Your Top Tips For a Smoother rFactor Gameplay

Ozibimmer · 14 March 12, 03:05

Hi all
After a good search with no luck I thought it would be good to start a thread regarding how to get the most out of you rfactor game.
It would be great if all you veterans could add tips on how it improve your graphics,
what are the best downloads to help beginners get the most from the game and just good tips.
This would be a great starting point for us all.
Please add any suggestion to this thread.
Thanks
Addam

Siggs · 14 March 12, 03:12

Well here are a quick few;

In your .plr file, change the line 'miscellaneous' from 0 to 1. That'll let you hold right mouse button and zoom in and out in the showroom, not allowed by default.

Also in your .plr, change the line 'allow letterboxing' from 1 to 0. This will remove the black borders and replay controls when using the ingame replay feature, so you can capture unhindered screenshots.

I dunno if that's the kind of thing you;re looking for?

Ozibimmer · 14 March 12, 04:33

Great stuff
Keep em coming

franjo · 19 March 12, 16:56

Siggs, thanks so much for the replay trick one. That's great.

zild1221 · 19 March 12, 18:07

Anyone know how to make replays play across three monitors? I hate not being able to record because I only get the center screen and two giant black boxes on the left and right. I know I could just get rid of it during encoding, but it's a PITA.

Age Rohbein · 19 March 12, 18:24

Switch off your mirrors (really helps fps) or swap the mirrors.bmp file for one with a much lower resolution. (Also helps fps, just a bit less than switching 'em off altogether. Makes mirror images more vague, which gives a more realistic look).

Lower the Shadows details if necessary (again, benefits fps), but not so much as to lose the shadows under the cars altogether (ughly).

franjo · 19 March 12, 20:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by zild1221

Anyone know how to make replays play across three monitors? I hate not being able to record because I only get the center screen and two giant black boxes on the left and right. I know I could just get rid of it during encoding, but it's a PITA.

Replays stretch across three 24" monitors for me just fine. I have my monitors setup in an eyefinity group and haven't had any sort of issue.

What resolution, video card are you running?

franjo · 19 March 12, 20:19

One thing I haven't checked that can possibly help rfactor run better.....Can we set the rfactor.exe to use more then one core? Can I set it to use all my cores on my 2500k?

I'm not at home so I can't try at this moment.

Siggs · 19 March 12, 20:23

in the command line add the command

-fullproc

That will in theory make rFactor run over multiple cores, even though it's not coded to. Negligible advantage to performance.

franjo · 19 March 12, 20:43

Thanks Siggs, I'll give it a go and report back if it helps

Ozibimmer · 19 March 12, 22:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Siggs

Well here are a quick few;

In your .plr file, change the line 'miscellaneous' from 0 to 1. That'll let you hold right mouse button and zoom in and out in the showroom, not allowed by default.

Also in your .plr, change the line 'allow letterboxing' from 1 to 0. This will remove the black borders and replay controls when using the ingame replay feature, so you can capture unhindered screenshots.

I dunno if that's the kind of thing you;re looking for?

Where can I find the file, I have been searching with no luck can anyone help me please.

R Soul · 19 March 12, 22:30

rFactor_folder\UserData\your_name\your_name.plr

DurgeDriven · 19 March 12, 22:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ozibimmer

Where can I find the file, I have been searching with no luck can anyone help me please.

yourname.PLR is in rFactor\UserData\youname\
set to open with notepad
then just copy paste the line into FIND

franjo · 20 March 12, 07:03

First off, thanks so much for that replay tip, it looks great full screen.

I did the fullproc too, it did add a few more fps on certain tracks that aren't really optimized. I mean I'm usually at over 200fps, but for example on monaco starting from the pits it was at 50fps. Applied the -fullproc and it jumped up to 85 in the pits. The rest of monaco is well over 200. So it did make a difference for sure on tracks with fps issues.

Thanks again!

Ozibimmer · 20 March 12, 13:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by DurgeDriven

yourname.PLR is in rFactor\UserData\youname\
set to open with notepad
then just copy paste the line into FIND

Thanks R Soul and DurgeDriven
Got it now.

ermax · 20 March 12, 16:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Siggs

in the command line add the command

-fullproc

That will in theory make rFactor run over multiple cores, even though it's not coded to. Negligible advantage to performance.

Actually, the option is +fullproc not -fullproc.

franjo · 20 March 12, 18:27

Strange - made a difference. Maybe fps went lower because ai cars were pulling out. Then after the change I pulled out right away before ai cars. Ill try the +. Thanks

Siggs · 21 March 12, 02:54

Cheers for that ermax, he is of course right. I guess I was just thinking along the lines of most other command prompts using the -

franjo · 5 April 12, 20:00

I found a link describing a patch for rFactor that allows it to use more than 2GB of ram. Is this still true?

I'm running Win7 Ultimate with 8GB of Ram.

http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php

Does this patch still hold true? I've never looked at how much ram rFactor is using. I'll check that out tonight. Anyone have any info on this patch?

Thanks

KittX · 6 April 12, 22:26

Do you know is there a sentence in plr file which would allow to have seat position more than 100? Like it is in rF2, you can have a seat position around 200 if you wish.

Siggs · 6 April 12, 22:48

franjo, that patch does indeed work

fsrguy · 6 April 12, 23:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by KittX

Do you know is there a sentence in plr file which would allow to have seat position more than 100? Like it is in rF2, you can have a seat position around 200 if you wish.

For Seat Position look under Gamedata/Vehicles/ (CarSeries) / (Class of Car) / (Make of Car) then look for cockpitinfo.ini Should be first line .... e.g Eyepoint=(0.400, 0.860, 0.150) // Driver eyepoint (cockpit view only) ( LEFT/RIGHT, UP/DOWN, FORWARD/BACK)

DurgeDriven · 6 April 12, 23:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by franjo

Does this patch still hold true?

Anyone have any info on this patch?

Thanks

Don't waste your time, I extensively tested it in 8 sims including rFactor.

I can run 1920 GTR2 hi-res with 100 different skins on 1-2 GB of RAM for years 'n years. I never needed no patch. Does not make sense. :p

So that is my advice give it a miss if you have a decent fast PC you let it do its thing, all these ancient optimization tools are as useless as tits on a bull.

KittX · 6 April 12, 23:14

yep I know this way. Just wondered if there was a simplier way to do that, without changing the cockpitinfo file.

franjo · 8 April 12, 06:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by DurgeDriven

Don't waste your time, I extensively tested it in 8 sims including rFactor.

I can run 1920 GTR2 hi-res with 100 different skins on 1-2 GB of RAM for years 'n years. I never needed no patch. Does not make sense. :p

So that is my advice give it a miss if you have a decent fast PC you let it do its thing, all these ancient optimization tools are as useless as tits on a bull.

Well im running this game with visuals on full in an eyefinity setup with 24" lcds. There are random times where I see some slowdown in some pits. My machine is no slouch but I'll try this to see if it helps. Running the game at full res with all visuals at max...I'm sure a bit more ram usage would be good.

i'll post my results tomorrow.

Thanks again guys

rickyr · 12 April 12, 05:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by Siggs

Also in your .plr, change the line 'allow letterboxing' from 1 to 0. This will remove the black borders and replay controls when using the ingame replay feature, so you can capture unhindered screenshots.

I just joined to say that this isn't working for me. I changed it and it's still the same. =[

14 March 12, 03:05	#1
Ozibimmer Join Date: Feb 2012	Your Top Tips For a Smoother rFactor Gameplay Hi all After a good search with no luck I thought it would be good to start a thread regarding how to get the most out of you rfactor game. It would be great if all you veterans could add tips on how it improve your graphics, what are the best downloads to help beginners get the most from the game and just good tips. This would be a great starting point for us all. Please add any suggestion to this thread. Thanks Addam

14 March 12, 03:12	#2
Siggs Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coventry Age: 22	Well here are a quick few; In your .plr file, change the line 'miscellaneous' from 0 to 1. That'll let you hold right mouse button and zoom in and out in the showroom, not allowed by default. Also in your .plr, change the line 'allow letterboxing' from 1 to 0. This will remove the black borders and replay controls when using the ingame replay feature, so you can capture unhindered screenshots. I dunno if that's the kind of thing you;re looking for?

14 March 12, 04:33	#3
Ozibimmer Join Date: Feb 2012	Great stuff Keep em coming

19 March 12, 16:56	#4
franjo Join Date: Apr 2011	Siggs, thanks so much for the replay trick one. That's great.

19 March 12, 18:07	#5
zild1221 Join Date: Dec 2009	Anyone know how to make replays play across three monitors? I hate not being able to record because I only get the center screen and two giant black boxes on the left and right. I know I could just get rid of it during encoding, but it's a PITA.

19 March 12, 18:24	#6
Age Rohbein Join Date: Jun 2011	Switch off your mirrors (really helps fps) or swap the mirrors.bmp file for one with a much lower resolution. (Also helps fps, just a bit less than switching 'em off altogether. Makes mirror images more vague, which gives a more realistic look). Lower the Shadows details if necessary (again, benefits fps), but not so much as to lose the shadows under the cars altogether (ughly).

19 March 12, 20:19	#8
franjo Join Date: Apr 2011	One thing I haven't checked that can possibly help rfactor run better.....Can we set the rfactor.exe to use more then one core? Can I set it to use all my cores on my 2500k? I'm not at home so I can't try at this moment.

19 March 12, 20:23	#9
Siggs Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coventry Age: 22	in the command line add the command -fullproc That will in theory make rFactor run over multiple cores, even though it's not coded to. Negligible advantage to performance.

19 March 12, 20:43	#10
franjo Join Date: Apr 2011	Thanks Siggs, I'll give it a go and report back if it helps

19 March 12, 22:30	#12
R Soul Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Formby, NW England Age: 30	rFactor_folder\UserData\your_name\your_name.plr

20 March 12, 07:03	#14
franjo Join Date: Apr 2011	First off, thanks so much for that replay tip, it looks great full screen. I did the fullproc too, it did add a few more fps on certain tracks that aren't really optimized. I mean I'm usually at over 200fps, but for example on monaco starting from the pits it was at 50fps. Applied the -fullproc and it jumped up to 85 in the pits. The rest of monaco is well over 200. So it did make a difference for sure on tracks with fps issues. Thanks again!

20 March 12, 18:27	#17
franjo Join Date: Apr 2011	Strange - made a difference. Maybe fps went lower because ai cars were pulling out. Then after the change I pulled out right away before ai cars. Ill try the +. Thanks

21 March 12, 02:54	#18
Siggs Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coventry Age: 22	Cheers for that ermax, he is of course right. I guess I was just thinking along the lines of most other command prompts using the -

5 April 12, 20:00	#19
franjo Join Date: Apr 2011	I found a link describing a patch for rFactor that allows it to use more than 2GB of ram. Is this still true? I'm running Win7 Ultimate with 8GB of Ram. http://www.ntcore.com/4gb_patch.php Does this patch still hold true? I've never looked at how much ram rFactor is using. I'll check that out tonight. Anyone have any info on this patch? Thanks

6 April 12, 22:26	#20
KittX Baddie Join Date: May 2003 Location: St. Petersburg, Russia Age: 25	Do you know is there a sentence in plr file which would allow to have seat position more than 100? Like it is in rF2, you can have a seat position around 200 if you wish.

6 April 12, 22:48	#21
Siggs Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Coventry Age: 22	franjo, that patch does indeed work

6 April 12, 23:14	#24
KittX Baddie Join Date: May 2003 Location: St. Petersburg, Russia Age: 25	yep I know this way. Just wondered if there was a simplier way to do that, without changing the cockpitinfo file.