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From: Doug Milliken <bd427@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Re: "Grand Prix Legends"? It should be "Nurburgring Legends" :o)
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On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Pat Dotson wrote:

> for the user to have the option of changing the max
> frame rate from 36 to 30, rather than having the frame
> rate vary between 30 and 36.
> 
> In fact, based on my perception of GP2 at 25.4, I wouldn't
> be surprised if GPL at 25.4 fps would be better than GPL
> fluctuating between 30 and 36.
> 
> What I am getting at is that the human eye may be very
> sensitive to fluctuating frame rates - and that a lower
> constant frame rate may be better than a higher fluctuating
> frame rate.  Is anyone aware of any study into this topic?

Lots of work on this general topic in the commercial/military aircraft
simulator world.  Another place to look might be the National Advanced
Driver Simulator (NADS, I kid you not) -- a big project (USD ~40M, our tax
money at work) funded by the US Government, located in Iowa.  They have
generated a lot of proposals and papers, but seem to be having trouble
getting online... 

I don't have any references handy, sorry.  Maybe someone with some time
could do a net search?
 
-- Doug
		Douglas Milliken  <bd427@freenet.buffalo.edu>
		Milliken Research Associates Inc.

