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Perhaps. However, reflexes and completely ridiculous car dynamics are completely different. Lifting off after accelerating INTO a turn unbalances the cars weight (the most common way to initiate a powerslide). Lifting off then hitting the gas will do the same to a must larger degree (called power oversteer). Braking up to the turn then accelerating out of a turn then somehow causing a spin makes no sense. All that I'm saying is that if they are going to make an arcade game, make it have arcade physics. If they are going to make a simulation game, then make it have reasonably simulation based physics.

I think that did it. No more frame rate drops, my video card doesn't get too hot either and that's with everything maxed out!

Anybody else?

Yep, it's like 25fps constantly no matter what. That's what makes me think it isn't a computer issue at all because the performance is exactly the same no matter what kind of load there is.

The Astons in general seem to have simply diabolical handling. I mean, you can drive the AMV8, lift off in the middle of a corner, mash the throttle and it'll stick like glue, but if you get even the slightest of bumps (which you can't see on the road), you're off.

Vsync on: no change.

Whew, I'm not the only one! I will try turning Vsync on. :)

Made no difference whatsoever. Am going to just call them.

Not only do I not know what DirectAudio is, I'm just trying to figure out why my video card seems to be underperforming.

Turned off online interactions: no dice. THe game is still very much playable, but it was silky smooth before and now it's not. Interestingly enough, my card doesn't even get as hot now. It used to run into the 90s, but now it's only getting into the 80s and GPU usage is around 50-60% whereas it was in the 90s beforehand. Wonder if they're related...

I'm running 5.1 and I know it's working properly because I'm running Dolby PL2x which upmixes to 7.1 (I just use my existing home audio connected to a receiver), and the rear surrounds are getting people driving up behind me, engine noise dependent on view, and everything else.

I haven't used Winamp since high school, so that's not the problem there. Nothing new was installed: I was driving my R8, talking to somebody from Russia in a Koenigsegg, then the next time I started the game it was all jittery. I will try the online interactions thing though. How do I access that option in game? I can't seem to find it :(

Hey all, I've been playing TDU2 since the 8th (I think I'm level 17 or 18 now), and it was working buttery smooth in all conditions: cities, weather, night, races, whatever. Now, however, it's as though my framerates have plummeted significantly (seemed to start as soon as I hit level 15). I'm running at 1920x1080, everything maxed but AA (set to 2x, doesn't make much difference). Relevant rig specs: Vista Ultimate x64 GTX 480 Superclocked (1/18/2011 driver update) 6GB Corsair Dominator RAM i7 920 CPU Ideas? Even turning everything down makes zero difference whatsoever, and if I can play Metro 2033 maxed out without a hitch, I'm pretty sure that this game shouldn't magically become a hog as soon as you reach a certain level...

Fixed it, never mind! I wasn't running TDUPE in administrator mode.

Hey all, I've got an interesting situation here. I've been putting in mods for some time, and just recently started doing physics modding. The one that I'm stuck with right now is the 458 Italia which replaces the 360CS. Whenever I try to start the game, just before it gets to the main screen, it says "TDU has to close" or something along those lines. I was getting that error a lot yesterday with other physics files until I happened to find one that worked correctly. This never happens when I install a new model/physics pack that has an installer; only if I have to use TDUPE to do it do I get these errors. Obviously I have the magic map, so I'm at a loss here. Any help? :D -Dave