rec.autos.simulators

> As soon as I noticed my connection Bar Graph was spiking way high I tried
to
> get my car off of the track as quickly and safely as possible. This entire
> situation left me feeling very uncomfortable as I had cars ahead of me as
> well as behind me that I had no way of knowing where they were (would be)
> located when I would warp back in. I fear that I caused an incident with
> this entire situation. I hope not but I fear that it is true, as I finally
> had gotten my car stopped so I could "Retire" and got back to the Session
> Screen it showed up as everyone racing back to the yellow. If I did cause
an
> incident, then I really do apologize! I can only say that I tried my best
to
> avoid any incident due to this. I have posted about this as well as my
> apology to the #31 car for an earlier incident in the race, at the RASCAR
> Forum.

> Up to this Warp incident I was have a great time, and what I seen around
me
> within the race everyone was racing clean and giving room. So I feel even
> worse for being the possible cause of a major incident. I may not be the
> fastest on the track but I do take pride in being a clean racer that is
> aware of the written and non-written rules of NASCAR, and then something
> such as this happens. :o(

> I do plan to race again if I can figure out some way to get some type of
> broadband connection. At this point the only one availible to me is Via
> Sattelite, and the Initial cost is a bit out of my price range at the
> moment. So it very well may be quite some time before I can race again
with
> the RAS group.

> again sorry!

> - Isotrip?

> > Jan, no rules on this one, the internet is a flaky place to race, my
> > thoughts are that if you and the invisible racer are both going as hard
as
> > you can, and following your normal lines, then a second or two blink-out
> > won't cause much of a problem, he'll probably blink-in in the same
> relative
> > position, but any longer than that, and you have to assume he's gone(
and
> if
> > he's not, he should be.....courtesy), so I would say "When in doubt, Gas
> > It!"
> > Ed

> > There's some kind of modem optimizing tutorial for GPL somewhere on the
> web.
> > One of the GPL guys could probably guide you to it.

> > > There's some kind of modem optimizing tutorial for GPL somewhere on
the
> > web.
> > > One of the GPL guys could probably guide you to it.

> Alison's site is one of the better ones, I'm sure there are others:

> http://eaglewoman.simracing.dk/gpl/faq-online.htm

> As soon as I noticed my connection Bar Graph was spiking way high I tried
to
> get my car off of the track as quickly and safely as possible. This entire
> situation left me feeling very uncomfortable as I had cars ahead of me as
> well as behind me that I had no way of knowing where they were (would be)
> located when I would warp back in. I fear that I caused an incident with
> this entire situation. I hope not but I fear that it is true, as I finally
> had gotten my car stopped so I could "Retire" and got back to the Session
> Screen it showed up as everyone racing back to the yellow. If I did cause
an
> incident, then I really do apologize! I can only say that I tried my best
to
> avoid any incident due to this. I have posted about this as well as my
> apology to the #31 car for an earlier incident in the race, at the RASCAR
> Forum.

> Up to this Warp incident I was have a great time, and what I seen around
me
> within the race everyone was racing clean and giving room. So I feel even
> worse for being the possible cause of a major incident. I may not be the
> fastest on the track but I do take pride in being a clean racer that is
> aware of the written and non-written rules of NASCAR, and then something
> such as this happens. :o(

> I do plan to race again if I can figure out some way to get some type of
> broadband connection. At this point the only one availible to me is Via
> Sattelite, and the Initial cost is a bit out of my price range at the
> moment. So it very well may be quite some time before I can race again
with
> the RAS group.

> again sorry!

> - Isotrip?

> > Jan, no rules on this one, the internet is a flaky place to race, my
> > thoughts are that if you and the invisible racer are both going as hard
as
> > you can, and following your normal lines, then a second or two blink-out
> > won't cause much of a problem, he'll probably blink-in in the same
> relative
> > position, but any longer than that, and you have to assume he's gone(
and
> if
> > he's not, he should be.....courtesy), so I would say "When in doubt, Gas
> > It!"
> > Ed

>P.S. You hit me while warping at C***te, too. That was me in the T2
>incident.  Do you hate me, or what? ; )

>P.S. You hit me while warping at C***te, too. That was me in the
T2
>incident.  Do you hate me, or what? ; )

>Jeff,

>sorry but I didn't run the C***te race. After my connection problems
>at Pocono I didn't think it fair to the other racers if I was warping
>all over the place.

>Greg,

>I actually think it would be a good idea for racers to let others know
>if they are warping really bad. But keep in mind that everyone warps a
>little so you would want to make sure that they are warping enough to be
>detrimental to the racing. :o)

>- Isotrip?