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Michigan Lap Times

Peter Fo

Michigan Lap Times

by Peter Fo » Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:44:51

After a multi month hiatus from N2K2 I picked up a used copy of N2K3
on Amazon. After running a few practice laps I logged on to Sierra and
joined a race at Michigan. A guy won pole with a time of 32xx.????
During the race, which I watched, the top guys were turning sub-34
laps. If I'm not mistaken, the Nascar record couldn't be much below
37. What gives?
Dave Henri

Michigan Lap Times

by Dave Henri » Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:07:01



   What was the temp set at?  Alot of fellows have been setting online
races to 40 degrees.  I tried one or two of those online races a few years
ago and decided it was not for me.  Artificial speed is artificial.  
dave henrie

Guido Mielekam

Michigan Lap Times

by Guido Mielekam » Tue, 01 Jul 2003 01:27:05

Still, with 40 degrees you cant drive a 32 sec lap, 36,0 maybe but thats it.
I dunno how they do it Peter, i;m very happy with a qualli of 36 low and a
racelap of 36,5.
Maybe edited ini's, unrealistic setups with driving aids or all that things
together.




> > After a multi month hiatus from N2K2 I picked up a used copy of N2K3
> > on Amazon. After running a few practice laps I logged on to Sierra and
> > joined a race at Michigan. A guy won pole with a time of 32xx.????
> > During the race, which I watched, the top guys were turning sub-34
> > laps. If I'm not mistaken, the Nascar record couldn't be much below
> > 37. What gives?

>    What was the temp set at?  Alot of fellows have been setting online
> races to 40 degrees.  I tried one or two of those online races a few years
> ago and decided it was not for me.  Artificial speed is artificial.
> dave henrie

Larr

Michigan Lap Times

by Larr » Tue, 01 Jul 2003 02:14:00

Arcade Mode ?

-Larry


> Still, with 40 degrees you cant drive a 32 sec lap, 36,0 maybe but thats
it.
> I dunno how they do it Peter, i;m very happy with a qualli of 36 low and a
> racelap of 36,5.
> Maybe edited ini's, unrealistic setups with driving aids or all that
things
> together.




> > > After a multi month hiatus from N2K2 I picked up a used copy of N2K3
> > > on Amazon. After running a few practice laps I logged on to Sierra and
> > > joined a race at Michigan. A guy won pole with a time of 32xx.????
> > > During the race, which I watched, the top guys were turning sub-34
> > > laps. If I'm not mistaken, the Nascar record couldn't be much below
> > > 37. What gives?

> >    What was the temp set at?  Alot of fellows have been setting online
> > races to 40 degrees.  I tried one or two of those online races a few
years
> > ago and decided it was not for me.  Artificial speed is artificial.
> > dave henrie

Tim

Michigan Lap Times

by Tim » Tue, 01 Jul 2003 03:26:31

That would be my guess

--
Tim White
www.intracmotorsports.com


> Arcade Mode ?

> -Larry

Peter Fo

Michigan Lap Times

by Peter Fo » Tue, 01 Jul 2003 07:50:24

No, it was simulation mode. I remember the track pretty well since it
was the scene of my last online triumph last summer. I observed the
lead guy, who claimed to be 62 yrs old, hitting 218 mph on the
straights. I suspect it's the so-called unrealistic setup bug. If so,
it's a lot worse than I realized.
-Peter

Larr

Michigan Lap Times

by Larr » Tue, 01 Jul 2003 09:03:21

Well, I was once in a fuel-stop-required race where the winner never made a
stop, so there ARE ways to win other than being the best driver.

-Larry


William Bradsha

Michigan Lap Times

by William Bradsha » Tue, 01 Jul 2003 15:21:17


> After a multi month hiatus from N2K2 I picked up a used copy of N2K3
> on Amazon. After running a few practice laps I logged on to Sierra and
> joined a race at Michigan. A guy won pole with a time of 32xx.????
> During the race, which I watched, the top guys were turning sub-34
> laps. If I'm not mistaken, the Nascar record couldn't be much below
> 37. What gives?

Doesn't NR2003 have something like 750 HP instead of what the real cars
have, 700? With a good setup, and possibly exploiting some setup/game
bugs (just a guess here), certainly people would be able to pull those
times.

-Will


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