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monza = 125.98???????!!!

Jchar

monza = 125.98???????!!!

by Jchar » Fri, 23 Jun 2000 04:00:00

Just checking out GPL rank and noticed that Dave Powell broke 1:26.  I
didn't think this was possible.  Have the eagle setups just gotten better or
is just everyone getting better and better?  Or is something funny going on?
I remember when breaking 1:29 was a big deal but now this....
T.Galvi

monza = 125.98???????!!!

by T.Galvi » Fri, 23 Jun 2000 04:00:00

WARP


Joachim Blu

monza = 125.98???????!!!

by Joachim Blu » Fri, 23 Jun 2000 04:00:00


Hi!

This surely is a laptime caused by warping during an online-race. I think that the owners of GPLRank must think about whether they should accept further online-driven laps or not. Schubi was right that he didn't.
Hey, I could have sent in a 0:00.25 at Monza ;))! (Who's faster, eh?)

Regards
Crash

Jeff Murchison J

monza = 125.98???????!!!

by Jeff Murchison J » Fri, 23 Jun 2000 04:00:00

We GPLRank admins go through all the times daily checking for warps and
deleting times as necessary. So only worry about times that look funny and
have been up for over a week.

Thanks,

--
Jeff Murchison JR
Screamers Racing League
www.speakeasy.org/~jmurch/



Hi!

This surely is a laptime caused by warping during an online-race. I think
that the owners of GPLRank must think about whether they should accept
further online-driven laps or not. Schubi was right that he didn't.
Hey, I could have sent in a 0:00.25 at Monza ;))! (Who's faster, eh?)

Regards
Crash

Andre Warring

monza = 125.98???????!!!

by Andre Warring » Fri, 23 Jun 2000 04:00:00

Isn't it fairer to use practice laps only, since race laps have the
added advantage of drafting?

Andre

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 08:59:22 -0400, "Jeff Murchison JR"


>We GPLRank admins go through all the times daily checking for warps and
>deleting times as necessary. So only worry about times that look funny and
>have been up for over a week.

>Thanks,

Dave Henri

monza = 125.98???????!!!

by Dave Henri » Sat, 24 Jun 2000 04:00:00

  I practice with a full field so the "draft" will come into effect there as
well.

--
dave henrie
Team Backmarker
#55b Dodge Stratus Super Touring Car
TPTCC

> Isn't it fairer to use practice laps only, since race laps have the
> added advantage of drafting?

> Andre

> On Thu, 22 Jun 2000 08:59:22 -0400, "Jeff Murchison JR"

> >We GPLRank admins go through all the times daily checking for warps and
> >deleting times as necessary. So only worry about times that look funny
and
> >have been up for over a week.

> >Thanks,

Steve Gare

monza = 125.98???????!!!

by Steve Gare » Sat, 24 Jun 2000 04:00:00

How can you check for warps?

I thought the ini file is text only????

Steve


>We GPLRank admins go through all the times daily checking for warps and
>deleting times as necessary. So only worry about times that look funny and
>have been up for over a week.

>Thanks,

>--
>Jeff Murchison JR
>Screamers Racing League
>www.speakeasy.org/~jmurch/




>Hi!

>> Just checking out GPL rank and noticed that Dave Powell broke 1:26.  I
>> didn't think this was possible.  Have the eagle setups just gotten better
>or
>> is just everyone getting better and better?  Or is something funny going
>on?
>> I remember when breaking 1:29 was a big deal but now this....

>This surely is a laptime caused by warping during an online-race. I think
>that the owners of GPLRank must think about whether they should accept
>further online-driven laps or not. Schubi was right that he didn't.
>Hey, I could have sent in a 0:00.25 at Monza ;))! (Who's faster, eh?)

>Regards
>Crash

David Ewin

monza = 125.98???????!!!

by David Ewin » Sat, 24 Jun 2000 04:00:00


>   I practice with a full field so the "draft" will come into effect there as
> well.

I think he was referring "Training" mode, not "Practice" (qualifying).

Dave Ewing

--
*****************************************************
David A. Ewing

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Don Scurlo

monza = 125.98???????!!!

by Don Scurlo » Sat, 24 Jun 2000 04:00:00



 What we do is look for oddities. Times that are way faster than
anything else that person has done. But we can't be positive if a times
a warp or not. GPLRank is based on the honor system, we rely on the
integrity and intelligence of the participants.  People need to inspect
their Best Laps page before uploading their player.ini and ask
themselves if they believe everything is ok. If a time was done in
Training Mode, then it's rock solid. If it's done in OFFLINE race or
practice, it's rock solid. If it's done in ONLINE race or practice,
then clock smashes are a possibility, and you have to take a serious
look at a new PB. Compare it to your previous best, and ask yourself if
you believe it. Could you go into training mode and repeat it?  If you
decide you don't believe it, then delete the line from your player.ini
before uploading to GPLRank.

I've said this before, and I'll say it again. What the online gpl
community needs is a way to keep clock smashed times from ever coming
into exsistence. A host based(?) app that would detect the time gap
that creates smashed times, and keep the lap time for that lap from
being registered in the game. Does anyone know if this is possible ?

--
Don Scurlock
Vancouver,B.C.
GPLRank -1.90

Come see how you rate, at the GPLRank site
http://newgplrank.schuerkamp.de/


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