Performance issue

[jokel317]

Hello I know I got a old system lol but when I run OR I get terribly low fps. On OR I get anywhere from 1-4 fps with 1 or 2 engines , When in normal MSTS get anywhere from 25-35 fps on the LSRC route my system specs are P4 2.4 GHz, 1 gig ram DDR, PCI Nvidia GeForce 5500 256 MB and im very aware my hardware is dated but I cannot afford to buy a new system. I don`t know if you guys are aware of this issue or are focusing only on higher end systems thank`s

[twpol]

As I'm sure you are aware, performance is huge subject; from your specs, I'd guess that the GeForce 5500 is probably the bottleneck for OR. However, there are a number of good improvements we've made to performance since the last release, so I'll hope you'll try out our new release when it comes out on Friday (17th). To take one particular example, in the previous release, precipitation (rain & snow) looked good but took a ~25% FPS hit; in the new release, it looks the same but the FPS hit is only 1-2%.

As far as focusing on different levels of system, I'd say that we're trying to make it playable on anything reasonable from the last 5 years (with more advanced features turned off if necessary). Obviously, we have limited time and resources, but we want to be as inclusive as we can without sacrificing too much for those with more recent/powerful systems. It's a tricky balance!

[jokel317]

Thank you for the reply I will definitly try the new release when it`s available and report back how it go`s. I won`t let that deter me from trying out OR again though. I hope the best for the team

[muskokaandtahoe]

There is something odd that happens in OR that has yet to be fully understood and that is what is going on (and why it happens) when fps drop to 1-2. On my old machine, this happens on just 1 route -- lots of objects per tile, lots of textures (in msts this route would get 10-12 fps.) Never could figure it out. On my new machine, which is much, much faster, the same route gets 25-40fps -- anywhere from a 12X to 40X improvement. Yet on all other routes where congestion is highest the difference between old machine and new is almost always 2.5-3X. So what is it about that one route... I dunno.

[Train-a-Mania]

I'm in the same boat as Jokel. My system's only two years old, but Open Rails was painfully slow (1-2 fps). This occurred on routes that easily hit 15-25 fps in MSTS. It couldn't handle the WP Feather River Route, which ordinarily runs at 10-15 fps.

Specs:

2.31 GHz Processor
2 GB RAM
NVidia GeForce 6150Se

[muskokaandtahoe]

Video chips integrated into the motherboard almost always underperform.