GTR and ATI Drivers

Been playing GTR like there's no tomorrow. Had a graphics glitch when exiting pits, the screen had some minor freezes so I thought it best to update the ATI drivers from 4.9 to 4.11. The freezes went away but the frame rate dropped, specially in multiplayer where the game became unplayable. Reverted back to the 4.9's everything's fine now (except for the freezes...). Just thought I'd post this in case somebody has the same problem. Joao Gonzalez

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> Been playing GTR like there's no tomorrow. > > Had a graphics glitch when exiting pits, the screen had some minor > freezes so I thought it best to update the ATI drivers from 4.9 to > 4.11. > > The freezes went away but the frame rate dropped, specially in > multiplayer where the game became unplayable. Reverted back to the > 4.9's everything's fine now (except for the freezes...). > > Just thought I'd post this in case somebody has the same problem. > > > Joao Gonzalez >

When does it freeze? When you first start moving and the other cars come into view? Try this...when you enter the car, or from a menu where you can see the cars in the pits, and cycle thru them(usually the + and - keys) once you have gone thru viewing the field, you should be able to exit the pits smoothly. Of course this is from F1c since I can't get GTR til next year. Hopefully it will work. dave henrie

> Just thought I'd post this in case somebody has the same problem. I'm using 4.11. Everything is fine except the MoTeC dial on the F575 is corrupt. Don't recall having the problem when I had 4.9 installed.

Damien, You must have your stuff set to 32 bit or you will see that problem. Chad "Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... >> Just thought I'd post this in case somebody has the same problem. > > I'm using 4.11. Everything is fine except the MoTeC dial on the F575 is > corrupt. Don't recall having the problem when I had 4.9 installed. > >

Yeh set the desktop to 32bit and it will work ok...

OK, cheers. I'll have to reduce my resolution though. :-(

Kind of a double post. I posted earler about this but can't find the post using OE and can't send a repply using google. In summary: Cat 4.11s cause a major frame rate drop in GTR, Cat 4.9's don't but cause some micro-freezes when exiting pits. Thanks Dave Henry for the tips. Cycling the cars make's it better, but the micro-freezes are really not a major issue as they only happen when existing pits. New 4.12's are out, will try them (no mention of GTR under "Fixed in this Driver" though...).

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> Kind of a double post. I posted earler about this but can't find the post > using OE and can't send a repply using google. > > In summary: Cat 4.11s cause a major frame rate drop in GTR, Cat 4.9's > don't but cause some micro-freezes when exiting pits. > > Thanks Dave Henry for the tips. Cycling the cars make's it better, but the > micro-freezes are really not a major issue as they only happen when > existing pits. > > New 4.12's are out, will try them (no mention of GTR under "Fixed in this > Driver" though...). > > >

Dave Henrie, not Dave Henry...