rec.autos.simulators

> Hi,

> In noticed that this telltale thingy sometimes gets reset by itself. I
> don't look at the gauges during a race often, and I never saw the reset
> happen. But sometimes the red needle is moving simultaneously with the
> rev counter, so it must have been reset.

> Does anyone know why and when this happens?

> Thanks,
> Johan.

> > The red needle is the "tattletale", it shows the highest revs you've
> > run until you reset it with Shift-T. It's documented, by the way.

> > Trips

> > > I wonder if anyone has noticed this: when inside the car, hit <shift>+T.
> > > This will make the red rev indicator move downwards. Does anyone have an
> > > idea of what use that could be? Maybe to setup your gears?

>says...
>> I wonder if anyone has noticed this: when inside the car, hit <shift>+T.
>> This will make the red rev indicator move downwards. Does anyone have an
>> idea of what use that could be? Maybe to setup your gears?
>The red marker is showing the highest revs at which you've run the
>engine. Shift-T is a documented command and is to reset the marker. I
>usually reset once each lap, at the start finish line, so I can watch
>what my max RPMs are during the upcoming lap. It really helps to point
>out if you are over-reving at any part of the lap.

> The only other way I know of to reset the telltale is when you hit
> Shift-R, which resets everything, including cold tires :-(

> > Hi,

> > In noticed that this telltale thingy sometimes gets reset by itself. I
> > don't look at the gauges during a race often, and I never saw the reset
> > happen. But sometimes the red needle is moving simultaneously with the
> > rev counter, so it must have been reset.

> > Does anyone know why and when this happens?

> > Thanks,
> > Johan.

> > > The red needle is the "tattletale", it shows the highest revs you've
> > > run until you reset it with Shift-T. It's documented, by the way.

> > > Trips

> > > > I wonder if anyone has noticed this: when inside the car, hit <shift>+T.
> > > > This will make the red rev indicator move downwards. Does anyone have an
> > > > idea of what use that could be? Maybe to setup your gears?

> That can't be it because shift-R doesn't work in PRO races.

> Anyone else have a clue?

> > The only other way I know of to reset the telltale is when you hit
> > Shift-R, which resets everything, including cold tires :-(

> Hi,

> In noticed that this telltale thingy sometimes gets reset by itself. I
> don't look at the gauges during a race often, and I never saw the reset
> happen. But sometimes the red needle is moving simultaneously with the
> rev counter, so it must have been reset.

> Does anyone know why and when this happens?

> Thanks,
> Johan.

> > Hi,

> > In noticed that this telltale thingy sometimes gets reset by itself. I
> > don't look at the gauges during a race often, and I never saw the reset
> > happen. But sometimes the red needle is moving simultaneously with the
> > rev counter, so it must have been reset.

> > Does anyone know why and when this happens?

> > Thanks,
> > Johan.

> I've noticed the telltale reset itself when I get a screen flash/clock smash
> when playing online.

> It hasn't happend again that I've noticed since I switched modems and solved the
> problem.

> Marty