rec.autos.simulators

The only reasons I can see for having yellows on are:

-When you crash, you dont get lapped.

Ok, but if you crash, you probably wont win, so what does it matter whether
you finish on the lead lap or not.

-Its easier to pit.

Yea, but pitting under green is way more exciting and FUN.

-Its easier to avoid a wreck

Not really, cause chances are you will encounter the wreck before anyone
slows for yellow anyway.

-The real guys do it.

Well, the real guys dont wreck so often.

All I am saying is i'd much rather end the race 10 laps down driving FAST
the whole time, than finish on the lead lap driving SLOW so much.

It's not a Nascar simulation without yellows... we can't help it if you trip
over other cars or lose gears.

Jan.
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Yellows make a BIG difference strategy-wise. When the racing stays
relatively clean it adds a lot of fun and e***ment to the game.

huh?? what are you talking about and what does that have to do with yellows?

Sorry... bad English. "If people trip over other cars or lose gears", would
have been better.

And eh... these things cause accidents/yellows. I thought that was obvious.

Jan.
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I also enjoyed it; sitting back and watching others fall over all around me!
:)
I think I started about 18th. and ended up 6th., thanks to the incidents.
(Sort of reminds me of the fable of the hare and tortoise! :) )

And, as this thread is about Yellows, my tuppence worth:- I don't mind one
way or the other. It's just a game. :)

Bruce.

The number of cautions in online racing has always indicated the quality of the group involved.  As for RASCAR, considering its'
open membership policy, its turnover, and the abililty for members to drive when they can, RASCAR as a group does a good job keeping
the yellows down.

I've seen alot worse.

Like Jan said, cautions are part of Cup racing.  Pit strategy can still play a huge part in a fixed setup race.

--
Tim White
www.intracmotorsports.com

LOL you didnt see today's race ;-)

But thanks for actually DISCUSSING it

Some of the vitriol which I've come across in a variety of pick-up races
over the past several weeks would indicate that the basic knowledge
regarding warp and lag leaves an enormous amount to be desired.

There is obviously a vast number of people who appear to think that a
data-derived and configured bounding-box sitting on a collection of bits and
bytes, all attempting to cohere, relocate and reassemble at the speed of
light as the signal is travelling halfway around the world through a
multitude of junctions, is the same as sitting in their car outside in the
street as they negotiate the neighbourhood on the way to the shop.

And in this blissful ignorance they scream blue ***y ***, cry "FOUL"
and*** you with cess-pit language when their collection of electrons
attempts to share the same piece of time and space as yours even though, to
their eyes, they are several feet away.

Buffoons!

Bruce.

Well said Bruce...

Jan.
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McWhom
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: I am wondering exactly how many people - not necessarily here, but of
*all*
: those racing across the internet -

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: Buffoons!
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: Bruce.
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Why not just race, and if you put it in the wall, get/stay out of the way of
everybody else and suffer the punishment of going a lap or two down.

How about not being totally out of a race because someone else spun you?

I won't even get into how important it is as far as pit strategy goes.

Yellows are a necessary part of _Nascar_ racing.

Yes, Saturdays race sucked.  It sucked for everyone.  However, it's usually
_not_ like that around here and we typically do quite well when it comes to
yellows.

-Larry

I don't think any of us who wanted Yellows on had any idea the track
programming was so screwed up.  I know I, for one, would have forgone
Yellows in this case if I would have known it.

-Larry