XCAR "Popping" sound

When I accelerate through the gears I get a popping sound about 3/4 way to top speed, then it goes away about 7/8 of top speed. Sounds great at slow speed and at the very top end. It is a very loud pop pop pop as if it were some kind of limiter (like they use in racing to keep the cars at pit speed), but it stops at even a higher rpm. I didn't have the problem in the non-3dfx version, but it is in both the "pre"release and released versions of xcar3dfx. Any ideas? 166 non-mmx 64 mb ram sb16 Monster 3d Intense 3d Thanks -=Don=-

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> When I accelerate through the gears I get a popping sound about 3/4 > way to top speed, then it goes away about 7/8 of top speed. Sounds > great at slow speed and at the very top end. It is a very loud pop pop > pop as if it were some kind of limiter (like they use in racing to > keep the cars at pit speed), but it stops at even a higher rpm. I > didn't have the problem in the non-3dfx version, but it is in both the > "pre"release and released versions of xcar3dfx. Any ideas? > 166 non-mmx > 64 mb ram > sb16 > Monster 3d > Intense 3d > Thanks -=Don=-

This probably won't help you much, but I've downloaded the "official" 3Dfx version of X Car, and I don't get any popping sounds. I'm running the newest drivers for my SB32. I *have* heard a few random musical tones here and there, but there's no pattern to them, nor do they seem to be replacing another sound in the game. One thing I've noticed is a definite "stepping" of the engine sound as you throttle up and down...it sounds okay at mid-band, but when you get off the throttle and pop the gas back in there's a real sudden jump to the volume of the engine sound. Neil -- Neil Yeatman Ajax, Ontario, CANADA My REAL email address is: ICQ# 1315725

I get a popping when the engine is idling. The sounds are so raucous and pathetic that I can't really tell if there is popping at higher r.p.m.'s! The popping is rhythmic and quite noticeable. Latest demo (non 3dfx) K6-200 (MMX) 32MB RAM AWE32 PnP Matrox Mystique 4MB