> I was having a terrible time even getting a recon lap at Road Atlanta
with
> the Cup cars. Found out whatever the default setup was intended for was
NOT
> a road course. Once I copied the Watkins Glen Advanced setup over, I
could
> at least get round the thing. The sears Advanced setup had better gearing
> but I had more problems making a clean lap with the sears setup. WG at RA
> with Sears gearing seems to be the best for me at this point. The car
seems
> REALLY susecptible(sp?) to small bumps on the roadway. And that last
drop
> off before the pits is a real 'cross your fingers' cuz sometimes the car
> will stay straight, other times it just will not. (see a good racer
always
> blames the car! ) wait! (I'm not one of those...)
> uhmm 'the car was good, I just didn't get the most out of it
> today..."{better?}
> dave henrie
> > Road Atlanta, Aardvark Park, and Donington have already been released,
> > and there are more conversions and original tracks in the works --
> > including Lausitzring (BOTH the oval AND the road course) as well as
> > Laguna Seca.
> > Have you tried the CART mod for NASCAR Heat:
> > http://cartheat.bhmotorsports.com/
> > There's also a CART mod for F1 2001 and F1 Championship Season 2001:
> > http://www.champweb.net/cart2x.htm
> > Good stuff!
> > ;-)
> > -- JB
> > On Fri, 28 Sep 2001 07:47:50 -0600, "John Pancoast"
> > > Only problem with the Heat stuff is the total lack of tracks. Kind
of
> > >like running N4 cars modified to look like earlier cars.........on the
> > >current Nascar tracks.
> > > Doesn't make for much immersion IMO. Are some great mods though, no
> > >doubt. I'd like to see a CART sim too.
> > >-John
> > >> Trust me -- if it WAS an IRL sim, it would be so damn close to a CART
> > >> sim tht you would fall all over yourself fawning over it. Seems to
me
> > >> like THAT would be a good thing . . . better than yet another NASCAR
> > >> sim if you're a CART fan, anyway.
> > >> Thankfully, folks like Thomas Heineman and have been able to work
> > >> TOGETHER on the IRL and CART efforts for IRL Heat -- if we were both
> > >> as narrow-minded as you, Scott, then both IRL and CART fans wouldn't
> > >> be benefitting as much from NASCAR Heat.
> > >> Then again, I would guess that the slack-jawed Papy-philes haven't
> > >> even noticed all the great mods coming out for Heat yet. Their loss.
> > >> Have fun with you big, cumbersome stock cars in N4, because you're
> > >> going not to see anything but stock cars from Papy for a
loooooooooong
> > >> time. Nothing against NASCAR, mind you, but a little variety is nice
> > >> from time-to-time.
> > >> :-/
> > >> -- JB
> > >> On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 16:51:13 GMT, "Scott B. Husted"
> > >> >Could be far worse... it could be IRL.
> > >> >Scott
> > >> >PA-Scott
> > >> >PowerSimsMag.com
> > >> >> On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:30:21 +0200, "Ed Solheim"
> > >> >> >> And of course the physics engine again IMO, hasn't been beat
yet,
> > >> >> >> as I'm sure you are aware, N4 is based on the GPL engine.
> > >> >> >N4's physics engine is an evolution of GPL's, and to be fair -
> > >> >> >beat's GPL's physics hands down.
> > >> >> Still doesn't change the fact that it's NASCAR, though.
> > >> >> :-(
> > >> >> -- JB
