I've updated to my Asus latest BIOS. No help. The gap is about 5secs. I Can't drive with it.
Now I unplugged my USB Logitech Wingman Force 3D flight stick. The game was running on the backgroud. The gap is gone... I drive with my keyboard anyway so this solved the problem.
Is this a problem with USB and Windows? Or USB and LFS. Or just USB drivers? Is my computer faster with USB cable plugged in? Who knows... but if I someday will get USB wheel and pedals the problem occurs again, maybe.
I'll have same kind of problem. Athlon 3200+ and Radeon X800 Pro. When race time has reached one minute my stop watch has only 55-56 sec. Annoying....
--
I think that this causes the "game freezes" in network games. About every 5 secs the game totally freezes for a less than a second. Maybe my machine waits for the rest of the palyers because their clock is slover (normal) than mine. q-patch did not help.