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NASCAR traffic woes

4 posts by 3 people · 28 Nov 1995 - 29 Nov 1995

David Spark 28 Nov 1995#308263
>Dave, if your car gets a lot looser when in traffic, it COULD be that >the other cars are 'pulling' the air off of your rear spoiler=reduced >downforce on your rearend. Try adding a few degrees... I'm running full spoiler. Someone else pointed out that it could be that the frame rate has dropped enough that it just feels loose, ie. you can't see the car turning so you overcorrect and pretty soon the back end is just swinging around like a pendulum. I was playing around last night and came to the same conclusion. Pretty disappointing considering I'm running on a Pentium 100. I guess I'll just have to wait for NASCAR 2 and start saving up for a Pentium Pro 200... Dave
Lee Cowa 29 Nov 1995#308335
What resolution are you running and what graphic options do you have turned on? I'm running on a 486-66 and in VGA with car detail, object and ***/skid marks on running in traffic is only a little choppy. Lee
David Spark 29 Nov 1995#308336
>What resolution are you running and what graphic options do you have >turned on? I'm running on a 486-66 and in VGA with car detail, object >and ***/skid marks on running in traffic is only a little choppy. >Lee SVGA, all detail turned off except objects (object texture is off), skid marks, car detail is set to auto, 12 ahead, 2 behind, 1 heard, min frame rate at 25. I remember noticing that the frame rate got pretty choppy along the front straight when I was qualifying. I guess with all the traffic lined up, it must get pretty miserable. This is on a 100MHz Pentium with 32MB RAM and a Diamond Stealth 64 PCI graphics card w/4MB VRAM. I'm going to try turning off the objects during restarts until the traffic thins out and see if that helps. I hate to drop the number of cars because if there's a wreck, I won't see it until it's too late. Dave
vore 29 Nov 1995#308337
> What resolution are you running and what graphic options do you have > turned on? I'm running on a 486-66 and in VGA with car detail, object > and ***/skid marks on running in traffic is only a little choppy. > Lee My theory: i thing your computer doesn't know what it has at it's disposal. if your 32 megs ram isn't allocated your computer won't use it. your graphivc card could be a prob too... i run a pentium 90 with 8megs ram, 2 megs video, and i run the game (all tracks 40 car field) * vga graphics, * 10 ahead * 5 behind * 4 heard * everything on (debris, skidmarks, etc...) * full detail, everything textured and my frame rate stays between my designated 25-30 /sec nice and smooth

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