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>thats no bug, Used to do that in N2  also. As weght in car changes and
>speeds decrease the temps can go down at some tracks. But I am talking
about
>10-20 degrees. I remember having tire temps on the verge or red when I was
>hotlapping early in race and then as car slows the temps became more
>reasonble.
>--
>Kevin Anderson


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>Are all of your tires cooling down during a run, or just the left front?

>The F9 key issue is discussed in the readme file.

>-Paul

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>> Has anybody else had the problem of the tyre temperatures going DOWN
>during
>> a race? And if so, is there a patch yet? I'm trying to play this sim in
>> Championship mode, but have found it the most buggy game I ever tried.
>> System lockups when pressing F9, 100% tape on the nose that would not go
>> away until I rebooted, AI abusing double file yellows, and others that I
>> have just started reading about in this group. By the way, I saved the
>game
>> after qualifying, and the tyre temps go down even after rebooting, so I
>> guess I'll have to miss that race.
>> Steve

>That just doesnt seem possible.  I havent had the same problem at any track
but
>are you sure its not your setup and/or driving style?  I doubt its driving
>(youd have to be crawling for that to be it) so that leaves setup.  Check
your
>spring rates.  If they're really soft (im talkin 10% on the left) you MIGHT
get
>really low tire temps.  The left side tires arent to odd.  The LR seems a
>little low but like I said that could be setup.  Other than that i cant
think
>of anything that would do that to the tires unless its a bug...which it may
be.
> I never ruled that out but look at those other things first.

>Chris

> I think it may be a bug. On the grid they start at 117, and after 20 laps
> they are
> 72 64 60            122 122 118
> 88 88 88            118 118 118
> If I recreate the weather conditions and setup in a single race they
behave
> normally. These readings are for California at 70 degrees.
> Steve

> >thats no bug, Used to do that in N2  also. As weght in car changes and
> >speeds decrease the temps can go down at some tracks. But I am talking
> about
> >10-20 degrees. I remember having tire temps on the verge or red when I
was
> >hotlapping early in race and then as car slows the temps became more
> >reasonble.
> >--
> >Kevin Anderson


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> >DK-Racing
> >#15 K_Anderson
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>I have experienced this problem a couple of times as well.  It only occurs
>when you save a race and reenter later on.  On one occasion I waited in the
>pits to see how low they would go and they did drop to 0 degrees.  I could
>be wrong but it seemed to happen only when you saved the race while the car
>was being serviced in the pits.  If you save at any other time, I don't
>recall seeing the problem.

>Bottom line is you are not the only one to experience this.

>Don Merpaw
>Team Peregrine