lot of problems. But actually, I'm impressed with it. I'm halfway through my
first attempt at the Championship season. I can't recall any times the AI
came down into me or rode up. The times when I thought I had a beef, I
checked the replay and realized that I was the one that had slipped out of
the usual groove. They were just holding their line (high or low). And on
many occasions I've poked my nose in under them going into a turn, from
quite a distance back, and the AI has made room for me. I'm no NASCAR
expert, so I've probably missed some of the fine points, but the AI seems
better to me than many other sims I've played.
This evening I just had a great battle with 'Little E' at Sears Point. I was
trying to shoulder him aside going through the last hairpin (carousel?) but
he got a better launch out and beat me up the hill, I took him on the inside
but carried too much speed and went wide in the next corner and he snuck
underneath, etc, etc - great fun leaning on each other for few laps until I
was finally able to get past.
And that Pocono track! Man - this is the first sim I have that includes it,
and what a wild change of pace from all the others. Did the blueprint get
folded over when the contractor went to build it? <g>
BTW, the Championship points table doesn't seem to include any of the pole
positions I managed to get. Aren't you supposed to get bonus points for
that?
And finally, at the risk of stirring up Mr. TRUSRS85 <g>, when I'm zipping
around tracks like Michigan I can't help but wish it was in a CART rocket.
With a Hartford device (sp?) to promote passing and make you puzzle out
last-lap tactics. Sigh.
...Klinn