Strange things in GP2

G'day First, GP2 is great! Sure it has it's few bugs, and I don't like the way I can drive the same setup the same way in a race and my lap times go down by 2-3 seconds, but it beats the hell out of your car disappearing completely like on Laguna Seca in IndycarII or driving around in circles in Nascar. Each time I drive Nascar, I worry that I'm missing some right hand turn onto the actual track and just driving around a pit entry lane. :-) I have a question tho' I downloaded a new SVGA***pit (Williams) and the 1996 car set which is incredible, and those people involved have my undying respect and admiration for making a great game even better. I have very little artistic ability :-) After setting these things up, and running GP2 with my normal SW configuration, the game sped up dramatically. eg. SVGA, Medium Detail, Road, Curb, Fence, Trackside and Grass textures on is how I normally race. My usually occupancy rate for this around Adelaide is 117% on the main straight down to 76% on the back straight. This dropped to 105% on the main straight and 64% on the back after I loaded the car sets and ***pit - regularly. It's clearly faster on other tracks visually as well. Not complaining, just confused - anyone else seen this? Running P120, 16mb, S3Virge(Trio64+) with 2mb SW - S3SPDUP(Vesa), Univbe5.3 on top Mad Catz Steering wheel and Pedals. Still trying to beat 1:23 for Monza (practice-practice-practice)

>G'day >I have a question tho' I downloaded a new SVGA***pit (Williams) >and the 1996 car set which is incredible, and those people >involved have my undying respect and admiration for making a great >game even better. I have very little artistic ability :-) First: Where did you dl them? The***pit was probably bigger than the normal one & the game does not have to draw as much stuff on the fly now. Austin, Tx [link lost in import: /~indyfan/] ============================================================ Scott Pruett 1997 PPG Cup Champion! ============================================================

[snip my own ramblings] Downloaded from http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/sidewinder/downloads/default.asp the utils to get the home page) Found this site from [link lost in import] Good point about the***pit size. Just to be different, I removed the pcx file completely, and you can see even more! haven't tested fps yet.

He might have downloaded it from my site: [link lost in import: /~flucas/index.html] Greetz, Frits

I downloaded a VGA***pit and noticed the same results. (DX4/100 have to run in VGA to make it playable). weird. Chris

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> > I have a question tho' I downloaded a new SVGA***pit (Williams) > > and the 1996 car set which is incredible, and those people > > involved have my undying respect and admiration for making a great > > game even better. I have very little artistic ability :-) > > After setting these things up, and running GP2 with my normal SW > > configuration, the game sped up dramatically. > I downloaded a VGA***pit and noticed the same results. (DX4/100

have to > run in VGA to make it playable). weird. Chris Where did you two grab these files phrom? Thanx TkT.

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>Subject: Re: Strange things in GP2 >Date: 11 Sep 1996 20:45:22 GMT >> I have a question tho' I downloaded a new SVGA***pit (Williams) >> and the 1996 car set which is incredible, and those people >> involved have my undying respect and admiration for making a great >> game even better. I have very little artistic ability :-) >> After setting these things up, and running GP2 with my normal SW >> configuration, the game sped up dramatically. >I downloaded a VGA***pit and noticed the same results. (DX4/100 have to >run in VGA to make it playable). weird. Chris

Nothing strange at all! I downloaded both***pits myself. They are just a tad bigger than the original***pits which means they cover up a fraction more of the viewing area that would normally need to be mapped and maintained. By being a little larger, the occupancy rate drops around 5-10%. Ashraf --- DISCLAIMER: My comments are my own and not necessarily those of my employer OR my service provider. ************************************************************************** Ashraf Ghebranious "If it takes only one person to suppress your religion, then it cant be much of a religion then can it?" - me To find out more about the cult that is Scientology, subscribe to ALT.RELIGION.SCIENTOLOGY. Dont get me wrong, these people are dangerous! "Jesus woman! I dont give a ***!" Rhett Butler, slightly paraphrased **************************************************************************

Where can these be found, and what is the actual increase (in terms of processor occupancy presumably). Thanks. John -- John Hartridge | Crosfield Electronics Ltd, ext 3282 | Three Cherry Trees Lane,