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First post, by Sammy

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I installed Win95 and Voodoo1 in Dosbox to Play Colin Mc Rae....

I played the first Level over and over , for testing various settings or Dosbox versions.
But i found it very hard to Play... i only get around Place 3, sometimes on Place 1 with max 3 seconds before next Car.

Set difficulty to Easy.

Then i installed it with the xp patch on a win7 pc and on a Windows xp pc.

Tryed it on both machines and get on First place the first try.
With over 30 seconds before the Car on Place 2 !!!

I have the feeling that on Dosbox the game runs a little Bit faster and not so smooth maybe around 30 fps.

But on real Hardware i have much more fps and the game runs smooth... but slower....that gives you more Time to reakt.

For example: When i Play the Level on Dosbox i have the feeling that my Car Drives around 100km/h.. on real Hardware its feels like only 75 km/h..

But on real Hardware always win First place.

Reply 1 of 2, by Zup

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Maybe you're pushing your computer a little too far.

The computing requirements for that setup are high, so you'll need a very very fast computer to smooth things. Check your CPU usage, and try with games that don't get over 75% core usage (in any core). Those games should run smoothly and should be better for comparing.

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Reply 2 of 2, by Sammy

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Can it be that input from keyboard, when playing with dosbox, has a little lag ?

Now use a Dosbox version from daum 25 jan 2015.

it runs more smooth, and i am able to finish first again.