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rFactor-M?

Dave Henri

rFactor-M?

by Dave Henri » Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:15:41



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  huh?   I gave up after the first salvos
dave henrie

Dave

rFactor-M?

by Dave » Sat, 17 Sep 2005 10:04:46


> I see this little spat as a draw.  Dave's "moron" shot hurt his chances late
> in the fight.  He was ahead on my card in the middle rounds, when Darus make
> the colossal mistake of using all caps and whining about someone whining.

> The fight was all but over until the unfortunate "moron".  If Dave would've
> countered with something like,

> "Then don't read them, you imbecile.", he would've won a unanimous decision.

> How does everyone else score this fight?

Silly, isn't it?
All I did was ask a question.....that's what this NG is for.
Pete

rFactor-M?

by Pete » Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:05:58

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 06:35:13 -0400, "Alan Bernardo"


>>> when setting up a race against the ai, when you come to selecting track,
>>> click on the "opponents" tab.  you can select which type of vehicle and
>>> what classes are allowed to run.

>>> cheers

>>> steve

>> Yep all seems simple and straightforward enough for me. But maybe not
>> simple enough for the young gentleman to understand.

>I may be older than you (which I probably am) and a lot simpler, but if you
>recheck your facts you'll notice that yes, you can select certain car
>classes, but some of these cars within the classes have upgrades and are
>faster than the cars without upgrades.

>Look into this and you'll see.

>All in all, you've made a real fool of yourself, calling someone young (and
>by implication, simple) when by the extent of your knowledge of what you
>speak, you've probably just got out of grammar school.

>Alanb

Alan,
        I think you should recheck your facts.  You can select which
upgrades are allowed within a class.  If you go to the opponents tab,
taking the Howston as an example, if you just select the Howston
entry, you will get a mixture of upgrade levels.  But beneath the
entry for Howston there are three more selections labelled GP1, GP2
and GP3.  If, rather than selecting the Howston, you select, say GP3,
you will only get the basic, unupgraded Howston as competiton.  The
same thing goes for all the other sedan cars.  I will admit it's not
the most intuitive but I figured it out and I'm old.

I hope this helps you get more enjoyment out of rFactor, I'm having a
blast.

Peter

Alan Bernard

rFactor-M?

by Alan Bernard » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 05:16:43

I'll look into this.  But really, there goes common sense out the window,
which was part of my original complaint.  There has to be a better way of
doing this.  But I do know this, I can run some upgrades on any of the cars,
and the car still stays within a class-- say, GP3.  By implication, then,
would this not mean that if you choose only GP3s, it's not a certainity that
you are going to get stock cars.  It's all very confusing and defies common
sense, is the way I see it.

Thanks for the explanation, though.  I certainly do appreciate that.  Your
reference to being "old", however, strikes me.  How old are you?  Old to me
means maybe in the upper 60s.  I'm not quite that old yet, but in a little
over a decade I will be.

I too am having fun with rFactor.  It's just that it takes a scrambled mind
(or a lot of time) to figure out how to do things.

Thanks again,

Alanb

Alan Bernard

rFactor-M?

by Alan Bernard » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 05:18:06



>> I see this little spat as a draw.  Dave's "moron" shot hurt his chances
>> late
>> in the fight.  He was ahead on my card in the middle rounds, when Darus
>> make
>> the colossal mistake of using all caps and whining about someone whining.

>> The fight was all but over until the unfortunate "moron".  If Dave
>> would've
>> countered with something like,

>> "Then don't read them, you imbecile.", he would've won a unanimous
>> decision.

>> How does everyone else score this fight?

> Silly, isn't it?
> All I did was ask a question.....that's what this NG is for.

It was silly and my post was meant not in the literal sense.  :)

Alanb

Dave

rFactor-M?

by Dave » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 06:12:07


> > Silly, isn't it?
> > All I did was ask a question.....that's what this NG is for.

> It was silly and my post was meant not in the literal sense.  :)

I caught that.... ;)
Mitch_

rFactor-M?

by Mitch_ » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 06:58:04

Having this problem often lately, eh Alan? Hehe.


Pete

rFactor-M?

by Pete » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 11:19:28

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 16:16:43 -0400, "Alan Bernardo"


>I'll look into this.  But really, there goes common sense out the window,
>which was part of my original complaint.  There has to be a better way of
>doing this.  But I do know this, I can run some upgrades on any of the cars,
>and the car still stays within a class-- say, GP3.  By implication, then,
>would this not mean that if you choose only GP3s, it's not a certainity that
>you are going to get stock cars.  It's all very confusing and defies common
>sense, is the way I see it.

I don't disagree with that, but I've been using computers since the
early 80's and I've yet to find a piece of software of any degree of
complexity that doesn't defy common sense in some area or other.
After all, we're using Windows. ;-)

If you select GP3, the cars in the field are all pretty much on a par
in laptimes.  In a qualifying with just GP3 Howstons at the Birmingham
Grand Prix circuit, there was 2.2 seconds between 14 cars.

I just turned 48, old enough that bits of me that work one day, break
overnight.

I am highly qualified on at least one of those counts.

Peter

Alan Bernard

rFactor-M?

by Alan Bernard » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:11:46

There.  It's settled.  I also just turned 48 (September 1).  :)

Alanb

Pete

rFactor-M?

by Pete » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 14:01:07

On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:11:46 -0400, "Alan Bernardo"


>> I just turned 48, old enough that bits of me that work one day, break
>> overnight.

>There.  It's settled.  I also just turned 48 (September 1).  :)

>Alanb

You win by six days, birthday September 7. :-)

Peter

Dave

rFactor-M?

by Dave » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 15:14:53


> On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:11:46 -0400, "Alan Bernardo"

>>> I just turned 48, old enough that bits of me that work one day, break
>>> overnight.

>>There.  It's settled.  I also just turned 48 (September 1).  :)

>>Alanb

> You win by six days, birthday September 7. :-)

September 8th here.
Uwe Sch??rkam

rFactor-M?

by Uwe Sch??rkam » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 16:43:21


> After all, we're using Windows. ;-)

Speak for yourself, will ya? ;)

Once you've clicked yourself through rFactor's way of doing things a
couple of times, it becomes 2nd nature. Sort of. Does it mean our minds
are scrambled now, too? ;)

Cheers, uwe

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Sidney H Bridg

rFactor-M?

by Sidney H Bridg » Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:23:29




>>On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:11:46 -0400, "Alan Bernardo"

>>>>I just turned 48, old enough that bits of me that work one day, break
>>>>overnight.

>>>There.  It's settled.  I also just turned 48 (September 1).  :)

>>>Alanb

>>You win by six days, birthday September 7. :-)

> September 8th here.

Sept. 4th here.

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