rec.autos.simulators

>You'll see a stanza like this (this is from the Silverstone file)

>[ configuration_0 ]
>  ; Format: dlong, start dlat, end dlat, time penalty (sec), 0
>(required)
>  ; 3 checkpoint minimum
>checkpoint_0 = 1426.0  -14.0  14.5 10.0 0 ; prevents cutting Becketts
>checkpoint_1 = 2595.0  -15.0  14.5 10.0 0 ; prevents cutting Stowe
>checkpoint_2 = 3258.0  -16.0  14.5 10.0 0 ; prevents cutting Club
>checkpoint_3 = 4430.0  -12.0  14.5 10.0 0 ; prevents cutting Woodcote

>So now you know which corners it's looking at and you can start
working
>from there.

>Jan, it might be worth having a look in the track.ini file to check
>which points the game is looking at for corner cutting. Then maybe
you'd
>be able to modify your line a bit if you're cutting some of the
critical
>corners a bit too fine.

>Good practice:  in training/qualifying, pull into the pits instead of
>pulling over and hitting <esc>.  When you enter the pits, try and stop
at
>your name card so that it just disappears, when you hit <esc>, you
will go
>straight to the info screen without being prompted.  This is how you
know
>you have stopped in your correct spot, and it's the same spot you must
stop
>in for a pit penalty, then a sign will tell you to wait...and
wait...when it
>disappears again you can continue with the race.

>Ben

>>>When you get a black flag, and you bull back into your pits, how do
you
>>>know when it's time to leave the pits again?

>>If you park at the right distance (maybe "detail bias" has an
>>influence here) to your name sign, then a message like "wait - jump
>>start" should appear. When it disappears after 10 seconds or so, you
>>can go.

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> When you get a black flag, and you bull back into your pits, how do you
> know when it's time to leave the pits again?