rec.autos.simulators

Yes you read the header right. The other afternoon I logged into one of the
online races and got in very late on a practice session, I ran about 3 laps
at speed. Figuring I would start the race bringing up the rear I settled
into my Lotus***pit and lo and behold.....I'm on the point with a new lap
record of 4min. 8sec!!!
Obviously this was an online glitch  but yesterday I was running around
Monza against the AI and after about 5 laps I was still in 20P so I looked
at pole time and Clark had ripped off a 122:67 hmmmmmm.
I checked the lap record and there was my 4.80, I went to Monza track folder
and edited my "fast lap" but I guess  the AI didn't seem to see it so
without knowing exactly what else to do without butchering the AI I went
ahead and reinstalled.
Did this just effect my system or is there anyone else online that day who
is uncompetetive  at Monza?........you might want to check the lap record.

writes

So what? Monza is a fast track. I've done a 3.64 at Monaco (due to
online warping) :)

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Spudgun

I was running an online practice at Monza today, and a guy called P.Grave
got pole at 47.18. Here's the new record:

[ Lap Record ]
player = P. Grave                        ; Abbreviated name of record holder
time = 47.179996                         ; Lap time of record holder

Could anyone explain how this is possible. He was driving an Eagle, and it
must have been flying :-)

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ICQ #19661434

Engage WARP!  I guess you have never raced on TEN/NROS?  I have seen
300+ MPH Laps in a Nascar LOL.

Bill / Amish on TEN

...warp lap similar to Ten's N2

Damn.  And I thought I had a great online time at 58 seconds. :-) Can't even
be #1 at bugs. :-(

Jerry Morelock

Bill Bollinger wrote

Was it David Sparks that registered an over 10 000 mph lap on Hawaii ?

;-)

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Hey, Ymen!Ed_ did a 5.03 at Monza online, and his tires were'nt even
luke warm! <g>

Matt K

Can someone explain how this happens?

Thanks,
Cyriel

Clock sync problems on bad connections or overloaded machines. See the

Bart Westra

Data stream between N1 computer and Server goes down, and or gets
corrupt, Server believes a lap has been completed in an impossibly
quick time, that gets whacked in the average speed formula and there
ya have it...

If you do a 30 second lap of C***te (1.5 miles) your average speed
is 180mph.

30 div 60 div 60 is 30 secs in (0.0083r) hours

Then take the distance 1.500 and divide by that and ya get MPH

1.500 div 0.0083r = 180.

Therefore if ya did a 5 second lap of Tally, or at least the computer
thought ya did...

2.660 div (5 div 60 div 60) = 1915.2MPH =)))

Computers are dumb, but think about the problems that may arise if
some kind of code was put in to discard this... Probably better to
leave it and say "well that's technology for ya...."

I have seen stupid laps like this in serial N1, where the car somehow
pops through the wall and then back again. N1 registered a whole lap
when only about 10 metres had been travelled. Hence calculating a sub
5 second flyer. ;))

Thanks,

-:http://www.racesimcentral.net/

So the big question is (which I didn't see anyone respond to), do
multi-player times effect the Global-Hype system for the AI?

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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
     Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.

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