rec.autos.simulators

Has anyone noticed in GPL that lap times after a slide on the grass or
any off road excursion show lower laptimes, I noticed this problem in
the very early Alpha version of the demo but it is still there.
Anyone noticed the same?

I'm just saying there possibly is an error in the lap time calculation.

Marc.

Laptimes after an offroad excursion should be slower in comparison to ones
without leaving the tarmac in a big way. I just noticed that the reported
laptime on a slower run in which I did some serious offroad excursions, i.e.
hugging the bushes, showed indeed a quicker laptime which in fact should have
reported a time 10 seconds or more slower, in comparison to a similar lap
without making mistakes.
It doesn't always happen, but there are scenarios in which this happens.

Try to run the car into the green barriers so the car slows down almost to a
standstill but without damaging the car so you can continue the lap, then check
your laptime.

If more people noticed this behaviour then I know it isn't my imagination and I
can report the bug tot Papy.

Thanks,

Hmm... that's indeed a good question...  It's the first time I see this.

And it's not a "cut-course" thing neither. lol, I might sound stupid, but
couldn't that be something related to the clock in the PC ?

Oh and did you tried to reinstall GPL and see if such thing happen ? Oh and
finally, you do remember that the actual lap on the board is 1lap previous
from the one you did ? heh.

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Mike

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First, let me ask the obvious: On the lap where you hit the bushes, are
you looking at the pitboard right as you pass, or are you waiting a lap
to look. If you do have an off, the pitboard won't reflect the slower
time til two laps later... When you pass the pitboard for the first time
after an off, you're seeing the time for the lap prior to the one where
you went off. It can indeed look like you just got a great time for a
botched lap tho.

It may be obvious, but it's a possible explanation for lap times seeming
to disagree with on track performance...

Trips

Trips

-Ryan

  >> greatest racing sim ever"? naw, i couldn't be....

I do hope this timing is correct, i had to stop hotlapping with F1RS
when i upgraded my pc because the timing went to pot.

Just as a small aside, i had my pitboard tell me at the Glen my lap was
1:06:09 and the lap recorder said 1:06:08 tonight, and yes it was that
same lap as i botched the previous one. I didnt think to save the replay
and check the time. Must get a new spotter if he's going to make
mistakes like that!

Mike.

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 Also, if you go back to the pits, the time is "calculated" or
something. I went back to look at the setup, and when I came back to
the track, it gave me a lap time that didn't make sense.

  Really makes a shambles of the fastest laps tally.

    Craig