Sim Racing Design

I just got my new laptop and installed NR2003 and all of the mods and such. But when I ran it, it was "laggy". The cursor would continually switch from arrow to hour-glass, and the frame rates sucked.

I've heard mixed reviews about how it works for Vista, so I was wondering if anyone has had this problem before. I would really appreciate any help.


Here are the importat specs:


Dell XPS 1530.
2.5 Ghz, intel duo core T9300 processor
4GB RAM
256MB NVidia GeForce 8600M GT Video card

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Jeff Gordon (6-Time Champion): '95, '97, '98, '01, '04, '07

make sure your power settings are on high

yea choose power plan theres usually Battery Saver, Company Reccomended, and HIGH performance..i have it on a laptop and it runs a little slow on the HP recommended plan but fairly well on the high performance plan

Did you install to the program files folder? if not un-install and re-install to that folder, also right click on your nr2003 icon and turn off desktop composition, check run in compatability mode for XP, and check run as Administrator. Thats what I had to do on my Vista desktop, and it runs with no problems and no lag. Hope this helps.

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Thanks, guys. Unfortunately this has taken a backseat for my computer. I've had the system for 2 days, and now I've got to reload it...

Dell Support system directed me to download a driver that was older than the one that I had installed, already, and now my whole System is f'ed up...2 days, man...

Anyway, thanks for the replies, and I hope to be able to try some of this soon...

Man, now I know what Baker feels like every couple months with his systems...lol j/k

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"Never talk about politics or Dale Jr. in mixed company...you'll always offend someone..."


Jeff Gordon (6-Time Champion): '95, '97, '98, '01, '04, '07

Stooge, great advice. It works perfectly now. 80-140 fps...thanks!

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"Failure is not an option." -Apollo 13
"Life is a team sport." -Hendrick Marrow Foundation
"Never talk about politics or Dale Jr. in mixed company...you'll always offend someone..."


Jeff Gordon (6-Time Champion): '95, '97, '98, '01, '04, '07

Glad to hear it, I know thats what I had to do, it was one of those trial and error things that took a couple of hours to figure out! You will find that a lot of things have to run in compatibility mode on Vista, and a lot of things will not work with desktop composition on. Now you know what to do in those case's, Stupid Vista!

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