rec.autos.simulators

> Edit this line in your core.ini

> [Replay]
> replayMemoryOverride=102400              ; Kbytes of replay memory to use
> as you can see mine is set to about 100MB, as I run longer on-line league
races.

> --
> Biz

> "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> the....." - Ash

> > How do you go about changing the replay buffer size.  Or does it default
to
> > the amount of ram you have.

> > Thanks
> > J. Janasov

> Edit this line in your core.ini

> [Replay]
> replayMemoryOverride=102400              ; Kbytes of replay memory to use
> as you can see mine is set to about 100MB, as I run longer on-line league races.

> --
> Biz

> "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> the....." - Ash

> > How do you go about changing the replay buffer size.  Or does it default to
> > the amount of ram you have.

> > Thanks
> > J. Janasov

> I think this has been asked here (R.A.S.) before, and I think the
> answer is "it depends", but here goes:

> How many laps can you save with 100MB?  I guess I am mainly asking for
> some elaboration on what it depends on.

> TIA,
> Gerald

> > Edit this line in your core.ini

> > [Replay]
> > replayMemoryOverride=102400              ; Kbytes of replay memory to use
> > as you can see mine is set to about 100MB, as I run longer on-line league races.

> > --
> > Biz

> > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> > the....." - Ash

> > > How do you go about changing the replay buffer size.  Or does it default to
> > > the amount of ram you have.

> > > Thanks
> > > J. Janasov

> the correlation I see for full/near full field races.

> --
> Biz

> "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> the....." - Ash

> > I think this has been asked here (R.A.S.) before, and I think the
> > answer is "it depends", but here goes:

> > How many laps can you save with 100MB?  I guess I am mainly asking for
> > some elaboration on what it depends on.

> > TIA,
> > Gerald

> > > Edit this line in your core.ini

> > > [Replay]
> > > replayMemoryOverride=102400              ; Kbytes of replay memory to
use
> > > as you can see mine is set to about 100MB, as I run longer on-line
league races.

> > > --
> > > Biz

> > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> > > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular
structures,....and
> > > the....." - Ash

> > > > How do you go about changing the replay buffer size.  Or does it
default to
> > > > the amount of ram you have.

> > > > Thanks
> > > > J. Janasov

> In addition to what "Biz" said, the number of laps your replay captures also
> varies with the size of the track.  You will get MANY more laps in the same
> replay file size at Martinsville than at Daytona.

> --
> -Paul
> My e-mail address is false.
> Please reply to this news group.

> > You're right it does depend.  Mostly on how many other cars are in the
>  race, as each car added
> > requires more data stored per lap.  With a full field, or near full field,
>  it takes about 1MB per
> > minute of replay.  WHen I look in my replay folder, and compare stored
>  replay times to size thats
> > the correlation I see for full/near full field races.

> > --
> > Biz

> > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and
> > the....." - Ash

> > > I think this has been asked here (R.A.S.) before, and I think the
> > > answer is "it depends", but here goes:

> > > How many laps can you save with 100MB?  I guess I am mainly asking for
> > > some elaboration on what it depends on.

> > > TIA,
> > > Gerald

> > > > Edit this line in your core.ini

> > > > [Replay]
> > > > replayMemoryOverride=102400              ; Kbytes of replay memory to
>  use
> > > > as you can see mine is set to about 100MB, as I run longer on-line
>  league races.

> > > > --
> > > > Biz

> > > > "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand
> > > > alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular
>  structures,....and
> > > > the....." - Ash

> > > > > How do you go about changing the replay buffer size.  Or does it
>  default to
> > > > > the amount of ram you have.

> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > J. Janasov

> Is this a function of lap times, or strictly track length?  i.e.,  a
> lap at Martinsville is about 20 seconds, and Daytona is about 45.
> Working from the estimate of 1 minute = 1 megabyte then in a 30 meg
> replay file you would have roughly 90 laps at Martinsville and 40 at
> Daytona for a full field.  Do you think this is accurate, or do you
> see a greater disparity in number of laps?

> Gerald

> I haven't tried to figure out the replay size Vs track size issue, Gerald.
> ;)  On my league's server I have the replay buffer set to 110 megs.  We run
> 35% races, with 16-20 cars per race.  The replay buffer will capture the
> entire race at every track.... except Sears and the Glen. (those replays are
> usually 3-5 laps short). At super speedways there is very little of the
> practice session captured in the replay, while small to medium size tracks
> will have 30-40 minutes of the practice session on the replays.  It is
> certainly not simply a time issue, as we run our road course races with
> cautions turned off, and those races generally take 1 hour while our regular
> races take about 1.5 hours.  In fact, whether we race Marty or Dega, our
> races are about 1.5 hours, but the amount of the practice session captured
> in the replay will vary GREATLY between the short tracks and super
> speedways.  All I know is that larger tracks with the same number of drivers
> for the same amount of time (not laps) will require a much larger replay
> buffer than short tracks.

> -Paul E
> Western States Racing League
> www.wsrlracing.com

> My e-mail address is false.
> Please reply to this news group.

> > Is this a function of lap times, or strictly track length?  i.e.,  a
> > lap at Martinsville is about 20 seconds, and Daytona is about 45.
> > Working from the estimate of 1 minute = 1 megabyte then in a 30 meg
> > replay file you would have roughly 90 laps at Martinsville and 40 at
> > Daytona for a full field.  Do you think this is accurate, or do you
> > see a greater disparity in number of laps?

> > Gerald

> > > In addition to what "Biz" said, the number of laps your replay captures
>  also
> > > varies with the size of the track.  You will get MANY more laps in the
>  same
> > > replay file size at Martinsville than at Daytona.

> > > --
> > > -Paul
> > > My e-mail address is false.
> > > Please reply to this news group.