rec.autos.simulators

I had a most unusual problem with NASCAR2.  For some reason I was
several
seconds off the pace at Talladega with the default ACE setup.  This
really
troubled me as I figured that with the default settings (97% opps)I
should
be able to do well with even a default.  Low and behold I was reading a
few
articles here on RAS about some other problems when Jim Sokoloff
mentioned
something about 'short calibrating' the gas pedal.  This involved not
getting the gas *all* the way to the floor during calibration so that
as a
race progresses you don't tire yourself into getting off the gas.  This
struck a nerve.  I *did* calibrate the wheel.  That I knew for a fact,
but,
I hadn't remembered calibrating the pedals.  Once calibrated, we had
all
700+ horses.  Oh, and a pole and win the first time out.

Mike

--
___^___ Speed Bump Motorsports...  The name says it all.
NRL95 #110 Hershey's Kisses Chevrolet Monte Carlo
PRO95 #53 Hershey's Kisses Penske PC23/Ilmor D
SIMCAR96 #45 Hershey's Kisses Pontiac Grand Prix
PRO96 #2 Hershey's Kisses Reynard/Ford/Firestone - Pucker Factor
Motorsports
IVGA #2027 (membership, not the car!)
part of "The Pit Crew"  http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Actually, I was advised to use stiffer shocks all the way around and
that did the trick at Talladega.  I went from several seconds off the
pace to the poll at 100%.

Kirn Cromur

I had a most unusual problem with NASCAR2.  For some reason I was
several
seconds off the pace at Talladega with the default ACE setup.  This
really
troubled me as I figured that with the default settings (97% opps)I
should
be able to do well with even a default.  Low and behold I was reading a
few
articles here on RAS about some other problems when Jim Sokoloff
mentioned
something about 'short calibrating' the gas pedal.  This involved not
getting the gas *all* the way to the floor during calibration so that
as a
race progresses you don't tire yourself into getting off the gas.  This
struck a nerve.  I *did* calibrate the wheel.  That I knew for a fact,
but,
I hadn't remembered calibrating the pedals.  Once calibrated, we had
all
700+ horses.  Oh, and a pole and win the first time out.

Mike

--
___^___ Speed Bump Motorsports...  The name says it all.
NRL95 #110 Hershey's Kisses Chevrolet Monte Carlo
PRO95 #53 Hershey's Kisses Penske PC23/Ilmor D
SIMCAR96 #45 Hershey's Kisses Pontiac Grand Prix
PRO96 #2 Hershey's Kisses Reynard/Ford/Firestone - Pucker Factor
Motorsports
IVGA #2027 (membership, not the car!)
part of "The Pit Crew"  http://www.theuspits.com/

writes:

Hi Mike,

Philip McNelly wrote an article for SRN that covers this point as well.
For
more tips, check out the "Full Throttle" section at:

     http://members.aol.com/simracing/srn06/fullthro.htm

Best Regards,

Marc

Marc J. Nelson
Sim Racing News - USA
http://members.aol.com/simracing/