This game has been criticized for its bug and glitches. And on top of that it requires a super computer to run it - Even after that you will face some renderring issues. So the game needs some serious patching and performance optimizing to be made playable at the very least.
[Edited by HonestGamer, 1/1/2012 9:45:51 PM]
I must agree with HonestGamer i have completed the game with the great help of Cheat Happens Trainer.
When i purchased this game in the UK i always go to the same company called "GAME" i'm not shouting thats how it is,they always ask me when i go to pay will your pc meet the minimum spec requirements, i reply well if its unopened i will bring it back! the point is with these new games you do need a High End PC to run them and its a shame really because everyone has not got the cash for these top spec computers which in the long run also costs these game studio's a lot of lost custom.
Have you noticed though that these studio's now try to make sure their games play on windows XP with service pack3 i think thats because the greatest number of pc users have windows XP installed,i must admit i think windows XP was the best and still is out of all the windows versions.
I have windows 7 home premium 64 bit straight from the shelf and its a Hewlett Packard HPE 590uk and it plays anything up to date,it won't be long b4 i will have to upgrade the way these studios are moving on with gaming.
sorry for the long input.
This game has been criticized for its bug and glitches. And on top of that it requires a super computer to run it - Even after that you will face some renderring issues. So the game needs some serious patching and performance optimizing to be made playable at the very least.
[Edited by HonestGamer, 1/1/2012 9:45:51 PM]
I may not have a wimpy PC, but it ain't a God Box either (Q9550s @ 3.8GHz, Radeon HD6950 Firmware updated to 6970 at 6970 speeds with ROP and shader cores opened up, 4GB RAM, Auzentech Xplosion 7.1 DTS Connect sound card).
Rage runs at a constant 60 FPS for me (both prior and after the update). With a few ini tweaks, there are no pop-ins, no low res textures, and no issues at all.
Here's what I posted to Arstechnica when the game first shipped:
1) D/L the latest ATi or nVidia drivers (Google ATi Rage performance driver or nVidia Rage beta driver to get to them)
2) Make a CFG file in your Rage install folder in the /base folder called Rageconfig.CFG. Within this file place the lines:
seta vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly2 "8192"
seta vt_pageimagesizeuniquediffuseonly "8192"
seta vt_pageimagesizeunique "8192"
seta vt_pageimagesizevmtr "8192"
seta image_preload "1"
seta image_useCache "1"
That should work for graphics cards using anywhere from 512MB of VRAM to 1.5GB+ (if you have 2GB or more of VRAM you can try altering the numbers in quotes to 16384, the figure I posted earlier is the safest bet).
3) Force v-sync "on" in your graphic card's control panel.
That should alleviate all texture pop-in and screen tearing. Now you're good to go!
If you'd like to go a bit further, you can add these command to your desktop shortcut for Rage, or to Launch Option for the STEAM version: +com_skipIntroVideo 1 +image_anisotropy 16 +image_usecompression 0 +m_smooth 0 +fc_maxcachememoryMB 1024
For maxcachememory to work you'll need to create two folders. Go to your users/username/appdata/local folder and create a fold called id software. Inside that id software folder, create a folder named rage. Now you're done.
That worked wonders for me. #1 should be a non-issue since both nVidia and ATi have had several beta and WHQL releases since Rage first shipped. Some of the other stuff was addressed in the first patch. Still, it's a good guide to follow.