N3 Problem

Hi guys, just picked up N3 today, and noticed one glitch. When I get ready to go into a race, you hear the sounds but once it comes on the screen, it jerks a lot causing me to crash sometimes, but after about 20 secs. to a minute, it smoothes out. Could you guys help me figure out what this problem is? Here's the specs of my system: 64 MB Samsung PC100 RAM 8.4 gig Maxtor HD 56.6 Diamond SupraMax Modem Creative RivaTNT 16 MB PCI Video Creative 48X CD-ROM Drive Soundblaster Live! Value w/Cambridge 4 point surround speaker set. Running Win98 (First Edition) Running 800X600 resolution on 14" Packard Bell Monitor with 32-bit color. Please try to help with this problem as I think N3 is awesome!!!

Just guessing here, but is your hard drive working overtime during that first few secs. ?? If so I wonder if you have your virtual mem. set high enough. Could be that Windows is caching your game. Seems your have plenty of everything except I would go for more RAM. It's cheap enough these days. I have an Asus board with 128 Mb RAM. Everything else the same and have no problems at all. Tinker >Hi guys, just picked up N3 today, and noticed one glitch. When I get ready to >go into a race, you hear the sounds but once it comes on the screen, it jerks a

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>lot causing me to crash sometimes, but after about 20 secs. to a minute, it >smoothes out. Could you guys help me figure out what this problem is? >Here's the specs of my system: >64 MB Samsung PC100 RAM >8.4 gig Maxtor HD >56.6 Diamond SupraMax Modem >Creative RivaTNT 16 MB PCI Video >Creative 48X CD-ROM Drive >Soundblaster Live! Value w/Cambridge 4 point surround speaker set. >Running Win98 (First Edition) >Running 800X600 resolution on 14" Packard Bell Monitor with 32-bit color. >Please try to help with this problem as I think N3 is awesome!!!

500: I dont know exactly what the answer is but but you look a little short on RAM. It takes somet to run W98 then N3. 471

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>Hi guys, just picked up N3 today, and noticed one glitch. When I get ready to >go into a race, you hear the sounds but once it comes on the screen, it jerks a >lot causing me to crash sometimes, but after about 20 secs. to a minute, it >smoothes out. Could you guys help me figure out what this problem is? >Here's the specs of my system: >64 MB Samsung PC100 RAM >8.4 gig Maxtor HD >56.6 Diamond SupraMax Modem >Creative RivaTNT 16 MB PCI Video >Creative 48X CD-ROM Drive >Soundblaster Live! Value w/Cambridge 4 point surround speaker set. >Running Win98 (First Edition) >Running 800X600 resolution on 14" Packard Bell Monitor with 32-bit color. >Please try to help with this problem as I think N3 is awesome!!!

It sounds like your drive is swapping memory around. Try more RAM. Also, try changing video to 16-bit to see if that helps before you go for more RAM. I run 64Mb with 16 bit color and very little swapping at all. (and that's on a 233Mhz PC with all options on!)

You can also read the ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES in the readme.txt file in the \Nascar3 folder. It describes a delay setting that may help. Wiley

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>>Hi guys, just picked up N3 today, and noticed one glitch. When I get ready to >>go into a race, you hear the sounds but once it comes on the screen, it jerks a >>lot causing me to crash sometimes, but after about 20 secs. to a minute, it >>smoothes out. Could you guys help me figure out what this problem is? >>Here's the specs of my system: >>64 MB Samsung PC100 RAM >>8.4 gig Maxtor HD >>56.6 Diamond SupraMax Modem >>Creative RivaTNT 16 MB PCI Video >>Creative 48X CD-ROM Drive >>Soundblaster Live! Value w/Cambridge 4 point surround speaker set. >>Running Win98 (First Edition) >>Running 800X600 resolution on 14" Packard Bell Monitor with 32-bit color. >>Please try to help with this problem as I think N3 is awesome!!! >It sounds like your drive is swapping memory around. Try more RAM. >Also, try changing video to 16-bit to see if that helps before you go for more RAM. >I run 64Mb with 16 bit color and very little swapping at all. (and that's on a 233Mhz PC >with all options on!)