I'm not sure I understand really. Is this cone supposed to be immobile as in you hit it head-on and your car stops dead? Otherwise I can only see it being useful to prevent cutting in hotlaps or something. I don't get how it would be more effective than a flying cone really, maybe just a little less annoying to the party that hasn't hit it
Good news, thanks. I wish I was on the same time zone as you blokes so I could get in on the full server action. As it stands I do do my own trial runs on each test patch most nights, but I can only go so long before I get lonely and fire up the ol' .5W for some racing hehe. I guess I don't have much input in the test patch thread because I've just never had any problems!
Really looking forward to teh >< and being able to lose some races on some busier servers! See, I figure if I place midpack among 32, that's equivalent to coming in first among 16!!
Well that makes ME feel a little better I'm using a 5900 FX. I'm running guru3d's 97.46 on Vista. For the most part I'm at the vsync ceiling during a race, except for a little choppiness on the start grid.
Unfortunately, I believe nvidia is phasing out support for these old relics. I don't really expect a new driver version until I upgrade my card.
I would think that with as much money as you've invested in 3ds max that you'd be able to get some basic tech support from autodesk? Sounds like an install problem.
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Oh - You're talking about a 3rd party plugin... disregard!
I've installed every test patch I can get my hands on on Vista and have never had Windows Firewall complain. What firewall software (or hardware) are you using? And confirm you're still able to access the rest of the internet when this occurs?
HOoray! I'm really looking forward to that. I think it'll be interesting to see how their individual "personalities" develop after they've learned to drive.
Haha that's cool. I'm staring at my mom's San Francisco apartment. They haven't done my town yet though. I live just northeast of SF across the bay. Google's headquarters is about an hour south of me.
I don't understand why you don't use Single Player mode for this rather than Hotlapping mode then. As has been so eloquently put before, hotlapping and racing are basically two different games with two different mindsets. I think it would be terrific if all these "realism" features like starting from the pits (and... and... I can't remember if there was something else) were added to the Single Player and Multi Player racing modes, but to make hotlapping even more tedious than it is is just silly. I have almost 100 hotlaps online, with many more that I never felt were worth uploading; I'm no top 10 nutter or anything, but I have spent a lot of time in hotlap mode.
I have a shite computer and I haven't had a single issue with Vista yet as far as gaming, music production, or just regular day-to-day use. If I had to reformat again I definitely would not go back to Vista.
But, that's just me. And my guardian angel I guess?
I don't own a PS3 nor do I intend to invest in one. It's funny, you guys are going on about how it “looks amazing” and is the “next level” and comes in different colors and such, but are the games even “fun”? How deep does that beauty run?
I got a Wii on launch day and I love it to pieces. I've got 6 wii games that I have to force myself to rotate between or else I'll just never stop playing whichever one. They're all fun in ways I've alwsys imagined video games should be like. Not to mention all the virtual console games I'm getting to love all over again. I had to make an agreement with myself about those too: I can't download more until I actually beat one. (I just got another batch after finishing Bomberman 93.) I've even gotten my fiancée and mother to both play games with me which is another dream come true lol!
For me a game is just plain more fun when you get to interact with it in a more realistic way. Like LFS with a ff wheel vs. a keyboard, or Guitar Hero and it's guitar controller. Or DDR and it's dance pad thingy. I just can't imagine wanting to play a game with a regular old controller anymore, given the choice.
Oh and did I mention I'm posting this from my Wii? (Wirelessly?)
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