rec.autos.simulators

> e race the ICR2/CART tracks online with the latest N3
> patches.  And I'm betting, since there was a hack in the early days of
> the beta patch, that allowed posting of the other tracks, it will only
> be awhile before somebody hacks the last beta patch so that all the

> Please elaborate on this.
> I have never heard this and find it very interesting.
> Rik Anthrax
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> "trust the government?? what are you, some kind of moron?"
> "Cato was right."

>   N3 is the stepchild of N99 and N2 which have somewhat similar track
> contructions that date back all the way the ICR2.(now called All
> American Cart Racing or jut Cart Racing)
>   So with convertors that are available and some extra work from the
> guys from the USPits, you can take any track Papy has created, including
> the old old road courses from Cart and use them in N3.  We run leagues
> on Sunday, and soon Wednesday night that use road courses exclusively,
> not only the N3 road courses like Sears and Watkins, but the old old old
> Mid Ohio, Laguna Seca, and Road America from CART.  I also expect a
> convertor soon that will open up some of the flatter GPL tracks to N3
> drivers.
>   part II:  There was in the early days of Online N3 racing, a patch
> that allowed a host's track to be seen by all, even if it was not
> supported by Won/Papy/Sierra.  I expect, that whomever figured out how
> to do that, is already prying apart the newer Papy patches to allow the
> function again.  While I appreciate Papy's wanting to limit the
> tracks,this makes support on their end much easier, I own all the
> tracks, and convertors and since I've been driving them in some form or
> another for years, I expect to be able to continue that online as well.
> seeya all...don't forget to turn right!
> dave henrie

> > e race the ICR2/CART tracks online with the latest N3
> > patches.  And I'm betting, since there was a hack in the early days of
> > the beta patch, that allowed posting of the other tracks, it will only
> > be awhile before somebody hacks the last beta patch so that all the

> > Please elaborate on this.
> > I have never heard this and find it very interesting.
> > Rik Anthrax
> >            -
> >      -
> > "trust the government?? what are you, some kind of moron?"
> > "Cato was right."

> function again.  While I appreciate Papy's wanting to limit the
> tracks,this makes support on their end much easier, I own all the
> tracks, and convertors and since I've been driving them in some form or
> another for years, I expect to be able to continue that online as well.
> seeya all...don't forget to turn right!
> dave henrie

> Kool,
> Thanks for the info Dave.
> Is the ICR2>N3 converter availiable anywhere?
> I have the new N3>GPL<ICR2 converter, will that work?

> Rik Anthrax
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> it's a GPL kinda day  :)

>I was just wondering because mine is absolutely Michigan, but I can't see it
>online a lot.

> Gotta go faster than you would ever think you could possibly go there.
> Barely lift into 1 and enter down low. Right along the left edge of the
> "groove".
> Timing the braking point in 3 is critical too. Brake hard that little patch
> of what looks like armco in the outside wall gets about the center of your
> windshield. Gotta time it to where you catch that bump just right.

> Try to hold around 165 in 1-2 and 145 in 3-4 for starters. Then start
> working towards 170 on the big end and 150 or so on the little end.

> Going to slow is death at Darlington. Took me a long time to figure that
> out. It really is a fun track once you get the hang of it.