F1-2002 - Help required

Hi Guys, I just started playing F1-2002 on the PC (Celeron 2.4GHz, 384Mb RAM, 40 GB HDD, I just checked the specs on the Video memory and it says "Up to 32MB shared video memory"). Even with the display options set on Low and Audio on Med, the game play is really jerky, especially when when car speed increases. It gets worse towards the end of a long straight. It is also circuit dependent I think - Australia is one of the bigger culprits, Austria gives me comparatively better (smoother) gameplay. Now, before you guys tell me to search the archives, I *did* search the archives and got a tip to change the Physics model in the plr file to super-high (set a parameter to 0) Is there any other change I can make in the settings (or patch? I just have the vanilla setup on my PC) so as to get a smoother ride? Thanks in advance.

On 25 Aug 2003 11:56:45 -0700, [email hidden] (F1!) wrote:

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>I just started playing F1-2002 on the PC (Celeron 2.4GHz, 384Mb RAM, >40 GB HDD, I just checked the specs on the Video memory and it says >"Up to 32MB shared video memory"). Even with the display options set >on Low and Audio on Med, the game play is really jerky, especially >when when car speed increases. It gets worse towards the end of a long >straight. It is also circuit dependent I think - Australia is one of >the bigger culprits, Austria gives me comparatively better (smoother) >gameplay. >

If the video chipset is sharing system memory you can count on the fact it is very cheap and very nasty. Has your system got an AGB slot so you could put a real video card in it? Andrew.

You have missed the most important piece of info. Which graphic card do you have..? AD

Your video card is on-board video and its sharing memory with your system, IE, it stinks! There is probably not alot you can do short of buying a decent video card. Check your system for an AGP slot, if it doesnt have one you can only buy a PCI video card. -- Biz "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and the....." - Ash "F1!" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Hi Guys, > I just started playing F1-2002 on the PC (Celeron 2.4GHz, 384Mb RAM, > 40 GB HDD, I just checked the specs on the Video memory and it says > "Up to 32MB shared video memory"). Even with the display options set > on Low and Audio on Med, the game play is really jerky, especially > when when car speed increases. It gets worse towards the end of a long > straight. It is also circuit dependent I think - Australia is one of > the bigger culprits, Austria gives me comparatively better (smoother) > gameplay. > > Now, before you guys tell me to search the archives, I *did* search > the archives and got a tip to change the Physics model in the plr file > to super-high (set a parameter to 0) > > Is there any other change I can make in the settings (or patch? I just > have the vanilla setup on my PC) so as to get a smoother ride? > > Thanks in advance.

Hey, F1, Check and see about slot for vid card. AGP will be offset a bit from the other PCI slots, and there probably only one AGP on most any board, and should be located towards the top mounting slot.. unless that machine has a funky MB with a riser card... (oh well) see if this cheesy drawing helps? _________________________ < back of system where things plug in like mouse, sound modem... | | | | | <--- PCI all in a row | <--AGP (many boards with onboard Video cards, didnt also have an APG upgrade slot, at least not a while back) If you only have regular PCI slots open, a PCI 3d card is 15 to a hundred times better than most cards generic onboard video sold in the usa, of course this is unless you actually had a choice when you bought it, and didnt take the default (cheap) option... nvidia geforce4 "mx cards" I think still can be found in PCI version for about 50 bucks, trust me, it will be the best 50 bucks you will spend, if you game much that is... good luck. "Biz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Z%t2b.113614$[email hidden]... > Your video card is on-board video and its sharing memory with your system,IE, it stinks! There is > probably not alot you can do short of buying a decent video card. Checkyour system for an AGP

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> slot, if it doesnt have one you can only buy a PCI video card. > -- > Biz > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and > the....." - Ash > > > "F1!" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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> > Hi Guys, > > I just started playing F1-2002 on the PC (Celeron 2.4GHz, 384Mb RAM, > > 40 GB HDD, I just checked the specs on the Video memory and it says > > "Up to 32MB shared video memory"). Even with the display options set > > on Low and Audio on Med, the game play is really jerky, especially > > when when car speed increases. It gets worse towards the end of a long > > straight. It is also circuit dependent I think - Australia is one of > > the bigger culprits, Austria gives me comparatively better (smoother) > > gameplay. > > > > Now, before you guys tell me to search the archives, I *did* search > > the archives and got a tip to change the Physics model in the plr file > > to super-high (set a parameter to 0) > > > > Is there any other change I can make in the settings (or patch? I just > > have the vanilla setup on my PC) so as to get a smoother ride? > > > > Thanks in advance. > >