hey hey y'all. new to lfs and been hanging out on the forum for a couple days. wanted to say hi. this game is sweet.
been playing console sims for years, and was happy with them, until my friend showed me LFS and GTR2. the first thing that impressed me was how bumpy the roads are in these games. the car is being constantly upset. awesome! didn't realize the level of realism i was missing until i experienced it first hand.
then there's his G25, which knocked my socks off.
unfortunately i'm one of those mac users, so i couldn't run these apps, and continued to play forza. then last week i bought a macbook pro to expand my musical capabilities, and thought i'd see how these games run in boot camp. well they run surprisingly well, so i went out and bought a G25 the day i figured that out. this machine plays windows games better than i expected! GTR2 demo will run on full graphics, with a full grid of 16 (think that's the demo limitation) with a smooth framerate. i was surprised LFS couldn't keep up as well, as with as few as 5 opponents my framerate would drop to less than 10fps, but after scouring these forums for ideas, i found if i changed the process affinity to only use 1 core, and set the priority to realtime, the framerate never dipped below 24fps, with 20 opponents and many graphic options turned up, and online play is smooth. great success!
so in summation to this long, pointless, and probably boring thread, i just want to say hi! i'm here now, and will probably pester y'all occasionally
been playing console sims for years, and was happy with them, until my friend showed me LFS and GTR2. the first thing that impressed me was how bumpy the roads are in these games. the car is being constantly upset. awesome! didn't realize the level of realism i was missing until i experienced it first hand.
then there's his G25, which knocked my socks off.
unfortunately i'm one of those mac users, so i couldn't run these apps, and continued to play forza. then last week i bought a macbook pro to expand my musical capabilities, and thought i'd see how these games run in boot camp. well they run surprisingly well, so i went out and bought a G25 the day i figured that out. this machine plays windows games better than i expected! GTR2 demo will run on full graphics, with a full grid of 16 (think that's the demo limitation) with a smooth framerate. i was surprised LFS couldn't keep up as well, as with as few as 5 opponents my framerate would drop to less than 10fps, but after scouring these forums for ideas, i found if i changed the process affinity to only use 1 core, and set the priority to realtime, the framerate never dipped below 24fps, with 20 opponents and many graphic options turned up, and online play is smooth. great success!
so in summation to this long, pointless, and probably boring thread, i just want to say hi! i'm here now, and will probably pester y'all occasionally
but i'm sure i was getting higher framerates. honestly i only race the full grid of AI opponents to benchmark the computer's performance. the AI is dumb as hell and quite annoying.