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Emulator Issues #13667

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R: Racing Evolution - Glitchy cutscenes

Added by TomBoss about 1 month ago. Updated 24 days ago.

Status:
New
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
% Done:

0%

Operating system:
N/A
Issue type:
Bug
Milestone:
Regression:
No
Relates to usability:
No
Relates to performance:
No
Easy:
No
Relates to maintainability:
No
Regression start:
Fixed in:

Description

Game Name?

R: Racing Evolution
R: Racing (PAL)

Game ID? (right click the game in the game list, Properties, Info tab)

GRJEAF
GRJJAF
GRJP69

MD5 Hash? (right click the game in the game list, Properties, Verify tab, Verify Integrity button)

cb0cb99aa8a3bfe5e8e832cb866c990e
ea37d996d705cef9e9bb2099e3f8c86e
664039ddb018164fdbc6ba190a85c020

What's the problem? Describe what went wrong.

Cutscenes (with the exception of the intro cutscene on startup) are jittering and displaying black artifacts, both at the top half of the screen.

What steps will reproduce the problem?

Launch the game, start a new story mode ("Racing Life") and watch the first cutscene.

Is the issue present in the latest development version? For future reference, please also write down the version number of the latest development version.

Yes, 2409-288.

Is the issue present in the latest release? For future reference, please also write down the version number of the latest release.

Yes, 2409.

If the issue isn't present in the latest release, which is the first broken version? (You can find the first broken version by bisecting. Windows users can use the tool https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-green-notice-development-thread-unofficial-dolphin-bisection-tool-for-finding-broken-builds and anyone who is building Dolphin on their own can use git bisect.)

N/A

If your issue is a graphical issue, please attach screenshots and record a three frame fifolog of the issue if possible. Screenshots showing what it is supposed to look like from either console or older builds of Dolphin will help too. For more information on how to use the fifoplayer, please check here: https://wiki.dolphin-emu.org/index.php?title=FifoPlayer

I have attached a fifolog and a screenshot.

What are your PC specifications? (CPU, GPU, Operating System, more)

Intel i7-12700K, GTX 3070, Win10 Pro 64Bit, 32GB DDR4 RAM

Is there anything else that can help developers narrow down the issue? (e.g. logs, screenshots,
configuration files, savefiles, savestates)

I have tried several renderers, settings and also different game versions (NTSC-U, PAL and NTSC-J)

It's much easier to see the issue in motion so here is a quick video I made that demonstrates it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4fQnR5NBBQ
This issue seems to have been present since the very early days, because this 15 year old video (which is also embedded on the wiki page) displays the same problem: https://youtu.be/WI2oaf48gbY?si=YTC_KoX6PpS4osqQ&t=118
Curiously enough, the issue does not occur in a video from March 2021: https://youtu.be/M0BmvuCxrp4?si=wGHvLsjuVlz5Yp2W&t=125 Sadly, the video doesn't say what emulator version this is.
Also, here is the same cutscene running on original hardware: https://youtu.be/iLKbtrdey9Q?si=7iXk7C3XZVzl5cnW


Files

Racing Evolution.dff (3.48 MB) Racing Evolution.dff fifolog TomBoss, 11/05/2024 12:48 AM
Racing Evolution.png (1.71 MB) Racing Evolution.png Screenshot of the issue (it's more visible in motion) TomBoss, 11/05/2024 12:51 AM
Actions #1

Updated by JMC4789 27 days ago

Try increasing the emulated CPU clock slightly to see if it's just running out of decoding time.

Actions #2

Updated by TomBoss 24 days ago

I tried increasing the CPU clock by increments of 10% up until 200%. The issue persists.

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