Re: Removing in-race messages

I hereby present four images as evidence of the phenomenon in question.
The first three of them were taken in a matter of seconds and they
highlight the significant drop in FPS when a robot driver pits for
repairs. The final image shows another huge drop after the race finish
as the robots roll in one by one. In that particular race, the FPS
usually stayed between 20 and 30, so the sudden drop to under 10 is
troubling, and really complicates driving. Bear in mind I had already
reduced the graphics a lot to reach those adequate 20-30 FPS in racing
conditions.

Here are links to the images (I opted against sending attachments as
they might never arrive). I hope the image host didn't resize them so
badly the FPS can't be seen anymore.

1st image, right after a robot pits (FPS still normal)
http://tinypic.com/r/1448sv4/6

2nd image, huge drop in FPS
http://tinypic.com/r/2dbmp6w/6

3rd image, FPS back to normal after the notification is gone (robot
still pitting)
http://tinypic.com/r/w6uvdz/6

4th image, post-race texts cause another drop
http://tinypic.com/r/34zlelg/6

If the above links fail for some reason, here they are in html:
<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=1448sv4" target="_blank"><img
src="http://i47.tinypic.com/1448sv4.png" border="0" alt="Image and video
hosting by TinyPic"></a>

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=2dbmp6w" target="_blank"><img
src="http://i45.tinypic.com/2dbmp6w.png" border="0" alt="Image and video
hosting by TinyPic"></a>

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=w6uvdz" target="_blank"><img
src="http://i45.tinypic.com/w6uvdz.png" border="0" alt="Image and video
hosting by TinyPic"></a>

<a href="http://tinypic.com?ref=34zlelg" target="_blank"><img
src="http://i47.tinypic.com/34zlelg.png" border="0" alt="Image and video
hosting by TinyPic"></a>

The sound issue (interference) I explained in earlier posts frequently
coincided with the FPS problem, but it's difficult to say if they're
related, at least with my unimpressive diagnostic skills. And to further
confuse this simple mind, the FPS doesn't drop every time a robot pits. 

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