GPL - 3 connected problems ?

I've got 3 problems with GPL which I'm not sure how to fix and I'm wondering if they might have a common cause. Any opinions would be appreciated..... 1. Sudden and very fast steering movements (to left and right). This happens once every 2 to 3 laps and often when waiting for the green flag (lots of engine noise). This is annoying as it can be enough to send me off the track especially if it happens when I'm braking into a corner. 2. Engine sounds have background intereference/distortion. Sounds bad in "outside view" and worse in car. 3. Online gear selection can be difficult - sometimes there is a delay after pressing the upshift button and other times there is no gear change at all. Also, the clutch doesn't work although it is fine offline. My system is :- PII 350 Mhz 64 Mb ram 8Mb Matrox G100 AGP card 12 Mb Diamond Monster vodoo II card Soundblaster pci 64 Gravis xterminator (and tried Thrustmaster T2 with no difference) Direct X v6 I've tried changing the poll with interrupts (as suggested in previous posts) for problem 1 and also replacing GPL sound files and soundcard drivers for problem 2 (as suggested at the APEX site) but no joy. Any ideas ? Andy.

Wow, Andy, those are all tough problems that I've never heard of before. However, my contribution to the hunt is that they all seem to be directly related to the sound card... I'd suggest that if at all possible you try a different one. On Wed, 9 Dec 1998 20:31:45 -0000, "Andrew Middleton"

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>I've got 3 problems with GPL which I'm not sure how to fix and I'm wondering >if they might have a common cause. Any opinions would be appreciated..... >1. Sudden and very fast steering movements (to left and right). This happens >once every 2 to 3 laps and often when waiting for the green flag (lots of >engine noise). This is annoying as it can be enough to send me off the track >especially if it happens when I'm braking into a corner. >2. Engine sounds have background intereference/distortion. Sounds bad in >"outside view" and worse in car. >3. Online gear selection can be difficult - sometimes there is a delay after >pressing the upshift button and other times there is no gear change at all. >Also, the clutch doesn't work although it is fine offline. >My system is :- >PII 350 Mhz >64 Mb ram >8Mb Matrox G100 AGP card >12 Mb Diamond Monster vodoo II card >Soundblaster pci 64 >Gravis xterminator (and tried Thrustmaster T2 with no difference) >Direct X v6 >I've tried changing the poll with interrupts (as suggested in previous >posts) for problem 1 and also replacing GPL sound files and soundcard >drivers for problem 2 (as suggested at the APEX site) but no joy. >Any ideas ? >Andy.

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> I've got 3 problems with GPL which I'm not sure how to fix and I'm > wondering > if they might have a common cause. Any opinions would be > appreciated..... > 1. Sudden and very fast steering movements (to left and right). > This happens > once every 2 to 3 laps and often when waiting for the green flag > (lots of > engine noise). This is annoying as it can be enough to send me off > the track > especially if it happens when I'm braking into a corner. > 2. Engine sounds have background intereference/distortion. Sounds > bad in > "outside view" and worse in car. > 3. Online gear selection can be difficult - sometimes there is a > delay after > pressing the upshift button and other times there is no gear change > at all. > Also, the clutch doesn't work although it is fine offline. > My system is :- > PII 350 Mhz > 64 Mb ram > 8Mb Matrox G100 AGP card > 12 Mb Diamond Monster vodoo II card > Soundblaster pci 64 > Gravis xterminator (and tried Thrustmaster T2 with no difference) > Direct X v6 > I've tried changing the poll with interrupts (as suggested in > previous > posts) for problem 1 and also replacing GPL sound files and > soundcard > drivers for problem 2 (as suggested at the APEX site) but no joy. > Any ideas ?

Just a shot in the dark, but I've got a similar system to you, except I've got directx5 installed (heard too many problems with directx6 so I'm still waiting till they iron em out!) You could try going back to directx5? There is a utility out there that allows you to go back to directx 5 (not sure where from though?) 8-) *Peter* #:-)

For anyone interested..... (as if anyone reads messages this far down) ;-) I just fixed problem number 3 by moving my modem from com1 to com2. However problems number 1 and 2 still exist. The "jerky steering" is very frustrating and I'm almost ready to buy a new soundcard even though my PCI card is only 2 months old. What's regarded as the best soundcard at the moment ?? Cheers, Andy.