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Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

shegeek7

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by shegeek7 » Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:46:00

This is a weird one. As I was pulling out of the pits for a practice
session at Infineon I heard a banging noise. Looking in my rearview
mirror I saw the cars behind me hopping! They'd materialize, drop to
the gound and hop up, then disappear! Has anyone else experienced this?
I made a video of it and have a screen shot:

http://www.racesimcentral.net/~taragem/hopping_cars2.jpg

SG
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Jeff Rei

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by Jeff Rei » Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:12:01

This could be lag. I've seen this in NFS5 (Porsche Unleashed), if the lag was bad, you could see cars in the sky
shooting sparks. The other situation is if track information was hacked or screwed up or the wrong track selected. This
would cause cars to appear at the wrong spots.

Jeff Rei

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by Jeff Rei » Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:30:12

If this was track info related, then pressing F2 should have given
you some interesting info, like the time between you and other cars.
The other cars would probably be invisible most of the time or appearing
in strange places like you mentioned.

RodP

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by RodP » Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:00:15


shegeek72 says...

Are you sure you don't have the hispanic mod installed?

Cheers,
Rod.

EL

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by EL » Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:50:46

I bet your AI strength is set very low. If i remember correctly this was a
AI strength issue.

EL


shegeek7

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by shegeek7 » Tue, 23 Aug 2005 20:46:39


> Are you sure you don't have the hispanic mod installed?

I knew someone was gonna ask that. :P

SG
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Larr

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by Larr » Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:55:59

I'm sorry, but... LOL!



> shegeek72 says...

>> This is a weird one. As I was pulling out of the pits for a practice
>> session at Infineon I heard a banging noise. Looking in my rearview
>> mirror I saw the cars behind me hopping! They'd materialize, drop to
>> the gound and hop up, then disappear! Has anyone else experienced this?
>> I made a video of it and have a screen shot:

>> http://users4.ev1.net/~taragem/hopping_cars2.jpg

> Are you sure you don't have the hispanic mod installed?

> Cheers,
> Rod.

Bruce Kennewel

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by Bruce Kennewel » Wed, 24 Aug 2005 04:55:55

I recall that this has happened to me also, but as I only play offline,
obviously lag has nothing to do with it.
The circuit(s) on which it has occurred, however, are conversions, not the
default tracks.

I have no idea why it happens.....sorry.

BK


Goy Larse

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by Goy Larse » Wed, 24 Aug 2005 05:14:04


> I recall that this has happened to me also, but as I only play offline,
> obviously lag has nothing to do with it.
> The circuit(s) on which it has occurred, however, are conversions, not the
> default tracks.

> I have no idea why it happens.....sorry.

The standard fix is to raise the AI strength, at your age you're prolly
racing the AI at below 70% or something :D, try raising it to 85-90% and
see if it helps

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

http://www.theuspits.com

"A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
--Groucho Marx--

Pickax

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by Pickax » Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:00:00


when the grip level of a track is altered significantly, it will do the same
thing

Tom Harringto

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by Tom Harringto » Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:57:14

The hopping goes away on my Athlon 64 when I raise AI strength a couple %,
from 80% to 82%, for example.

Tom Harrington



>> I recall that this has happened to me also, but as I only play offline,
>> obviously lag has nothing to do with it.
>> The circuit(s) on which it has occurred, however, are conversions, not
>> the
>> default tracks.

>> I have no idea why it happens.....sorry.

> The standard fix is to raise the AI strength, at your age you're prolly
> racing the AI at below 70% or something :D, try raising it to 85-90% and
> see if it helps

> Beers and cheers
> (uncle) Goy
> "goyl at nettx dot no"

> http://www.theuspits.com

> "A man is only as old as the woman he feels........"
> --Groucho Marx--

Bruce Kennewel

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by Bruce Kennewel » Wed, 24 Aug 2005 11:38:55

LOL!!
Thanks for that ego-building endor***t, Uncle!

BK


shegeek7

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by shegeek7 » Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:58:02


> The hopping goes away on my Athlon 64 when I raise AI strength a couple %,
> from 80% to 82%, for example.

Interesting.  I have an AMD 64 3000+.

My AI is set on 80% and I race offline. Still on dial-up. :/ I'm going
to try your suggestion and raise it a bit.

SG
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Goy Larse

Hopping cars: NASCAR 2003

by Goy Larse » Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:08:56


> LOL!!
> Thanks for that ego-building endor***t, Uncle!

You know me mate, always ready to lend a fellow sim racer a helping hand
:)

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy
"goyl at nettx dot no"

"When two or more people are gathered together in my name,
they shall perform the Parrot Sketch..."

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