Mystique and GP2

I've just got a brand new Matrox Mystique. GP2 framerates improve considerably, but I have found a huge problem. Sometimes, when you press ESC, the game just crashes and you have to reboot. It does that when you want to skip the introduction, or when you go from a driving session to the menus. A friend of mine has the same problem. Has anybody else found out the same thing? Any solutions?

>I've just got a brand new Matrox Mystique. GP2 framerates improve >considerably, but I have found a huge problem. Sometimes, when you press >ESC, the game just crashes and you have to reboot. It does that when you >want to skip the introduction, or when you go from a driving session to the >menus. A friend of mine has the same problem. >Has anybody else found out the same thing? yes. None, except for the "skip the introduction" thing...use the "gp2 -nointro" command, and that gets beyond the intro-to-game hang. I wish Matrox would step up and address this problem, as it seems to be a common complaint...at first I thought it was just me (and spent considerable amount of time troubleshooting), but from the various posts over the past two months, it's apparent that Matrox is the culprit. Too bad, 'cause otherwise it's a great card. John Wehman

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>>I've just got a brand new Matrox Mystique. GP2 framerates improve >>considerably, but I have found a huge problem. Sometimes, when you press >>ESC, the game just crashes and you have to reboot. It does that when you >>want to skip the introduction, or when you go from a driving session to the >>menus. A friend of mine has the same problem. >>Has anybody else found out the same thing? >yes. >>Any solutions? >None, except for the "skip the introduction" thing...use the "gp2 -nointro" >command, and that gets beyond the intro-to-game hang. >I wish Matrox would step up and address this problem, as it seems to be a >common complaint...at first I thought it was just me (and spent considerable >amount of time troubleshooting), but from the various posts over the past two >months, it's apparent that Matrox is the culprit. Too bad, 'cause otherwise >it's a great card. >John Wehman

Hi, Curious new Mystique/GP2 problem: my wing mirrors froze yesterday. Everything else was running fine, but the mirrors froze up. Cheers, Andrew

Ok hi everyone. I'm new here but i have the solution :-))) 1. I send e-mail to Matrox and they told me that it should be a new bios update coming soon which fixes the problem! 2. But they didn't read themselves the manuals of the board. Anyway do this: There are in the CD-ROM with the drivers the programs vbetsr.exe and vbesetup.exe run them before you run the game (or put them into the autoexec.bat) and the problems are gone!! :-)

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> > I've just got a brand new Matrox Mystique. GP2 framerates improve > > considerably, but I have found a huge problem. Sometimes, when you press > > ESC, the game just crashes and you have to reboot. It does that when you > > want to skip the introduction, or when you go from a driving session to > the > > menus. A friend of mine has the same problem. > > Has anybody else found out the same thing? > > Any solutions? > Ok hi everyone. I'm new here but i have the solution :-))) > 1. I send e-mail to Matrox and they told me that it should be a new bios > update coming soon which fixes the problem! > 2. But they didn't read themselves the manuals of the board. Anyway do > this: > There are in the CD-ROM with the drivers the programs vbetsr.exe and > vbesetup.exe > run them before you run the game (or put them into the autoexec.bat) and > the problems are gone!! :-)

I'M sorry but the problem is still there :-( !Maybe it's just my pc...

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>>> > I've just got a brand new Matrox Mystique. GP2 framerates improve >>> > considerably, but I have found a huge problem. Sometimes, when you press >>> > ESC, the game just crashes and you have to reboot. It does that when you >>> > want to skip the introduction, or when you go from a driving session to >>> the >>> > menus. A friend of mine has the same problem. >>> > Has anybody else found out the same thing? >>> > Any solutions? >I have a Mystique on a P200 and I believe I may have a workable >solution for all Mystique owners. >The game doesn't really "hang" (at least not on my system) it goes >into a system suspend mode. All I have to do to recover is simply >press and hold a key on the keyboard (preferredly not enter) untill >the system "wakes up". >I discovered this after getting really pissed off at the constant >hanging and in my frustration, slammed and held my hand down on top of >the keypad. To my surprise and amazement, I regained control. Further >experimentation revealed it wasn't a key combination, but simply >holding a key, any key down for about 3 to 5 seconds will, every time, >give me back control. >Now if I can only fix the games tendency to fling me into the wall >with no warning! >Roy A. Beck

I have a Millinium and I have noticed a slight studder when I return from a outing on the track to the menus, about 2-3 seconds but the system returns right after the studder. I have not had any lock-ups while running GP2.