Will N4 run on my low-end system: the definitive answer: NO

I have a PII 333, 128MB RAM, Voodoo3 3000 AGP (mildly overclocked), Monster MX 300 sound card. Latest drivers for everything, swap file tweaked, everything I can do to squeeze performance out of it for games. I get 39fps almost all the time in GPL at 1024x768 with the detail slider way down. In an N4 "Testing" session at IMS, I get 25fps max, 20 average, and 15 or so when I spin. That's at 800x600x16 with most goodies (lighting, shadows, steering wheel etc.) turned off, plus no mirror. With additional tweaking I may get 30fps at times, but that ain't gonna cut it. I didn't even try against AI, not worth it. So if you are in the same neighbourhood don't waste your time. It goes back in my CD drawer awaiting my (hopefully soon) upgrade. p.s. I'm not complaining, I expected this, but I figured why not try...

I'm having the same problem. The game works great until a big accident happens or I spin. Kind of blows the fun.... 128 Ram 500 Mhz Diamond 770 (32 Ram) On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 03:12:31 GMT, "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I have a PII 333, 128MB RAM, Voodoo3 3000 AGP (mildly overclocked), Monster >MX 300 sound card. Latest drivers for everything, swap file tweaked, >everything I can do to squeeze performance out of it for games. I get 39fps >almost all the time in GPL at 1024x768 with the detail slider way down. > >In an N4 "Testing" session at IMS, I get 25fps max, 20 average, and 15 or so >when I spin. That's at 800x600x16 with most goodies (lighting, shadows, >steering wheel etc.) turned off, plus no mirror. With additional tweaking I >may get 30fps at times, but that ain't gonna cut it. I didn't even try >against AI, not worth it. > >So if you are in the same neighbourhood don't waste your time. > >It goes back in my CD drawer awaiting my (hopefully soon) upgrade. > >p.s. I'm not complaining, I expected this, but I figured why not try... > >

PIII 933, 256 MB, SB Live 5.1, Hercules Prohet II MX, LWFF, and it rocks @ 1280 x 1024 all goodies on. (I like it atleast). -- G-Loc "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:z0_m6.2199$[email hidden]... > I have a PII 333, 128MB RAM, Voodoo3 3000 AGP (mildly overclocked), Monster > MX 300 sound card. Latest drivers for everything, swap file tweaked, > everything I can do to squeeze performance out of it for games. I get 39fps > almost all the time in GPL at 1024x768 with the detail slider way down. > > In an N4 "Testing" session at IMS, I get 25fps max, 20 average, and 15 or so > when I spin. That's at 800x600x16 with most goodies (lighting, shadows, > steering wheel etc.) turned off, plus no mirror. With additional tweaking I > may get 30fps at times, but that ain't gonna cut it. I didn't even try > against AI, not worth it. > > So if you are in the same neighbourhood don't waste your time. > > It goes back in my CD drawer awaiting my (hopefully soon) upgrade. > > p.s. I'm not complaining, I expected this, but I figured why not try... > >

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 03:12:31 GMT, "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I have a PII 333, 128MB RAM, Voodoo3 3000 AGP (mildly overclocked), Monster >MX 300 sound card. Latest drivers for everything, swap file tweaked, >everything I can do to squeeze performance out of it for games. I get 39fps >almost all the time in GPL at 1024x768 with the detail slider way down. On a system like that you can forget it, on my PIII500 V3 it didn't run properly. Upgraded to a PIII866 GFII GTS and it runs much better now :) Andre "Michael feels the same way about safety in auto racing as I do. Great minds think alike." - David G Fisher

Ive got a PIII 500 w/ a Voodoo 3 300 and 128mb ram and it runs pretty well with the detail turned down at 800x600x16. I get above 30fps almost all the time in on-line races. I was able to host a race with 14 cars and everyone said it ran fine. I am hoping to upgrade pretty soon so i can turn all the pretty things on. Jack Smash "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 03:12:31 GMT, "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >I have a PII 333, 128MB RAM, Voodoo3 3000 AGP (mildly overclocked),Monster > >MX 300 sound card. Latest drivers for everything, swap file tweaked, > >everything I can do to squeeze performance out of it for games. I get39fps

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> >almost all the time in GPL at 1024x768 with the detail slider way down. > > On a system like that you can forget it, on my PIII500 V3 it didn't > run properly. Upgraded to a PIII866 GFII GTS and it runs much better > now :) > > > Andre > > "Michael feels the same way about safety in auto racing as I do. Great

minds > think alike." - David G Fisher

I have a V5 and get similar FPS when using GL...if i use D3D my framerates almost double and image quality is improved. "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:z0_m6.2199$[email hidden]... > I have a PII 333, 128MB RAM, Voodoo3 3000 AGP (mildly overclocked),Monster > MX 300 sound card. Latest drivers for everything, swap file tweaked, > everything I can do to squeeze performance out of it for games. I get39fps > almost all the time in GPL at 1024x768 with the detail slider way down. > > In an N4 "Testing" session at IMS, I get 25fps max, 20 average, and 15 orso > when I spin. That's at 800x600x16 with most goodies (lighting, shadows, > steering wheel etc.) turned off, plus no mirror. With additional tweakingI

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> may get 30fps at times, but that ain't gonna cut it. I didn't even try > against AI, not worth it. > > So if you are in the same neighbourhood don't waste your time. > > It goes back in my CD drawer awaiting my (hopefully soon) upgrade. > > p.s. I'm not complaining, I expected this, but I figured why not try... > >

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 16:24:36 GMT, "Jack" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Ive got a PIII 500 w/ a Voodoo 3 300 and 128mb ram and it runs pretty well >with the detail turned down at 800x600x16. I get above 30fps almost all the >time in on-line races. I was able to host a race with 14 cars and everyone >said it ran fine. I am hoping to upgrade pretty soon so i can turn all the >pretty things on. > >Jack Smash

Yes, you're right, the AI cars do seem to take an extra hit on the fps, so online the fps is much better. I stand corrected :)

That was with D3D - I never tried OpenGL because the readme said performance on a V3 is better in D3D "BowtNetterToDo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:97ja0j$j06$[email hidden]...

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> I have a V5 and get similar FPS when using GL...if i use D3D my framerates > almost double and image quality is improved. > > > "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:z0_m6.2199$[email hidden]... > > I have a PII 333, 128MB RAM, Voodoo3 3000 AGP (mildly overclocked), > Monster > > MX 300 sound card. Latest drivers for everything, swap file tweaked, > > everything I can do to squeeze performance out of it for games. I get > 39fps > > almost all the time in GPL at 1024x768 with the detail slider way down. > > > > In an N4 "Testing" session at IMS, I get 25fps max, 20 average, and 15

or > so > > when I spin. That's at 800x600x16 with most goodies (lighting, shadows, > > steering wheel etc.) turned off, plus no mirror. With additionaltweaking

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> I > > may get 30fps at times, but that ain't gonna cut it. I didn't even try > > against AI, not worth it. > > > > So if you are in the same neighbourhood don't waste your time. > > > > It goes back in my CD drawer awaiting my (hopefully soon) upgrade. > > > > p.s. I'm not complaining, I expected this, but I figured why not try... > > > > > > > >

G-Loc <[email hidden]> wrote in message nw%m6.1028$[email hidden]... > PIII 933, 256 MB, SB Live 5.1, Hercules Prohet II MX, LWFF, and it rocks @ > 1280 x 1024 all goodies on. (I like it atleast). How many AI? Steve

On my PIII600, 128MB, V5 5500 AGP it runs pretty well as long as I drop down the number of AI cars I race against. 20 seems about the best so far. I have tried 30 and am still tweaking the V5 and trying new drivers, etc but so far the fps at the start of a race (with me at the back) only just reach the 20's. This obviously improves as the race progresses and things stretch out a bit but I do have to have everything turned way down and not draw too many cars in front. It's no problem in testing and I haven't yet tried any online racing (need to improve before I am unleashed on an unsuspecting public) but I from what I have read things should be OK for me online. Great sim though.... PH On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 03:12:31 GMT, "Rob Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I have a PII 333, 128MB RAM, Voodoo3 3000 AGP (mildly overclocked), Monster >MX 300 sound card. Latest drivers for everything, swap file tweaked, >everything I can do to squeeze performance out of it for games. I get 39fps >almost all the time in GPL at 1024x768 with the detail slider way down. > >In an N4 "Testing" session at IMS, I get 25fps max, 20 average, and 15 or so >when I spin. That's at 800x600x16 with most goodies (lighting, shadows, >steering wheel etc.) turned off, plus no mirror. With additional tweaking I >may get 30fps at times, but that ain't gonna cut it. I didn't even try >against AI, not worth it. > >So if you are in the same neighbourhood don't waste your time. > >It goes back in my CD drawer awaiting my (hopefully soon) upgrade. > >p.s. I'm not complaining, I expected this, but I figured why not try... >