't make as much of a difference as my HEADPHONES !!!! I read a post a couple months ago by someone expounding the glory of GPL with headphones and have wanted to try them for a while but I didn't own any until this week. It was really late last night and I was trying not to wake the kids so I plugged in my $9.99 Jensen headphones and I WAS BLOWN AWAY !!! The sound is absolutely incredible.(Cue angelic choir singing AHHHH!!) If you own headphones stop reading this and plug them in ,start the game jump in the GT2 and head out on the Autobahn. You will be amazed. This morning with everyone else gone to church I tried something else. I kept 2 of my regular speakers and my subwoofer turned on and still used the headphones. AMAZING !!! You can actually feel the car with the subwoofer pumping. I must say that the sounds for the GT2 car that I downloaded are the best. The in car view is not as muted with this one as the ones that came with the game are. Next it was time to try new wheel settings. I have a MSFF wheel. I set the return to center and FF effects to high in the Sidewinder properties. I think the "return to center "being on high made the biggest difference. Bingo----perfection !!!!! I can honestly say I am totally happy with every aspect of NFS-PU. I must say this is the best looking , sounding and feeling racing title I have ever played since my recent tweaks. Here are my in game settings: GRAPHICS Glide 1024x768 All options set to highest except lens flare turned off and sky to medium (who looks up?) SOUND 3D sound=ON Quality=HIGH Sound effects 80% Engine 100% Speech 50% Ambient world sounds 70% FORCE FEEDBACK SETTINGS Stick volume 85% Road effects 0% Collision 70% Engine 75% Road Grip 100% MY SYSTEM SPECS. PII350 128 MB Ram SBLive! Value FPS 2000 Digital speakers 12 meg V2 SLI Viewsonic PS790 19" MSFF wheel Doug

"o)+>" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:FwoI4.4247$[email hidden]... > I did the fix & my onscreen menus are garbled ....but my resolution only > jumped up to 856x480...not the desired 1024?? > > are the onscreen menu words stuck that way with the fix/no alternativeother > than going back to the original set up... > > & why is my res not getting to 1024? > Do you have 1 V2 or 2? I think you need SLI for 1024x768. Kinbote

Headphones must be the best-kept secret in sim racing, for some reason. I for one have never been able to understand the attraction with the mega-buck speakers, sub-woofers, etc., for the PC, especially since I have a very nice stereo sitting right next to my PC already -- which is why I've always relied on the cheap generic PC speakers and my trusty Sony "earbud" headphones for sim racing. In fact, if it weren't for my headphones, I wouldn't be able to get in even a fraction of the sim racing time I enjoy now -- even as understanding and loving as my wife is, she would most likely draw the line if this was a NOISY hobby, as well as a time-consuming one. <G> At any rate, I've always felt that headphones are the way to go -- even when I'm the only one at home, it just doesn't "sound" right to me when I've tried using my PC speakers, versus using headphones. Of course, when I'm at home by myself, the Aura Interactor really DOES add to the experience -- but that's another story (and a noisy one at that). <G> -- JB In article <2q5I4.7676$[email hidden]>, "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote: > I have had this title since the first day it came out. I was never toohappy > with the frame rate until recently. I came across two great little"fixes". > One was a registry setting to let me get 1024x768 with my V2 SLI. Theother > was a "patch" that lets me run in Glide mode. WOW-----WHOLE NEWEXPERIENCE > !!!!The graphics are liquid smooth with glide on my system. Still alittle > choppy with more that 4 AI or in a tunnel,but much better than before. > > Now I'm thinking it can't possible get any better that this. But I was > wrong. While playing with different graphics settings I went into the > sounds options. I did not realize that I did not have hardwareaccelerated > sound on nor did I have the highest quality selected. EAX reallymakes this > game sound awesome. Now these changes didn't make as much of adifference as > my HEADPHONES !!!! I read a post a couple months ago by someoneexpounding > the glory of GPL with headphones and have wanted to try them for awhile but > I didn't own any until this week. It was really late last night and Iwas > trying not to wake the kids so I plugged in my $9.99 Jensen > headphones and I WAS BLOWN AWAY !!! The sound is absolutelyincredible.(Cue > angelic choir singing AHHHH!!) If you own headphones stop reading thisand > plug them in ,start the game jump in the GT2 and head out on theAutobahn. > You will be amazed. > This morning with everyone else gone to church I tried somethingelse. I > kept 2 of my regular speakers and my subwoofer turned on and stillused the > headphones. AMAZING !!! You can actually feel the car with thesubwoofer > pumping. I must say that the sounds for the GT2 car that I downloadedare > the best. The in car view is not as muted with this one as the onesthat > came with the game are. > > Next it was time to try new wheel settings. I have a MSFF wheel. I setthe > return to center and FF effects to high in the Sidewinder properties.I > think the "return to center "being on high made the biggestdifference. > Bingo----perfection !!!!! I can honestly say I am totally happy withevery > aspect of NFS-PU. > I must say this is the best looking , sounding and feeling racingtitle I

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> have ever played since my recent tweaks. > > Here are my in game settings: > > GRAPHICS > Glide 1024x768 > All options set to highest except lens flare turned off and sky to

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> (who looks up?) > > SOUND > 3D sound=ON > Quality=HIGH > Sound effects 80% > Engine 100% > Speech 50% > Ambient world sounds 70% > > FORCE FEEDBACK SETTINGS > Stick volume 85% > Road effects 0% > Collision 70% > Engine 75% > Road Grip 100% > > MY SYSTEM SPECS. > PII350 > 128 MB Ram > SBLive! Value > FPS 2000 Digital speakers > 12 meg V2 SLI > Viewsonic PS790 19" > MSFF wheel > > Doug > >

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Would you care to share the whereabouts of the patch and the registry settings with the rest of us? Slot

For the Voodoo2 glide fix go here: http://www.nfscheats.com/nfsrage/pu/hackspatches.htm And here is the Sli Fix: "The reason you get only 800x600 is because NFS5PU is not recognizing SLI - it's using only 1 of the cards! Fortunately there's an easy solution to this. Edit your registry under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Electronic Arts\Need For Speed - Porsche Unleashed and change the "Thrash Driver" from "dx" to "voodoo2" Enjoy the higher fps and 1024x768!" Encipherator "GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> asked in message news:ZV8I4.737$[email hidden]...

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> Would you care to share the whereabouts of the patch and the registry > settings with the rest of us? > > Slot > > >

The Sli fix is cool, great that I can run it in 1024 now, but I thought the game allready run in Glide with my voodoo 2 card? What does the glide patch do exactly? Andre On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 01:07:25 GMT, "Doug Hook" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>For the Voodoo2 glide fix go here: >http://www.nfscheats.com/nfsrage/pu/hackspatches.htm > >And here is the Sli Fix: > >"The reason you get only 800x600 is because NFS5PU >is not recognizing SLI - it's using only 1 of the cards! Fortunately >there's an easy solution to this. Edit your registry under: >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Electronic Arts\Need For Speed - Porsche >Unleashed and change the "Thrash Driver" from "dx" to "voodoo2" >Enjoy the higher fps and 1024x768!" >Encipherator > > > >"GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> asked in message >news:ZV8I4.737$[email hidden]... >> Would you care to share the whereabouts of the patch and the registry >> settings with the rest of us? >> >> Slot >> >> >> > >

I did the fix & my onscreen menus are garbled ....but my resolution only jumped up to 856x480...not the desired 1024?? are the onscreen menu words stuck that way with the fix/no alternative other than going back to the original set up... & why is my res not getting to 1024? thanks TP reply here or remove NOSPAM

nope.. in fact a 3k edges out the SLI combo.

You only need one of these fixes - the results of both are identical - switching to glide and making more resolutions available. Caution: After the fix menu text quality deteriorates and the current gear indicator in the HUD may be pushed off screen at certain resolutions. Doug Hook wrote:

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> For the Voodoo2 glide fix go here: > http://www.nfscheats.com/nfsrage/pu/hackspatches.htm > > And here is the Sli Fix: > > "The reason you get only 800x600 is because NFS5PU > is not recognizing SLI - it's using only 1 of the cards! Fortunately > there's an easy solution to this. Edit your registry under: > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Electronic Arts\Need For Speed - Porsche > Unleashed and change the "Thrash Driver" from "dx" to "voodoo2" > Enjoy the higher fps and 1024x768!" > Encipherator > > "GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> asked in message > news:ZV8I4.737$[email hidden]... > > Would you care to share the whereabouts of the patch and the registry > > settings with the rest of us? > > > > Slot > > > > > >

I did the fix & my onscreen menus are garbled ....but my resolution only jumped up to 856x480...not the desired 1024?? are the onscreen menu words stuck that way with the fix/no alternative other than going back to the original set up... & why is my res not getting to 1024? thanks TP reply here or remove NOSPAM

yup...I only have one! but the changing the thrash in the registry to voodoo 2 seems to make the game smoother even with one card.... I wonder if 2 V2's SLI are better than 1 V3 3500?? TP

nope.. in fact a 3k edges out the SLI combo. "o)+>" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:PzvI4.13670$[email hidden]... > yup...I only have one! but the changing the thrash in the registry tovoodoo

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> 2 seems to make the game smoother even with one card.... > > I wonder if 2 V2's SLI are better than 1 V3 3500?? > > TP > >