f1 racing no "ideal-track" with riva 128

I'm using a Daimond Viper 330 with the Riva 128 Driver (the original Diamond driver is worth for nothing) Playing F1RS I can't see the ideal track althoug it is turned on in the graphic options. I tried a lot of patches und did lot of experiments with the driver options, but I still can't see. Thank's a lot, if you can help me Andi

Andi wrote Well, I know it might not be the answer you would want but... I had the same problem as yours, and the only way I got it fixed is by buying a Voodoo2-based chipset video card... But I remember that with an utility called Nvtweak I was able to get the ideal line by playing with some options in it (my problem was my ideal race line was near the middle in height of the car, 4feet in the air ! - Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard, (-o-) - Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s. - Member of the r.a.s. Ego-maniac club - Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking) - Excuse me for being provocative (I'm dumb speaking) - "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

What version of drivers are you using for your Diamond Viper. Diamond has produces a lot of new drivers for your card. May-be it will help. Johan Andi heeft geschreven in bericht

It may be one of the many D3D problems of F1RS. With my Asus Explores(another Riva 128 card) I could see the ideal line tracks, but they were floating above the road surface! So I switched them off. You could try the Asus drivers of course. Or buy a Voodoo 2 like I did. That improves F1RS beyond recognition, and makes a great combination with the Viper.

Hi Andi, I got a Diamond Viper 330 AGP, and before I got my Voodoo I ran F1RS in D3D mode. And yes, I got the ideal track, but it did hoover a bit above the track. I'm not sure if I played it with the original Diamond drivers, I'm sure I played it with the 025 drivers from Diamond. One problem though, the Diamond drivers were VERY bad in representing the backgrounds and the trees. There was a thick black surrounding line, very ugly. The Voodoo version is way better, IMNSHO. Remco

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>I'm using a Daimond Viper 330 with the Riva 128 Driver (the original Diamond >driver is worth for nothing) >Playing F1RS I can't see the ideal track althoug it is turned on in the >graphic options. I tried a lot of patches und did lot of experiments with >the driver options, but I still can't see. >Thank's a lot, if you can help me >Andi

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> I'm using a Daimond Viper 330 with the Riva 128 Driver (the original Diamond > driver is worth for nothing) > Playing F1RS I can't see the ideal track althoug it is turned on in the > graphic options. I tried a lot of patches und did lot of experiments with > the driver options, but I still can't see. > Thank's a lot, if you can help me > Andi

I have never had this problem with my Viper 330 PCI. The ONLY combination that gives good frame rates and image quality on my system are F1RS version 1.05 and the vp0025p Diamond driver. I have tried every Diamond driver, every nvidia driver and the Elsa driver. I tried nvtweak, etc. but could never find a configuration that even comes close to the standard vp0025p driver. Currently I use directx 6 but versions 5 and 5.2 were fine also. On my AMD K6-266 / 64MB / A3D system I get no noticeable slow downs on any circuit, even at the start. I did change the setup file to adjust the audio so that I can hear my car above the others. Also, use the first 3D sound file patch if you have a 3D card. Without that patch the game will not load on my system, and the later 3D sound patch just garbles up the audio. Ubisoft were good enough to provide patches along the way, but the development seems to have stopped and we are stuck with the existing bugs. Sadly, the next patch for the game is likely to be $40 (Monaco Grand Prix Sim). Keith.