TEAM MACLAREN AND HIS LAG

[panza]

macca my old chum let me try to help you

first wot is the spec of your pc

ie cpu psu mobo gpu

also what connection you got

let me know wot these are and well work from there

first off thou do a defrag of your machine and try to delete anything you dont need

then ctrl alt tab and see wot proccesses you got running and see wot you dont need

also wot operating system av u got as vista can be probs aswell

cheers panza

[Team Mclaren]

Hey panza. thanks mate!

first off i've defragged , did a disc cleanup, emptyed the TMN catch, & shut down programs running in the background using msconfig! Now it did help for one night , actually was the FM night as well, but now its back to its usual tricks! I've been looking into getting more Ram mines 512 at the Mo!

Comp Info

Packard Bell iMedia 1801 Intel P4 2.93 Ghz PC
Intel P4 2.93 Ghz Processor 515
Hard Drive - 160 Gb SATA
Memory - 512 Mb DDR RAM
Graphics Card - 128Mb ATi Radeon x300 SE Graphics (with TV out),PCI Express16x, 56k Modem,
Internet Speed - upto 1mb
Operating System - Windows XP Home

The lag only happens once a race, but just a small amount is enough to make me end up in the wall or worse on the grass !!

Any help buddy would be superb!!

[Steve]

What graphics setting have you got on the game??

It wont take much to cause graphics lag with that card. Also, high resolution can cause a surprisng amount of lagg.

I can run medium on 1370X786, but if i put it up to 1680X1050, it laggs alot.

[Team Mclaren]

my screen res is only 1024 by 768!
performance quality in the Tmn settings is normal!!

would you say this card is useless then? ive had my pc for nearly 4 yrs now!

[Tred]

Try turning the game settings down then, it can have a really big difference on the framerate Your computer is WAY better than mine, and I can run tmn most fo the time without major lag Of course, the game won't look so pretty, but I'm there for the racing, so that doesn't matter to me

Oh, and try reducing the number of opponents cars that can be on screen at once.

[mad]

double check with msconfig, see if anything has crept back in... some programs have a habit of discovering they have been excluded.

ram is very important and could cause it.
never go lower than 1024*768..... it will probably slow it down. but do lower other shader settings etc to improve performance.

[panza]

can i say more.................

i did see you type last night that your lag has gone just let us know if it returns

cheers for the help guys

[Team Mclaren]

Just a quick thankyou !! Cheers guys, gonna have a play with the game settings later & order some ram! Lag was gone the other night , probably means it'll be back with avengence later!!!!

I really appreciate everyones help!!!!