PC Driving games with split screen ?
14 May 2007, 04:12 PM
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PC Driving games with split screen ?
Just invested in a Momo steering wheel for PC racing games 
and was wondering if there were any games that supported dual monitors. My graphics card has a dual DVI-out so I though if I bought another monitor I could have 2 player races with one player on each screen. Are there any games that support this ? If not, why not ?!?!
Games I'm currently playing are GTR2, TOCA Race Driver 3 and Flatout 2 so anything along these lines really.
and was wondering if there were any games that supported dual monitors. My graphics card has a dual DVI-out so I though if I bought another monitor I could have 2 player races with one player on each screen. Are there any games that support this ? If not, why not ?!?!Games I'm currently playing are GTR2, TOCA Race Driver 3 and Flatout 2 so anything along these lines really.
14 May 2007, 11:00 PM
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Not answering your question, sorry, but I've recently bought a Logitech Driving Force Pro - awesome wheel - and have been playing GTR2 a great deal.... which is very good indeed.
However, I noticed a great game missing from your list - Richard Burns Rally - which is a sim in the same way that GTR2 is. Damn difficult.... and a 'must have' if you've got a good wheel.
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However, I noticed a great game missing from your list - Richard Burns Rally - which is a sim in the same way that GTR2 is. Damn difficult.... and a 'must have' if you've got a good wheel.
Shades
14 May 2007, 11:24 PM
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I can't think of any split screen games - usually the comp will only play games on the primary display
edit...it would most likely lag like a basturd if you had 2 instances of the game running in each monitor unless you had like a quad core quad sli setup
edit...it would most likely lag like a basturd if you had 2 instances of the game running in each monitor unless you had like a quad core quad sli setup
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Hmm I don't see why it should lag really : TOCA3 seems to handle split-screen on one screen ok so I don't really see why it should cause any more CPU stress to split the video signal.
Most modern video cards support a dual monitor setup so I thought it strange that this potential wasn't exploited especially in driving games.
Anyway the Momo wheel is fantastic, the force feedback is really strong really brings a new dimension to GTR2. I'll check out Richard Burns rally, the rally stages on TOCA3 are a bit limited
Most modern video cards support a dual monitor setup so I thought it strange that this potential wasn't exploited especially in driving games.
Anyway the Momo wheel is fantastic, the force feedback is really strong really brings a new dimension to GTR2. I'll check out Richard Burns rally, the rally stages on TOCA3 are a bit limited
15 May 2007, 07:09 PM
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It is because two monitors would have a resolution of maybe 4000 pixels or more wide so you would need immense power to run a game at that resolution and it still be playable. Split screen games have the same number of pixels as a single player game shared over the two halves.
It is probably possible with dual monitors because quite a few games can be split over two screens but I couldn't say which driving games. You will need a ninja pc to run it and still look good and be playable.
It is probably possible with dual monitors because quite a few games can be split over two screens but I couldn't say which driving games. You will need a ninja pc to run it and still look good and be playable.
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