actually RACING it. I can name 10 tracks that 42 guys will not work well
online with 42. Heck most races are worthless when you get over 24.
Caution, Caution, Caution, Caution.... Not to mention the chatting that goes
on after every wreck...
Don't be so confident on a service being easily established to list races.
Especially with the way it is currently configured.
> Yes we have.
> As for the server issue, hosting an IP based server is fine for leagues
and
> a service could easily be established to list races I'm sure.
> > Hmm, let's just see.
> > Did Papy have dedicated server support for N3 out of the box? No.
> > Did Papy have any clue as to how to model camber properly in N4 out of
the
> > box? No.
> > Did Papy have any decent dedicated server options in N4 out of the box?
> No.
> > Do we have fewer dedicated server options in N2002 than we HAD in N3?
> Yes.
> > Has anyone ever run in a successful 42 man online race at ANY track? No.
> > Was Papy's online prediction code successful out of the box (N4 and
> N2002)?
> > No.
> > Was Papy's modeling of the draft successful out of the box in N2002?
No.
> > Obviously, EA has a lot of work to do to get some decent multiplayer.
The
> > question to me is: Will they? If they show support to this community,
> like
> > they do show some of their other online communities, we all will have
more
> > fun. If they don't then of course N2003 will be the only thing we have.
> > If Sierra goes bye bye (Which isn't out of the question with all of
> > Vivendi's Financial Problems). What happens to online racing then?
Papy
> > took out the race broadcasting info from N2002, therefore, we couldn't
use
> > another service like WinVROC, gamespy etc... I guess we could still pay
> to
> > race at Onlineracin.com
> > > The issue is they are not supporting it out of the box, nor have they
to
> > > date with any F1 title.
> > > They seem to be a number of steps behind on Papy.
> > > I'd love for EA to pull off a decent sim since they will be the only
> > choice
> > > soon but so far things don't look good.
> > > > I raced with as many as I did the first time N3 came out. Which
btw,
> > also
> > > > didn't have a dedicated server when it released, but did several
> months
> > > > later. I will be shocked if EA doesn't support 30+ racer action at
> some
> > > > point.
> > > > > How many guys were you racing against (not AI)? My guess not 30!
> > > > > ex
> > > > > On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:26:34 -0500, "Bill Bollinger"
> > > > > >Multiplayer: Only joined one race, but it was very smooth play.
> No
> > > > warping
> > > > > >at all.