Frame Skips after format.

[Phathry25]

So I recently formatted and now MX Sim runs for crap.

I'm getting these really weird hiccups, about every 2 seconds of gameplay, the frame will skip for a moment, and apparently my inputs will also lock during the freeze. Like if I press my front brake right as a frame skip occurs the front brake will be locked until I press it again. I don't even know where to start when tracking this down. This is the same exact PC I had before, minus a SSD holding my OS, it is now located on a spinning HD that was formatted for it's use. When I had to re-install my OS I had two extra drives, one with media, and one with games on it that I did not format. AFAIK they hold no drivers or other important system information.

Any advice? Are there drivers that need to be installed that I just missed? I did all the drivers on the MB Disc, and the newest nVidia driver.

[Boblob801]

I get a similar issue, it use to happen once or twice a lap but now it happens
every 5-6 seconds. The worst part is the controls are un-responsive when it skips
so the throttle can get stuck on or the brakes etc.

[jlv]

Does turning off demo recording help?

[ShackAttack12]

Make sure the game isn't trying to use more video memory than your graphics card physically has.

[BrutalMX]

Same thing has been happening for me. When riding, try taking a screenshot and see what happens. On mine, after a complete format and reinstall of Windows, I still get skips and when I press the screenshot shortcut, my game freezes for about 2 seconds, and when it resumes, the offset of my ping SKYROCKETS. JLV, can you explain why this is happening?

[jlv]

The offset went up because it was busy making a screenshot for you. It's compressing the png and writing it to disk.

[BrutalMX]

The offset went up because it was busy making a screenshot for you. It's compressing the png and writing it to disk.

Writing it to disk..hm could it mean that theres a problem with my harddrive? I never had this problem before...I really dont know what to do, how to troubleshoot which piece of hardware is faulty without taking my computer somewhere.

Is it at all possible a bad HDD could be causing my problems? I notice that when I sometimes open up windows explorer just to move certain files around, it freezes.

[Phathry25]

It's not a bug Brutal. That's just how it works.

[BrutalMX]

It's not a bug Brutal. That's just how it works.

Understood...I'm just anxious to figure out what's causing all of my problems. I'm ready to go buy a new HDD and install it just to see if thats the problem..but if not, there's $100 wasted on something I dont need...

[jlv]

Here's a search that might help.

Does this only happen when recording demos?

[BrutalMX]

Wow..I turned off Record Demo and I havent had a single freeze yet...why is that JLV?

[Phathry25]

Does turning off demo recording help?

No. I went in, played, got frame skips. Turned off "record demos." Less frame skips for two races. Turned on "record demo." Still fewer frame skips.

Shack...really?

[jlv]

Is Windows Update running in the background? After a fresh install it might be running a lot. Try forcing an update manually and disabling automatic updates.

Wow..I turned off Record Demo and I havent had a single freeze yet...why is that JLV?

Not sure. Probably crappy disk drivers. I might be able to work around it by using asynchronous IO or maybe a separate IO thread.

[Phathry25]

Is Windows Update running in the background? After a fresh install it might be running a lot. Try forcing an update manually and disabling automatic updates.

Obviously I had already turned off automatic updates. Went and double checked tonight and even installed a few updates. Same problem. I read through some of the search results you offered and nothing really described the problems I am having. All the descriptions of the problems were skips of 1 second or more, at most my skips are 1/4 of a second. Something really strange happened tonight. I was playing MX Sim alone offline, and the game was running smooth. I got bored and fired up iRacing and played for a while and when I exited I noticed I never closed MX Sim, so I opened the window back up and had major skipping issues, every 1 to 2 seconds the game would skip. I suppose it's worth noting that no other application or game I have used in the past week had any sort of skipping or hanging issues besides MX Sim.

I am so lost, as other than waiting 3x as long for windows to load, and MX Sim skipping my computer, as expected, runs as well as it did before.

[Boblob801]

My skips are far longer than a 1/4 second. Yet for some reason I only get them once or twice a lap now.