rec.autos.simulators

Can someone KISS method the offline racing scene?  I don't get it....
Online racing, that I get (but can't use, bummer I know.)
Book.

If you are talking about Offline Racing in general, it is just a way for a
person to race against the computer and to practice.  Much like you would do
if you were playing Red Alert or Quake 3 offline

If you are talking about Offline Racing Leagues, they are leagues in which
you run races (with specified settings) and then send your results to a
league manager that then compares them to everyone else in the league and
comes up with the final results.  (You compared to the other humans in the
league.. not the AI you raced against)

That was what I thought it was, but couldn't quite get my head around it.
Makes sense, sort of.  Must have a look into some...  Anyone know any for
GPL, GP3 or N3?

Book.

http://www2.latech.edu/~tdt005/silmar/

Maybe it'll give a better idea of the offline racing scene.

GP3 and GP2: www.lfrs.com and http://topgear.dhs.org/  There are many more.
Here is a newspaper that covers some: http://www.sim-racing.net/

Bart Westra

http://www.it.forix.com/gpl/

It doesn't start this year's season til the F1 season is over tho.

rms

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Offline racing leagues allow you to compete against other humans
without having to worry about Internet connection speeds, disconnects,
and all the other headaches that come with online racing.

Participation in an offline league involves a fixed set of rules and a
fixed race schedule. You run one race per week, for example, and you
have 7 days to complete an event. During that time you can run the
race as many times as you want, and submit your best time. After
completing your race offline, you will then have to capture a screen
shot showing your best lap time and finishing position in the race,
and then you e-mail that to the league administrator, who will then
compare your results to the other participants and then post the race
times, lap times, overall results, and updated league standings.

Offline leagues allow you to race on your own, yet stil compete with
others. This is a great way to get involved in the Internet racing
community, allowing you to share your experiences with others while
competing in a friendly, relaxed, and fun environment. Plus, it's a
great way to meet others who share your same sim racing interests.

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We're just starting up the Super 1 Karting Offline League this weekend
(June 9), with race submissions due next weekend (June 16).  Super 1
Karting is a *** go-kart racing simulation by Midas Interactive,
and it's available for $14.99 via direct download from Real.com.  For
more info on the league, and info on where to find S1K, visit the
Super 1 Karting Offline League site:

http://www.racesimcentral.net/~jbodin/s1koffline.htm

Feel free to join us if you'd like -- this should be a fun,
minimalistic offline competition.

Hope this answers your question about what offline racing is all
about, too.

-- JB

On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 12:58:45 +1000, "John Book"

JB

The Super 1 Karting Offline League is not a "hotlap" league either --
we'll be running against 3 AI opponents, just to add a bit of that
side-by-side stuff.  

In both competitions, it's your final race time that determines how
you do, and you have to do your best while avoiding, passing, and
dodging the AI.  

Still, in the end, you compare your times against other humans, so
it's something of a dual competition -- during the race you're
competing against the AI, and your race results are thrown into the
pot to see how you stack up against the performance of other human
competitors competing under the same circumstances.

The "hotlap" version with one car on the track and no AI is a valid
type of offline competition, though, but that's not the ONLY type of
offline competition there is.

;-)

-- JB

I raced in a couple of series for Gran Turismo 2 on the PSX
(www.granturismo.com if it's still around) and we were limited to one race
attempt to put our laps in (vs an AI field).
Of course, the series relied almost entirely on honour (dexdrive replays
were required in some series) you had to trust nobody was having ten goes
etc, but it worked very well.

The dodgy part though, was that I had GPL sat on a shelf from when I first
bought it a couple of PC upgrades previous and I hadn't played it since.
Still catching up today ;o)

cheers
John

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