R3E unplayable on highend system help pls

[Ishigami]

Hi,

I bought DTM:E back in the day and played a little bit until I got fed up with the none-adapting AI (apparently I suck).
Back then R3E worked absolutely fine.
Since then I replaced my PC with a more powerful one and recently got an 800 points gift from SimBin so I reinstalled E3R to try it out.

However it is now unplayable!
Once I go to a track the game starts to stutter heavily or may even stop responding completely. The sound also starts to fail and even if I can drive a few meters the FFB goes completely nuts.
I had Ventrilo running in the background the moment I go to track Ventrilo tells me that my sound device stops responding. Even if Ventrilo is off the issues remain.
I output the sound via DTS Interactive over an optical connection to a HD receiver.

System is as follows:

CPU: Intel i7 -4930K @ 4,4 GHz
Mainboard: Asus X79 Rampage IV Black
GPU: GeForce GTX 780 Ti SLI (Driver 340.43)
RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro @ 2133 MHz
PSU: Corsair AX1200i
HDD: Intel SSD 520 Series
OS: Win 7 Home Premium
Wheel: Fanatec CSW BMW M3 GT2 / Formula / Porsche 918 RSR & Clubsport Pedals (FW 53 & Driver 200)

Visual settings don’t do anything, this happens even on low settings.

WTF is going on?

Other games work flawless e.g. Assetto Corsa, pCARS, Watch Dogs (need to switch to stereo sound there but that’s a known issue), StarCitizen (SLI off, known issue)

[Terminal Meltdown]

My system:

CPU:3960x @ 4.7ghz with Corsair H80 cooler
MOBO: RIVE
GPU: EVGA 680
RAM: 32GB G.Skill 2133mhz
PSU: AX1200
SDD: Corsair GT in RAID & some other ssds for storage
OS: Win 7
WHEEL: G27

RRE Runs excellent pegged @ 60 fps on my rig, even online.




P.S. I use older Nvidia drivers as the new ones still suck.. lulz

[Ishigami]

Its running of an SSD, fragmentation doesn't matter on an SSD.

[CosmicGigolo]

340.43 is a beta driver have you tried 337.88? This game has had issues with some of the latest Nvidia drivers. I havent had any of the issues with 337.88

[CosmicGigolo]

BTW - I had to go through a Championship season on DTM before the AI adapted. I believe they only adapt to race laps so don't even bother with qualifying.

[yusupov]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Terminal Meltdown:

My system:

CPU:3960x @ 4.7ghz with Corsair H80 cooler
MOBO: RIVE
GPU: EVGA 680
RAM: 32GB G.Skill 2133mhz
PSU: AX1200
SDD: Corsair GT in RAID & some other ssds for storage
OS: Win 7
WHEEL: G27

RRE Runs excellent pegged @ 60 fps on my rig, even online.




P.S. I use older Nvidia drivers as the new ones still suck.. lulz

helpful.

[Terminal Meltdown]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von yusupov:

helpful.

I thought so, too. Once he tries those older video drivers he shall see the light. Would you like a pic of that quote, Yusupov? It'll last longer.

[yusupov]

a pic of that quote...what? again dude, im not at your level of crazy. no idea what yr talking about.

you added the thing about the drivers as an afterthought. the entire post was you posting yr system specs & how you have no problem.

[kmanitou81]

I use 340 without problems, but I can't max the game at all with my PC.

[Terminal Meltdown]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von yusupov:

a pic of that quote...what? again dude, im not at your level of crazy. no idea what yr talking about.

you added the thing about the drivers as an afterthought. the entire post was you posting yr system specs & how you have no problem.

The post reference was merely to suggest not to forget about trying older drivers in case he had not already thought of something so simple as it was. It twas "helpful," yes, but your apparent fkcuin' sarcasm wasn't, obviously.

[Ishigami]

It is certainly not the SSDs. I'm already using RST by Intel. After all this is not the only game running on said SSD yet it is the only game that has problems. Benchmarks indicate everything is working fine.

I validated the game cache, no difference.

I switched my wheel to several different USB ports, no difference.

I tried switching to 2 channel 48kHz sound after a test with that I then completely deactivating the realtek sound chip neither of which made a difference.

The 340 Nvidia driver should be fine. The only difference between a Beta driver by Nvidia and a WHQL driver is that Nvidia simply doesn’t acquire the WHQL certificate as the process takes time and cost money. The quality of the driver is the same.

Symptoms:

The menu in the event takes longer to load than the main menus.
Once on track the sound starts skipping.
Animations start to lag and skip. (game at 60 FPS vsync)
The game itself starts to skip frames or freezes. (Note if it does not freeze it runs at 60 FPS vsync)
The FFB of the wheel goes carzy.

If I press ESC when the game is frozen after some time the event menu pops up in a very laggy fashion. I then can quit the event after that everything works normal again.

Edit:

Tried exception for Anti Virus, no effect.
Reinstalled game completely on same location, no effect.
Reinstalled game completelyon different loaction, no effect.

[HarrierDuBois]

Pre-rendered frames setting in gpu driver?
Screen setup?

[Ishigami]

1 frame ahead.
1920x1080 with 60 Hz Vsync on a single FHD TV.

[HarrierDuBois]

Hmm, 2 more questions: Did you try in single gpu mode? Cause there's no genuine SLI support till now..
Are those the default clock settings on cpu, gpu and ram? Cause OCing might result in bad performance too..

[Ishigami]

Reinstalled entire PC.
Problem persists.

[Ishigami]

I was able to fix the issue.
Responsible was the front I/O panel.

I don't know what the issue in detail is but I noticed in another instance that no USB 3.0 plug was working on it.
I had an Xbox One controller connected via one of the USB 2.0 plugs.
So since I had issue with USB devices not responding in R3E and the USB 3.0 plug not working in general despite being connected to the mainboard I tried to clear the I/O panel of any devices.
I disconnected the XBox One controller from the front I/O panel and connected into plug on the mainboards rear panel.
And now the game works like a charm including SLI btw.

So I guess my front I/O panel is trash…