Hey all,
I've just bought LFS recently and have been playing my way through the training modes. One thing that i have found which is really annoying is that if i re-start a training lesson (particularly overtaking ones) every time i run it i get a slower frame rate. Here's an example gaming session to make it clearer:
1. I start up the game, go to training and pick Lesson 80 (Aston Overtaking FXO GTR). On the grid i'm getting 35fps average. Take off and crash on the 1st corner oops :-).
2. Press escape, the replay comes up, then i press "Try again".
3. I'm back on the grid, except this time my average frame rate is about 25fps. Drive away and crash again (or finish the race doesn't matter), restart the lesson and now my frame rate is 12fps.
Every time i restart the lesson the frame rate drops, down to the point where the game is not playable. The fix is to quit out of LFS, wait 5 seconds and open it back up again. Then the 1st race is at full speed, and subsequent races get slower and slower. The effect seems to be less when their are no AI players.
I have tried closing all un-necessary programs down on my pc, i only have 14 processes running in Task Manager and they are all Windows components i can't close. Whether i do this or run the game with all my usual programs running doesn't seem to effect this. Yes the game runs slower with firefox/azureus etc etc running in the background, but the same pattern of slowdowns occurs.
My pc is a P4 3.0GHz with 1gb RAM, ATI 9700 video card. I've tried new ATI drivers (6.3 and 6.9 catalysy). I've just ordered a new video card (7800GS as i'm stuck with AGP), don't think it'll fix this problem but the game will run better with it no doubt.
Has anyone else seen this problem before? Any suggestions on how to fix it, it really bugs me having to restart LFS every 2nd game.
I've just bought LFS recently and have been playing my way through the training modes. One thing that i have found which is really annoying is that if i re-start a training lesson (particularly overtaking ones) every time i run it i get a slower frame rate. Here's an example gaming session to make it clearer:
1. I start up the game, go to training and pick Lesson 80 (Aston Overtaking FXO GTR). On the grid i'm getting 35fps average. Take off and crash on the 1st corner oops :-).
2. Press escape, the replay comes up, then i press "Try again".
3. I'm back on the grid, except this time my average frame rate is about 25fps. Drive away and crash again (or finish the race doesn't matter), restart the lesson and now my frame rate is 12fps.
Every time i restart the lesson the frame rate drops, down to the point where the game is not playable. The fix is to quit out of LFS, wait 5 seconds and open it back up again. Then the 1st race is at full speed, and subsequent races get slower and slower. The effect seems to be less when their are no AI players.
I have tried closing all un-necessary programs down on my pc, i only have 14 processes running in Task Manager and they are all Windows components i can't close. Whether i do this or run the game with all my usual programs running doesn't seem to effect this. Yes the game runs slower with firefox/azureus etc etc running in the background, but the same pattern of slowdowns occurs.
My pc is a P4 3.0GHz with 1gb RAM, ATI 9700 video card. I've tried new ATI drivers (6.3 and 6.9 catalysy). I've just ordered a new video card (7800GS as i'm stuck with AGP), don't think it'll fix this problem but the game will run better with it no doubt.
Has anyone else seen this problem before? Any suggestions on how to fix it, it really bugs me having to restart LFS every 2nd game.