GPL Locks up to often now.

I had problems with GPL 1.1 where first the sound would go, then the frame rate dropped off and the game eventually locked. Hitting Escape did nothing until I tried to Alt-Tab, then it let me return to the pits. I found the problem happening after one lap of the Nurburgring, I also noticed lots of hard disc activity (paging?) when the frame rate dropped. I found that switching off Norton AntiVirus program scheduler and disabling Auto Protect before starting the game seems to have cured the problem. I'm using a 12MB Creative 3D Blaster with the standard Win 98 drivers on a P2 350 with 128MB RAM and an MS FF wheel.

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> I had problems with GPL 1.1 where first the sound would go, then the frame > rate dropped off and the game eventually locked. Hitting Escape did nothing > until I tried to Alt-Tab, then it let me return to the pits. I found the > problem happening after one lap of the Nurburgring, I also noticed lots of > hard disc activity (paging?) when the frame rate dropped. > I found that switching off Norton AntiVirus program scheduler and disabling > Auto Protect before starting the game seems to have cured the problem. I'm > using a 12MB Creative 3D Blaster with the standard Win 98 drivers on a P2 > 350 with 128MB RAM and an MS FF wheel.

I occasionally have a similar problem whereby the sound goes off and the frame rate drops - for some reason the cure is to press both mouse buttons at once! I think it may be some sort of internal reset for the game's sound interrupt code.

where did you get the drivers from? I didn't find any newer drivers on their page than the 2.08 detonator drivers ... Lio