would really like to see a game with late model dirt racing. I know that
you can use N2 or N99 and get car sets and dirt tracks but I want a true
to life dirt simulator. Here are some of the things on my wish list for
a dirt simulation:
1.I know you can't have it licensed by Hav-A-Tampa or Stars probably so
no drivers licensing either. Well, the drivers on the game could be
named B. Scottquist for Scott Bloomquist and so on. You could have the
cars to look identical to the real ones, just take away the numbers and
renumber them in the game. Both of these problems would be solved by
having a driver editor to rename them and a nifty paintshop to renumber
the cars to their rightful numbers.
2. Have about 25 dirt tracks included in the game. Again, because of
licensing have Eldora called Delora and so on. Include all kinds of
different tracks like the huge mile tracks and some of the smaller 4/10
mile tracks. Have the real surfaces included for each track. Around
coastline tracks have it like it is......alot of sand in the tracks and
keep them as close as true to life as possible.
3. The database of drivers would include 90 different drivers. In Season
mode it would be just like it is for dirt lm drivers. There would be 3
major races each weekend at different tracks for different purses. All
drivers in database compete each week but they all go to the different
tracks. Say in week 1 there were races at Volunteer Speedway, West
Plains Speedway, and Pittsburgh Motor Speedway. The purses for all the
races would be different affecting quality of competition and driver
counts. Example: Volunteer pays $20,000 to win, West Plains $5,000 to
win, and Pittsburgh $8,000 to win. Ok, more drivers would go to
Volunteer and there would be better drivers there. Say they have 42
cars for the race weekend. Well, West Plains has a smaller purse and car
count but its a more driver friendly track than either of the others.
You may have a better shot at winning this race than finishing in the
top 15 at Pittsburgh or even making the race at Volunteer. Say West
Plains has 22 cars. Pittsburgh has 26 then.
Ok, only 24 cars start a feature race no matter what track they are
on. Well, no problem for West Plains so where you qualify there would be
where you start the race. At Pittsburgh the Top 18 would make the race
and the others would race a 15 lap consolation race to see where they
start. So the final 2 cars from consi would not make the feature. Well,
at Volunteer here's how it would have to be. Qualifying determines where
you start in a heat race. Since there are 42 cars at Volunteer
qualifying for the race would be much harder. There are 4 heat races and
a consolation race in a weekend before feature time. The races you
aren't in you could watch it like a TV style broadcast or simulate those
races. Say we run 29th in qualifying. Well, we would be in 8th in the
first heat. That means that we would be racing with the fastest overall
qualifyer in our race. The way to the feature is the top 4 from each
heat race makes it in. All the others go into consi to set numbers 17-24
in feature race. If you didn't make it through the heat and had to go to
consi and don't make it then to bad you will either watch the race or
sim it and go on to next weekend. I understand that this might make some
people mad that they don't get to run in the race if they don't make it
but that would make this a true sim cause thats part of racing.
The race would be a 100 lap feature race with the 24 drivers that
makes it. Since this will be a true sim after *** builds up in the
track it gets a little harder to pass in the groove. That makes racing
tighter and slip ups very costly. Some tracks will have multiple grooves
and this not be a problem.
The object in the game is after the season is over to have won as
much money as possible. There would be some special races in the season
where there are only 1 race like the weekend of the World 100 at Eldora
or the Show Me 100 at West Plains that all 90 cars are at. These races
would have huge purses all the way down the line and be much harder to
make. Same format with qualifying, heats (6 at races like this)
consolations (3) and finally the feature.
I know that this is a pipe dream but being around this sport for all
of my life I believe that a game like this is possible.......I just
ain't smart enough to create it myself. But I hope someone that is
will!!!!