MJ Fix Test Results and Drivers Statements

[J_Verschueren]

I promised I'd post, so here goes:

I have no coherent recollection of the race as I'm not familiar with the drivers in this series and my main objective was to put in laps and help test the fix.

I had two freezes last night. One happened during qualifying while I was at the weekend screen. I don't know exactly what happened because I wasn't in the room when it froze (had gotten up to get a drink).

The second happened 4 laps from the end at Guardia Urbana. To me it seems freezes happen when I'm oversteering into or in the middle of the corner, so when the car is pointing more into the corner than it normally does, but is not actually spinning out. I don't know if that helps or not.

Also: turning off detail or textures in mirrors only causes freezes for me at this track.

Anyway, doing 18 laps without trouble twice and then almost 40 is a lot better than it used to be, where running at Montjuic was simply a waste of time and a source of frustration for me.

Thank you Paul and friends...

Specs:

WinXP SP2, DirectX 9c
MSI motherboard (VIA chipset) w/ integrated LAN adapter (VIA Rhine chipset).
Athlon XP2800 processor, 1GB RAM
Radeon9800Pro (the fastest card the motherboard supports).
Hercules MuseLt 4.1 soundcard (2D sound mode)
Internet via cable modem (256kb up/8192kb down)
GPL options 1280x1024 (changing resolution has no effect on framerate/stutters), with horizon(*), clouds and spectators turned off (forward view and mirrors).
With the "CARS67" carset the track is now fluid for me except for two hesitations at Vias which get worse if there are other cars around (caused me to lose control once in the race last night).

I'm pretty sure I have the most recent drivers for everything, except maybe the videocard (listed below).

Driver Packaging Version 8.351-070302a1-045035C-ATI
CATALYST™ Version 07.3
Provider ATI Technologies Inc.
2D Driver Version 6.14.10.6677
2D Driver File Path System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{AF8E76D9-E972-4825-8E0D-5FB66954FEDD}\0000
Direct3D Version 6.14.10.0487
OpenGL Version 6.14.10.6388
CATALYST™ Control Center Version 1.0.1790.814

(*)Rem: I think this is what Cad means when he talks about "sky" (his GPL is in French).