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Yellow flags and restarts in ICR

Mark Ferr

Yellow flags and restarts in ICR

by Mark Ferr » Tue, 12 Nov 1996 04:00:00

I have a question about yellow flags, restarts and pace laps in
ICR (the first, not II).

I have noticed that when under a yellow flag the speed that the
race leader goes is very inconsistent (or at least the speed of
the car in front of me).  One second we're tooling along at 90
and then I have to stomp on the brakes to avoid a rear end.  Then
the car in front will accelerate like it's got a jet engine under
the hood while I race to catch up.  Then without warning and seemingly
in no relation to the S/F line the green flag will come up.  Very
difficult to plan for a restart this way.  I have the same problem
with a pace lap.  There is no coorespondence between when the
green flag comes out and the S/F line.  

The manual doesn't discuss this issue at all.  Does anybody know
the explanations for this seemingly unrational behavior?  It's
certainly not simulating reality as I see it on a real race track.

An ICR II upgrade is soon in my future.  Does it handle this issue
better, either through a good discussion in the manual or through
actually implementing it better.  Is there warning of impending
green as there is in real PPG racing?

Thanks.

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