N2002 - onlinecarsets

This is _not_ a flame but a statement and petition for help from an honestly puzzled user of N2002's original US version who can't seem to figure out how to adjust the program properly :-) I keep wondering why online the opponents often get plain colour cars with hardly any decals and no sophisticated paintschemes, instead of the beautiful paintschemes that N2002 has. Why does anyone get a plain blue n� 311 car with hardly any decals when there are only 25 drivers in the race? And why is the n� 7 or n� 24 car in an online race a plain blue or green car with hardly any decals and no advanced paint scheme, when there are so many beautiful paint schemes in N2002's car directory and only 30 drivers in the race? Even the Car2002 Roster contains more drivers than that!? I was trying to see if I can find a Multiplayer Roster, but there doesn't seem to be one. Is it that all these people have selected the same player car and hence some fantasy car is chosen for those who came later? Is there a way to limit the choice the program has to the nicer paintschemes within the Car2002 Roster? Is it possible to get the beautiful cars that actually exist within N2002 in online races as well, instead of the plain brown/green/blue ones without any decals or frills? Thank you in advance :-) Achim

In article <a7kcq8$m088j$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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> This is _not_ a flame but a statement and petition for help from an honestly > puzzled user of N2002's original US version who can't seem to figure out how > to adjust the program properly :-) > > I keep wondering why online the opponents often get plain colour cars with > hardly any decals and no sophisticated paintschemes, instead of the > beautiful paintschemes that N2002 has. > > Why does anyone get a plain blue n� 311 car with hardly any decals when > there are only 25 drivers in the race? And why is the n� 7 or n� 24 car in > an online race a plain blue or green car with hardly any decals and no > advanced paint scheme, when there are so many beautiful paint schemes in > N2002's car directory and only 30 drivers in the race? Even the Car2002 > Roster contains more drivers than that!? > > I was trying to see if I can find a Multiplayer Roster, but there doesn't > seem to be one. Is it that all these people have selected the same player > car and hence some fantasy car is chosen for those who came later? Is there > a way to limit the choice the program has to the nicer paintschemes within > the Car2002 Roster? > > Is it possible to get the beautiful cars that actually exist within N2002 in > online races as well, instead of the plain brown/green/blue ones without any > decals or frills? > > Thank you in advance :-) > > Achim

In online races... When you see a regular cup driver - that person specifically chose that car as his online car. Since everyone theoretically has that car, the likelihood that everyone else in the race will see it is quite high. When you see a single color car with a two-digit number - that p[erson is racing his own car but you don't have the car fie for it, so the sim is replacing it with one of the generic cars, and placing the correct number on it. When you see a single color car with a number in the 300's - that person joined the race with the same car number as someone else that's already joined the race. The sim is not only using one of it's generic cars, but it starts out assigning car numbers that start at 300. If you join a race and get one of the 300-number cars, you may as well just tough it out. Disconnecting and rejonigin the same race will result in you getting the same car number, even if the person that had your car number disconnects in the interim. Further, not only does everyone else see the 3xx car, but you do too (you don't get the paintjob OR the car number you thought you would). When I was running N4, I ended up with over 2500 car files (not counting the ones that originally came with the game). I saw MAYBE one car in each race that was one of these 2500 cars. I decided that it wasn't worth the hard drive space, so I no longer download other people's cars unless they're in a league/club I'm in. -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

Hi John, sincere thanks for the explanation. Finally I understand what's going on. No chance for me then to make sure everyone gets one of the 60 or so 'nice' cars N2002 come with. A pity. Thanks again! Achim "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <a7kcq8$m088j$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] > says...... ...

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> In online races... > > When you see a regular cup driver - that person specifically chose that > car as his online car. Since everyone theoretically has that car, the > likelihood that everyone else in the race will see it is quite high. > > When you see a single color car with a two-digit number - that p[erson > is racing his own car but you don't have the car fie for it, so the sim > is replacing it with one of the generic cars, and placing the correct > number on it. > > When you see a single color car with a number in the 300's - that person > joined the race with the same car number as someone else that's already > joined the race. The sim is not only using one of it's generic cars, > but it starts out assigning car numbers that start at 300. > > If you join a race and get one of the 300-number cars, you may as well > just tough it out. Disconnecting and rejonigin the same race will > result in you getting the same car number, even if the person that had > your car number disconnects in the interim. Further, not only does > everyone else see the 3xx car, but you do too (you don't get the > paintjob OR the car number you thought you would). >

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Not all 3 digit cars are ones that are auto assigned. Some people use 3 digit numbers, even in the 300s. www.corl.ca "John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <a7kcq8$m088j$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] > says... > > This is _not_ a flame but a statement and petition for help from anhonestly > > puzzled user of N2002's original US version who can't seem to figure outhow > > to adjust the program properly :-) > > > > I keep wondering why online the opponents often get plain colour carswith > > hardly any decals and no sophisticated paintschemes, instead of the > > beautiful paintschemes that N2002 has. > > > > Why does anyone get a plain blue n� 311 car with hardly any decals when > > there are only 25 drivers in the race? And why is the n� 7 or n� 24 carin > > an online race a plain blue or green car with hardly any decals and no > > advanced paint scheme, when there are so many beautiful paint schemes in > > N2002's car directory and only 30 drivers in the race? Even the Car2002 > > Roster contains more drivers than that!? > > > > I was trying to see if I can find a Multiplayer Roster, but theredoesn't > > seem to be one. Is it that all these people have selected the sameplayer > > car and hence some fantasy car is chosen for those who came later? Isthere > > a way to limit the choice the program has to the nicer paintschemeswithin > > the Car2002 Roster? > > > > Is it possible to get the beautiful cars that actually exist withinN2002 in > > online races as well, instead of the plain brown/green/blue ones withoutany

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> > decals or frills? > > > > Thank you in advance :-) > > > > Achim > > In online races... > > When you see a regular cup driver - that person specifically chose that > car as his online car. Since everyone theoretically has that car, the > likelihood that everyone else in the race will see it is quite high. > > When you see a single color car with a two-digit number - that p[erson > is racing his own car but you don't have the car fie for it, so the sim > is replacing it with one of the generic cars, and placing the correct > number on it. > > When you see a single color car with a number in the 300's - that person > joined the race with the same car number as someone else that's already > joined the race. The sim is not only using one of it's generic cars, > but it starts out assigning car numbers that start at 300. > > If you join a race and get one of the 300-number cars, you may as well > just tough it out. Disconnecting and rejonigin the same race will > result in you getting the same car number, even if the person that had > your car number disconnects in the interim. Further, not only does > everyone else see the 3xx car, but you do too (you don't get the > paintjob OR the car number you thought you would). > > When I was running N4, I ended up with over 2500 car files (not counting > the ones that originally came with the game). I saw MAYBE one car in > each race that was one of these 2500 cars. I decided that it wasn't > worth the hard drive space, so I no longer download other people's cars > unless they're in a league/club I'm in. > > -- > ========================================================= > Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" > http://www.paddedwall.org/john > > DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons > > DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) > http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 > > Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) > http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast > > If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown > above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. > =========================================================

In article <5nmn8.4005$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > Not all 3 digit cars are ones that are auto assigned. Some people use 3 > digit numbers, even in the 300s. > I was just telling him what the sim does. -- ========================================================= Redneck Techno-Biker & "programming deity" http://www.paddedwall.org/john DeMONS/1 for Nascar Racing 3 & Nascar Legends http://www.paddedwall.org/demons DeMONS/2 for Nascar Racing 4 and 2002 Season (in development) http://www.paddedwall.org/demons2 Barbarian Diecast Collector (460+ cars and counting) http://www.paddedwall.org/diecast If you want to send me email, go to the first URL shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================