>
> To the IndyCar racers out there:
>
> While heavily braking and downshifting as I approached turn 8 at Laguna
Sec
> (the corkscrew), the screen on my PC was suddenly filled with flashes of
> clouds,
> and broad blue and green stretches. No sign of the track anywhere. The
> dashboard was frozen at the last RPM and gear, etc. The screened
continued
> flash the clouds and blue and green colors. What the....I hit escape and
> successfully
> returned to the menu. The replay showed exactly what I saw the first time
-
> one moment I was driving happily into turn 8, the next was a burst of
cloud
> and color. I was nowhere near the wall. There were no other cars in sight
> (this was a practice session, so there could have been). And, clearly,
the
> had not locked up. What happened here? Perhaps a heart attack while
driving
> Hmmmm. The video on this PC cranks along without a hitch
> (16M RAM, 2M VRAM, 100Mhz Pentium) and I've never encountered any such
> effects before (been running ICR on this machine for about four months).
> Unfortunately, I did not save the replay, so I suppose that this incident
w
> be cast into the "kooks" bin along with UFO sightings. Anyone else have
suc
> an experience? Beam me up, Scotty.
>
> Michael Vogeley
>
Well there is a known bug on the outside view at the corkscrew.
Maybe that had something to do with it. Or you could have found the as
yet unseen "Mechanical Breakdown" Maybe you just blew up...
Dave Henrie
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