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[molive]

I got GP4 a few weeks ago, but waited till I got a decent 3D accelerator board to actually try and play it.

Last week I managed to up my system to the following specs:

Celeron 1.2Ghz
256 Mb RAM
64Mb Ge-Force 2 MX400


BUT...


To my surprise and utterly disgust, the game still feels and looks sloooooow.... I mean, with those specs I though I´d have at least a decent frame-rate. Even when I set it up to "automatic detail level" the game still plays very slow.

HELP!

Am I doing something wrong, or is the fault with my system, which can´t handle GP4 at all?

[Chrissy Boy]

Well you can adjust the detail level yourself for smoother action.

And your system ain't the best on the grid. ( 3D card)

[Kiwi]

My specs are similar to yours:

1.2 Athlon
256 RAM
GeForce 2 32MB GTS

My frame rates are "OK" - about 25FPS and a PO which is around 80 during a race.

Don't use the automatic setup - it sucks. I have most things set to medium (except for textures - I like the cars to look sharp). For a big PO hit the mirrors are the thing. I have it set to cars only.

Hope this helps. There is heaps more info on getting your GP4 to run better on other BB's such as High Gear & Alpha F1, but you have to sort the good advice from the bad & experiment to find your ideal setups.

[molive]

Originally posted by Kiwi
My specs are similar to yours:

1.2 Athlon
256 RAM
GeForce 2 32MB GTS

My frame rates are "OK" - about 25FPS and a PO which is around 80 during a race.

Don't use the automatic setup - it sucks. I have most things set to medium (except for textures - I like the cars to look sharp). For a big PO hit the mirrors are the thing. I have it set to cars only.

Hope this helps. There is heaps more info on getting your GP4 to run better on other BB's such as High Gear & Alpha F1, but you have to sort the good advice from the bad & experiment to find your ideal setups.

thanks!

I think my frame rate is about 18fps, which sucks to say the least.

I´ll try to tweak it and see how it goes.

btw, do you use a wheel? I´ve been thinking about getting one....I know there are threads on this, but I´m too lazy to search.

[Kiwi]

Yeah - I use a wheel. Used to have a crappy MadCatz, but have just ordered a Thrustmaster Mondena Pro which is arriving this week.

I would not use anything other than a wheel. They keyboard sucks and I remember smashing at least 2 joysticks playing GP2!

The other thing to note in GP4 is the FPS test. The first time you run it you will always get a crappy result (I usually get 18 FPS). The second time on the test I will get 23 & then the 3rd time 25. Why? - I dunno!

[zango]

What drivers are you using? Sometimes the drivers built into Windows do not support full HW acceleration. Try installing nVidia's TNT drivers and see if that helps.

[zango]

Oops I meant to say Detonator and not TNT

[daz]

System is ok, the video card is crap though - should of bought the lower end GeForce4, around $160 now - if not, get one of the ti's.

The latest drivers give you about 20% more power or so they claim - they are better though.