I was wondering why Hawaii can't use like an 800 number or something. Or
something else. I would gladly pay $40 a month to race on Hawaii. I
can't keep up with this phone bill. It's too ***ing. :) I think it
would be great if an 800 number could be used, but I'm not a phone guy so
I don't know if it's possible.
Sean Higgins
What about it Ed?
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Michael Kirton
BTW, Ed, ya'll keep up the good work.
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Michael Kirton
>Sean Higgins
Wish it were otherwise, but that's the status quo in today's telecomm
world. We're working on it, but there isn't any simple way to deliver
NASCAR multiplayer nationwide for a lower cost, or we'd have already done
it!
Charlie Heath
Papyrus Design Group
Charlie Heath
Papyrus Design Group
And if I really need a fix of head-to-head racing, I modem race with Randy
on a DSVD modem, which in some ways is even more fun, because you can yak
back and forth while you drive. We follow each other around, giving each
other driving tips, work on setups together, then practice trying to pass
each other. We had a blast modem-racing at Long Beach in ICR2 the other
day, I was less than a car length off his gear box for about 5 laps while
he managed to successfully hold me off, until I punted him going into turn
4.
Join a league, the drivers are usually of a higher caliber, the races have
a lot fewer incidents than your average pickup race, and its fun to compete
with the same guys week after week.
Dave "davids" Sparks
Sequoia Motorsports
Excellant advice David....advice everybody except those totally dega
racers should take...they can stay and wreck all by themselves..they
seem good at it.
Randy Peppler
800 #'s are tarrifed... in other words, the rates are regulated. It's
not like you "buy" an 800 # & just use it all you want. 800 #'s are
billed by the minute (actually, it's broken down to 6 second
increments, but that's not important).
I'd love to be able to set up an "all you can stand for $40/month"
prototype, but it just can't be done.
I encourage everyone to read my letter that is automatically
downloaded to everyone who logs on to Hawaii. It was put up there on
Tuesday. After you connect & download, you will find the file
NRL_0696.TXT in your NASCAR directory. It goes into a very long
discussion about this stuff.
Ed Martin
Producer, Series Director
NASCAR Racing League
Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.
I see why you don't do it now. I don't know too much about 800#'s now I
do. Thanks for your response.
Sean Higgins
Just put NASCAR (and INDYCAR) on INN then everyone in the country can access it
via a local number....
>>I was wondering why Hawaii can't use like an 800 number or something. Or
>>something else. I would gladly pay $40 a month to race on Hawaii. I
>>can't keep up with this phone bill. It's too ***ing. :) I think it
>>would be great if an 800 number could be used, but I'm not a phone guy so
>>I don't know if it's possible.
>>Sean Higgins
>Charlie Heath's posting pretty much said it all. An 800 # is not the
>answer. Just to cover our costs, we'd end up having to bill y'all
>about 10 cents/minute.
>800 #'s are tarrifed... in other words, the rates are regulated. It's
>not like you "buy" an 800 # & just use it all you want. 800 #'s are
>billed by the minute (actually, it's broken down to 6 second
>increments, but that's not important).
>I'd love to be able to set up an "all you can stand for $40/month"
>prototype, but it just can't be done.
>I encourage everyone to read my letter that is automatically
>downloaded to everyone who logs on to Hawaii. It was put up there on
>Tuesday. After you connect & download, you will find the file
>NRL_0696.TXT in your NASCAR directory. It goes into a very long
>discussion about this stuff.
>Ed Martin
>Producer, Series Director
>NASCAR Racing League
>Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.
Now that Papyrus sims have been taken over by SIERRA why can't you use the same
telcom technology that their INN uses. Sierra has had local access number
access for the entire country for more than 4 years now. If Papyrus is going to
sell out to the big software giants they should reap their high end perks.
Just an opinion from a guy with a $300 phone bill....
>>Sean Higgins
>Sean, Hawaii can use an 800 number, but the problem is, it still costs just
>about the same amount which it costs you to make the long distance call
>yourself. Worse, Papyrus would have to add markup and charge you for
>unbillable 1-800 charges, so effectively you would wind up paying about the
>same as the "10 cents a minute" rate you can get from some long distance
>carriers.
>Wish it were otherwise, but that's the status quo in today's telecomm
>world. We're working on it, but there isn't any simple way to deliver
>NASCAR multiplayer nationwide for a lower cost, or we'd have already done
>it!
>Charlie Heath
>Papyrus Design Group
> Just put NASCAR (and INDYCAR) on INN then everyone in the country can access it
> via a local number....
NRL will not work with latencies above 250 millisenconds (1/4 of a
second). I've posted a lot of stuff up here about low latency so I
won't repeat it. Bottom line, INN can not deliver the low latency we
need.
Ed Martin
Producer, Series Director
NASCAR Racing League
Papyrus / Sierra On-Line, Inc.
But aren't the results pretty much the same each race since you're racing the same
drivers? Doesn't that make it difficult to increase your skill level?
Chuck Stuart - Mesquite TX USA
>> Join a league, the drivers are usually of a higher caliber, the races have
>> a lot fewer incidents than your average pickup race, and its fun to compete
>> with the same guys week after week.
>But aren't the results pretty much the same each race since you're racing
>the same drivers? Doesn't that make it difficult to increase your skill level?
If you look at the way the skill level system works, it is easier to
advance than to decline. Your 2 worst scores are always thrown out and at
certain points (level 4,7,10 and 13), it is requires fewer points to
advance to that level than it does to decline. If you have the MPANAL32
program, you can see the anomalies in the stats that show this is
happening.
I actually believe it is easier to improve your skill level in a league
than in pickup races because you will finish races more consistently.
However, you have to be racing with people of a similar numerical skill
level (a level 0 racing against a bunch level 11's is not going anywhere),
and you have to be competitive with some subgroup of that league.
BTW, skill level is really only important when you're racing in pickup
races. In a league, the only thing that counts is the season standings.
However, this probably won't be true with NRL, since you won't be racing
the same drivers every week. I assume they will group drivers by skill
level for NRL.
Dave "davids" Sparks
Sequoia Motorsports
