rec.autos.simulators

>I guess I must be racing a different version than you were because I never
>had any problems with the AI on the superspeedways. I've run numerous
>%20-%50 races with them and as long as I raced carefully and had some
>patience, I never had a problem. Now I've patched the game so we'll have to
>see what's different.

>Vintook

> Well, so far I've raced twice with the patch.  First time at Martinsville,
> 43 cars, the pace car came out with about 40 laps left and plowed through
> one of the cars.  The car went airborne, landed on the pace car, and got
> "stuck" into the pace car.  I had to finish the last 40 laps under yellow
> because the stuck car kept it from ever going green.  Not sure if this is
a
> patch issue or just a freak happening.  Next race at 'dega I did
experience
> a *** rear ending under yellow.  I was in a long single file line with
1
> car behind me when another car rearended the car behind me at a high rate
of
> speed causing the car behind me to slam into me wiping me out. :(

> One good thing is the advantage of railriding is now gone since you will
> lose speed big time if you try it.

> -Tim

> > Just as a quick test, I ran a short race at Dega tonite after the patch.

> > Wow what a difference IMO.  Racing against the AI used to be pointless,
> but
> > now they actually behave.  Before, you could not pass on the inside in a
> > corner without getting taken out.  Now you can pass them just about
> anywhere
> > cleanly.  They draft pretty well, but tend to jumble things up on the
> > backstretch.  We went 3 wide on a number of occasions without incident.
> > It's not perfect, but I really had fun in my first race with them.

> > I also ran a quick one at Daytona, where the cars kept the draft going
on
> > both inside and outside grooves.  I thought that was also cool because
> these
> > days the cup guys stay at least two wide the entire time.  Before the
> patch,
> > the AI would take you out more than anything.

> > So far, I am very pleased with the patch.

> > ThreeWide

> I'd say it's pretty freaky :)

> -Larry

> > Well, so far I've raced twice with the patch.  First time at
Martinsville,
> > 43 cars, the pace car came out with about 40 laps left and plowed
through
> > one of the cars.  The car went airborne, landed on the pace car, and got
> > "stuck" into the pace car.  I had to finish the last 40 laps under
yellow
> > because the stuck car kept it from ever going green.  Not sure if this
is
> a
> > patch issue or just a freak happening.  Next race at 'dega I did
> experience
> > a *** rear ending under yellow.  I was in a long single file line
with
> 1
> > car behind me when another car rearended the car behind me at a high
rate
> of
> > speed causing the car behind me to slam into me wiping me out. :(

> > One good thing is the advantage of railriding is now gone since you will
> > lose speed big time if you try it.

> > -Tim

> > > Just as a quick test, I ran a short race at Dega tonite after the
patch.

> > > Wow what a difference IMO.  Racing against the AI used to be
pointless,
> > but
> > > now they actually behave.  Before, you could not pass on the inside in
a
> > > corner without getting taken out.  Now you can pass them just about
> > anywhere
> > > cleanly.  They draft pretty well, but tend to jumble things up on the
> > > backstretch.  We went 3 wide on a number of occasions without
incident.
> > > It's not perfect, but I really had fun in my first race with them.

> > > I also ran a quick one at Daytona, where the cars kept the draft going
> on
> > > both inside and outside grooves.  I thought that was also cool because
> > these
> > > days the cup guys stay at least two wide the entire time.  Before the
> > patch,
> > > the AI would take you out more than anything.

> > > So far, I am very pleased with the patch.

> > > ThreeWide