rec.autos.simulators

RASCAR: Sim Quirk

John Simmon

RASCAR: Sim Quirk

by John Simmon » Sun, 02 Mar 2003 21:49:15

I was practicing at vegas (on my own server) last night, and I
experienced something all the RASCAR guys should be aware of.

I was practicing pitstops, and during one of them, I overshot my
pitstall and backed up to fix the problem.  I guess I had gone too
far past it for my pitcrew to take my renewed attempt seriously and
wouldn't come over the wall.

So, I backed up a pit stall or two and before I could put the car
into a forward gear, the spotter told me I was DQ'd for reckless
driving and it booted me out of the practice session.  I quit the
race after that, so I don't know if I would have been allowed to
qualify (but I doubt it since I was DQ'd).  However, it would have
let me start the race (at the back of the grid).

I'm telling you this now so that we don't hear any whining or
***ing about it during the races.

Dave Henri

RASCAR: Sim Quirk

by Dave Henri » Sun, 02 Mar 2003 23:33:25

John Simmons

      I still say they should have a multiplayer FPS based pit crew sim.  
Where you don't worry about drivng, but how quickly you can jump over the
wall and hit the 5 lugnuts with your airgun, or how quickly you can drop
the jack and run over to the other side.  You could have pit crews from all
over the country teaming up, perhaps even adding some live feed from real
races so that when the real car dove into the pits, your crew had to
respond.  Can you beat the real team?  Of course due to licensing
restrictions, any F1 multiplayer pitcrew would be limited to one person.
dave henrie

Marc Collin

RASCAR: Sim Quirk

by Marc Collin » Sun, 02 Mar 2003 23:53:13

If you overshoot just a bit, it will let you back-up.  If you back through
someone else's pit or back down pit road, you are DQ'd.  Been that way since
N3 I believe.

Marc


John Simmon

RASCAR: Sim Quirk

by John Simmon » Mon, 03 Mar 2003 00:02:45

I hadn't seen that behavior before.



Marc Collin

RASCAR: Sim Quirk

by Marc Collin » Thu, 06 Mar 2003 09:15:55

It's not like you get DQ'd for doing something you're supposed to do!!

Marc


> I hadn't seen that behavior before.



> > If you overshoot just a bit, it will let you back-up.  If you back
through
> > someone else's pit or back down pit road, you are DQ'd.  Been that way
since
> > N3 I believe.


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