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>> I just did another race and there was no spotter.  I don't get it.

>> -Larry

> What about the Framerate indicator disappearing Larry?  Still having that
> issue?  I noticed mine did it last night.  Not sure if it is something I
> did or not thought because I was chatting while driving.

> Mitch
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>> Well, I just ran 5 online races and I can say that the Spotter doesn't
>> work durning the RACE segment either :)

>> There's all kind of chatter about cars entering/leaving the pits, etc...
>> but ZERO instances of  "Car High/Car Low".

>> I think it's busted.

>> -Larry

> It works fine here. I have a Hercules GTXP and 5.1 speakers and the
> spotter comes in loud and clear from the center speaker. I haven't been
> able to find any 3D sound options that might help others yet.

> Ed

> There is no spotter though.  What you are hearing is your Crew Chief and
> maybe an announcer.

> No car low, high, etc...  Not a peep.

> -Larry

>> : 1.  Anyone heard a peep out of their Spotter?  Not me.  None.  Sound is
>> all
>> : the way up.   It's like he's not there.  I can hear the Crew Chief but
>> not
>> a
>> : single word out of the spotter.  I ran a few online races and everyone
>> else
>> : said the same.  No spotter!

>> I can hear the spotter, at least I think I do.  I hear two different
>> voices
>> on lap times.  If the last lap was my best, then I believe it's the crew
>> chief that comes on and says something about it being the best lap yet.
>> If
>> it's slower, then a different voice simply reports the time.

>> : 2.  VOIP doesn't seem to work.

>> player.ini file, under [sound options] change VOIP Enabled = "1"
>> :
>> : 3.  Can you turn off the "Eject on Crash" nonsense?

>> player.ini file, under [Drivng Aids] change No AI Control = "1"

>> :
>> : 4.  Any way to adjust the Gamma?  I just installed a new GeForce 6800GT
>> and
>> : it works great, but it's darker than my old 9800 Pro.  I'm sure I can
>> adjust
>> : the overall in the GeForce drivers, but I prefer to adjust this
>> in-game.

>> Don't know about this one

>> Sure am disappointed in EA for not providing detailed documentation,
>> either
>> as a readme.txt or .pdf file.  Sure looks like they rushed this to get it
>> out before real Daytona race.  Hopefully it's something they're working
>> on
>> as part of the patch.

>> Bob

> --
> Christopher Maness


>> Yeah, got the crash thing and VOIP (I think - have to test) taken care
>> of.

>> There is no spotter though.  What you are hearing is your Crew Chief and
>> maybe an announcer.

>> No car low, high, etc...  Not a peep.

>> -Larry

>>> : 1.  Anyone heard a peep out of their Spotter?  Not me.  None.  Sound
>>> is
>>> all
>>> : the way up.   It's like he's not there.  I can hear the Crew Chief but
>>> not
>>> a
>>> : single word out of the spotter.  I ran a few online races and everyone
>>> else
>>> : said the same.  No spotter!

>>> I can hear the spotter, at least I think I do.  I hear two different
>>> voices
>>> on lap times.  If the last lap was my best, then I believe it's the crew
>>> chief that comes on and says something about it being the best lap yet.
>>> If
>>> it's slower, then a different voice simply reports the time.

>>> : 2.  VOIP doesn't seem to work.

>>> player.ini file, under [sound options] change VOIP Enabled = "1"
>>> :
>>> : 3.  Can you turn off the "Eject on Crash" nonsense?

>>> player.ini file, under [Drivng Aids] change No AI Control = "1"

>>> :
>>> : 4.  Any way to adjust the Gamma?  I just installed a new GeForce
>>> 6800GT
>>> and
>>> : it works great, but it's darker than my old 9800 Pro.  I'm sure I can
>>> adjust
>>> : the overall in the GeForce drivers, but I prefer to adjust this
>>> in-game.

>>> Don't know about this one

>>> Sure am disappointed in EA for not providing detailed documentation,
>>> either
>>> as a readme.txt or .pdf file.  Sure looks like they rushed this to get
>>> it
>>> out before real Daytona race.  Hopefully it's something they're working
>>> on
>>> as part of the patch.

>>> Bob

> I'm not the only one reporting it.  Most of the online races I've run are
> littered with "How do you turn on the spotter" chats.

> -Larry

> > Spotter is only in race.  I'm not sure why they left it out of practice
> > and happy hour.

> > --
> > Christopher Maness


> >> Yeah, got the crash thing and VOIP (I think - have to test) taken care
> >> of.

> >> There is no spotter though.  What you are hearing is your Crew Chief
and
> >> maybe an announcer.

> >> No car low, high, etc...  Not a peep.

> >> -Larry

> >>> : 1.  Anyone heard a peep out of their Spotter?  Not me.  None.  Sound
> >>> is
> >>> all
> >>> : the way up.   It's like he's not there.  I can hear the Crew Chief
but
> >>> not
> >>> a
> >>> : single word out of the spotter.  I ran a few online races and
everyone
> >>> else
> >>> : said the same.  No spotter!

> >>> I can hear the spotter, at least I think I do.  I hear two different
> >>> voices
> >>> on lap times.  If the last lap was my best, then I believe it's the
crew
> >>> chief that comes on and says something about it being the best lap
yet.
> >>> If
> >>> it's slower, then a different voice simply reports the time.

> >>> : 2.  VOIP doesn't seem to work.

> >>> player.ini file, under [sound options] change VOIP Enabled = "1"
> >>> :
> >>> : 3.  Can you turn off the "Eject on Crash" nonsense?

> >>> player.ini file, under [Drivng Aids] change No AI Control = "1"

> >>> :
> >>> : 4.  Any way to adjust the Gamma?  I just installed a new GeForce
> >>> 6800GT
> >>> and
> >>> : it works great, but it's darker than my old 9800 Pro.  I'm sure I
can
> >>> adjust
> >>> : the overall in the GeForce drivers, but I prefer to adjust this
> >>> in-game.

> >>> Don't know about this one

> >>> Sure am disappointed in EA for not providing detailed documentation,
> >>> either
> >>> as a readme.txt or .pdf file.  Sure looks like they rushed this to get
> >>> it
> >>> out before real Daytona race.  Hopefully it's something they're
working
> >>> on
> >>> as part of the patch.

> >>> Bob

>> I don't even hear it in race!

>> I'm not the only one reporting it.  Most of the online races I've run are
>> littered with "How do you turn on the spotter" chats.

>> -Larry

>> > Spotter is only in race.  I'm not sure why they left it out of practice
>> > and happy hour.

>> > --
>> > Christopher Maness


>> >> Yeah, got the crash thing and VOIP (I think - have to test) taken care
>> >> of.

>> >> There is no spotter though.  What you are hearing is your Crew Chief
> and
>> >> maybe an announcer.

>> >> No car low, high, etc...  Not a peep.

>> >> -Larry

>> >>> : 1.  Anyone heard a peep out of their Spotter?  Not me.  None.
>> >>> Sound
>> >>> is
>> >>> all
>> >>> : the way up.   It's like he's not there.  I can hear the Crew Chief
> but
>> >>> not
>> >>> a
>> >>> : single word out of the spotter.  I ran a few online races and
> everyone
>> >>> else
>> >>> : said the same.  No spotter!

>> >>> I can hear the spotter, at least I think I do.  I hear two different
>> >>> voices
>> >>> on lap times.  If the last lap was my best, then I believe it's the
> crew
>> >>> chief that comes on and says something about it being the best lap
> yet.
>> >>> If
>> >>> it's slower, then a different voice simply reports the time.

>> >>> : 2.  VOIP doesn't seem to work.

>> >>> player.ini file, under [sound options] change VOIP Enabled = "1"
>> >>> :
>> >>> : 3.  Can you turn off the "Eject on Crash" nonsense?

>> >>> player.ini file, under [Drivng Aids] change No AI Control = "1"

>> >>> :
>> >>> : 4.  Any way to adjust the Gamma?  I just installed a new GeForce
>> >>> 6800GT
>> >>> and
>> >>> : it works great, but it's darker than my old 9800 Pro.  I'm sure I
> can
>> >>> adjust
>> >>> : the overall in the GeForce drivers, but I prefer to adjust this
>> >>> in-game.

>> >>> Don't know about this one

>> >>> Sure am disappointed in EA for not providing detailed documentation,
>> >>> either
>> >>> as a readme.txt or .pdf file.  Sure looks like they rushed this to
>> >>> get
>> >>> it
>> >>> out before real Daytona race.  Hopefully it's something they're
> working
>> >>> on
>> >>> as part of the patch.

>> >>> Bob

>> >player.ini file, under [sound options] change VOIP Enabled = "1"
>> >:
>> >: 3.  Can you turn off the "Eject on Crash" nonsense?

>> >player.ini file, under [Drivng Aids] change No AI Control = "1"

>> There isn't a player.ini file in the NASCAR SimRacing folder.  I
>> looked in My Documents too.  Can you please tell me where it is?

>> Thanks,

>> -pw

>They are in your save dir.

>save\"YourPlayerName"\"YourPlayerName" .plr and .ctl.

>Elrikk