rec.autos.simulators

by **Scott Hieronymu** » Wed, 05 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Can someone please tell me how to edit my player.ini file? I have 2 laps
that had to be due to warp as they are over 2 seconds better than my PB, and
if I could edit those out I would have a more realistic rank. One lap was a
3:14 at Spa in a Ferrari! I am not quite that fast:)
TIA
Scott

by **Ruud van Ga** » Wed, 05 Jul 2000 04:00:00

On 04 Jul 2000 12:10:18 EDT, "Scott Hieronymus"

>Can someone please tell me how to edit my player.ini file? I have 2 laps
>that had to be due to warp as they are over 2 seconds better than my PB, and
>if I could edit those out I would have a more realistic rank. One lap was a
>3:14 at Spa in a Ferrari! I am not quite that fast:)
>TIA
>Scott

Here's my [spa] entry:

[ spa ]
ferP = 936124652 208.151993 ; Best lap time
ferR = 936125897 209.789001 ; Best lap time
lotP = 943990403 204.272995 ; Best lap time
lotR = 943991584 204.296005 ; Best lap time

The first number is, if I can trust my programmer guts, the #seconds
since 1-1-1980 or 1-1-1970, i.e. the time/date the time was set.
The 2nd number is just the number of seconds taken.
So here, my best time would be some 204 secs = 3m24s. The decimal
parts is directly related; my best time therefore is 3m24s27
(rounded). The 204.296005 shows up as 3m24s30. But I am 4/1000 sec
faster! ;-)

Ruud van Gaal
MarketGraph / MachTech: http://www.marketgraph.nl
Art: http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery

by **Don Scurlo** » Wed, 05 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Hi Scott,

You can open and edit your player.ini in any text editor, Notepad
works fine. Go to the track area [Spa] and find the line you want
edit. The time will be in seconds, so your 3:14 will be 194.xxxxx,
just completely delete that line, then save and close the file.

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GPLRank -2.86

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http://newgplrank.schuerkamp.de/

by **Colin Harri** » Wed, 05 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Uh-oh...can open, worms everywhere...

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by **Scott Hieronymu** » Wed, 05 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Thanks, Don, I know very little about this kind of stuff. I am hoping that
people would not use this info against the spirit of the game, er sim.

Scott

> >Can someone please tell me how to edit my player.ini file? I have 2
> >laps that had to be due to warp as they are over 2 seconds better
> >than my PB, and if I could edit those out I would have a more
> >realistic rank. One lap was a 3:14 at Spa in a Ferrari! I am not
> >quite that fast:) TIA
> >Scott

> Hi Scott,

> You can open and edit your player.ini in any text editor, Notepad
> works fine. Go to the track area [Spa] and find the line you want
> edit. The time will be in seconds, so your 3:14 will be 194.xxxxx,
> just completely delete that line, then save and close the file.

> --
> Don Scurlock
> Vancouver,B.C.
> GPLRank -2.86

> Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site
> http://newgplrank.schuerkamp.de/

by **Jan Verschuere** » Thu, 06 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Bwoh... should people cheat on GPLRank, they'd only be cheating themselves.

I'm not worried.

Jan.
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by **Ruud van Ga** » Thu, 06 Jul 2000 04:00:00

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 01:03:16 +0200, "Jan Verschueren"

>Bwoh... should people cheat on GPLRank, they'd only be cheating themselves.

>I'm not worried.

Yep, you could place yourself at #1 easily. Sja, any replays to back
that up?
Besides, there's no fun in that. And there's no fun into cheating and
just getting at position #200. No psychological gain there either.
It's only the real achievement that will give you the pleasure of
climbing a few places.

Ruud van Gaal
MarketGraph / MachTech: http://www.marketgraph.nl
Art: http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery

by **MichaelJ** » Thu, 06 Jul 2000 04:00:00

says...

The problem is everytime I improve my handicap and log back on loads more
people have joined the list and I'm actually lower than I was before:-(

- Michael ( about 220th and increasing )

by **argh** » Thu, 06 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Hello,

> says...
> > Besides, there's no fun in that. And there's no fun into cheating and
> > just getting at position #200. No psychological gain there either.
> > It's only the real achievement that will give you the pleasure of
> > climbing a few places.

> The problem is everytime I improve my handicap and log back on loads more
> people have joined the list and I'm actually lower than I was before:-(

> - Michael ( about 220th and increasing )

This is really a nice effect.
When I first entered to the Rank, I had handicap of over +180 and my
position was 497 or something.
Now I've improved about 1 and a half minute my overall time and am at
position 518.
Makes you really feel you have accomplished something :-]

But there may also be some treshold that new entries feel they must beat
before they dare to upload their times.
Could it be 70.45? :-)

Jyrki Laine
GPLRank 84.44, StECup Rank 13.99 (grrr.....)
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by **Don Scurlo** » Thu, 06 Jul 2000 04:00:00

Keep in mind the essence of the whole thing, which is the Papyrus
Benchmark, the Zero point. That's what your comparing yourself to
with your GPLRank number, and you've probably done nothing but move
closer to it, even though a bunch of people have come on the list and
bumped you down in terms of the number of total participants. Were
all experiencing the same thing. It's an eye opener to see just how
many really fast people there are, and just how many drivers there
are in total. But even though I now have to face being a lot slower
than I thouht I was, it's pretty cool seeing how I rate compared to
the rest of the world.

Don Scurlock
Vancouver,B.C.
GPLRank -2.86

Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site
http://newgplrank.schuerkamp.de/

by **Rob** » Thu, 06 Jul 2000 04:00:00

I wonder if Papy knows about GPLRank.

If we assume that 20% of GPL drivers have registered (given that many don't
race on line and many that do don't know about RAS or GPLRank) then that
means there are at least 5 x 700 or 3500 active GPL'ers out there.

Not bad for a 2-year-old game (sim, whatever...).

> >The problem is everytime I improve my handicap and log back on loads
> >more people have joined the list and I'm actually lower than I was

fore:-(

> >- Michael ( about 220th and increasing )

> Keep in mind the essence of the whole thing, which is the Papyrus
> Benchmark, the Zero point. That's what your comparing yourself to
> with your GPLRank number, and you've probably done nothing but move
> closer to it, even though a bunch of people have come on the list and
> bumped you down in terms of the number of total participants. Were
> all experiencing the same thing. It's an eye opener to see just how
> many really fast people there are, and just how many drivers there
> are in total. But even though I now have to face being a lot slower
> than I thouht I was, it's pretty cool seeing how I rate compared to
> the rest of the world.

> Don Scurlock
> Vancouver,B.C.
> GPLRank -2.86

> Come see how you rank, at the GPLRank site
> http://newgplrank.schuerkamp.de/

by **Ruud van Ga** » Fri, 07 Jul 2000 04:00:00

>I wonder if Papy knows about GPLRank.

I think so. A 'Randy Cassidy' and 'David Kaemmer' are both in the
list, although it might not be the real ones.
Funny I haven't seen Eric T Busch on the list yet. :) Well, at least
he reads RAS so he knows, I'm sure.

I had almost given up on it, still not being able to drive on VROC due
to our firewall, and seeming to be on the edge of lap times, but
GPLRank revived the *obsessive* interest!
I hope GP3 will be fantastic as well so we can have a GP3Rank for
example. The Rank applies for any serious racing game, even. Perhaps
even, dare I say, F12K? Anything with good enough physics so being
able to drive (like Greger Huttu, is he a real racing driver?)
deserves their own <name>Rank. Gives an incredible boost.
If there is to be one there for F12K, I will perhaps pick that one up
again. Hmm. :) Still, having come back driving GPL, I should perhaps
try the AI once more. Have been hotlapping since GPLRank.

Ruud van Gaal
MarketGraph / MachTech: http://www.marketgraph.nl
Art: http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery

by **MichaelJ** » Fri, 07 Jul 2000 04:00:00

> >The problem is everytime I improve my handicap and log back on loads
> >more people have joined the list and I'm actually lower than I was
> >before:-(

> >- Michael ( about 220th and increasing )

> Keep in mind the essence of the whole thing, which is the Papyrus
> Benchmark, the Zero point. That's what your comparing yourself to
> with your GPLRank number, and you've probably done nothing but move
> closer to it, even though a bunch of people have come on the list and
> bumped you down in terms of the number of total participants. Were
> all experiencing the same thing. It's an eye opener to see just how
> many really fast people there are, and just how many drivers there
> are in total. But even though I now have to face being a lot slower
> than I thouht I was, it's pretty cool seeing how I rate compared to
> the rest of the world.

Ah Don - I see you're 6 seconds faster than me on Mexico! Now I know
where to concentrate my efforts.

To think I never much drove Mexico before - I hated it. It does grow on
you though.

- Michael
GPL Rank +4.96

by **Eldre** » Sat, 08 Jul 2000 04:00:00

>Ah Don - I see you're 6 seconds faster than me on Mexico! Now I know
>where to concentrate my efforts.

>To think I never much drove Mexico before - I hated it. It does grow on
>you though.

So does a fungus.

Eldred(who STILL hates Mexico)
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by **Ace** » Sat, 08 Jul 2000 04:00:00

<snip> >
To think I never much drove Mexico before - I hated it. It does grow on
Yeah, And the fungus grows on you faster
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