rec.autos.simulators

>As regards pit stops, if you do want to recreate the experience then
>limp back to the pits, sit in the stall for 10 seconds and press
>Shift-R to get the damage fixed.

> one really big thing for me that i wish would have been addressed was how
> the AI cars
> if you tangle with them have this magic ability to get back on the track
> very quickly and efficiently.
> When the AI cars end up off the track they "magically" just *rotate* to the
> direction of the track and then they are off.
> Meanwhile i am hitting reverse, spinning my tires just to get pointed in the
> right direction....while the AI car has already sped off to the horizon

> -zAmboni

> > Just curious, what outstanding single player bugs would you like to
> > have seen addressed in the patch?

> > Eric

> > > Really an anti-climax for those of us who do not race on-line.  In
> > fact, I
> > > doubt if I will bother obtaining the "upgrade" at all.

> Remember that this function is not available at the highest "realism"
> setting.
> --
> Best regards,
> Bruce.
> ======
> The Stunned Mullet........seriously satirical stuff!
> http://welcome.to/the_stunned_mullet
> ===============================================

> >As regards pit stops, if you do want to recreate the experience then
> >limp back to the pits, sit in the stall for 10 seconds and press
> >Shift-R to get the damage fixed.

> >Are there features you like?
> All the online stuff :-)

> >Dislike?
> No dislikes, but I would have liked a couple of very minor things, such
> as the ability to run on the pits loop at the 'Ring, thereby eliminating
> the need for an 8-minute out-lap... Also it would be cool to sort out
> the AI so that they can't turn around on a sixpence :-)

> That aside - gimme it now!

> --
> Cheers!
> Graeme Nash

> http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk
> ICQ# 11257824
> ________________________________________________________________________________
>            "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want"

>                              (Calvin & Hobbes)

>Randy

>> Remember that this function is not available at the highest "realism"
>> setting.
>> --
>> Best regards,
>> Bruce.
>> ======
>> The Stunned Mullet........seriously satirical stuff!
>> http://welcome.to/the_stunned_mullet
>> ===============================================

>> >As regards pit stops, if you do want to recreate the experience then
>> >limp back to the pits, sit in the stall for 10 seconds and press
>> >Shift-R to get the damage fixed.

>  I'd like to see sims in future offer the ability to run all tracks in
>the reverse direction, effectively giving us double the tracks. This
>means probable repositioning of S/F lines and grids. Reverse AI would be
>optional IMO - maybe in a later patch if the demand is there. But I
>think it should be there for online use right out of the box in future.
>Track packs and track editors are a chore or out of the question but
>this seems like a good way to get literally twice the mileage out of all
>the track designing :)

>> >Are there features you like?
>> All the online stuff :-)

>> >Dislike?
>> No dislikes, but I would have liked a couple of very minor things, such
>> as the ability to run on the pits loop at the 'Ring, thereby eliminating
>> the need for an 8-minute out-lap... Also it would be cool to sort out
>> the AI so that they can't turn around on a sixpence :-)

>> That aside - gimme it now!

>> --
>> Cheers!
>> Graeme Nash

>> http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk
>> ICQ# 11257824

> >That's interesting - I have a similar replay where I made a great move
> >on an AI car only for both of us to suddenly veer off the track as
> >though we'd collided - I checked and there was at least a full
> >tyre's-width between us at all times.

> Are you both driving the coventry/cooper or the other car was a
> coventry?
> There is a bug in physical/visible car dimentions. Car is wider than
> it looks like. To check, drive donuts in chase-view. The skids are not
> centred with the tires.

> There is a patch to correct this - but don't ask me where.