-John
> > Exactly Goy. I can take or leave LPI ratings.........hey, how about
using
> > that programming time for an improved damage model ? <G>
> Or an AussieV8 sim....
> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> "The Pits" http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> "A man is only as old as the woman he feels"
> --Groucho Marx--
Achim
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What I'm saying btw isn't that it's part of the drivers skill to guess which
races will be accident free - on the contrary. I'm saying it's an important
part of the drivers skill to even in messy races stay clean and clear of
accidents :-)
Which I am convinced BTW all the RASCAR guys I've seen racing without
exception are or will be very good at.
Achim
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Achim
> Most PW'ed races back on TEN where the the host wanted to screen your
> LPI would settle for around 20 usually
> If you do race a lot of pickup races, it's not uncommon, or at least it
> wasn't uncommon, to be in the 20-30 range, especially on the SS as you
> need to stay with the pack to have a prayer and you won't have much time
> to react when something happens
> Sorry, LPI *is* a tool for judging people's racing ability, but it's
> "just another tool" if you ask me, nice to have but I'm not going all ga
> ga over it :-)
> Now, an AussieV8 mod/add-on/patch on the other hand....:-)
> no religious feeling here about that - I just sound like that <g>
> What I'm saying btw isn't that it's part of the drivers skill to guess which
> races will be accident free - on the contrary. I'm saying it's an important
> part of the drivers skill to even in messy races stay clean and clear of
> accidents :-)
> Which I am convinced BTW all the RASCAR guys I've seen racing without
> exception are or will be very good at.
Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
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- Eric
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Thanks, Eric, if there's any further info you need just let me know.
It's worth pointing out that if anyone decide to create a new ID in the aim
of getting a better LPI - there will still one oher factor to think of - the
skill point... Which means that now folks have to start over racing for
new skill point - cleanly! What good is your 800 LPI if your skill level
is still 2 and the race recquire 6!?!?
For those who just run league races, the LPI is bound to get high yes.. -
but my guess is that the skill levels on the otherhand will remain pretty
low.
The objective here is not to see who got the biggest.... LPI (!) - but to
promote and ensure cleanER races... So the next time one of decide to
enter a 40% 6-10 race at Dega - we wont have to wonder how many of the cars
beside us can complete 20 laps without wrecking twice!
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"David G Fisher" said:
Not really JS, I support you an your product, maybe I should use my real
screenie here so you want slam me so hard next time. My advice to Papy,
charge the single car in single car accidents, and the first 2 to make
contact otherwise. Don't blame me for driving blind into a smoke filled
corner and hitting the idiots that started it, especially if they are strung
from top to bottom with no opening for me to go through.
I have a great connection and have still gotten charged ICs when I finished
1st and didn't touch a soul. There where a ton of wrecks, none of which I
were a part of, still 1 or 2 IC's. If they are going to base something like
a restriction on this crazy stat, it should at least work first.
I guess, but it means racing a ton of idiots before being allowed into the
'click' with their LPI restricted servers.
I still lurk in there with a 'throw away' screen name just to keep tabs on
possible recruits for my league. And the recruiting that I have done has
shown me a lot about guys with low LPIs NOT being an accurate indicator of
their actual driving skill. I don't think accident avoidence is any more
skill than luck or even fate.
Again, I thought this sim was about racing, not *statting*. And I take back
defending your fictional prose earlier too :(
>I've been together with my wife for 14 years, and I still love her deeply.
>Almost incredible, but true :-)
>Achim
Andre
>> Andre / continuing work on a romantic poem for his girlfriend (hmm..
>> what rhymes on hooters?)
>Scooters?
>;-)
Andre
Not true, my LPI is 0 (thats zero) and I statisically win 22% of the races I
run (since N4 came out anyway, was more IN N3/CTS and less in N3). So since
I run private, IP league races and have no ratings and no LPI stat, I have
to shlep through SS races on Sierra to buildup enough of an LPI to get into
races with guys that are likely no better than me...I don't think so. I
thought this sim was supposed to be about racing, not who is good enough to
race on certain servers...I guess that is my main gripe with this whole
deal, NASCAR Racing is supposed to be about racing, not who avoided enough
wrecks to race with a certain click.
The lpi will bring people with a similar idea of what is 'good' racing
together.
As for having to build up an lpi, I can't see anything unusual with that.
It's like everywhere else in racing - you start in a lower class, and once
your skill level improves, you get to race against others of a similarly
higher skill level in the next higher class.
Achim
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very well said <bg>
Achim
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