"Rally Championship " strange sound

G'day, Just got this great sim the other day but there's one thing that's annoying me. There's a popping sound that is continuously there, it seems it could be part of the engine sound and is supposed to be there but I hope not. Are other's hearing this sound? Thanks for any info. Tony

>G'day, >Just got this great sim the other day but there's one thing that's >annoying me. There's a popping sound that is continuously there, it >seems it could be part of the engine sound and is supposed to be >there but I hope not. Are other's hearing this sound? >Thanks for any info. Hi Tony, I agree, what a great game! I'm surprised I haven't seen more talk of it on this newsgroup. Excelent driving model, cool cars (adjustable gear ratios, tires, etc.), all weather conditions (the rain and snow look really cool, especially the lighting storms, and the fog's not bad either), realistic tectures (tarmacs, gravel, mud, snow, gravel) and 300 miles of interesting realistic tracks, lot's of variety (some of those 15-20KM segments are grueling!). After the disappointment of NFS 2 it's great to find a good new racing/driving game. Rally Championship also has a great frame-rate in 640x480 on my P200 - at least 30fps, with no slowdowns at all in heavy traffic. Very good sensation of speed. Anyway, in answer to your question: the popping is supposed to be the engine backfiring. But most people agree it is annoying and doesn't go off at the right times. Fortunately there is a hack to remove it: just replace "\RALLY\FILES\SNDS\FXPOP.RAW" file with a small non-empty file (i.e., a small text file you can create with the EDIT command). The popping will go away. Enjoy! Joe

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>Anyway, in answer to your question: the popping is supposed to be the >engine backfiring. But most people agree it is annoying and doesn't go >off at the right times. Fortunately there is a hack to remove it: just >replace "\RALLY\FILES\SNDS\FXPOP.RAW" file with a small non-empty file >(i.e., a small text file you can create with the EDIT command). The >popping will go away. Enjoy! >Joe

Thanks for the quick answer Joe :) I just checked and sure enough the file's there. I'll try the hack when I'm offline. RC is certainly fast, it hikes along on my P166 and old ET4000 card. It'd be nice to see them use the graphic engine for something else, like an F1 sim maybe. Tony

Does anybody know when this sim will be released in the States?

That popping sound is what sega uses to replicate the "aquarium" valve or sneeze valve, or blow-off valve, depending on whatever you know it as. Its purpose is to bleed off a couple of PSI of boost in a Turbocharged system between shifts in order to keep the wastegate from dumping your whole accumulation of boost. This way, you retain some pressure in the intake system without loosing the entire quantity.

>Thanks for the quick answer Joe :) >I just checked and sure enough the file's there. I'll try the hack >when I'm offline. RC is certainly fast, it hikes along on my P166 and >old ET4000 card. It'd be nice to see them use the graphic engine for >something else, like an F1 sim maybe. Yeah, I'm impressed with the performance too (on my P200) especially after running that dog NFS2 (what a slow program!). I'd like to see them add some NFS 1 type features, like driving with traffic and cops. Joe

Thanks Jon but I was referring to Europress Rally Championship, not Sega. I didn't realise Sega's rally game had the same name. Tony

I don't think they are talking about the Sega product!

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>>Thanks for the quick answer Joe :) >>I just checked and sure enough the file's there. I'll try the hack >>when I'm offline. RC is certainly fast, it hikes along on my P166 and >>old ET4000 card. It'd be nice to see them use the graphic engine for >>something else, like an F1 sim maybe. >Yeah, I'm impressed with the performance too (on my P200) especially >after running that dog NFS2 (what a slow program!). >I'd like to see them add some NFS 1 type features, like driving with >traffic and cops. >Joe

FWIW, I was watching Top Gear Motorsport the other day and I noticed that Europress (RC's publisher) was sponsoring one of the cars in one of the races. I'm not sure which Formula it was (I think that it's Formula Vauxhall). I don't know who the driver of the car was. So maybe we might have a Formula Vauxhall or even Formula 3 sim? Why not, right. After all, there have been kart "sims" before. -- Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing School of Electronic Engineering, Information Technology and Mathematics University of Surrey Guildford GU2 5XH

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