I actually had this happen when I installed a new processor, so it seems like... maybe, if the game detects a change in the system, it requires an unlock(I imagine this may be to prevent people from copying/burning and putting on a friends computer, basically stealing it). Is the battery on your motherboard good, like do you lose settings, time&date, anything like that? Or do you make any major changes to your system, on a regular basis? This is unlikely but could cause it.

I like that Capri! I had a 1983 Mercury Capri RS Turbo, loved it! It was my first car, got it back in '00, drove it until '05, gave it to a friend when I bought my Mustang, and I regret it!!! I miss that car so much, it was a great sleeper, nobody ever saw it comin.
Yours is a bit different, but better IMO, those are a far superior model. This last summer someone had one just likes yours with a Mach 460 engine, supercharged, at the race track, he was running high 9's in the quarter mile, he actually won first place that day, in race and in show!

Mine turned a 28.9s. It seems like people on lower end systems scored better... Also I noticed it's not multithreaded, only used one core. Anyways is this a bad score for an Athlon64 X2 6400+? Memory is 3GB DDR2 667mhz.
Edit: Also, if this is normal, and it looks that way after reading more posts in the thread, are the C2D chips this much quicker all around, or is it just this kind of processing they're good at?

Last edited by DHRammstein, Tue 19 Feb 2008, 03:51.

165mph/265kph in my mustang, rev-limiter limited.

Sry double post.

Last edited by DHRammstein, Thu 21 Feb 2008, 22:02.

Quote from Matt0snap :

Does limiting ur FPS give less stutter and lag? I'm asking because I don't limit it and get about 70 FPS, but then it drops to 50, 30 and 20 and then lags for a second when I need to load a skin or such. If I limit it to....45 or 50, will it help with this?

Capping it will certainly help yes, unless you have a very high end PC and very few background tasks. Capping it leaves some overhead, so when the game, or a background task need a little extra cpu power, you don't get a spike of any kind.
Myself, I cap just about every game I play at 60, beyond that just doesn't seem necessary, plus I don't like using vsync so capping prevents tearing and any other abnormalities.

Good buy, nice car. I don't see many, pretty much only at the race track when there's a show.

I plan on buying another car in about two years, and the skyline is on my list, but the VW R32 is as well....tough choice..

Quote from Ikaponthus :

Well guys, thanks for all your help and...

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!

The DirectX version I had was from my GTR2 install. I had assumed this was the latest version.

I don't know. Anyway, I downloaded and (re?) installed DirectX and it's running beautifully.

I can now play with 10 AI cars, with everything ramped up onto full, including the video hardware (x4 AA, x16 AS, image quality on "full quality") and it runs flawlessly. The wost FPS I get now is about 30-35 (with 10AI at the spots where it was previously about 9FPS with 4AI) and it now I regularly see it going about 200FPS!!!

Woohoo! I'm so pleased. And this game is just SO DAMN GOOD.

Easily the best racing sim I have played so far ... and it's not even finished!! I'm excited!!

I find this VERY interesting.... About a month ago I installed GTR2, it ran like crap on Vista, so I uninstalled it, but afterward games were giving me problems. The first thing I do if I'm having trouble with more than one game is update directX, so I got the newest redist and installed it, then my system was perfect again.
There's something shady about that game...

Made some major upgrades to memory and processor;

AMD Athlon 64 X2 6400+ 3.2Ghz X2 1MB X2
3GB DDR2 PC5300 667mhz dual channel
8600GTOC 512MB
300GB Barracuda
Windows Vista Home Premium

Quote from NitroNitrous :

Why didn´t overclock your old 4400? I raised my Opteron 180 to 3.1Ghz, just between 6000+ and 6400+, for free
Anyway, enjoy it. Altough Intels are better, it is also a beast

I needed the extra cache, the 512kb X2 was killing me, very much needed 1MB X2, actually I need more heh, but this will do.

I've been an AMD fan for a long time, and believe me, I know how much better the Intel chips are, I've even considered making the switch, but I'm not willing to pay the big money to switch over to an Intel based system.
Trust me, I know the 6400 gets smoked by Intel's counterpart, actually more than one, several of Intel's chips beat it, and considering the prices, I'll be the first to admit Intel is better, especially for gamers. My laptop is core 2 duo, and it outruns my 6400 no problem.
The point of my post is simple, the 6400+ is absolutely fantastic, for anyone on an AM2 system, it's the best buy, period. I should have been more clear, I was comparing it to other AMD products, not overall PC processors.

It is very likely my next system (at least two years from now) will be Intel based, but I love AMD, you know us Americans, always rooting for the underdog

Great review!

I actually had a X800Pro, a very good card, I loved the X800 series cards, in their time they were untouchable, however they do not support shader model 3.0.

If you're interested you can better that card, the GeForce 7800GSOC is the best AGP solution I know of, used one for nearly a year before upgrading to PCI-E. It slaughtered my old X850XT which I think is quicker than any X1650 card.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/app ... =1786748&sku=B52-7812

Expensive card, but extremely powerful, best AGP solution out there to my knowledge.

I guess I haven't payed much attention to the descriptions below the forums, I'll stick to the rules from here on out, I apologize.

Ahh cool, I guess I'll post my stang and GTI in there.

1999 Mustang GTLE/Cobra (GTLE with Cobra drivetrain)

Car in stock form..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CthAg0o6soE
Right after exhaust install, fully modded..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTcpqA3auic

Mac full lenth headers/Mac Off-road X-pipe/Magnaflow Magnapac Cat-back
Ported/Polished Ford Racing Heads & Cams
Trickflow 75mm Throttlebody, Upper and Lower Intake Manifolds
Racing fuel pump, 36lbs/hr Injectors, Burned Custom Chip - Jamex Racing
Lightweight flywheel, Ford Racing Clutch
T56 Tremec 6 Speed with B&M Shifter
Coil over suspension w/ adjustable dampers and height
Stock brakes
31 Spline axles w/ 9" rear end @ 4:10 gears
+ much more, too much to list
Stock wheels, stock exterior










1997 VW GTI VR6
Cold Air intake, 268 cams, MK4 head gasket
FK Silverline Suspension/ Drilled rotors/ 18" Konig Wheels w/ Pirelli P zero nero tires 225/40/ZR18
Otherwise stock;

Last edited by DHRammstein, Sat 16 Feb 2008, 19:38.

Hmm, probably a big difference for me because I'm running it in a fairly low resolution, 1024x768, so the cpu runs away with it a little. After a few benchmarks, I'm seeing anywhere from 10-20% increase in performance over the 4400, great investment for anyone on an AM2 config.

I just finally installed the 6400+, my final upgrade for a very long time. Mostly I got it because of all the FPS I play, but also because I enjoy playing offline with a full field of AI. Man oh man, worth every penny, in fact it's much quicker than I even expected. Before I had the 4400+ installed, and with a full field the frame rate would drop into the 20's at times, now it never falls below the 50's, mostly sticks right at 62.5 where I have it capped. Perhaps it's a bit overkill, but for the price, it made sense to grab this one, it's the quickest they make, black edition, and came with a very nice heat sink and fan for only $189 US.

Anyone running an AM2 system, I highly recommend this processor!!!

P.S. Runs Crysis and Unreal 3 at impressive frame rates, for any other FPS fans out there.

EDIT: "owns" versus other AthlonX2 products, however obvious it may seem

Last edited by DHRammstein, Sat 16 Feb 2008, 20:01.

Quote from nisskid :

actually double clutching can be important, but only really for downshifting under race conditions.

i liked the F&F movies, just leave ur brain at the door when u watch them, typical good action movie which u can laugh at. people get too caught up at the realism of the F&F movies as if all other action movies are realistic. take them for what they are and you'll enjoy them.

You're right, I'm just thinking up shifting, cause I'm thinking in the context of drag racing.

The granny shifting is a term that's been around a lot longer than those stupid movies, it simply means to shift slowly. The movies made no sense, you don't have to double clutch in modern sports cars.
Anyways if you've ever raced in a straight line, then you understand how slowly I was shifting, that's all I meant by it.

At the time, my car had the stock shifter, which didn't have syncro blocks in it, so banging the gears hard could seriously reduce the life of the tranny. Now I have a good shifter, and I can nail each gear as hard as I like.

Wow, I really hope you guys realize how much I hate those corny movies! I guess it only came up because of the word choice, vin diesel used those words in the movie, so I guess I had that coming.

My bad, I didn't really know where to post it, I thought replays were posted here.

Check out what I just did, I was just messin around with the AI and I was distracted, at the last second I try to turn but it's too late, and how I wind up is pretty funny, I couldn't do it again if I tried!

Ahh, nice, I never realized that! Thanks man, that makes it incredibly easy.

Ehh.. I hated those movies, so terrible.
I love drag racing though, it's easy to get into, doesn't cost a fortune either. I try to make it out to the track every other weekend when the weather permits.

Recently I had similar questions about the game, and I've tested every aspect of the game and monitored my frame rates. It absolutely is the AI, not the cars themselves being on the screen, that's killing the frame rate. Given your specs you shouldn't have trouble with a small field of AI cars, the only thing I can think of is the loss of power in bootcamp. It takes a lot of cpu power to run AI, and you're gonna lose some of that power running windows and windows apps on a Mac.

Your system is similar in power to mine, and I can run with a field of 20 AI cars with the graphics nearly maxed out. If you were on a PC you'd be good.
Anyways I guess what's important is the game should run great for you online.