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F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

Ashley McConnel

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Ashley McConnel » Sun, 29 Jun 2003 00:37:27

How did it go?

All the best,
Ash
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Aide

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Aide » Sun, 29 Jun 2003 01:48:21

The most we had was Wed night on a Swedish guys host and it was 14.

Not saying that it was a constant 14 though.....but as we started racing 14
were on the grid.

The race ended with 9...

To me thats a definite BIG improvement

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Jason Moy

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Jason Moy » Sun, 29 Jun 2003 02:45:56

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 16:37:27 +0100, "Ashley McConnell"


>How did it go?

Some of the vroc guys have been hosting 10-12 people on cable and dsl
without much problem.  I ran in one with about 10 people and it was
warp/issue free.

As long as your pings are below 200 it seems like it's fine.  I ran
with a few people who were getting horrible lag and warping all over
the place, yet a friend from Sweden on a dialup wasn't lagged to me at
all.  Hopefully there will be an option in the dedicated server patch
to limit entries based on latency.

The only bad part of the multi is that it still pauses when people
join, but I believe you can lock the server during quali and the race
so it's not a big deal.

Jason

Ashley McConnel

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Ashley McConnel » Mon, 30 Jun 2003 02:38:58

Thanks guys..... see you online :))


Redmis

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Redmis » Mon, 30 Jun 2003 10:59:39

Apparently that's caused by the server having to load in the textures for
that clients car.  If the server runs with minimum detail and has a very
fast hard disk, the pause is barely noticeable.  If/when the dedicated
server patch comes along, this 'problem' should disappear.

Eldre

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Eldre » Tue, 01 Jul 2003 03:27:42


Anybody hosted one on a T1 line yet?  I'm curious... :-)

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Ian

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Ian » Wed, 02 Jul 2003 01:01:57



> (Jason Moyer) writes:

>> Some of the vroc guys have been hosting 10-12 people on cable and dsl
>> without much problem.  I ran in one with about 10 people and it was
>> warp/issue free.

> Anybody hosted one on a T1 line yet?  I'm curious... :-)

> Eldred

I did 3 races on a server last night which was using a 2mbit connection.
There were 22 racers with no warping. Still doesn't match the quality of
Papy multiplay, but it'll do for now :)

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Dave Henri

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Dave Henri » Wed, 02 Jul 2003 02:11:10

"Ian P" <>

   Was that via F1rst2 or ip or Gamespy?  I thought the max allowable was16.
This is sorta good news indeed!
dave henrie

Ian

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Ian » Wed, 02 Jul 2003 07:33:36


> "Ian P" <>
>> I did 3 races on a server last night which was using a 2mbit
>> connection. There were 22 racers with no warping. Still doesn't
>> match the quality of Papy multiplay, but it'll do for now :)

>> Ian P

>    Was that via F1rst2 or ip or Gamespy?  I thought the max allowable
> was16. This is sorta good news indeed!
> dave henrie

It was via F1RST2,  I think they've upped the limit from the measly 16 in F1
2002 ;)

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Dave Henri

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Dave Henri » Wed, 02 Jul 2003 10:27:52

"Ian P" <

    Well see that is good, cuz the 16 car limit was really a fantasy.  So
the fact you could exceed that up to 22 is good.  Most F1 2k2 sessions I
joined or saw were 8 or less.
dave henrie

Ian

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Ian » Thu, 03 Jul 2003 00:18:16


>     Well see that is good, cuz the 16 car limit was really a fantasy.
> So the fact you could exceed that up to 22 is good.  Most F1 2k2
> sessions I joined or saw were 8 or less.
> dave henrie

Most of them still are, however there are a growing number of Uberhosts out
there now :)

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Jason Moy

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Jason Moy » Thu, 03 Jul 2003 09:29:24



For some unknown reason, the F1C box (at least in the states) still
says "multiplayer supports up to 7 drivers".  

Jason

Ashley McConnel

F1 Challenge : Anyone had a decent sized online race

by Ashley McConnel » Thu, 03 Jul 2003 16:54:12

It says 8 in the UK IIRC, which is equally odd.

All the best,
Ash
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