rec.autos.simulators

> In real-life NASCAR the lapped cars are not allowed to pit on the first pass
> under caution.  However, in N2 this apparently only applies to the AI cars and
> not to the player because I have always been able to pit on the first pass.  I
> assume that this was done because it might be too confusing for some novice
> players who don't understand the rules.  Obviously, this gives the player an
> unfair advantage.  Of course, I could implement my own "honor system" and only
> pit on the second pass when I have been lapped.  But I would like to know how
> this will affect the NRO which will have no AI cars.  I've never raced on Hawaii
> so this may be something that has been dealt with before.  Could someone
> enlighten me on this?

>> In real-life NASCAR the lapped cars are not allowed to pit on the first pass
>> under caution.  However, in N2 this apparently only applies to the AI cars and
>> not to the player because I have always been able to pit on the first pass.  I
>> assume that this was done because it might be too confusing for some novice
>> players who don't understand the rules.  Obviously, this gives the player an
>> unfair advantage.  Of course, I could implement my own "honor system" and only
>> pit on the second pass when I have been lapped.  But I would like to know how
>> this will affect the NRO which will have no AI cars.  I've never raced on Hawaii
>> so this may be something that has been dealt with before.  Could someone
>> enlighten me on this?

>Couple comments:
>1. Real life gets away with this because lapped cars are not
>interspersed with lead lap cars at the restart (they're in their own
>lines, so it just makes pit road less insane to have them pit
>separately)
>2. The Papy sim doesn't enforce this on the player for who knows exactly
>why, but it's probably a combination of what you said, and the
>realization that it's a pretty big penalty for lap cars to have to wait,
>and then have to restart single file.
>3. My WAG is that NROS will not enforce this rule, though if they do
>enforce double file restarts, they might as well implement this rule,
>unless the concern is adding another lap of yellow flag pacing. (a valid
>concern, IMO)

>---Jim