I keep getting random crashes to desktop from a race (do not occur from title menus). I was running an older version of LFS, but then I updated, problem was still there. So I completely uninstalled, and downloaded the latest version (not using a patch this time). Problem still exists. I don't have the full version, but I don't want to buy it if it quits on me every 5-20 minutes.

I have the latest drivers for my monitor, video card, and wheel.

Athlon XP 2700+
Geforce 6600 GT
1.5gig ram
Logitec Wingman Formula GP

I've been searching around here, but have not seen anything about this issue. Please help.

-Travis

By the way, I used to have the S1 Demo, and played that for hours at a time w/o issue. I have since upgraded my video card, and got a ton more ram.

Anyone have any suggestions?

I would bet that your ram is not stable.
download memtest and check it.
http://hcidesign.com/memtest/MemTest.zip

You can also check your GFX card with ATI tool (also on nvidia cards - click scan for artifacts), or check the CPU with super_pi.

Or just run some other benchmarks

i am getting the same problem, it didn't used to happen so its a new bug.

ran memtest, all was fine.

plz help lfs gods!!!

game was running perfectly until a month ago?

also try other tools, or run some heyvy generic benchmarks. 3dmark is a good mainstream one to test your system, but super_pi or prime95 can cause more stress for the hardware.
Just google for them

System is 100% stable running 3DMark, and playing games that require a lot more power (Doom 3, Battlefield 2, F.E.A.R.), not to mention FEA and UGNX3 Modeling.

I tried to replicate the problem last night, but no luck.

Quote from ProDarwin :

System is 100% stable running 3DMark, and playing games that require a lot more power (Doom 3, Battlefield 2, F.E.A.R.)

Good looking != more power

Nothing in "deb.txt" ?
No drwatson report thingie ("would you like to send an error report" etc.) ?

Hmm... didn't know to check deb.txt. Just checked, but it shows nothing since the last time I played, the game did not crash (see below).

I do think I may be on to something though... further testing required. Tried running before with and without AI cars (to put more strain on system - I was following the cars to try and get my framerate to drop)... no difference. Crashed both times about 3 laps in... Turned off AOL IM and was able to run about 10 laps with no issues. Quit, but will test more later.

I know good looking != more power. But I do know that my system was unable to run games like those before the serious upgrades, but has always handled LFS with no issues

Yea those Games might run better, because they are not so likely to cause ram errors. For example, faster ram timings has quite a huge impact on performance in LFS, compared to other games. where the difference is 0 fps.
Tried ATI tool to scan for artifacts (dont overclock it though! "find max core/mem").
Actually you can only use the mainstream benchmarks to check if your hardware doesnt get too hot, but you cant push it to the limit.

Well, done a bunch of 10 lap races with 7 AIs + myself w/o AOL IM and no issues yet. So I think that's causing it.