rec.autos.simulators

>Marc.

>> The Nurburgring was really pissing me off...driving lap after
>> lap and not getting a lap time because of off track penaltys,
>> and that's in training mode. What's up with that ?
>> Anyway, so we started timing laps with a stopwatch and soon
>> realized that the lap time GPL gave was anywhere from 13-16
>> seconds a lap longer than a real stopwatch for laps in the 8-10
>> minute range!
>> Timing some of the included hotlap replays that came with the
>> game it seems that the internal clock adds about 1.6 seconds per
>> minute to the real lap time.
>> Is this just on my computer or does everyone experience this ?
>> To check could a few of you guys/gals time the D.Arnao,8:21.93
>> Nurburgring replay with a stopwatch and post what you get ?
>> Thanks.

> > Never thought of that Marc.  I'm using 1.1
> > I also should have mentioned that I time 8:08.62 with a watch
> > on the D.Arnao 8:21.93 replay at the Ring.

> 8:07.52 with 1.1. For manual timing that's close enough to your result to
> be consistent with it.

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> Antti Markus Peteri

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>Never thought of that Marc.  I'm using 1.1
>I also should have mentioned that I time 8:08.62 with a watch
>on the D.Arnao 8:21.93 replay at the Ring.

>>1.1 or 1.0?  The clock is definitely off in 1.1 in too many ways to list.

>>Marc.

>>> The Nurburgring was really pissing me off...driving lap after
>>> lap and not getting a lap time because of off track penaltys,
>>> and that's in training mode. What's up with that ?
>>> Anyway, so we started timing laps with a stopwatch and soon
>>> realized that the lap time GPL gave was anywhere from 13-16
>>> seconds a lap longer than a real stopwatch for laps in the 8-10
>>> minute range!
>>> Timing some of the included hotlap replays that came with the
>>> game it seems that the internal clock adds about 1.6 seconds per
>>> minute to the real lap time.
>>> Is this just on my computer or does everyone experience this ?
>>> To check could a few of you guys/gals time the D.Arnao,8:21.93
>>> Nurburgring replay with a stopwatch and post what you get ?
>>> Thanks.

> There's a bug in GPL 1.1 that can cause it to fall out of real time.
> The bug will be fixed in GPL 1.2.  At the moment, we're trying to nail
> down one issue with 1.2.  Once that is cleared up, we'll start down the
> road of getting it released.

> Randy