ScarletCrusader: Low FPS even though I installed dgVoodo 2. FPS falls even more during explosions.
The game's always had issues with FPS dropping during explosions. Even with my newer Win10 rig with 8gigs of VRAM and 64gigs of RAM and an i9 CPU, I get lower frame rates when the explosions happen--noticeably with the Bullgut.
Why that is I couldn't tell you, but someone else posted the same observation on another thread.
Part of it may be that the explosions use the full spectrum of true color, and with all the action of particles and smoke trails arcing everywhere, it just may be too much for video cards of any era to render.