I'm going to buy it regardless - but the promo says 36 stages - is the
demo 1 stage ? So about 36 x the demo ? Are other stages of equal quality
to the demo, or have they put all the eye candy in the shop window ?
also, given you can't tweak the car in the demo (to my knowledge), what's
are the sorts of times people are setting in the Harwood forest stage :) ?
TIA for any replies.
hb wrote:
>
> I'm going to buy it regardless - but the promo says 36 stages - is the
> demo 1 stage ? So about 36 x the demo ? Are other stages of equal quality
> to the demo, or have they put all the eye candy in the shop window ?
equal quality.
Charlie
hb wrote:
> I'm going to buy it regardless - but the promo says 36 stages - is the
> demo 1 stage ? So about 36 x the demo ? Are other stages of equal quality
> to the demo, or have they put all the eye candy in the shop window ?
>
> also, given you can't tweak the car in the demo (to my knowledge), what's
> are the sorts of times people are setting in the Harwood forest stage :) ?
If I could keep it out of the hedge all the way through on a regular
basis, it'd be nice. IIRC my best was about 40s off the stage record,
which I thought was ok for a first go without hitting anything, until I
discovered I couldn't do it again. I think I need more practice... or
perhaps a bit of fiddling with the wheel settings. On the replay I can
see that the front wheels are moving far too often and by far too much,
so if I can cure that, maybe I'll be able to keep it on the road...
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Phil
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drive slower ;)
Charlie
Charlie wrote:
> drive slower ;)
Pah :p
Just adjusted the controller and it helped a lot - in the first sector I
was up on the stage record. So, I got cocky and threw it into the weeds
- the co-driver's "Ouch!" is a nice touch, IMO. Getting there though,
4:12 now. I've worked out how to reduce the screen res too in a hunt for
better frame rates, because that does seem to be an issue despite the
Radeon 9800 Pro, which was supposed to be a good card back in February...
--
Phil
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1:12.43 2:22.30 3:41.68. I still had 3-4 mistakes though so it wont be
much longer till Im in the 30's.
Mitch
"hb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:p5t9d.18182>
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> also, given you can't tweak the car in the demo (to my knowledge), what's > are the sorts of times people are setting in the Harwood forest stage :) > ? > > TIA for any replies. > >Phil Newnham <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<ck5tm0$lmu$[email hidden]>...
*cough* unoptimised console port.
Get CMR'05, not only does it look infinitely better it runs better too.
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> Charlie wrote: > > drive slower ;) > > Pah :p > > Just adjusted the controller and it helped a lot - in the first sector I > was up on the stage record. So, I got cocky and threw it into the weeds > - the co-driver's "Ouch!" is a nice touch, IMO. Getting there though, > 4:12 now. I've worked out how to reduce the screen res too in a hunt for > better frame rates, because that does seem to be an issue despite the > Radeon 9800 Pro, which was supposed to be a good card back in February...
> better frame rates, because that does seem to be an issue despite the
> Radeon 9800 Pro, which was supposed to be a good card back in February...
Hey phil, I have a 9800 Pro as well (128MB) and I'm getting 60-120fps
(sometimes steady 120's on some stages) at 1024x and everything at full..
Mike
"Phil Newnham" wrote ...
> I've worked out how to reduce the screen res too in a hunt for betterframe rates, because that does seem to be an issue despite the Radeon 9800
Pro, which was supposed to be a good card back in February...
I know the feeling, I have an ATI 9800 XT. But I did my usual trick of
switching to the hood cam, or in this case I guess it should be a 'bonnet
cam', and the FPS increased noticably. I enjoy a cockpit view if it's well
done, but the one in RBR didn't thrill me anyway, so it was an easy
trade-off to get better frame rates.
...Klinn
>"hb" <[email hidden]> wrote
> I'm going to buy it regardless - but the promo says 36 stages - is the
> demo 1 stage ? So about 36 x the demo ? Are other stages of equal
> quality
> to the demo, or have they put all the eye candy in the shop window ?
Trust me there, quality vs. quantity, and the scale blew up on the side of
quality. The stages are all about fairly short, 4 minutes average, but they
are really superb.
I've never seen, RC2000 included, tighter stages than the Japan ones.
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>"cronik" <[email hidden]> wrote
> Get CMR'05, not only does it look infinitely better it runs better too.
Look kid, this is rec.autos.simulators. Take this arcade crap outtahere.
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Mike Beauchamp wrote:
As am I with the exact same card.
(I hate to write a me too, but I figure it helps narrow it down to
something other than the video card, which would be a foolish thing to
upgrade at this point.)
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>> better frame rates, because that does seem to be an issue despite >> the Radeon 9800 Pro, which was supposed to be a good card back in >> February... > > > Hey phil, I have a 9800 Pro as well (128MB) and I'm getting 60-120fps > (sometimes steady 120's on some stages) at 1024x and everything at > full.. > > Mike >There are really only 4 stages per country as 2 of the "6" are just reversed
versions of one of the actual 4 stages. On average they are substantially
shorter than real WRC stages. This sucks immensely because the driving
model/physics is good enough that we would want many, many real stages to
drive/race.
On the plus side, the stages that are there are very meticulously crafted
and seem very realistic.
Marc
"hb" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:p5t9d.18182$[email hidden]...
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> I'm going to buy it regardless - but the promo says 36 stages - is the > demo 1 stage ? So about 36 x the demo ? Are other stages of equal > quality > to the demo, or have they put all the eye candy in the shop window ? > > also, given you can't tweak the car in the demo (to my knowledge), what's > are the sorts of times people are setting in the Harwood forest stage :) > ? > > TIA for any replies. > >Mike Beauchamp wrote:
>>better frame rates, because that does seem to be an issue despite the
>>Radeon 9800 Pro, which was supposed to be a good card back in February...
>
>
> Hey phil, I have a 9800 Pro as well (128MB) and I'm getting 60-120fps
> (sometimes steady 120's on some stages) at 1024x and everything at full..
Hmmm. I didn't really try very hard to reduce what else is running, so I
guess the problem is more likely with system RAM than the video card. I
haven't got any money for upgrading either...
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Phil
http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/31307.html
Mike Beauchamp wrote:
>>better frame rates, because that does seem to be an issue despite the
>>Radeon 9800 Pro, which was supposed to be a good card back in February...
>
>
> Hey phil, I have a 9800 Pro as well (128MB) and I'm getting 60-120fps
> (sometimes steady 120's on some stages) at 1024x and everything at full..
Oh, and I was trying to run it at 1280x1024, rather than 1024x768,
because the former is the native res. of my flatscreen...
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Phil
http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/31307.html
In article <is%9d.41506$[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] (Marc Collins) wrote:
> On the plus side, the stages that are there are very meticulously
> crafted and seem very realistic.
Agreed, very nicely modelled tracks indeed. Besides, I'm so glad to
*finally* have an excellent rally sim that I'd have settled for just one
short track! Heck, just sliding around the flat practise area can still
bring a bring grin to my face. Makes me realise why the local kids do it
night after night after night after <yawn> night in the car park outside
these flats.
Which reminds me, must buy some more airgun pellets.
Andrew McP
