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by **Tom Pabs** » Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:43:02

Eldred...

I'm not familiar with your "server".....what name do you run it under and
how many drivers can it handle with N2K2?

Thanks for doing this, man....its way cool. Sorry you'll not be running
with us, though!

Regards,

Tom

by **Tom Pabs** » Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:53:51

Guys...

I'm looking forward to racing with all of you at Sears.....should be a blast
and a few "giggles" thrown in for a bonus!

I wanted to tell everyone that I can't "chat" once I'm in the race. I run
N2K2 in an enclosed***pit and its still **under construction** so I've not
rigged a second keyboard in it yet for typing (the keyboard sits
upright...behind the wheel and to the right)...nearly impossible to chat but
for "hunt and peck" through the spokes of the wheel...sort of). I didn't
want you guys to think I was being rude......not chatting with you between
races.

Ed, sorry you are not going to make it....honestly.

From the looks of the lap times being reported by a few who've been
practicing.....looks like its going to be a fun and competitive race.
Except for George Sandman....everyone is in the same window of race speeds
at Sears. That's cool.

Later...

Tom

by **Haqsa** » Tue, 26 Mar 2002 01:23:26

Looks like Pro Race Driver will have Sears Point in it.

by **Dave Henri** » Tue, 26 Mar 2002 02:25:13

"David G Fisher" > Another type of car at SP would probably be a blast, but
not a NASCAR car.
Well after extensive testing,(3 laps :> ) I can now say that we'd
better make the race very very short or I will be in EVERYONE's way.
dave henrie

by **ymenar** » Tue, 26 Mar 2002 04:02:56

> Next....the "bristol-ization" of Sears.....as you call it......wasn't the
> reason the course was changed. The WC course was changed nearly 5 years
> ago. The terracing and "stadium" seating wasn't even conceptualized until
> two years ago. The two are not related in any way, shape or form! The
> primary reason for this was the fact that the way the "lay of the land"
> was....you couldn't get more than a few hundred "fans" into the area
> represented by T5 through T6 (the carousel) and that meant that nearly
1/3rd
> of the track was raced on with no one (or very few) being able to see it.
> The cars would disappear into this area, come out 30 seconds later.....and
> you had no idea what happened while they were out of sight. That is
> primarily why the WC Chute concept was first developed. It had nothing to
> do with the later "stadium seating" that evolved.

I'm sorry, but you don't go to a road course and expect to see all or most
of the track. That's why I call it "Bristolised". They are doing
everything so that people can see the full track. They destroyed the nature
of the course already so the ADD Nascar fans can see more than 1 corner.

Everywhere around the world, you don't have this. Why? Because, real
motorsport fans don't assume to see more then ONE corner when they go to a
road course.

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by **Andre Warring** » Tue, 26 Mar 2002 06:32:19

Nah you weren't. Every time I saw you, you had your car parked in one
of the sandtraps, safely out of everyone's way :))

Andre

by **Eldre** » Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:13:40

>You have the power to control all things. Use it. :-)

>Can you set a Daytona race to follow the Sears Point race?

Sorry - I didn't see this until just now... Looks like you guys had fun,
though.<g>

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by **Dave Henri** » Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:08:45

> >> David G Fisher
> > Well after extensive testing,(3 laps :> ) I can now say that we'd
> >better make the race very very short or I will be in EVERYONE's way.
> >dave henrie

> Nah you weren't. Every time I saw you, you had your car parked in one
> of the sandtraps, safely out of everyone's way :))

> Andre

Thats because I can read the F2 leaderboard...
"Damn! somebody's 23 seconds behind, I'd better pull over before he's right
on top of me..."

seriously, I locked up twice during the laps I managed to get in....I did
keep you insight for about 3/4ths of a lap but when the Sandman passed me he
was gone in two turns..hehehe.
If Tom P is reading this...on the first lap on the last straight I locked
up ...he/you were right behind me...what did my online car do when my system
froze.??
dave henrie

by **Ed Solhei** » Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:41:41

I hope you guys had a blast and I hope to make the next race... (am looking
at getting N2002 from Sweden at the moment..)

One last thing - does anyone have the results from the race?
Pref. one displaying qual-times and # of cautions.

--
ed_

by **Goy Larse** » Wed, 27 Mar 2002 00:49:47

> Dang...!

Yeah, the Norwegian distributor has ***ed up.....again, he did the same
to us last year with N4

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

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by **David G Fishe** » Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:21:19

Yea, it was very cool to finally race people (as opposed to the pick up
races) who you could trust to race realistically. I had confidence that the
other drivers had skill, awareness, and good judgement and that makes a HUGE
difference in the way you approach the racing. In the pickup races you end
up just trying to survive.

Thanks again for the server and hopefully you'll be able to make the next
races.

David G Fisher

> >You have the power to control all things. Use it. :-)

> >Can you set a Daytona race to follow the Sears Point race?

> Sorry - I didn't see this until just now... Looks like you guys had fun,
> though.<g>

> Eldred
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by **Gary Stephenso** » Thu, 28 Mar 2002 12:55:46

> I hope you guys had a blast and I hope to make the next race... (am looking
> at getting N2002 from Sweden at the moment..)

> One last thing - does anyone have the results from the race?
> Pref. one displaying qual-times and # of cautions.

> --
> ed_

Yellows were turned off, so no cautions. I had a blast.

Gary

by **Eldre** » Fri, 29 Mar 2002 11:09:10

>Eldred...

>I'm not familiar with your "server".....what name do you run it under and
>how many drivers can it handle with N2K2?

>Thanks for doing this, man....its way cool. Sorry you'll not be running
>with us, though!

>Regards,

>Tom

Sorry - I'm just getting caught up on messages. I've been under the weather...
The N2k2 servers are ep_server1 and ep_server2. I've seen races host as many
as 30=35 drivers when I ran it 'open'. If there's a password set, it's usually
"ras". I may have some races in the rotation that are open, just to get more
people in them. I just started it up again for the night - it's looping 6
different tracks, IIRC...
You're welcome!

Eldred
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