GP500 Full version out!

I got GP500 today and the framerate is terrible on my puppy. p3-450, voodoo 3 2000 128 mb ram blah blah it's so bad that it's unplayable any ideas?

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I've visited the Marlboro Masters where Max drove his Yamaha, I think the sound is spot on. Those bikes just don't make a lot of noise.

With a full field of 24 bikes at max graphics level I get over 45FPS ona Voodoo 2 SLI, P3 450 setup. The cullprit for the slow frame rate is usually one of two things. 1) Have you enabled force feedback? 2) What sound card are you using what settings have you set it too. > I got GP500 today and the framerate is terrible on my puppy. p3-450, voodoo 3 > 2000 128 mb ram blah blah > it's so bad that it's unplayable > any ideas?

Thrustmaster Nascar Pro here

No FF here TM Nascar pro wheel SB Live Value everything is set accordingly to my system specs. Yet AMA runs flawlessly

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>With a full field of 24 bikes at max graphics level I get over 45FPS ona >Voodoo 2 >SLI, P3 450 setup. The cullprit for the slow frame rate is usually one of two >things. >1) Have you enabled force feedback? >2) What sound card are you using what settings have you set it too. >> I got GP500 today and the framerate is terrible on my puppy. p3-450, voodoo >3 >> 2000 128 mb ram blah blah >> it's so bad that it's unplayable >> any ideas?

I don't disagree that a 500cc 2-stroke GP bike will pale in comparison to my 600cc 4 stroke or any AMA superbike for that matter. However, I have ridden 2-stroke dirtbikes all my life and have also ridden the old Yamaha RZ350 (2-stroke street bike) and I know they could have done better.....MUCH better. At the very least they could have sampled a real engine instead of the swarm of bees sound they chose. Even Motocross Madness had a better 2-stroke sound. At least it was a real sampled sound and had that true 2-stroke pipey sound to it. Oh well...maybe one of you guys will figure out how to extract their sounds and add in our own new ones similar to how people have reverse engineered GPL, N2, ICR2 etc etc. Chris

Eh this must be a typo?? ;-) Mike

> > I don't disagree that a 500cc 2-stroke GP bike will pale in comparison to > my > > 600cc 4 stroke or any AMA superbike for that matter. > Eh this must be a typo?? > ;-) > Mike He's talking about the sound. And if you've heard full bore 4-strokes through a racing pipe, you'll agree that the whiney sound of a two-stroke (even a GP bike) doesn't even come close to the audio thrill. dsh

Thanks for clearing that up Doug.....couldn't have said it better myself! Chris

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> > > I don't disagree that a 500cc 2-stroke GP bike will pale in comparison > to > > my > > > 600cc 4 stroke or any AMA superbike for that matter. > > Eh this must be a typo?? > > ;-) > > Mike > He's talking about the sound. And if you've heard full bore > 4-strokes through a racing pipe, you'll agree that the > whiney sound of a two-stroke (even a GP bike) doesn't even > come close to the audio thrill. > dsh

Heheh. I've got a Katana with a worked GSXR motor in it, running through a Kerker race pipe. I've got a handful of other bikes also, both race & street. That Kat though is my favorite, both to ride and listen to. An early GSXR motor blasting through a Kerker or V & H race pipe is the prototypical motorcycle sound. Very little on the planet sounds better. Other than maybe a pack of similar beasts blasting down the back straight. :) Doug

Well I have heard both ;-) Some like the revs, I wouldnt call the repsol whiney though. Although yes my F3 above 12K sounds good too -- Mike www.aloha.net/~flying sorry about the fake reply address < Tired of Spam> real folks can e-mail me at flying<at>aloha<dot>net > > > I don't disagree that a 500cc 2-stroke GP bike will pale in comparison > to > > my > > > 600cc 4 stroke or any AMA superbike for that matter. > > Eh this must be a typo?? > > ;-) > > Mike > He's talking about the sound. And if you've heard full bore > 4-strokes through a racing pipe, you'll agree that the > whiney sound of a two-stroke (even a GP bike) doesn't even > come close to the audio thrill. > dsh

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> > > I don't disagree that a 500cc 2-stroke GP bike will pale in comparison > to > > my > > > 600cc 4 stroke or any AMA superbike for that matter. > > Eh this must be a typo?? > > ;-) > > Mike > He's talking about the sound. And if you've heard full bore > 4-strokes through a racing pipe, you'll agree that the > whiney sound of a two-stroke (even a GP bike) doesn't even > come close to the audio thrill.

have you heard a two-stroke racer in RL? just curious. 'coz where I come from three of these bikes warming up would mask the sound of an entire Superbike-field 0.5 seconds before the flag drips. -- Gunnar -- '98 Super Primerbird '92 G00F2 #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8 Kibo: 2 de vakreste ord p? jord: saldo i Deres fav?r

> > Thanks for clearing that up Doug.....couldn't have said it better myself!

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> Heheh. I've got a Katana with a worked GSXR motor in > it, running through a Kerker race pipe. I've got a handful of > other bikes also, both race & street. That Kat though is my > favorite, both to ride and listen to. An early GSXR motor > blasting through a Kerker or V & H race pipe is the prototypical > motorcycle sound. Very little on the planet sounds better. > Other than maybe a pack of similar beasts blasting down the > back straight. :)

You should hear my ZZ-R 1100 with a Yoshimura race pipe :) Hena

> favorite, both to ride and listen to. An early GSXR motor > blasting through a Kerker or V & H race pipe is the prototypical > motorcycle sound. Very little on the planet sounds better. My humble Ducati 900SS with open race cans :-) /Bj.O.rn, SDK #1225

> > favorite, both to ride and listen to. An early GSXR motor > > blasting through a Kerker or V & H race pipe is the prototypical > > motorcycle sound. Very little on the planet sounds better. > My humble Ducati 900SS with open race cans :-) While I do love the distinctive sound of those twins, they just don't SCREAM to me like a 4 does. I will admit though, that a Ducati is next in line on my bike purchasing list. I think I might go with a used Monster though. If I'm gonna pay more to go slower than an equal displacement Japanese bike, I might as well get something a little different. ;) -dobe-

Yep, plenty of times. And closer than most folks have, I'd imagine. Louder doesn't equal better. :) -dobe-

I love my inline 4s for their reliability and smoothness, but whenever I pull in behind a Duc at speed I still get chills. The Italians still produce the finest sounding machines on two wheels or four. don [|]-(_)-[|]

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>> favorite, both to ride and listen to. An early GSXR motor >> blasting through a Kerker or V & H race pipe is the prototypical >> motorcycle sound. Very little on the planet sounds better. >My humble Ducati 900SS with open race cans :-) >/Bj.O.rn, SDK #1225

>> My humble Ducati 900SS with open race cans :-) > While I do love the distinctive sound of those twins, they >just don't SCREAM to me like a 4 does. > -dobe- They all sound great, but my favorite is my 86 VFR750 Honda. It has that V8 rumble that the RC30s lost with there crank configuration. -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.

V8 *would* be a rumble on a bike ;-) I agree though typo aside the V4 has that straight cut gear whir.

On Mon, 27 Sep 1999 11:27:04 +0200, "Harjan Brand" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I've visited the Marlboro Masters where Max drove his Yamaha, I think the >sound is spot on. Those bikes just don't make a lot of noise. Thats right, they are 2 strokes, and each of the 4 cylinders is only 125cc each. They are not going to sound like a Harley, or a Superbike.

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 20:10:30 +0300, "Hena Hakkanen"

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>> > Thanks for clearing that up Doug.....couldn't have said it better >myself! >> Heheh. I've got a Katana with a worked GSXR motor in >> it, running through a Kerker race pipe. I've got a handful of >> other bikes also, both race & street. That Kat though is my >> favorite, both to ride and listen to. An early GSXR motor >> blasting through a Kerker or V & H race pipe is the prototypical >> motorcycle sound. Very little on the planet sounds better. >> Other than maybe a pack of similar beasts blasting down the >> back straight. :) >You should hear my ZZ-R 1100 with a Yoshimura race pipe :) >Hena

Or mine with a Micron race pipe...a lot throatier than the Gixxers. Jesse Spam filter: remove bob to reply