rec.autos.simulators

?Well,
?
?I fixed my com 4 irq 2 problem by simply moving my irq to 3.  No problem
?now as multi worked like a charm.  
?
?Also, is sprint 10 cents a minute all day or just after 11PM?  I got this
?flyer in the mail that says I can get 9.5 cents a minute anytime of the
?day, any day of the week just by dialing an access code and then the
?number I want to reach - no need to drop my current ld service.  The
?company is called CGI, has anybody done this?  They drop their 5.99
?monthly charge for the first month so I plan to start that up on Wednesday
?(May 1st) <g>.....

             Please let us know how it goes.  I hate those damn phone
company ads, but Hawaii has forced me to start watching them.  <g>

?Phil
?<PJYOUNG> on Hawaii

--Evan

<Jim McGuigan wrte this:

The downside here could be a problem.  New guys or people like me who
can't afford to spend hours (and dollars) on long distance calls right
now (something about college) will hoved down the ladder to the point we
won't be able to race.  Just hoping for cheaper access and some
consideration from the "experts" on us good drivers who just happen to be
poor right now.

Cheers,  1J

How about programming for "blame" in the most obvious case? i.e., When
you rear-end someone, only the rear car should get penalized. That
should be pretty easy to program and would probably cover 90% of
accidents, especially fore of beginners.

Joe

M***of the story ... drive safe, improve your skill level, make friends

thanks
Jim Warren

   YES everyone involved is assessed incident pts. The rational being:
As you become more skilled you will learn to avoid a lot of wrecks and
that your overalll rating will then also reflect your defensive driving
skills.
  All this racing with 0's and 1's will become invaluable as a teaching
aid.

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Mike:
        Maybe we should all introduce ourselves so the folks on this group
know who we are.

Later;
Mark McCuen
Hawaii Beta Test Driver 'markmc' (8/95)

--

Emory University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Nascar Setups Page: http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~ebusch/
Hawaii Network UserName: Buschwick (4)

I should have been clearer though. When I said "19.2", I meant the DTE
rate, not the baud rate at connection. Everytime I bume up the DTE to
38.4, I either get no connect or garbage on the screen.

A suggestion for you is to form a series on Hawaii & allow in only those
people that you think are as good as you.  Series races count towards
your skill level too.
--
Ed Martin
Papyrus Design Group

people drive for several months against the AI before they dial in and reek
havoc on a 'real' track.  Let's face it, I don't think that I could go down to
NC Motor Speedway and start running around the track, I at least need to start
at Wake County Speedway.  It shouldn't take too long for inexperienced drivers
to realize that they should not be dialing in.  If it takes too long,then maybe
they do qualify as mentally challenged.

Let's have just a little reality check here. What Papyrus has done is started
an online ENTERTAINMENT service, regardless of how realistically some of us
take this. People are always going to hop on and check it our or race with
little experience. To think they everyone should race for months before hopping
online is living in Vaporland.

Still, Papyrus has already resolved this question to a certain degree with
their skill rating system, as well as all their series races. If somebody is so
concerned for their skill rating, they need only:

1. Click on the info feature for any given race and see the skill level needed
and the skill level of those involved. If a person is at level 6 or 7, and
choose to race in the naturally extreely hazordous environment of a level zero
race, then they are probably more an "idiot" (to use your term) then the level
zero people. That's like a winston cup driver taking his car down to Wake
county Speedway, and complainng because 30 rookies wracked him up on the first
turn!

2. Also the series events are an excellent way to egt out of the normal
mish-mash, once you move up a few levels. Unitil you climb up a few levels, you
just have to deal with it.

3. once you move past level zero, (say for instance, level 2), then nominate
races that start only at level 2 or higher, to screen out newbies.

I'm not trying to sound atagonistic here, but we use d to hear this kind of
thing in the early days of Air warrior and Warbirds, until people started to
realise that it's in the best interest of all of us to attract as many people
as possible, this way, papyrus, like ici games and kesmai, will be able to get
the kind of revenue, to make this service, everything we want it to be.

Until, then close your eyes and pray when you speed through those first lap
turn one wrecks!  <g>

Los

Ed,

I may have missed this already, but what is the official definition of
"incident" as it relates to the scoring system? If someone rubs against you and
you smack the wall, but don't spin and recover is that an incident. If somewhat
touches you on the pace lap, without causing an accident, but dents your fender
is that an incident?

Los