Game keeps locking up

[jbob23]

As stated my mx simulator keeps locking up. it all started yesterday. i was online doing a race about a lap in and my game completely froze. couldnt exit out our get back to the desktop for anything. then after turning my computer off and then on i tried to play again and same thing happened, only quicker. i thought it might just be online but i cant even run a regular race. i would uninstall it and reinstall but that will be a mess having to redownload every last thing. wondering if there is something else i could try?



and if ur thinking i wont reinstall because i have an illegal version......lick my nuts. i wouldnt do that to jlv or this community.

[WhMx179]

maybe your graphics quality is too high??
idk man. sounds weird

[ddmx]

My computer sometimes locks up after a massive collision from a noob. i.e. If a noob cuts the track and rams me super hard, about 5 seconds later my pc will freeze. This has happened more than once.

[motox161]

yeah i've had my computer freeze way too many times while racing online. I'm pretty sure its just because it's over heating. I just took off the sides of my computer and put and fan next too it. Keeps it cool and has never frozen since.

[iiMaTxX]

yeah i've had my computer freeze way too many times while racing online. I'm pretty sure its just because it's over heating. I just took off the sides of my computer and put and fan next too it. Keeps it cool and has never frozen since.

Now thats a cooling fan Most cooling fans are like £100- £300

[Mbutler183]

like mentioned earlier, your computer may be overheating. Are you having any other computer issues? has it been operating any slower?

[jbob23]

nah this is the only thing ive noticed. kinda wierd.

[jbob23]

bump

any other ideas. computer is running fine out of mx sim but once in i cant even run a race by myself anymore

[DJ99X]

It shouldn't need a reinstall, as most of the files are fairly simple. Maybe delete the config file, see how that goes?

[jlv]

I'd look into my video drivers. You might also check if Windows Update installed anything around the time it started locking up.

[jbob23]

i kno all my video stuff is up to date. ill look into everything else tho

[jlv]

If you recently upgraded the video drivers you should try going back to the old ones. Sometimes the latest driver is the one with the bug.

[jbob23]

ya ive been messing with the drivers alot lately. i actually did the roll back thing and im on an older one that i kno worked. ill see if it will help. no way my computer should be over heating. i removed the side cover then cleaned it out a bit and let it sit with a fan blowing on it for 5 hours then fired it up and still couldnt run a race by myself for more than a lap. dont see how it could get too hot while im getting good enough fps and while i got the side off with a fan going.

[jlv]

Here are a few threads I found on nvidia's forums that might help -

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=3767
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=4106
http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/in ... 22336.html

[yomo]

I kind of had the same problem once...

It came down to one of the plugs plugging the GPU (Graphics card) into the power supply was a little bit out. I opened up the case and i heard a definite click when it went back in and has been fine since.

So check all the power connections to all you major components.