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>-John

> > They are pretty bad on restarts if there is a damaged car at the front.
> They
> > just slow 20-30mph causing a big pile up rather than go around the outside
> > to pass, even on the plate tracks.

> heh, you mean like they did at Daytona yesterday?  ;-)

> What do you guys think about N2002's AI? I haven't tested all the
> tracks yet, but I think the AI is pretty amazing on the ovals. Racing
> so close with 43 AI cars without any weird AI screwups is pretty
> amazing I think. I drove about 10 hours on the Coca Cola track this
> weekend, most of the yellows flags were caused by me (oops) and the
> accidents that were caused by the AI looked realistic and happened at
> 'normal' intervals. Watching the replays is pretty exciting :)

> On the other hand, on WG the AI is still pretty bad imho. At the start
> there's a big change of an accident (I started about 10 WG races
> yesterday and in 5 races there was the T1 crash) and after the esses
> the AI screws up quite often to when they have to brake for the next
> corner.

> But they still drive much better than most of the online players..

> Andre

> > > They are pretty bad on restarts if there is a damaged car at the
front.
> > They
> > > just slow 20-30mph causing a big pile up rather than go around the
outside
> > > to pass, even on the plate tracks.

> > heh, you mean like they did at Daytona yesterday?  ;-)

> LOL!  That race was like a combination of every Dega/Tona race I've ever
> seen online.  These guys need to play N4/N2k2 less, it's having an
> impact. <g>

> --

> Fester

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> Yes, at the ovals the AI behave very impressive. But at WG they really
> suck.. I was in the lead yesterday (ok, I set AI to 90% :-/ ) with 43
> cars, and within 27 laps there were 7 major AI accidents.
> Most accidents happen after the s/f line and before the inner loop.
> Those AI need some heave braking practice!

> Or is that normal compared to real life Nascar at WG?

> Andre

> The race ai still needs work though, as nothing has yet been done
> about leaders coming up on lapped traffic. The leaders always slow to
> the lapper's speed and the lapper makes no effort to stay off the
> racing line. :<  Most noticeable at the ovals.

> On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:57:20 -0700, "John Pancoast"

> >  Not usually.  Lots of single car stuff, but nothing major normally.

> >-John

> >> On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 20:03:00 -0500, Philster

> >> Yes, at the ovals the AI behave very impressive. But at WG they really
> >> suck.. I was in the lead yesterday (ok, I set AI to 90% :-/ ) with 43
> >> cars, and within 27 laps there were 7 major AI accidents.
> >> Most accidents happen after the s/f line and before the inner loop.
> >> Those AI need some heave braking practice!

> >> Or is that normal compared to real life Nascar at WG?

> >> Andre