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by **David Staine** » Fri, 10 May 1996 04:00:00

Why are the lap times in Hawaii slower than the laptimes in the stand
alone mode. I have noticed a 3% decrease in my lap times with the exact
same setup. This makes it difficult to translate off-line testing to
on-line racing. I haven't seen any postings related to this and would
appreciate any information I can get.

by **Eric T. Busc** » Sat, 11 May 1996 04:00:00

> Why are the lap times in Hawaii slower than the laptimes in the stand
> alone mode. I have noticed a 3% decrease in my lap times with the exact
> same setup. This makes it difficult to translate off-line testing to
> on-line racing. I haven't seen any postings related to this and would
> appreciate any information I can get.

First off, you should try testing your setups in Preseason Testing using the
MULTI.exe rather than the regular NASCAR.exe. The physics model has been changed
slightly, so that might be what is causing the difference. Also, try using the
F4 key at the race scheduler to see the weather conditions for each race. There
can be a big difference between racing at 70 degrees versus 85 degrees.

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by **David Spark** » Sat, 11 May 1996 04:00:00

>Why are the lap times in Hawaii slower than the laptimes in the stand
>alone mode. I have noticed a 3% decrease in my lap times with the exact
>same setup. This makes it difficult to translate off-line testing to
>on-line racing. I haven't seen any postings related to this and would
>appreciate any information I can get.

Weather, would be my guess. If I remember right, Hawaii races default to 85
degrees, no wind. On most tracks in the Papyrus sim, this translates to
better lap times, which is the opposite of the way it works in the real
deal. All the real superspeedway records were set in the spring races.

Dave "davids"

by **co..** » Sun, 12 May 1996 04:00:00

: Why are the lap times in Hawaii slower than the laptimes in the stand
: alone mode. I have noticed a 3% decrease in my lap times with the exact
: same setup. This makes it difficult to translate off-line testing to
: on-line racing. I haven't seen any postings related to this and would
: appreciate any information I can get.

Papyrus lowered the grip levels for multiplayer. If you want to test new
setups specificly for use with multiplayer, just load NASCAR by typing
MULTI in your NASCAR directory (if you've DLed Hawaii software). This
will enable you to practice only on the tracks.

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_-\<,_ Cosmo Potapoff

by **David Spark** » Wed, 15 May 1996 04:00:00

>Papyrus lowered the grip levels for multiplayer. If you want to test new
>setups specificly for use with multiplayer, just load NASCAR by typing
>MULTI in your NASCAR directory (if you've DLed Hawaii software). This
>will enable you to practice only on the tracks.

They didn't lower the grip levels, they fixed a bug in the physics model
and took away the analog accel/brake penalty. You'll find that most of your
setups will push. If you have any wedge, take it out. You may have to move
some weight to the back of the car to free up the front end. My speeds have
gone up using MP NASCAR, once I got the setups straightened out.

Dave "davids"

by **Mike Donnel** » Fri, 17 May 1996 04:00:00

It's amazing. I'm used to driving a car that's a bit loose and now that
they corrected this problem, my setups feel as if they're on rails.

Mike

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rec.autos.simulators

Hawaii slower lap times than stand alone?

Hawaii slower lap times than stand alone?

Hawaii slower lap times than stand alone?

Hawaii slower lap times than stand alone?

Hawaii slower lap times than stand alone?

Hawaii slower lap times than stand alone?

Hawaii slower lap times than stand alone?