gpl 1.1 frame rate cure

I have gone down to 30fps from 36 since loading 1.1 and using force feed back. a post said to use a fix on the VROC site which changes the mirror frame rate this has improved back to 34/35 and is now playable again but getting used to the mirrors stuttering is a bit strange. my system is PIII 450 with two STB Blackmagic voodoo two's in SLI mode. win 95. Does anyone know if this is ok because I would have thought that if I'm having machines. Regards Bob

Got an almost identical setup (I'm on Win98) and get solid 36fps apart from on a full grid. Haven't tried that mirror patch yet... I might, just to see if that would allow me to max out the resolution/detail :-) What settings do you use in GPL? -Me: 640x480, detail slider at 50%, everything but clouds and driver texture in forward view, no textures in mirrors (I find them too distracting when textured), all effects on. I do have to drop some stuff online. usually I turn off terrain texture, crowds and skidmarks. If I still get slowdown around other cars, I turn off car textures too. Cheers, Jan. ------

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><snip>Does anyone know if this is ok because I would have thought >people struggling on less machines. >Regards >Bob

Exactly the same for me on my computer my frame rate has droped to a maxium of 25fps.

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>I have gone down to 30fps from 36 since loading 1.1 and using force feed >back. a post said to use a fix on the VROC site which changes the mirror >frame rate this has improved back to 34/35 and is now playable again but >getting used to the mirrors stuttering is a bit strange. my system is PIII >450 with two STB Blackmagic voodoo two's in SLI mode. win 95. Does anyone >know if this is ok because I would have thought that if I'm having >machines. >Regards >Bob

I am using 800/600 everything on execpt mirrors on car & track only slider detail 50% Regards Bob

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>Got an almost identical setup (I'm on Win98) and get solid 36fps apart from >on a full grid. Haven't tried that mirror patch yet... I might, just to see >if that would allow me to max out the resolution/detail :-) >What settings do you use in GPL? -Me: 640x480, detail slider at 50%, >everything but clouds and driver texture in forward view, no textures in >mirrors (I find them too distracting when textured), all effects on. >I do have to drop some stuff online. usually I turn off terrain texture, >crowds and skidmarks. If I still get slowdown around other cars, I turn off >car textures too. >Cheers, >Jan. >------ >><snip>Does anyone know if this is ok because I would have thought >>people struggling on less machines. >>Regards >>Bob

Nothing wrong with your system, I get exactly the same numbers with those setting as you without the mirror patch. That being said, I found the 30fps quite playable, even on GP level. I've gone back to the lower resolution though, I am a fps junkie. Jan. ------ >I am using 800/600 everything on execpt mirrors on car & track only slider >detail 50% >Regards >Bob <snip>

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>I have gone down to 30fps from 36 since loading 1.1 and using force feed >back. a post said to use a fix on the VROC site which changes the mirror >frame rate this has improved back to 34/35 and is now playable again but >getting used to the mirrors stuttering is a bit strange. my system is PIII >450 with two STB Blackmagic voodoo two's in SLI mode. win 95. Does anyone >know if this is ok because I would have thought that if I'm having >machines. >Regards >Bob

Bob, I have a AMD K6-2/350 & one Voodoo2. With the glide wrapper installed and the mirror rate=3,I get 34-36 fps. And this is with FF. Joel Willstein