Amazing Graphics

I guy that is in the multi-platform sim league, that I frequent, has purchased GP4. While he prefers the F1-2002 physics, he is impressed with GP4s graphics. he getting very nice frame rates at very high graphic settings. Here is a quote:

" This game has one thing going for it that puts it way ahead of
any F1 sim/game out there. GRAPHICS.

Not talking the in-game menu here. Not talking the Advanced in-game
menu. If you have this game, and a stout rig,do the following:

1.) Go into Program Files.

2.) Find the Infrogrames folder. ( What kind of F'ing name is
Infrogrames? No wonder they are outta business or soon will be.)

3.) Open up your GP4 folder. Inside look for a file named
f1graphic There are actually 2 of them. One is a BAK file.
Leave that one alone. The other is a CFG file. That's the one you want.
Open this file using Notepad. At the top, the very first line says
something like "f1config.file is the dominant file." Next to this is the
number zero.(0) Turn that zero into a 1 and save it. That makes this CFG file the master file for the graphics in the game.
Now, go to v-sync under
the [Release] list. Set that variable to 1 as well. Now go down to
"Use compressed textures if available". Set that number to 0. Compressed textures suck,
that's why you just turned it off.

Now look for the variable...
"Use true-32bit Textures". Set that number to one.(1) (1 is on, 0 is off
in most cases)

Now, look for a variable that says Stencil, Yuck, 0 (looks terrible)
Stencil Alpha 8 (best). We want the best here, so put that number
on 8.

Now look for MIP-MAP LOD BIAS. There is a large variable here.
From -8 to +200. When dealing with MIPMAP Detail, the lower or
even more negative the number the better. The in-game menu will
only allow you to go to 92. 92?!!!!! F*** that s***! Put it on 50 first,
play a few laps. PC rig still have plenty of muscle? Go back and lower
it to 30. Still got power to spare? Put it on Zero. (0)

Now save all this stuff, before you ever leave the file.

Boot up the game, pick a race or free practise or whatever, and be
amazed. The sun reflecting off the concrete as you head into Turn 1
at Imola is flat out beautiful. See the sense of scale this game has?

GP 4, when tweaked right, can look better than the LIVE On-board
footage you see on Speed Channel.

As far as framerates go. I'm getting 50 - 60 with everything turned
WAY UP, like I described. In spots, with about 10 cars on the screen,
it will bog down to 30 or 40.

My rig?

AMD Athlon XP 1900 +
512 MB DDR RAM
nVidia Geforce 4 Ti 4600
Gigabyte GA-7DX mobo "

Anybody try all these changes ? It sounds like he's got it running very well.


JohnW

"My rig?

AMD Athlon XP 1900 +
512 MB DDR RAM
nVidia Geforce 4 Ti 4600
Gigabyte GA-7DX mobo "

????

my system is prac. the exact same as that! except ive got a P4 2.0ghz.

i only get 33 fps with static env. map and 1024 x 8??

and i get a po of 110.

whats up with that????



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Wassup? Dunno...I tried those modifications and they changed almost nothing just got flickering grass and gravel (!) and lost 1 fps.
Performance wise, at least under XP, the only stuff that can really shake this pig are mirrors.

i just tried these and they ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


my game looks 100 times better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


i still only get 33fps and 110po at the start but the graphics are breathtaking and i never get bogged down!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU!!!!

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I-MAX can you post screenshots of before and after?

Yeah,I am curious too.Only change was some amazing debrys-cool and real.

I hate doing stuff like this

Often using these mod config files means lots of cars dont work and texture detail levels change




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps

Didn't work for me-lost 2 fps

trying them now....

Can't say I see a difference ...

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REHAB IS FOR QUITTERS

i do its much better... but the visors look terrible


and ever since i installed flo's update i cant turn visors, video walls, ect. off


which means !!!!!! HEAT HAZE ARRRRRRRRRRGHHHH

That might be because Flo supplies a gfx file with his

Im not sure, i dont have thr update




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps

the rest of the update is awesome though so i dont really mind... be nice if i could turn em off though

I forgot to ask him what O.S. he uses. Could be Win 98, Win 2000, or XP. I'll ask and report back. I don't think he has installed ANY patches but I'll find out.

JohnW

i get some screens now.....



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i hope this pic works cause all i get is a fortune city sign.



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yah it works now. for me it does anyway.

so here are the rest: and remember that thiese are not the "real" quality since they are jpegs.............


























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wtf?? how come the last 2 arent working........



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