rec.autos.simulators

> Horror of horrors, when I passed the pits it showed nothing, and when I
> stopped and look at the list with laptimes it showed twice 'XXX'. Luckily my
> neighbours aren't home, otherwise... :-((((
> No idea what happened; it recorded that awfully slow lap in the Cooper
> alright. Two things come to mind:
> (1)    I've had this before (my previous install of GPL, *before* my
> previous HD crashed. Only on the Nuerburgring.
> (2)    I've install 'Ringtrainer', so that I don't have to drive a warm-up
> lap of 15 minutes...
> Can anybody help me? I just lost a possible improvement of about 150 on
> GPLRank, so I've had better times...

> > Horror of horrors, when I passed the pits it showed nothing, and when I
> > stopped and look at the list with laptimes it showed twice 'XXX'.
Luckily my
> > neighbours aren't home, otherwise... :-((((

> > No idea what happened; it recorded that awfully slow lap in the Cooper
> > alright. Two things come to mind:
> > (1)    I've had this before (my previous install of GPL, *before* my
> > previous HD crashed. Only on the Nuerburgring.
> > (2)    I've install 'Ringtrainer', so that I don't have to drive a
warm-up
> > lap of 15 minutes...

> > Can anybody help me? I just lost a possible improvement of about 150 on
> > GPLRank, so I've had better times...

> There are some turns at the 'Ring where you are _not_ allowed to shortcut
> across the grass. Shortcut in this case means not keeping at least two
> wheels on the track. The righthander at the end of Adenauer Forst is one
> of these turns, but there are three or four others.

> +Cinquo [GPLRank 26.88]

> Hi!

> > Horror of horrors, when I passed the pits it showed nothing, and when I
> > stopped and look at the list with laptimes it showed twice 'XXX'.
Luckily
> my
> > neighbours aren't home, otherwise... :-((((
> > No idea what happened; it recorded that awfully slow lap in the Cooper
> > alright. Two things come to mind:
> > (1)    I've had this before (my previous install of GPL, *before* my
> > previous HD crashed. Only on the Nuerburgring.
> > (2)    I've install 'Ringtrainer', so that I don't have to drive a
warm-up
> > lap of 15 minutes...

> First of all: Ringtrainer has nothing to do with this. *g*
> There are four sections along the Ring that you must not shortcut -
> otherwise the lap won't be counted. These sections are defined in the
> "track.ini"-file:

> *snip*

> [ configuration_0 ]
>   ; Format: dlong, start dlat, end dlat, time penalty (sec), 0 (required)
>   ; 3 checkpoint minimum
> checkpoint_0 = 2037.0  -14.0   7.5  5.0 0; prevents cutting Nordkehre II
> checkpoint_1 = 2763.3  -14.7   7.0  5.0 0; prevents cutting Hatzenbach II
> checkpoint_2 = 3138.0  -14.3   6.5  5.0 0; prevents cutting Hocheichen
> checkpoint_3 = 7069.5   -9.0  11.0 10.0 0; prevents cutting Adenauer Forst

> */snip*

> The numbers define checkpoints where your car has to be within certain
> "poles" of an invisible gate across the track. The position of this gate
is
> defined by the first number (longitudinal distance from the s/f-line in
> meters) and the poles are defined by the following two numbers (lateral
> distance in meters from the track's centerline). If you're missing this
gate
> because you left the grey stuff and are driving on the green, then GPL
won't
> count the lap. In a race, you would get a time penalty of X seconds, where
X
> is defined by the fourth number.

> So, to make sure that every lap is counted, simply stay on the asphalt and
> everything will be fine ;)). Use Ringtrainer to know the enemy and soon
you
> will find yourself within the below-9-club ;)).

> Regards
> Crash

>   yes putting off wheels at certain corners will dq the lap.
> If you have the trackside detail slider set high enough, you 'should' see
> three signs at the ring with a red x against a black circle... those are
the
> areas
> you must stay on track.
> dave henrie

> > > Horror of horrors, when I passed the pits it showed nothing, and when
I
> > > stopped and look at the list with laptimes it showed twice 'XXX'.
> Luckily my
> > > neighbours aren't home, otherwise... :-((((

> > > No idea what happened; it recorded that awfully slow lap in the Cooper
> > > alright. Two things come to mind:
> > > (1)    I've had this before (my previous install of GPL, *before* my
> > > previous HD crashed. Only on the Nuerburgring.
> > > (2)    I've install 'Ringtrainer', so that I don't have to drive a
> warm-up
> > > lap of 15 minutes...

> > > Can anybody help me? I just lost a possible improvement of about 150
on
> > > GPLRank, so I've had better times...

> > There are some turns at the 'Ring where you are _not_ allowed to
shortcut
> > across the grass. Shortcut in this case means not keeping at least two
> > wheels on the track. The righthander at the end of Adenauer Forst is one
> > of these turns, but there are three or four others.

> > +Cinquo [GPLRank 26.88]

>Re-install the track from the CD and do NOT use ringtrainer.

writes:

> >Re-install the track from the CD and do NOT use ringtrainer.

> Why?  Running with RingTrainer isn't causing his discounted times - going
off
> the track is...

> Eldred
> --
> Dale Earnhardt, Sr. 1951-2001
> Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett
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