car, but the anguish! AAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah well, I'll
kick the AI's ass in a GP at Spa to make it up then eh? :O)
> You deserved the win, I feel your anguish. But persist... better days
> must surely lie ahead.
> Glenn
> > Well, as a habitual 8th to 9th place qualifier I've never won a race
> > against the AI. Nor come close. So tonight I finally qualify in 2nd
> > place, coming within 0.04 secs of taking the pole at Silverstone-- an
> > all time best for me. At the start I quickly drop back to 4th place, but
> > I'm running clean and work my way back up to 2nd behind Brabham, the
> > leader. Shadowing him closely, intense with concentration and nearly
> > colliding several times, I finally get a run on him coming out of
> > Maggots, slip by on the inside, outbrake him heading into Becketts (Turn
> > 3) and Whoopee! I'm actually leading an AI race! Now I get nervous,
> > start clutching the wheel too tightly, but I stay clean and am soon
> > maintaining a steady 3 second lead over Brabham and Gurney who are
> > fighting it out for 2nd place. One lap to go and despite several close
> > calls and tardy brakings, I'm still anxiously maintaining my margin. I
> > come cleanly around Abbott and now I've got one straightaway to go, the
> > final corner, and I've won my first race against the AI! I've done it!
> > Until I shift into 5th and in a flash of flame and flying debris I blow
> > my engine! Now I'm coasting for that last corner, powerless, bobbing my
> > head frantically up and down in an irrational attempt to impart the
> > momentum to my slowing car. Suddenly the finish line is before me, but a
> > scant split second before I reach it, Gurney roars by and takes the win.
> > By 0.17 seconds.
> > I'm sure my neighbors must have pondered calling the police after my
> > anguished cry rang out. Damn that Lotus. Damn GPL. Damn it to hell. I'll
> > never win, so what's the point in trying anymore? Then again, I wonder
> > if I would do better with the Eagle....