yes I am and we take racing very seriously here--F1 and rallying. I am using gp3 w/v1.13 patch, the gpx patch, the new 2002 season carset (from this site). This weekend I hope to hook two machines together for the side-by-each racing experience. Thanks for the quick response. Actually I have two problems, the first is a lag in video usually at the end of the pits or within a corner or two (not a huge problem) and then the sound gremlin which usually starts within a half a lap or so with the static coming and going usually drowning out the car sounds. Don't know if the problems are related. Checked the gpx logs to see if anything was there, but nothing related to sound. Alot of debugging events though--I'm not sure if that is normal or not.