rec.autos.simulators

> Just a quick question for the Papyrus guys (or anyone else who knows):
> if you leave a race during practice (before qualifying) do you take a
> ranking hit?  Last night I had to leave a race before qualifying to put
> my daughter back to sleep (she was having bad dreams about Jimmy
> Spencer;-)).  My ranking is as important as food to me and I don't want
> to***it up if possible...

> Kudos to the creators of NASCAR Racing and Hawaii.  This is BY FAR the
> funnest most absorbing experience I've ever had in a computer
> simulation.  Now I'll just need a second job to pay the LD bill...

> Thanks,

> Scott (SMPetty on Hawaii)
> --
> Scott M. Petty

> Just a quick question for the Papyrus guys (or anyone else who knows):
> if you leave a race during practice (before qualifying) do you take a
> ranking hit?  Last night I had to leave a race before qualifying to put
> my daughter back to sleep (she was having bad dreams about Jimmy
> Spencer;-)).  My ranking is as important as food to me and I don't want
> to***it up if possible...

> Kudos to the creators of NASCAR Racing and Hawaii.  This is BY FAR the
> funnest most absorbing experience I've ever had in a computer
> simulation.  Now I'll just need a second job to pay the LD bill...

> Thanks,

> Scott (SMPetty on Hawaii)
> --
> Scott M. Petty

>Just a quick question for the Papyrus guys (or anyone else who knows):
>if you leave a race during practice (before qualifying) do you take a
>ranking hit?  Last night I had to leave a race before qualifying to put
>my daughter back to sleep (she was having bad dreams about Jimmy
>Spencer;-)).  My ranking is as important as food to me and I don't want
>to***it up if possible...
>Kudos to the creators of NASCAR Racing and Hawaii.  This is BY FAR the
>funnest most absorbing experience I've ever had in a computer
>simulation.  Now I'll just need a second job to pay the LD bill...
>Thanks,
>Scott (SMPetty on Hawaii)
>--
>Scott M. Petty

> I read on an another message in this newsgroup that nothing counts
> until the green flag waves.  I think that means even when you are
> driving the pace lap, you can still quit.

>Ed, you've mentioned before that it's not affected until the qualifying
>session. You said that if you exit the event during the qualifying, that
>you will get credited with last place.

>Which is it? Qualifying or the Race event that makes the difference.

> >Ed, you've mentioned before that it's not affected until the qualifying
> >session. You said that if you exit the event during the qualifying, that
> >you will get credited with last place.

> >Which is it? Qualifying or the Race event that makes the difference.

> Bill - which would you prefer?  I think we'd like not to rate people until
> the end of qualifying session, but if we do that, some people will drop out
> of races if they don't like their qualifying speed.  This would suggest
> perhaps that any race in which you take the green flag during qualifying
> should be rated.  Does this sound reasonable to you?

> > I read on an another message in this newsgroup that nothing counts
> > until the green flag waves.  I think that means even when you are
> > driving the pace lap, you can still quit.

> A driver is considered "entered" into a race, for skill level purposes,
> when he/she begins the qualifying session.  Leaving anytime before that
> will result in that driver not showing up in the race results at all.
> Drivers who exit during/after qualifying OR before/during the pace lap,
> are considered in the race, and will be rated as if they finished last.

> Mike

> > > I read on an another message in this newsgroup that nothing counts
> > > until the green flag waves.  I think that means even when you are
> > > driving the pace lap, you can still quit.

> > A driver is considered "entered" into a race, for skill level purposes,
> > when he/she begins the qualifying session.  Leaving anytime before that
> > will result in that driver not showing up in the race results at all.
> > Drivers who exit during/after qualifying OR before/during the pace lap,
> > are considered in the race, and will be rated as if they finished last.

> > Mike

> Seems to me that you could also detect when a driver loses his connection so that it doesn't
> count against him.  But then what would stop them from disconnecting their phone line.  Never
> mind ...

> > Seems to me that you could also detect when a driver loses his connection so that it doesn't
> > count against him.  But then what would stop them from disconnecting their phone line.  Never
> > mind ...

> Yes, but how can we distinguish between a racer who loses the
> connection do to "technical difficulties", and a racer that loses the
> conection on purpose (i.e. yank out the old phone cord).  That would be
> a huge cheat for people who want to protect their skill level just
> because they are doing well in a race.

> --
> Ed Martin
> Papyrus Design Group