"temp" cars

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  1. aventura

    aventura Registered

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    I am really enjoying the new build with LR and the skippy. Unfortunately, whenever I go online I see lots of cars replaced by the grey "temp" car. I suspect this has to do with my graphic settings. I upped the "number of cars visible" to 30, but the problem still persists.

    My specs:
    i2500k OC to 4.2
    2x 560Ti in SLI
    8 Mb RAM
    triple screen


    I apologize if this question was already addressed elsewhere in the forum.
    Thanks!
     
  2. Max Angelo

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    Temp cars are loaded when a new client joins the server and you are on track.

    The reason is to load a very low poli car in order to avoid the "join lag", which happens when you are on track and a detailed car is loaded.

    When you return in garage, the game loads the detailed car.

    Such join lag is a phenomena which happens in any online game, and the most of the software houses use a workaround to minimize the issue (ISI chose the temp cars, other racing sims have invisible cars etc)
     
  3. aventura

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    Grazie mille Max.
     

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