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Anyone notice the "glitchy-ness" in the first corners of a GP? - even during the first practice lap by myself, there seems to be intermittent disk access, which freezes the screen momentarily at thanks Brian

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>Anyone notice the "glitchy-ness" in the first corners of a GP? - even<BR> >during the first practice lap by myself, there seems to be<BR> >intermittent disk access, which freezes the screen momentarily at<BR> ><BR> >thanks<BR> >Brian<BR> ></HTML>

Brian, What sort of system are you running F1RS on, that may help in sorting your problem. Don

Must admit, I get the same sort of thing happening to me. I have tried all sorts of different config settings regarding graphics etc. I always seem to not have complete control of the car, almost as if being hit from behind syndrome. Any help with this would be appreciated. Gary Young

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>Anyone notice the "glitchy-ness" in the first corners of a GP? - even >during the first practice lap by myself, there seems to be >intermittent disk access, which freezes the screen momentarily at >thanks >Brian

> Anyone notice the "glitchy-ness" in the first corners of a GP? - even > during the first practice lap by myself, there seems to be > intermittent disk access, which freezes the screen momentarily at Do you have replays on? I'm not sure, if replays write directly to disk, because I turned replays off a long time ago, but it's worth a try. l8er ronny -- How to get rid of censorship in German game releases <http://www.gamesmania.com/german/maniac/freedom/freedom.htm> |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

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>>Anyone notice the "glitchy-ness" in the first corners of a GP? - even >>during the first practice lap by myself, there seems to be >>intermittent disk access, which freezes the screen momentarily at >>various places.. >I see this *every* time on the first lap of the first circuit I run after >starting the program. After that, I can run the following laps, or load any >other circuit, and not see the problem again (until I exit the program then >restart). My workaround is to just be in-car of a computer-controlled car and >let a lap go by in practice (or whatever) mode before it is important. In my >case, it is not due to the replay as I have that switched off. Replay makes >it worse, and I suspect continual. >I have the UK version, the 1.08 patch, a 200MMX with a Canopus Pure3D.

A guess would be that textures are loading. Once loaded it's smooth. Quake is similiar. First minute or 2 has pauses. This is because Quake is loading all the textures for that level. HH

>Anyone notice the "glitchy-ness" in the first corners of a GP? - even >during the first practice lap by myself, there seems to be >intermittent disk access, which freezes the screen momentarily at >various places.. I see this *every* time on the first lap of the first circuit I run after starting the program. After that, I can run the following laps, or load any other circuit, and not see the problem again (until I exit the program then restart). My workaround is to just be in-car of a computer-controlled car and let a lap go by in practice (or whatever) mode before it is important. In my case, it is not due to the replay as I have that switched off. Replay makes it worse, and I suspect continual. I have the UK version, the 1.08 patch, a 200MMX with a Canopus Pure3D.

>A guess would be that textures are loading. Once loaded it's smooth. Quake is >similiar. First minute or 2 has pauses. This is because Quake is loading all >the textures for that level. Yes, that was my guess too. But it only happens on the first track loaded. So does that mean that the textures used on one track are the same as used on all?

Is it just me or does it seem that my car doesn't seem to stick in the corners quite as well during a race as it does by myself, time attack etc.? It may be that I get pumped up in the actual race and overdrive it a little. Maybe frame rate drops a little too making it a little harder to drive with other cars to "draw". Joe

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> > Anyone notice the "glitchy-ness" in the first corners of a GP? - even > > during the first practice lap by myself, there seems to be > > intermittent disk access, which freezes the screen momentarily at > Do you have replays on? I'm not sure, if replays write directly to disk, > because > I turned replays off a long time ago, but it's worth a try. > l8er > ronny > -- > How to get rid of censorship in German game releases > <http://www.gamesmania.com/german/maniac/freedom/freedom.htm> > |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

> Is it just me or does it seem that my car doesn't seem to stick in the > corners quite as well during a race as it does by myself, time attack etc.? > It may be that I get pumped up in the actual race and overdrive it a little. > Maybe frame rate drops a little too making it a little harder to drive with > other cars to "draw". I actually don't do full races anymore in F1RS on my P200 with Monster 3D, because there is quite a difference in fps in hotlapping and race. I probably got so used to the complete control you have over your car when alone on the track, that I can't tolerate the loss of fps in a race. Hoping for a big price cut for PII CPUs and Voodoo2 cards... ;^) l8er ronny -- How to get rid of censorship in German game releases <http://www.gamesmania.com/german/maniac/freedom/freedom.htm> |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

drive with other cars to "draw". You *usually* have more fuel on for an actual race, so the car is heavier, more sluggish in handling, etc. Also people usually have a slightly more conservative set-up for races, than they do for qualifying/hotlapping/etc? Also, as you say, the adrenalin gets pumping during a race, and it is very easy to outbrake/outdrive yourself. Frame rates dropping? depends on your set-up and the options you have selected, But I think it's probably more of the former. 8?) *Peter* 8-)

Have P166, with Monster 3DFX, I have done only the min install (no disk space left..), and only 16MB memory. Would it be the memory, or the install, or something else? Thanks. Brian

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>>Anyone notice the "glitchy-ness" in the first corners of a GP? - even<BR> >>during the first practice lap by myself, there seems to be<BR> >>intermittent disk access, which freezes the screen momentarily at<BR> >><BR> >>thanks<BR> >>Brian<BR> >></HTML> >Brian, What sort of system are you running F1RS on, that may help in sorting >your problem. >Don

hi - no i keep replays off.

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>> Anyone notice the "glitchy-ness" in the first corners of a GP? - even >> during the first practice lap by myself, there seems to be >> intermittent disk access, which freezes the screen momentarily at >Do you have replays on? I'm not sure, if replays write directly to disk, >because >I turned replays off a long time ago, but it's worth a try. >l8er >ronny >-- >How to get rid of censorship in German game releases ><http://www.gamesmania.com/german/maniac/freedom/freedom.htm> > |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

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> > Is it just me or does it seem that my car doesn't seem to stick in the > > corners quite as well during a race as it does by myself, time attack etc.? > > It may be that I get pumped up in the actual race and overdrive it a little. > > Maybe frame rate drops a little too making it a little harder to drive with > > other cars to "draw". > I actually don't do full races anymore in F1RS on my P200 with Monster > 3D, > because there is quite a difference in fps in hotlapping and race. > I probably got so used to the complete control you have over your car > when > alone on the track, that I can't tolerate the loss of fps in a race. > Hoping for a big price cut for PII CPUs and Voodoo2 cards... ;^) > l8er > ronny > -- > How to get rid of censorship in German game releases > <http://www.gamesmania.com/german/maniac/freedom/freedom.htm> > |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

I have a 64 meg 233 MMX and Voodoo II card and get no drop in framerate with a full field in front of me.

snip > I have a 64 meg 233 MMX and Voodoo II card and get no drop in framerate > with a full field in front of me. There are so many reasons for that: framerate is very subjective, what looks good to you, might be terrible for me. I will upgrade to a P233MMX next week, which could give just enough power to make it really smooth. BTW, I still have to redo a test with patch V1.05, because I had a feeling, the framerate got worse with V1.08... 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!