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> Almost like when a real race car blows a right rear.  The car just goes into
>snap oversteer without my moving the wheel.  I noticed this too at other tracks
>but not michigan which is similar to the problem converted tracks.  Is the game
>really that "throttle sensitive" or is this a bug?  

>Thanks in advance,
>Chris

> I mostly bought CART/ICR2 so i could get the Sprint Car patch when it comes out
> and to convert Phoenix to GPL (hey it was only 5 bucks and i got a second copy
> of N1 with it).  Anyway i played the game with Indy cars and found out it would
> actually get some use so i went about downloading the usual upgrade stuff (99
> carset, new sounds, the free track converter, converted Homestead track...etc).
>  Anyways the odd thing i noticed...especially on the converted tracks such as
> C***te and Atlanta is the car just "washes out" in the middle of the corner.
>  Almost like when a real race car blows a right rear.  The car just goes into
> snap oversteer without my moving the wheel.  I noticed this too at other tracks
> but not michigan which is similar to the problem converted tracks.  Is the game
> really that "throttle sensitive" or is this a bug?

> Thanks in advance,
> Chris

> >>Um... Sprint Car patch?? Where did you hear about that?<<

> http://www.racesimcentral.net/***world/

> >Thanks for the tip... but still can't find it. Where do I go once there?
> >I looked on the News page, but nothing...

> It's on the ICR2 page of Sim***world, ina subdivision called Sprint Cars.
> Also, click on the flags in the upper left corner of the main page to see some
> more screenshots.

> Dan Belcher
> Team Racing Unlimited

>I mostly bought CART/ICR2 so i could get the Sprint Car patch when it comes
out
>and to convert Phoenix to GPL (hey it was only 5 bucks and i got a second
copy
>of N1 with it).  Anyway i played the game with Indy cars and found out it
would
>actually get some use so i went about downloading the usual upgrade stuff
(99
>carset, new sounds, the free track converter, converted Homestead
track...etc).
> Anyways the odd thing i noticed...especially on the converted tracks such
as
>C***te and Atlanta is the car just "washes out" in the middle of the
corner.
> Almost like when a real race car blows a right rear.  The car just goes
into
>snap oversteer without my moving the wheel.  I noticed this too at other
tracks
>but not michigan which is similar to the problem converted tracks.  Is the
game
>really that "throttle sensitive" or is this a bug?

>Thanks in advance,
>Chris

> >  Anyways the odd thing i noticed...especially on the converted tracks such
> as
> > C***te and Atlanta is the car just "washes out" in the middle of the
> corner.
> >  Almost like when a real race car blows a right rear.  The car just goes
> into
> > snap oversteer without my moving the wheel.  I noticed this too at other
> tracks
> > but not michigan which is similar to the problem converted tracks.  Is the
> game
> > really that "throttle sensitive" or is this a bug?

> I know your problem.. it happens often on those D-shaped tracks that you
> convert to Icr2.  Even if you tried an extreme understeering car.. it will
> happen. I guessed that it was a limitation of the game engine.  The most
> banked track in the game was Michigan.. and if you create a very loose car
> it will happen (the snap oversteer).  So I guess any track with more banking
> at high speed will make this happens.

> It's a bummer... I liked Talladega N2 with Icr2 cars (adjusted the speed of
> the AI), but there's always that snap-oversteer that can happen in
> 0.1seconds.  You need total control of the car.  It's the only good thing
> about that.  You really need to focus totally on the car's tiny adjustments,
> and you really start to feel the car.

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