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Hi Kevin,

Your best best is to find a FAST server.

I was connected to Tim McArther's server for 9 hours
and was booted out twice (but so was everyone else).

My latency was 0.111 (111ms) with a cable modem.
You should be trying for 250ms or less.  Check your
latency three times in a row to see if it's fluxuating a
lot (over 250ms).  If it is, that's bad; however, if it's
fluxuating below or around 250ms thats OK.

To find your latency (after attaching to a server):
1. Close the chat window
2. Press ALT-L
3. Open the chat window to see your latency.

To find your latency before connecting to a server just open
a DOS BOX and type in PING <the ip address>
(Multiply the 'time' value by 2 to get the latency).

Example PING 24.1.24.139 to see if Tim is up :)

Jason.

Kevin E Hill wrote:

> Is it me, or do other people get thrown from internet sessions frequently?
> I will be racing, and then I get a full screen of static, and I am thrown
> back to the multiplayer connection screen.  This happens probably once or
> twice every 10 minutes or so.  It has not happened, as of yet, during a
> race.
>
> Anyone have this problem?
>
> Anyone have a solution?
>
> -Kevin



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