My brother and I have identical P100s with 28.8 modems (the brands are
no-name, but they are both V42bis Hayes compatible). Standalone, we can
play GP2 in SVGA with all details on in forward view (except sky) and
still maintain 15fps. When we do a modem link though, the game is so
slow that it is unplayable (seems to be about 10fps).
We have tried SVGA no graphics on, and VGA no graphics on, but both are
equally unplayable (it is strange that VGA is virtually no faster than
SVGA).
The processor occupancy of the calling machine hovers around 200 in SVGA
and 120 in VGA (the answering macine is at 150 and 60).
We have tried connections and 19200, 38400 and 57600.
We both have data compression turned off in our init. strings (%C0 for
our modems). We have tried connections using Direct Mode (no error
correction - \N1 on our modems) and V42bis with error correction(\N3 or
\N6 on our modems). The best result we had was with V42bis and error
correction on (I know that error correction should be turned off) at
38400 - but even that was virtually unplayable with SVGA (no detail).
Is this game unplayable via modem? Do you need P166 / P200 or something
to play it by modem?
We both successfully play Indycar 2 and Nascar via modem (at 9600) with
all details on except grass and no degradation. Why does this not seem
possible with GP2? We have tried various init strings that perform well
with Indycar 2 and Nascar - none give us playable performance in GP2.
A question - what do the 9600 / 19200 / 38400 / 57600 buttons in the
game control (is it data transfer rate between modem and PC?). If these
are for PC - modem data rates, what data rate should you use for modem
to modem connection (ie - what rate should you force your modem to in
the init string - we have tried 9600, 19200 and 28800)?
If anyone can help, please e-mail me or post a reply here. This game is
so good, that it seems a crime not to be able to play it against real
live people!
