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F1RS crashes quickly, any help please

6 posts by 6 people · 16 Apr 1998 - 17 Apr 1998

Well i finally got a copy of F1RS from UBISOFT ( Ihave been witing a long time to get it) And I get several error all within 5 minutes. first is on start I get a message about the CD not being ready or something with choices to ABORT, RETRY, and IGNORE abort and ignore let me into the game. the interface seems REALLY slow.. take forever for a click to bring something up. and usually within a few minutes of being in the game it crashes back the desktop with an error in the F1RS.exe or something. it happens either when making car changes or in the menus OR usually when the race is about to start. In any case i cant play the game at all, and am rather bummed. So if you have a suggestion please fire away! config: p200MMX 64 meg ram PURE 3D DIAMOND MONSTER sound VIPER 330 GP1 steering wheel - (which the game will not recognize BTW) 24x toshiba CD romm all SCSI drives (3 total for 8 gig conner and seagate) thanks folks! edk
Tom Anderso 16 Apr 1998#405084
To get your joystick recognized, try clicking on the LEFT column first and click a keyboard key. Once you've been able to change the driving axis to a different key, then try to use your driving wheel input, but, again, start with the LEFT column, and then move to the RIGHT. As for slow menu loads, I experienced this too. Try doing a complete install. It's just slow, though. No bug on your system, just slow. Never had a single system crash so I can't help you there, sorry. Tom Anderson
snip > As for slow menu loads, I experienced this too. Try doing a complete > install. It's just slow, though. > No bug on your system, just slow. Well, actually I consider the menu system in F1RS a BUG... ;^) I hope, for F1RS2 they return to a functional, keyboard-enabled menu system! l8er ronny -- Toys'R'Us '99: "So, would you like a hand gun with that action figure, kiddo?" |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!
Kasparo 16 Apr 1998#405086
I have had the same problem along a few others. Look for my post that I left today called F1 keeps crashing...I'm going nuts....to see what is happening to me. If you get any help please pass it along and I will do the same for you. Thanks As
I was having all kinds of problems until I changed the resolution to 800 x 600. I installed the 1.08 patch and now the game loads much quicker too. I would do a re-install and start from scratch. Dave
Well, I bought F1RS a couple weeks ago, and had much the same problem. Usually, a crash if I simply TOUCHED my GP1 wheel or the joystick, if I tried that. I couldn't figure out what the problem was, and since I was running the less-than-perfect D3D version (hadn't bought my 3dfx card yet, and hadn't planned on it until the GPL demo came out) plus the lousy sound, I took it back. BUUUUT, I *did* end up buying a 3dfx card this week, and I *think* I might have found the source of my crashes (mine were always blue screen crashes in MSANALOG.VXD) - while games suggest switching "poll with interrupts enabled" in the Game Controllers CP to OFF for performance reasons, I haven't had any crashes since I turned it back ON. So, I bought myself a birthday present of F1RS today, and I'll let you know if I have better luck this time. Rick PS - Machine is a dual PPro 166, 128mb, Elsa GLoria Synergy + Monster3D, SB16/gameport.

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