Annoying glitch, not sure why

Tunerfreak · Post by **Tunerfreak** » 22 Aug 2005, 09:09

In Nfsu2, when I am on the starting line about to race, just before the countdown, the game literally stops (Audio dosent stop) for a few seconds, and then resumes normal gameplay.This also happens mainly after something loads. e.g.

When you go to tune a car on the dyno. It pauses just as the car has entered the garage and parked on the dyno. Then I pauses again when you click the test settings button and then pauses again just before the countdown.

Whats worse, is that when playing online and it pauses on the countdown, by the time it resumes gameplay, the opponents have already started the race.

Its easy to live with, but it would be good if someone knew the cause.

System specs:

Windows XP Home 2002 with service pack 2 installed.
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40Ghz, 512 MB RAM
NIVIDIA Geforce4 Ti 4800 SE graphics
Shared Internet 100mbps broadband
Anything else you need to know?

I usually run the game at full graphics settings at 1024 times 768 resolution and It runs fine. Sometimes I decide to use AA Times 4 as well but it reduces performance a bit.

Can anyone help?

DArgo · Post by **DArgo** » 22 Aug 2005, 09:30

Try not to run It on full grafics. IMO that's the problem

Tunerfreak · Post by **Tunerfreak** » 22 Aug 2005, 09:36

Nah, thats not the prob unfortunatly.

prince1142003 · Post by **prince1142003** » 23 Aug 2005, 02:53

check the resolution and defrag your hard drive.

p_p_l_ · Post by **p_p_l_** » 23 Aug 2005, 03:16

I had a problem like that. Whe i paused the game it froze and on the start happened the same. I tried turning my antivirus and firewall off and it worked. Hope it works for you too

Tunerfreak · Post by **Tunerfreak** » 23 Aug 2005, 05:31

When I pause it freezes for a bit. Same with unpausing. Ill try looking at my antivirus software and Ill defag sometime. Thanks guys.

WonkaVW · Post by **WonkaVW** » 27 Aug 2005, 06:12

I experienced this problem when I installed McAfee A/V. If you've got an anti-virus running in the background... close it down before you play the game. It really stresses the crap out of NFSU2... I believe the virus scanner scans each and every file the game is using which majorly slows it down.

I've got AVG now which I can completely (more or less) shut down when I don't need it. Doesn't seem to impact upon my gaming performance.

-hidden- · Post by **-hidden-** » 27 Aug 2005, 08:37

Thats exactly what happens to me on 1&2