Got this game for $10 at Fry's, just installed it. Graphics are good.
Tried a practice or two, looks good, handles okay. Like the semi-
freedom of the tracks. There are a LOT of shortcuts and such you
can take as long as you make the checkpoints.
The default 3rd person view turns me off, and there's no way to
set it otherwise!
Then I tried to race, and things went downhill in a hurry. Instead of
decent smooth frame rates, with 3 more cars racing the game
suddenly became a SLIDE SHOW. I know I have an old machine
(Celeron 400 with TNT) but this is ridiculous when other racing
classics like M1 Rally Championship and Rally Masters and Colin
McRae Rally runs at 30+ frames per second with similar graphics.
I tried turning ALL the graphics options off, music off, sound to
low-qual, and even the res to 640x400. No joy. I get maybe 2 frames
a second, and this machine exceeds their minimum specs by quite
a bit! Of course, not recommended specs (that's 700 MHz CPU)
but at least I should be able to RACE properly, right? When the
other cars are so far ahead or behind the frame rate improves
significantly. So it's the other cars, not game itself. :-P
I guess I can always run my M1RC or RM again... :-/ And save this
for when I get my PC upgrade...
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With that signature you of all people should know the minimum specs usually
don't give optimal results. When you are as far below spec as you currently
are what could you really expect?
Mitch
"Kasey Chang (remove EATSPAM to reply)" <[email hidden]> wrote
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> Got this game for $10 at Fry's, just installed it. Graphics are good. > Tried a practice or two, looks good, handles okay. Like the semi- > freedom of the tracks. There are a LOT of shortcuts and such you > can take as long as you make the checkpoints. > > The default 3rd person view turns me off, and there's no way to > set it otherwise! > > Then I tried to race, and things went downhill in a hurry. Instead of > decent smooth frame rates, with 3 more cars racing the game > suddenly became a SLIDE SHOW. I know I have an old machine > (Celeron 400 with TNT) but this is ridiculous when other racing > classics like M1 Rally Championship and Rally Masters and Colin > McRae Rally runs at 30+ frames per second with similar graphics. > I tried turning ALL the graphics options off, music off, sound to > low-qual, and even the res to 640x400. No joy. I get maybe 2 frames > a second, and this machine exceeds their minimum specs by quite > a bit! Of course, not recommended specs (that's 700 MHz CPU) > but at least I should be able to RACE properly, right? When the > other cars are so far ahead or behind the frame rate improves > significantly. So it's the other cars, not game itself. :-P > > I guess I can always run my M1RC or RM again... :-/ And save this > for when I get my PC upgrade... > > -- > --remove NOSPAMYOUIDIOT to reply, [email hidden] is invalid-- > K S C H A N G (AT) PC Guru, web developer, gamer, Trekker > E X C I T E (DOT) COM database developer, idea man, IT guy > --If it looks too obvious, it probably is. -- anonymous > >$10 + You Like It = Good Deal :)
-Larry
"Kasey Chang (remove EATSPAM to reply)" <[email hidden]> wrote
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> Got this game for $10 at Fry's, just installed it. Graphics are good. > Tried a practice or two, looks good, handles okay. Like the semi- > freedom of the tracks. There are a LOT of shortcuts and such you > can take as long as you make the checkpoints. > > The default 3rd person view turns me off, and there's no way to > set it otherwise! > > Then I tried to race, and things went downhill in a hurry. Instead of > decent smooth frame rates, with 3 more cars racing the game > suddenly became a SLIDE SHOW. I know I have an old machine > (Celeron 400 with TNT) but this is ridiculous when other racing > classics like M1 Rally Championship and Rally Masters and Colin > McRae Rally runs at 30+ frames per second with similar graphics. > I tried turning ALL the graphics options off, music off, sound to > low-qual, and even the res to 640x400. No joy. I get maybe 2 frames > a second, and this machine exceeds their minimum specs by quite > a bit! Of course, not recommended specs (that's 700 MHz CPU) > but at least I should be able to RACE properly, right? When the > other cars are so far ahead or behind the frame rate improves > significantly. So it's the other cars, not game itself. :-P > > I guess I can always run my M1RC or RM again... :-/ And save this > for when I get my PC upgrade... > > -- > --remove NOSPAMYOUIDIOT to reply, [email hidden] is invalid-- > K S C H A N G (AT) PC Guru, web developer, gamer, Trekker > E X C I T E (DOT) COM database developer, idea man, IT guy > --If it looks too obvious, it probably is. -- anonymous > >
"Mitch_A" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> With that signature you of all people should know the minimum specsusually
> don't give optimal results. When you are as far below spec as youcurrently
> are what could you really expect?
I take that back... Recommended CPU is 350 MHz P2, which SHOULD be
about the same as 400 MHz Celeron.
--KC
