Hi guys,
I am really impressed with LFS so far, but before purchasing a license there is one or two issues I'd like to clear up as if these things can't be improved I think I'd rather wait for the next release.
The most important one is frame-rate!
I can run the game with the graphics absolutely maxed-out on everything, and as long as there is no AI around, the framerate is fine (70+FPS). However, the addition of a three or four AI cars makes for a totally different story, especially when they are close to the player car. The addition of any decent amount of AI cars (10+) makes the game simply unplayable (stuttering and dropping under 20FPS). I've tried modifying the graphics settings, but even if I put them down low, the game stutters badly when more than two or three AI cars are visible but then runs perfectly smoothly once they are gone (above 70fps).
Is this due to the AI logic or is it a graphics hit because of the extra cars? I'm thinking it must be AI logic otherwise I can't understand how people could play this online? Is there anything that can be done to improve this?
For comparisons sake, I run GTR2 with everything totally maxed out, including high-res cockpits etc. and it runs perfectly smoothly even with a full field of cars in wet conditions at night (e.i. 20fps at absolute worst, average about 40fps in traffic). I just can't understand why only a couple of AI cars in LFS causes such a massive frame-rate hit.
FYI, my computer is a MacBook Pro, 2.4ghz core 2 duo, 2GB Ram, with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, and of course I run LFS using Windows (XP).
Any help appreciated.
I am really impressed with LFS so far, but before purchasing a license there is one or two issues I'd like to clear up as if these things can't be improved I think I'd rather wait for the next release.
The most important one is frame-rate!
I can run the game with the graphics absolutely maxed-out on everything, and as long as there is no AI around, the framerate is fine (70+FPS). However, the addition of a three or four AI cars makes for a totally different story, especially when they are close to the player car. The addition of any decent amount of AI cars (10+) makes the game simply unplayable (stuttering and dropping under 20FPS). I've tried modifying the graphics settings, but even if I put them down low, the game stutters badly when more than two or three AI cars are visible but then runs perfectly smoothly once they are gone (above 70fps).
Is this due to the AI logic or is it a graphics hit because of the extra cars? I'm thinking it must be AI logic otherwise I can't understand how people could play this online? Is there anything that can be done to improve this?
For comparisons sake, I run GTR2 with everything totally maxed out, including high-res cockpits etc. and it runs perfectly smoothly even with a full field of cars in wet conditions at night (e.i. 20fps at absolute worst, average about 40fps in traffic). I just can't understand why only a couple of AI cars in LFS causes such a massive frame-rate hit.
FYI, my computer is a MacBook Pro, 2.4ghz core 2 duo, 2GB Ram, with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT, and of course I run LFS using Windows (XP).
Any help appreciated.