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> >I agree with you, and I prefer to run the longer types of races that
> >usually only happen in leagues. Unfortunately, my schedule just doesn't
> >permit me to do so.

> Well, I guess you're gonna have to put up with public pickup races, or
> schedule a race ahead of time with known decent drivers.

> >I never know when I am going to have some free time but when I do it is
> >nice to know I can log on to a service like TEN to create a race and
> >have the ability to look up important stats such as LPI on the people I
> >allow into my race.

> When I was racing on TEN, LPI and skill ratings didn't mean squat to me.
> Of course, I spent most of my time in league races on TEN, so it wasn't
> that big of an issue for me.  My LPI was only in the 40's when I finally
> quit racing on TEN, and I can't remember my skill rating.

> >Cheating is going to be a HUGE issue with N3. Remember, it won't just
> >be serious racers anymore like it is with GPL or on a pay per play
> >service like TEN. Every hacker with a pirated copy of N3 Beta is going
> >to be out there wanting to win at all costs - kind of like Earnhardt.

> Hmmmm, I don't recall cheating being an issue with GPL, and I don't
> really think it'll be an issue with N3.  If Papy does it right, someone
> won't be able to connect to an N3 server with a modified executable, and
> the server will set the track parameters by reading its own track.dat
> file.

> Beyond that, if you're that worried about cheating, maybe a nice game of
> checkers would suit you better. (I'm just being a smartass - don't take
> it personally.)  :-)

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>>>I never know when I am going to have some free time but when
>>>I do it is nice to know I can log on to a service like TEN
>>>to create a race and have the ability to look up important
>>>stats such as LPI on the people I allow into my race.

>>When I was racing on TEN, LPI and skill ratings didn't mean
>>squat to me. Of course, I spent most of my time in league
>>races on TEN, so it wasn't that big of an issue for me.  My
>>LPI was only in the 40's when I finally quit racing on TEN,
>>and I can't remember my skill rating.

> LPI is "Laps Per Incident".

> The entire TEN skill ranking system is bogus because the system doesn't
> account for number of opponents on a given track.  For instance, it's
> much easier to go incident free at Taladega with 20 opponents than it is
> to do the same thing at Bristol or Martinsville.

> >             Zog

> Lizard Programming Interface. It's a network term. Not important.

> The Mocker

>> LPI is "Laps Per Incident".

>> The entire TEN skill ranking system is bogus because the system doesn't
>> account for number of opponents on a given track.  For instance, it's
>> much easier to go incident free at Taladega with 20 opponents than it is
>> to do the same thing at Bristol or Martinsville.

>John, this is not true.  You would find on average of the top 100 ranked
>racers on TEN that the average LPI of those racers are lower at Dega
>than Bristol or Marty.

>Bill / Amish on TEN

>They can keep the free uncontrolled gameplay. If I wanted that I'd
>race a REAL sim like GPL. The $20 per month I pay for a controlled
>racing environment with cheat detection and a ranking system is worth
>every penny.

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>>> Am I the only person here that's not as e***d about the new smoke
>>as about
>>> free TCP/IP gameplay?  :)

>>They can keep the free uncontrolled gameplay. If I wanted that I'd
>>race a REAL sim like GPL. The $20 per month I pay for a controlled
>>racing environment with cheat detection and a ranking system is worth
>>every penny.

> "Cheat Detection"??????  Name 2 guys that have got nailed for cheating in 2
> years??    I believe there was more than one guy that cheated in 2 years,
> maybe you don't but I do.  If more than 1 guy did cheat, then what's the
> point of detection if they don't do anything about it.

>Bill / Amish on TEN