Re: Best setup for F12000........

IF you're having problems, try these things in this order: Set resolution to 1024x768 Turn OFF pitlane objects Turn OFF most objects in mirrors (or turn off mirrors entirely) Turn OFF smoke, particles, and skid marks These things should get you a decent frame rate on your system. I had to do a few other things on my system, but with a K6-2 400 and 64 MB of RAM and a Voodoo Banshee card, I'm running at 1024x768 with similar settings (I have some other things turned down, too) and I'm getting between 18 - 27 fps, which works out to be very playable (it only dips below 20 with other cars on the track, but even then it's still mainly in the low 20s). Just about anybody should be able to get decent graphics resolution and acceptable frame rates in this game if I can with my system. Hope this helps. -- JB In article <IQ4k5.137947$[email hidden]>, "DHill" <[email hidden]> wrote: > My system is a P 3 800, 128 Ram, Voodoo 5 5500, 48 x cd rom, 40 gig HDetc > etc! Please tell me what the best setup for F1 2000 is so it will runsmooth > on my system!! > > Devon Hill in Canada. > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

We BOTH forgot to mention that you MUST enable the option to run the formation/parade lap before each race -- the game uses this lap to load in all the game and track textures, and then when the race actually begins, you get a MUCH more acceptable frame rate going into Turn 1. -- JB In article <[email hidden]>, NOMAIL wrote: > On Wed, 09 Aug 2000 04:10:16 GMT, "DHill" <[email hidden]> thus > spoke: > > >My system is a P 3 800, 128 Ram, Voodoo 5 5500, 48 x cd rom, 40 gigHD etc > >etc! Please tell me what the best setup for F1 2000 is so it willrun smooth

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> >on my system!! > > > >Devon Hill in Canada. > > > > > > The biggest frame rate hog is the mirrors. Turn those off if you can > live without them and map the rear view look to a wheel button. Race > with only 12 cars instead of 22 makes a big dif too, but you may not > consider that an option. Turn off pit lane objects, miscellaneous > objecs, environmental mapping etc. Just try different options until > you are happy with the frame rate at the beginning of the race. > -- > Nos >

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I also read in a review that making a little tweak to run in windowed mode makes a big difference. I think it was the review on gamesmania, but I could be wrong. Anyone have an idea if this is true? Stephen <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Wed, 09 Aug 2000 04:10:16 GMT, "DHill" <[email hidden]> thus > spoke: > > >My system is a P 3 800, 128 Ram, Voodoo 5 5500, 48 x cd rom, 40 gig HDetc > >etc! Please tell me what the best setup for F1 2000 is so it will runsmooth

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> >on my system!! > > > >Devon Hill in Canada. > > > > > > The biggest frame rate hog is the mirrors. Turn those off if you can > live without them and map the rear view look to a wheel button. Race > with only 12 cars instead of 22 makes a big dif too, but you may not > consider that an option. Turn off pit lane objects, miscellaneous > objecs, environmental mapping etc. Just try different options until > you are happy with the frame rate at the beginning of the race. > -- > Nos

Your machine should run it smoothly, no worries. All the graphics options are neatly explained in the manual, but my guess is you can just turn everything on (if the automatic setup thingy doesn't do so already). Jan. =--- DHill wrote...

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> My system is a P 3 800, 128 Ram, Voodoo 5 5500, 48 x cd rom >, 40 gig HD etc etc! Please tell me what the best setup for F1 > 2000 is so it will run smooth on my system!! > > Devon Hill in Canada. > >

My system is a P 3 800, 128 Ram, Voodoo 5 5500, 48 x cd rom, 40 gig HD etc etc! Please tell me what the best setup for F1 2000 is so it will run smooth on my system!! Devon Hill in Canada.

On Wed, 09 Aug 2000 04:10:16 GMT, "DHill" <[email hidden]> thus spoke:

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>My system is a P 3 800, 128 Ram, Voodoo 5 5500, 48 x cd rom, 40 gig HD etc >etc! Please tell me what the best setup for F1 2000 is so it will run smooth >on my system!! > >Devon Hill in Canada. > >

The biggest frame rate hog is the mirrors. Turn those off if you can live without them and map the rear view look to a wheel button. Race with only 12 cars instead of 22 makes a big dif too, but you may not consider that an option. Turn off pit lane objects, miscellaneous objecs, environmental mapping etc. Just try different options until you are happy with the frame rate at the beginning of the race. -- Nos

Stephen Ferguson <[email hidden]> schreef in berichtnieuws [email hidden]... > I also read in a review that making a little tweak to run in windowed mode > makes a big difference. I think it was the review on gamesmania, but I > could be wrong. Anyone have an idea if this is true? > > Stephen This is true, but not possible for everybody. But yep, the advices from EA are: 1. no mirrors (but i dont wanna race without them, so put off some details first) 2. no pitlane objects (you wont miss them..) 3. change config.ini to run in windowsmode Thats all folks HJ

On Wed, 09 Aug 2000 18:27:43 GMT, "HJ Ventura" <[email hidden]> wrote: -snip- >3. change config.ini to run in windowsmode I saw that too, what does this added command actually do? Thx, matt

Thanks for the advice guys! BTW, how do I change this config.ini to run in windowsmode? Please explain where this is and exactly what it is that I do being that I am somewhat computor illiterate! Thanks from this Canuck!!! Devon Hill in Calgary "HJ Ventura" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:zohk5.611392$k22.2834204@flipper... > > Stephen Ferguson <[email hidden]> schreef in berichtnieuws > [email hidden]... > > I also read in a review that making a little tweak to run in windowedmode

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> > makes a big difference. I think it was the review on gamesmania, but I > > could be wrong. Anyone have an idea if this is true? > > > > Stephen > > This is true, but not possible for everybody. But yep, the advices from EA > are: > > 1. no mirrors (but i dont wanna race without them, so put off some details > first) > 2. no pitlane objects (you wont miss them..) > 3. change config.ini to run in windowsmode > > Thats all folks > HJ > >

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> On Wed, 09 Aug 2000 18:27:43 GMT, "HJ Ventura" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > -snip- > >3. change config.ini to run in windowsmode > > I saw that too, what does this added command actually do? > > Thx, matt

The game does run in a window from that moment. But i didnt work for me, actually. But some had good experiences.

> Thanks for the advice guys! BTW, how do I change this config.ini to run in > windowsmode? Please explain where this is and exactly what it is that I do > being that I am somewhat computor illiterate! > Config.ini is a file in the main directory F1 2000. Open the file with notepad. Change 'windowed mode'. That means...make it a '1' instead of a '0'.