Thanks for the tips... I will have to look a little more closely at the car
selection screen next time, as I most definitely have a very sweet,
burnt-orange 356 Carrera which I have lovingly tweaked (in the car setup
sense and in the "oops, hit a tree again" sense) and I want to pull that one
out of my "quiver" for special races. The Atomic Pumpkin, I like to call
it. And using the cheat would defeat half the reason of buying the game.
Although last night I was more than a little irritated when I built up a
killer 964 Turbo, only to find that the next tournament was for the 993...
DOH! Read the fine print. Garage sale time for the intercooler, throttle
body etc., as I never liked the 964s anyway :-)
Will have to go look at the record site. Meanwhile, anyone interested in
the Jimmy Dean invitational online tournament (550 Spyders only)? Is there
a nicer car in NFS? I don't think so.
Stephen
> Yes, as you go thru evolution you buy cars and can buy parts and then add
> them to the car. The ***arts site linked on www.nfscheats.com has a
> savegame for all the cars if you don't want to bother with evolution.
> You'll need to change suspension settings also for best times. The world
> records site http://www.racesimcentral.net/~eel/nfswr/index.html
> has replays you can use the replay analyzer on to see suspension settings
of
> record runs :)
> rms
> > Aha... thought that was what the asterisk was for. Now for the 60,000
> (and
> > perhaps stupid) question. How do I run a modified car? Is this in the
> > manual, or an online FAQ somewhere? My car selection screen seems to
only
> > offer stock cars.
> > Also, if that's the case, then I feel a lot better about my mid-pack
> > performance in some races...
> > Stephen
> > > Almost everyone who races online runs modified cars. If you notice on
> > > the screen that you see before the race, where you can chat at the
> > > bottom and everyone's names and cars are on the top, if the car has an
> > > asterisk beside it, that means it is modified. No asterisk is factory
> > > stock.
> > > TW
> > > On Sun, 2 Jul 2000 22:31:02 +0200, "Stephen Ferguson"
> > > >I finally ventured into the online world of Porsche racing. The lag
> and
> > > >warping wasn't so bad considering everyone was on opposite sides of
the
> > > >Atlantic, although there was one moment where 911 Turbos were
> teleporting
> > > >all over the Monaco tunnel.
> > > >What I was wondering (I know, read the manual) was if it is possible
to
> > use
> > > >modified cars in online play. The first set of races I entered, I
was
> > > >strongly running midpack for the ten or so races with a 2000 Turbo,
and
> > the
> > > >winner was always in sight. A great set of races, but the 2000 Turbo
> > isn't
> > > >my first choice from Porsche. I switched to a 356 only race, as the
> 356
> > is
> > > >one of my favourites, and watched as everyone promptly ran away from
me
> > an
> > > >hid. Hmmm... maybe I don't know how to drive my favourite car, I
> > thought.
> > > >I tried a set of Boxter races, and was more than a little
disappointed
> to
> > > >find myself finishing up to a minute behind in the Industrial Zone,
an
> > > >almost flat out track that only lasts a little over 3 minutes. I'm
not
> > all
> > > >thumbs when it comes to sim racing, as I find myself within 10-15% of
> the
> > > >top times in GPL, Viper etc.
> > > >Were they running modified cars? I wasn't about to accuse anyone of
> > hacking
> > > >cars until I found out if there is a legit way to run modified cars
> > (perhaps
> > > >from your own "stable"?). The manual doesn't have much to say on
this.
> > > >Not much time to chat and ask questions, as everyone just jumps into
> the
> > > >next race right away.
> > > >Stephen
> > > Todd Walker
> > > twalker294 at earthlink.net
