here's a post from the Sierra boards about those experiencing trouble
connecting online after installing the 1.3.1.6 patch.
dh
#Papyrus1 (Multiplayer Admin) - 03:03pm Sep 19, 2001 PST
Wadda ya mean I'm a wrecker?
The scheduled maintenance of the Sierra and Flipside online networks is
complete. There are a couple of items to be aware of in regards to NASCAR�
Racing 4 multiplayer racing on Sierra.com:
1) DNS Changes. Several DNS updates were made and most users should already
have these updates. However, less responsive ISPs may not acknowledge these
changes for twenty four hours or more. You may be unable to play online
until your ISP accepts the DNS updates. A temporary workaround to the above
mentioned DNS issue would be to replace the server names with their new IP
addresses in the game's CORE.INI. Note that once the DNS issues have been
resolved, you will need to revert back to using the server names instead of
the IP addresses.
Below is a list of the IP addresses associated with each of the 3 servers:
nascar4.m1.sierra.com > 63.251.143.229 nascar4.m2.sierra.com >
63.251.143.230 nascar4.m3.sierra.com > 216.52.220.31
Simply replace the server names with the listed IP addresses. Again, you may
need to change these back to the server names after the DNS changes are
complete.
2) The account database for Sierra titles is transitioning from Flipside to
Sierra. Ratings may not be available until this process is complete. While
we have tried to maintain all existing accounts, some accounts can not be
moved as their names are incompatible with the Sierra naming rules. For your
information, accounts on Sierra.com do not allow the following characters: '
" @ \ ` | ? % . /
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