GPL FPS at some tracks

Hi All I've got a 500mHz Pentium + Geforce 4 (plenty of RAM) which handles most of the GPL tracks out there. I tend to use 800x600 res. However, I do seem to get problems with certain tracks. An example is the Sachsenring, where the last corner (just before the main straight and grandstands appear) sees a real drop in FPS. On the other hand I don't get any problems at all with the Isle of Man TT circuit. Are there any tricks or patches (I've got the beta OpenGL raster patch from Papyrus) to improve FPS? Many thanks Alan

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> Hi All > > I've got a 500mHz Pentium + Geforce 4 (plenty of RAM) which handles most > of the GPL tracks out there. I tend to use 800x600 res. However, I do > seem to get problems with certain tracks. An example is the Sachsenring, > where the last corner (just before the main straight and grandstands > appear) sees a real drop in FPS. On the other hand I don't get any > problems at all with the Isle of Man TT circuit. Are there any tricks or > patches (I've got the beta OpenGL raster patch from Papyrus) to improve > FPS? > > Many thanks > > Alan

That track is hard on fps even on my P4-2.4 GHz, GeForce4 Ti4400 system. Sounds like you're getting normal performance with such a slow CPU. Other really tough-on-fps tracks that I can think of are Watkins Glen 1948, Laguna67 and St-Jovite.

Alan Pengelly wrote: > problems at all with the Isle of Man TT circuit. Are there any tricks or > patches (I've got the beta OpenGL raster patch from Papyrus) to improve > FPS? Hi Alan, Usually there are some 'Lite'-patches for tracks to find via racesimcentral forums or gplpp.com. Also, you might want to try Michael Schoetz's low-res mirror.mip (on racesimcentral) which gave me some 4 to 6 fps. Regards, Rudy (GPLRank -18)

Alan Pengelly wrote:

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> Hi All > > I've got a 500mHz Pentium + Geforce 4 (plenty of RAM) which handles most > of the GPL tracks out there. I tend to use 800x600 res. However, I do > seem to get problems with certain tracks. An example is the Sachsenring, > where the last corner (just before the main straight and grandstands > appear) sees a real drop in FPS. On the other hand I don't get any > problems at all with the Isle of Man TT circuit. Are there any tricks or > patches (I've got the beta OpenGL raster patch from Papyrus) to improve > FPS? > > Many thanks > > Alan >

If you can figure out which object is causing the problem you may be able to replace the mip with a lower res version, or the entire 3do/mip with another object. For example once replaced the trees at mallory park with one of the people from the crowds (was something like extract man.mip and renamed it to tree.mip). Didn't look as nice but ran a lot smoother. Been a while since I had to do this, maybe one of the track editors could give you more details on how to do it, and any pitfalls. Ken

Ruud Dingemans wrote:

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> Alan Pengelly wrote: > > > problems at all with the Isle of Man TT circuit. Are there any tricks or > > patches (I've got the beta OpenGL raster patch from Papyrus) to improve > > FPS? > > Hi Alan, > > Usually there are some 'Lite'-patches for tracks to find via > racesimcentral forums or gplpp.com. Also, you might want to try Michael > Schoetz's low-res mirror.mip (on racesimcentral) which gave me some 4 to > 6 fps. > > Regards, Rudy > (GPLRank -18)

Hi Rudy The low-res mirror mip sounds interesting and I haven't come across it before. I went to racesimcentral but couldn't find it - is it definitely there? Many thanks Alan

Thanks for the help chaps. It actually sounds like I'm getting the best out of my hardware, though that low-res mirror.mip might help a bit. I'll just have to clench my teeth when I go through that last corner at Sachsenring! Happy Racing Alan

Alan Pengelly wrote: >>Also, you might want to try Michael >>Schoetz's low-res mirror.mip (on racesimcentral) which gave me some 4 to >>6 fps. > The low-res mirror mip sounds interesting and I haven't come across it before. > I went to racesimcentral but couldn't find it - is it definitely there? Yes, of course. Should find it here: http://forum.racesimcentral.com/showthread.php?t=111981 Regards, Rudy (GPLRank -18)