rec.autos.simulators

by **Pete Fanni** » Mon, 10 Apr 1995 04:00:00

Ok, so I'm running NASCAR Racing v1.2 and I qualified at Talladega
with the opponent strength set to 92%. My car is the #83 Pepsi Ford
Thunderbird. Below is the starting grid. What is wrong with this
picture?

Anybody notice that I'm FASTER than Bill Elliott? Then why in the
heck am I starting at the rear!

I have posted this problem on Papyrus' BBS (Publicly).

I'm no math Wizard, but shouldn't I have the pole?

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Pos Car Driver Speed
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1 #94 Bill Elliott 176.919
2 #17 Darrell Waltrip 176.909
3 #21 Morgan Shepherd 176.838
4 #3 Dale Earnhardt 176.777
5 #6 Mark Martin 176.658
6 #24 Jeff Gordon 176.652
7 #2 Rusty Wallace 176.344
8 #42 Kyle Petty 176.089
9 #5 Terry Labonte 175.942
10 #10 Ricky Rudd 175.939
11 #8 Jeff Burton 175.831
12 #28 Dale Jarrett 175.571
13 #75 Todd Bodine 175.441
14 #18 Bobby Labonte 175.422
15 #37 John Andretti 175.419
16 #30 Michael Waltrip 175.343
17 #7 Geoff Bodine 175.334
18 #1 Rick Mast 175.292
19 #4 Sterling Marlin 174.980
20 #16 Ted Musgrave 174.980
21 #9 Lake Speed 174.977
22 #23 Jimmy Spencer 174.883
23 #25 Ken Schrader 174.883
24 #87 Joe Nemechek 174.513
25 #11 Brett Bodine 174.491
26 #12 Derrike Cope 174.406
27 #33 Robert Pressley 173.976
28 #15 Dick Trickle 173.882
29 #43 Bobby Hamilton 173.677
30 #40 Greg Sacks 173.646
31 #31 Ward Burton 173.458
32 #41 Ricky Craven 173.420
33 #26 Steve Kinser 173.173
34 #29 Steve Grissom 173.078
35 #98 Jeremy Mayfield 172.128
36 #27 Loy Allen, Jr. 171.688
37 #90 Mike Wallace 171.582
38 #71 Dave Marcis 171.552
39 #83 Pete Fanning 181.694

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by **Richard Madd** » Mon, 10 Apr 1995 04:00:00

You are not completing the TWO qualifying laps that you get at
Talledega. All the other tracks you only get one but because of
Talledega's speed you need the extra lap. Just keep racing until you see
the checkered flag.

This also happened to me: drove me nuts!!!

by **Kendt Eklun** » Tue, 11 Apr 1995 04:00:00

> Ok, so I'm running NASCAR Racing v1.2 and I qualified at Talladega
> with the opponent strength set to 92%. My car is the #83 Pepsi Ford
> Thunderbird. Below is the starting grid. What is wrong with this
> picture?

> Anybody notice that I'm FASTER than Bill Elliott? Then why in the
> heck am I starting at the rear!

> I have posted this problem on Papyrus' BBS (Publicly).

> I'm no math Wizard, but shouldn't I have the pole?

Someone mentioned this "bug" before - If you speed in the pits on
qualifying, you automatically get bumped to the back of the grid.

by **Kristopher A Kolm** » Tue, 11 Apr 1995 04:00:00

: >
: > Anybody notice that I'm FASTER than Bill Elliott? Then why in the
: > heck am I starting at the rear!
: >
: > I'm no math Wizard, but shouldn't I have the pole?
: >
: Someone mentioned this "bug" before - If you speed in the pits on
: qualifying, you automatically get bumped to the back of the grid.

Not in my copy. I do it all the time in order to heat the tires as fast
as fast as possible.

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by **Ian Schu** » Tue, 11 Apr 1995 04:00:00

Same thing happened to me, I checked the standings after Qualifying and noticed I was last
when I qualified way ahead of the first car. The standings didn' t change during warmup, BUT when I
started the race I ended up in pole position. It all seemed to work out, only I had to wait until the race.

by **Christopher P Lu** » Tue, 11 Apr 1995 04:00:00

[snip]
>> Anybody notice that I'm FASTER than Bill Elliott? Then why in the
>> heck am I starting at the rear!
>Someone mentioned this "bug" before - If you speed in the pits on
>qualifying, you automatically get bumped to the back of the grid.

Someone mentioned THIS before as well. I speed in the pits when I
qualify all the time with no retribution. The magic word here is
Talladega. Are you (Pete) making sure you run both laps in
qualifying? Running 1 qual lap at Tal = Starting 42d.

- Chris Lund

Betcha a dollar to a donut you didn't compete the entire qualifying run.
You have to run the whole distance to get any credit, apparently.

>Ok, so I'm running NASCAR Racing v1.2 and I qualified at Talladega
>with the opponent strength set to 92%. My car is the #83 Pepsi Ford
>Thunderbird. Below is the starting grid. What is wrong with this picture?

>Anybody notice that I'm FASTER than Bill Elliott? Then why in the
>heck am I starting at the rear!

>I have posted this problem on Papyrus' BBS (Publicly).

>I'm no math Wizard, but shouldn't I have the pole?

>[Cut Here]

> Pos Car Driver Speed
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 1 #94 Bill Elliott 176.919
>...
> 39 #83 Pete Fanning 181.694

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Brian Wong Product Marketing Engineering

by **Pat Mize** » Tue, 11 Apr 1995 04:00:00

I just bought the game and have been plaing it all weekend. I had the same problem, until I figured out
that you need to run three laps for the qualifying round.

Pat Mizell

by **ICRS'** » Tue, 11 Apr 1995 04:00:00

>Subject: Re: Talladega Qualifying (v1.2) Am I nuts?
>Date: 10 Apr 1995 00:46:00 GMT
>Betcha a dollar to a donut you didn't compete the entire qualifying run.
>You have to run the whole distance to get any credit, apparently.

I second that bet.

Ralf

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by **Julio** » Thu, 13 Apr 1995 04:00:00

Pete,

1) You have to run three laps around Talladega to complete a successful run
(your warmup lap from the pits and 2 green laps).

2) I think(and I'm not TOTALLY sure about this) you have to complete the run on
your first attempt. It might be just like real 'Cup qualifying. If you don't make the
show on the first try, you don't get a shot at the front.

Try running 3 good laps around the track on your first try and see if that helps.

Julio C. Chacon, Jr.
Officially Sanctioned Race Fanatic

P.S. -- Anybody in this group race 1/10th scale electric or gas road cars?
Then I'll see you in rec.models.rc!!