Outrun Coast 2 Coast problem

sargatanas · 6 Jul 2006 at 02:46

Hey guys, I am having a problem with this game, its really weird. I go in the game, i pick my options etc, pick which race i want to do and then let it load all going fine, but then when i get into game the timer starts, and when it says go, i get a high pitched noise through my speakers and the pc chrashes and reboots :confused:

. Anyone know anything about this problem?

bigbilly50 · 6 Jul 2006 at 08:17

Yes, reduce your sound card acceleration to basic - sorted it for me.

sargatanas · 6 Jul 2006 at 12:10

Strange problem but ill try that just now, thanks.

*edit* it worked, i dont get why that would make it crash, but thanks man

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bigbilly50 · 6 Jul 2006 at 15:01

No probs.... dont suppose you have an Audigy 2 card ? Ive read loads of peeps with these are having the same problem. Hopefully a patch will be forthcoming..

fraps · 5 May 2008 at 21:53

I have the same problem but don't know how to reduce the sound card acceleration (no option in game I can see)?

HangTime · 5 May 2008 at 21:54

run dxdiag
Personally I found Outrun 2006 one of the most unstable games I've played in recent years.

fraps · 5 May 2008 at 21:56

Thanks for the quick reply!, will try that and post back (I can see the option is there)

HangTime · 5 May 2008 at 22:22

Oh, you might find this post of interest too: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=7322637&postcount=8

fraps · 5 May 2008 at 22:48

thanks, just read - I know what you mean as i have played screamer, chaseHQ, etc in my school days...

I paid £4.99 for a download so I can't go back but it is very simple and arcade like as compared to NFS MW for example

I partly bought it as a kind of retro experience as I have fond memories of outrun on spectrum 128

LoadsaMoney · 6 May 2008 at 16:48

fraps said:
I have the same problem but don't know how to reduce the sound card acceleration (no option in game I can see)?

START > Settings > Control Panel, then Sound and Audio Devices, Advanced option in the Speaker Settings at the bottom, then Performance tab.

dirtydog · 6 May 2008 at 18:23

HangTime said:
run dxdiag
Personally I found Outrun 2006 one of the most unstable games I've played in recent years.

The PC version is another lazy console port

The Xbox version runs flawlessly at an unflinching 60fps on much inferior hardware.

HangTime · 6 May 2008 at 19:44

^Yeah, and as I adhered to in my linked post, it's such a lazy console port that they didn't even consider the fact that as won't be running at constant 60fps on a PC (unless vsynced at 60hz), having one 'game frame' for every 'rendered frame' is an incredibly bad idea - it's like trying to play GTA in DOS glide with the framelimiter disabled!

dirtydog · 7 May 2008 at 07:53

Yeah it is just like a DOS game in that regard - if you don't use vsync, all the menus and loading screens are way too fast aren't they. The loading screen waiting time is artificial because if you disable vsync it only takes a second - how silly. I normally run my LCD monitor at 75Hz but to play this game, as you say, you need to vsync it to 60Hz.

The graphics while good enough, are not even as good as the Xbox versions in terms of shadows and lighting - also the grass kicking up when you go off road seems feeble in this version. With the power of the PC, they could have made an arcade perfect copy, if they'd been bothered.

I bought an original Xbox just to play OutRun 2, and if anyone else loves OutRun I recommend doing likewise - it is a very close approximation of the arcade version.