11-19-2008, 10:42 PM
I installed vdrift-setup-2008-08-05.exe under Windows XP SP3 and have MANY video issues. I have a 2.8GHz Pentium 4 w/ hyper-threading enabled, 1GB RAM and a NVIDIA GeForce FX5500 w/ 256MB & Forceware 169.21, DirectX 9.0c.
First, I can't switch to full screen. Vdrift will change video resolutions, but Vdrift itself won't show in full screen. I have to use Task Manager to kill Vdrift to get back in.
I can't change video resolutions. When I change resolutions, I get a couple of fuzzy green / red rectangles and nothing else. I can click on some of the rectangles to get out of Vdrift.
I tried running Vdrift in windowed mode (practice race). Frame rates were horrible. CPU usage was pegged out (50% - remember that I have hyperthreading enabled) and it took about a minute to perform the 3 second count-down. Clicking ESC and trying to exit the game, mouse movement was miserably slow - couldn't hardly track the mouse across Vdrift. Had to move it in small increments to prevent over-shooting the buttons. It took just about as long.
My computer isn't a modern power-house, but it's not a dog either. I can run a lot of other OpenGL / DirectX games with medium / high video settings and they're very playable.
First, I can't switch to full screen. Vdrift will change video resolutions, but Vdrift itself won't show in full screen. I have to use Task Manager to kill Vdrift to get back in.
I can't change video resolutions. When I change resolutions, I get a couple of fuzzy green / red rectangles and nothing else. I can click on some of the rectangles to get out of Vdrift.
I tried running Vdrift in windowed mode (practice race). Frame rates were horrible. CPU usage was pegged out (50% - remember that I have hyperthreading enabled) and it took about a minute to perform the 3 second count-down. Clicking ESC and trying to exit the game, mouse movement was miserably slow - couldn't hardly track the mouse across Vdrift. Had to move it in small increments to prevent over-shooting the buttons. It took just about as long.
My computer isn't a modern power-house, but it's not a dog either. I can run a lot of other OpenGL / DirectX games with medium / high video settings and they're very playable.