rec.autos.simulators

- does wind speed/direction have any affect on a car's handling during

  a  race and, if so, how do we know what direction we face when  
  driving around each track?

- computer cars are very quick off the draw when the green flag drops
  after a period under yellow.  Anyone else share the same opinion?

- autobrake doesn't work very well (at least not at Atlanta) in
  keeping speeds below 55mph while in pit lane.  Testing from a saved
  position resulted in getting a black flag each time for exceeding
  the pit lane speed limit.  Under autobrake, the speed at times will
  hit 56mph briefly, which is apparently all it takes to be penalized.

  Has anyone else suffered this as well?  I make sure not to exceed
  54 mph now.

- saving a race midway through results in a yellow flag and a change
  in the order the cars were in when you resume.  Why does this
  happen?  Can't the save function save the position, speed and
  acceleration of each  of the cars instead of just their current
  standing?  Its frustrating to have to save at a point during a long
  race when you've built up a 5 second lead only to have it erased
  when you resume the same race.

- in replay films, cars appear to repeatedly bump their nose into the
  outer  wall down the straights of Bristol.

- at times during a race (again, seeing this in Bristol), cars
  suddenly veer into the outer wall and then quickly veer back down
  the track and towards the pit.  It is as if the driver is
  purposefully damaging the car so he can make a pit stop.  Is this
  the computer's way of randomly assigning car damage due to driving
  mistakes?  If so, why don't we ever see damage being done to the
  car?  The car looks in perfect condition as it lumbers in to pit
  lane.  Am I the only one who's seen this?

- pit times are not realistic.  My pit times are always 20-21 seconds
  no matter if I change one tire on the left side or all four tires.  
  One tire usually takes about 7 seconds to change, but then I have to

  sit around for 15 more before I can leave.  I don't request
  refuelling, nor for any damage to be repaired or any other
  modifications to be made.

I hope Papyrus responds to these problems.  I've forwarded the above
to them in hopes that any new update will make some effort at
correcting these problems.

Bill.

Good question. Rick? Are you there?

It seems to they are slower than me.

Yes. This has been answered in other posts. If you have enough detail
turned on, there should be an orange ball. According to the manual, this
'ball' conatins a Nascar Official. You can 200mph in the pits, just make
sure you're only going 55 when you pass this 'ball'.

To bad huh? I'm sure you like it when you're falling behind, huh?

Basically because they're being passed and don't want to be hit.

20-21 second? Where did you get your crew? Mine always take 16.4 sec. You
can request they don't refuel and don't repair damage. Also, try taking
two pits. One of them change the left side tires, the other the right side
tires. Saves time.