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>During a championship season at Monza(novice).  I worked on braking early
and
>shifting late(thanks Chuck!).  Actually qualified on the pole.  I had my
normal
>bad start and dropped back to 3rd.  I passed Hill on the run to Curva
Grande,
>and caught Clark in Ascari on the second lap.  Once I told myself to just
drive
>and not worry about Clark in my mirrors, I was ok.  I actually won by about
9
>seconds...  Ok, so the AI was 'un-hyped', but ask me if I care!<g>
>Unfortunately, the game had the final laugh - it didn't show the paper!!!
So
>even though I won, I don't have the proof or satisfaction of seeing my name
in
>'print'...<augh!>
>:::walks away muttering to himself:::

>Eldred
>p.s. I lowered my PB from 1:30.61 to 1:30.50.  Not much, but...
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> During a championship season at Monza(novice).  I worked on braking early and
> shifting late(thanks Chuck!).  Actually qualified on the pole.  I had my normal
> bad start and dropped back to 3rd.  I passed Hill on the run to Curva Grande,
> and caught Clark in Ascari on the second lap.  Once I told myself to just drive
> and not worry about Clark in my mirrors, I was ok.  I actually won by about 9
> seconds...  Ok, so the AI was 'un-hyped', but ask me if I care!<g>
> Unfortunately, the game had the final laugh - it didn't show the paper!!!  So
> even though I won, I don't have the proof or satisfaction of seeing my name in
> 'print'...<augh!>
> :::walks away muttering to himself:::

> Eldred
> p.s. I lowered my PB from 1:30.61 to 1:30.50.  Not much, but...

> > > Ok, so the AI was 'un-hyped', but ask me if I care!<g>

> > What does this mean? What do the hype and hype scale settings actually
do?

> Hype is reponsible for the AI (Artificial Intelligence of the computer
cars)
> driving  improvement. As you get better the AI gets better so that it  is
> extremly difficult for us mere mortals to actually win against it. If you
> race online and happen to get a super fast lap (had a 0.36 at Monza once)
> due to connectivity troubles the AI becomes Superman. A little program
> called AiTweak v1.03 written by Kari Ikonen allows you to set the AI at a
> reasonable level and freeze it there. The computer cars are still a
> challenge at any level though since they exhibit a number of "interesting"
> driving tendencies (Surteees! Arrrgh!)

> David

>Congratulations! Believe me you don't want your name in the paper what with
>all the paperattzi, the speeches , the fame, the champagne , the hordes of
>adoring groupies, the heaps of money......... hmmh well OK maybe you do want
>your name in the paper :)

>Eldred,

> I've been following your attempts to get half-way decent at GPL for a long
>time now..I couldn't be more pleased for you that you finally managed it!
>You always add some much needed humour to this site with your messages (I
>presume you must have been driving in the same light-hearted manner!).

>> > Ok, so the AI was 'un-hyped', but ask me if I care!<g>

>> What does this mean? What do the hype and hype scale settings actually do?

>Hype is reponsible for the AI (Artificial Intelligence of the computer cars)
>driving  improvement. As you get better the AI gets better so that it  is
>extremly difficult for us mere mortals to actually win against it. If you
>race online and happen to get a super fast lap (had a 0.36 at Monza once)
>due to connectivity troubles the AI becomes Superman. A little program
>called AiTweak v1.03 written by Kari Ikonen allows you to set the AI at a
>reasonable level and freeze it there. The computer cars are still a
>challenge at any level though since they exhibit a number of "interesting"
>driving tendencies (Surteees! Arrrgh!)

>David