For thoes that want a GF4 for N2k

If you gave a GF3 and disappointed with the frame rates with N2002, don't buy a GF4 4600 if you think that will solve the problem. IT WONT. Eric Busch owes me 400 bucks because of his commentary on the subject. Oh well, live and learn. It also appears no one at Papy ran a Championship season. Based on what I know, you can't get past Rockingham.

Well, I guess you don't know everything. Champ season works fine here, and according to other posts to your original message, it works fine for others as well. You keep saying you don't have a Save option when the race is over. That is by design. You can only Save before the end of the race. All you're saving is your qualifying session. When the race is over, you'll be in the Info screen. Both Export and Save are greyed out. If you want to export your results, click the Standings tab. You should see a green Done button on the right hand portion of your screen. Click that and it brings up the Racing News screen. Hit Esc or Enter, and it takes you to the next race in the season. I've gone through Daytona, No. Carolina and Las Vegas. Has worked fine. > It also appears no one at Papy ran a Championship season. Based on what I > know, you can't get past Rockingham. > >

What processor do you have? Seems like you should be getting SOME framerate increase. Also what OS, RAM, HD (size and RPM) and how long has it been since you last formatted. I don't think that Eric is the one to blame. Your problem with the championship mode also seems to be your own, since others would have complained by now if there was a problem. -Stuart Becktell "Rush" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:lEag8.29240$[email hidden]... > If you gave a GF3 and disappointed with the frame rates with N2002, don't > buy a GF4 4600 if you think that will solve the problem. IT WONT. Eric > Busch owes me 400 bucks because of his commentary on the subject. Ohwell, > live and learn. > > It also appears no one at Papy ran a Championship season. Based on what I > know, you can't get past Rockingham. > >

Whoosh........ -John "Rush" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:lEag8.29240$[email hidden]... > If you gave a GF3 and disappointed with the frame rates with N2002, don't > buy a GF4 4600 if you think that will solve the problem. IT WONT. Eric > Busch owes me 400 bucks because of his commentary on the subject. Ohwell, > live and learn. > > It also appears no one at Papy ran a Championship season. Based on what I > know, you can't get past Rockingham. > >

"Rush" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:lEag8.29240$[email hidden]... > If you gave a GF3 and disappointed with the frame rates with N2002, don't > buy a GF4 4600 if you think that will solve the problem. IT WONT. Eric > Busch owes me 400 bucks because of his commentary on the subject. Ohwell, > live and learn. If you're CPU limited, I could've told you that a 4600 won't save you.

In article <lEag8.29240$[email hidden]>, "Rush" <[email hidden]> writes: >It also appears no one at Papy ran a Championship season. Based on what I >know, you can't get past Rockingham. Why not? Does the game lock up? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <lEag8.29240$[email hidden]>,"Rush" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >It also appears no one at Papy ran a Championship season. Based on whatI > >know, you can't get past Rockingham. > > Why not? Does the game lock up? No it doesn't lock up. But under certain conditions, you run the Daytona race (or maybe any race - I don't know because haven't gotten past Daytona), go to the pits with everyone else after the checkered flag, press ESC and get out of the car, and you're back in the Race Selection screen, like you never ran the race. No results showing, and you can't advance to the next race (Rockingham). It happened to me twice. From reading old posts, it seems that if you save a qualifying run, exit the game, and then restart it and reload the saved run, that's when you'll have the problem. The workaround I think is to not save the qualifying run, but just go through the race weekend in a single session. Papy's tech support is quiet so far on this one - I've sent in a bug report, but have received no reply yet other than the automated acknowledgement. -- <remove 7of9 for e-mail replies> -- Bill Jones e-mail addresses: Computer Sciences Corp. (work) [email hidden] Norwich, Connecticut (play) [email hidden] (860) 701-1201 WWW: http://pages.cthome.net/billj

In article <eOAh8.6070$[email hidden]>, "Bill Jones" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>No it doesn't lock up. But under certain conditions, you run the Daytona >race (or maybe any race - I don't know because haven't gotten past Daytona), >go to the pits with everyone else after the checkered flag, press ESC and >get out of the car, and you're back in the Race Selection screen, like you >never ran the race. No results showing, and you can't advance to the next >race (Rockingham). > >It happened to me twice. From reading old posts, it seems that if you save >a qualifying run, exit the game, and then restart it and reload the saved >run, that's when you'll have the problem. >

I guess that's why I've never seen it. I always run the race right after qual, and don't save it. >The workaround I think is to not save the qualifying run, but just go >through the race weekend in a single session. Papy's tech support is quiet >so far on this one - I've sent in a bug report, but have received no reply >yet other than the automated acknowledgement. > > Out of curiosity, does it happen even with a shorter race(say, 10%)? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <eOAh8.6070$[email hidden]>, "BillJones" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >No it doesn't lock up. But under certain conditions, you run the Daytona > >race (or maybe any race - I don't know because haven't gotten pastDaytona), > >go to the pits with everyone else after the checkered flag, press ESC and > >get out of the car, and you're back in the Race Selection screen, likeyou > >never ran the race. No results showing, and you can't advance to thenext > >race (Rockingham). > > > >It happened to me twice. From reading old posts, it seems that if yousave > >a qualifying run, exit the game, and then restart it and reload the saved > >run, that's when you'll have the problem. > > > I guess that's why I've never seen it. I always run the race right afterqual, > and don't save it. > > >The workaround I think is to not save the qualifying run, but just go > >through the race weekend in a single session. Papy's tech support isquiet > >so far on this one - I've sent in a bug report, but have received noreply > >yet other than the automated acknowledgement. > > > > > > Out of curiosity, does it happen even with a shorter race(say, 10%)? Don't know. I ran 25% both times. I'm not going to try saving the qualifying run anymore, as I'm already 3 weeks behind the big boys, going on 4. -- <remove 7of9 for e-mail replies> -- Bill Jones e-mail addresses: Computer Sciences Corp. (work) [email hidden] Norwich, Connecticut (play) [email hidden] (860) 701-1201 WWW: http://pages.cthome.net/billj