I heard that there was supposed to be a 3 mile fantasy oval track to run
with no restrictor plates. So where is it?
If it's in the game, it's in the game (c)
Sorry, couldn't resist (doh, EA's gonna sue me now). I think it's called the
Coca Cola Super Speedway.
>If it's in the game, it's in the game (c)
>Sorry, couldn't resist (doh, EA's gonna sue me now). I think it's called the
>Coca Cola Super Speedway.
Andre
> >> I heard that there was supposed to be a 3 mile fantasy oval track to
run
> >> with no restrictor plates. So where is it?
> >If it's in the game, it's in the game (c)
> >Sorry, couldn't resist (doh, EA's gonna sue me now). I think it's called
the
> >Coca Cola Super Speedway.
> Why not some road tracks added.. even fantasy roadtracks would be
> welcome :(
Nascar = oval, dat's da fax. Road courses are the anomoly, and only in the
season for historical reasons. Most Nascar teams would probably jump for joy
if Watkins Glen and Sears Point were removed from the calendar.
Andre
> Seriously? I'd think that would be the only 2 races the drivers would
> look forward to..
> >Nascar = oval, dat's da fax. Road courses are the anomoly, and only in
the
> >season for historical reasons. Most Nascar teams would probably jump for
joy
> >if Watkins Glen and Sears Point were removed from the calendar.
> Seriously? I'd think that would be the only 2 races the drivers would
> look forward to..
> And indeed, I was very surprised when I only saw ovals being run
> online.. I'd thought that at least us Europeans would choose for some
> right turns too :-/
> Andre
It's expensive, and many of the teams know they don't have a CHANCE of
getting any decent points. On an oval, ANYBODY can win given the right
circumstances (yellow at the right time, big crash, whatever).
I think the only teams that look forward to the road courses are the ones
who aren't in the points race who hire road-course specialists for these
races (Ron Fellows for example). The sponsors probably pay them pretty well
for those two races, because their car will be near the front instead of
many laps down.
p.s. I'm guessing that the Europeans who like road courses are doing the
same thing as us North Americans: driving GPL.
Rusty Wallace, Ricky Rudd, Gordon, Stewart, Andretti, and others really
like them. Some don't like every oval either, no big deal. Ken Schrader
hates Martinsville.
The races at Riverside produced some great races with Tim Richmond,
Darrell Waltrip, and others. In fact, that was the only time there was some
serious whining about road courses, and that was because of the
travel(before every team was using planes, and they drove there), and at
that time, it was the only circuit out west.
Actually, while many fans wish they'd go away, the drivers usually have
feel the other way about them.
-John
I have no factual basis for my opinion, just guessing. If I was running a
Nascar team I would see the road courses as a waste of resources. But since
that is never gonna happen, it's a moot point...
> Rusty Wallace, Ricky Rudd, Gordon, Stewart, Andretti, and others really
> like them. Some don't like every oval either, no big deal. Ken Schrader
> hates Martinsville.
> The races at Riverside produced some great races with Tim Richmond,
> Darrell Waltrip, and others. In fact, that was the only time there was
some
> serious whining about road courses, and that was because of the
> travel(before every team was using planes, and they drove there), and at
> that time, it was the only circuit out west.
> Actually, while many fans wish they'd go away, the drivers usually have
> feel the other way about them.
> -John
> > ">
> > Well look at it from the teams' perspective. They race something like 40
> > times a year, 2 of which are on road courses. For those road courses
they
> > have to 1) have a completely different set of cars, 2) travel relatively
> far
> > (compared to the Southern ovals), 3) have a completely different setup,
> and
> > 4) have one of the few drivers who hasn't spent his entire life since he
> was
> > 10 racing ovals.
> > It's expensive, and many of the teams know they don't have a CHANCE of
> > getting any decent points. On an oval, ANYBODY can win given the right
> > circumstances (yellow at the right time, big crash, whatever).
> > I think the only teams that look forward to the road courses are the
ones
> > who aren't in the points race who hire road-course specialists for these
> > races (Ron Fellows for example). The sponsors probably pay them pretty
> well
> > for those two races, because their car will be near the front instead of
> > many laps down.
> > p.s. I'm guessing that the Europeans who like road courses are doing the
> > same thing as us North Americans: driving GPL.
Luke
Luke
> > >> I heard that there was supposed to be a 3 mile fantasy oval track to
> run
> > >> with no restrictor plates. So where is it?
> > >If it's in the game, it's in the game (c)
> > >Sorry, couldn't resist (doh, EA's gonna sue me now). I think it's called
> the
> > >Coca Cola Super Speedway.
> > Why not some road tracks added.. even fantasy roadtracks would be
> > welcome :(
> Because oval tracks (especially fantasy ones where they can make up the
> surroundings) are MUCH easier to make than road courses. And because they
> look at the server logs and realize that the majority of online racing
> happens at Daytona and Talladega (I'm guessing - I've never run N4 online,
> or even much offline).
> Nascar = oval, dat's da fax. Road courses are the anomoly, and only in the
> season for historical reasons. Most Nascar teams would probably jump for joy
> if Watkins Glen and Sears Point were removed from the calendar.
I'm not complaining about the ovals or oval racing.
I like the 2 roadtracks in N4 very much, while I don't really like the
ovals and the strategy involved, just not my type of racing.
I simply wished there would be some more roadtracks for N4.
Let's hope Noonans converter works with 2002.. anyone tried that yet?
Andre
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