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GP3 - Suddenly lost top end power! Help!

3 posts by 2 people · 18 Aug 2001 10:12 UTC - 22 Aug 2001 19:11 UTC

Kulvinder Singh Matharu 18 Aug 2001 10:12 UTC#167262
There I was, qualifying at the Motegi oval and was lapping in the mid 25s. I saved the game during qualifying because you never know if you should go out again. Ended up 3rd on the grid. Great. Started the race and was sitting there on the grid so I saved the game again. The start lights went on soon enough and I was quickly in the mid 25s again with some use of slipstreaming and getting times faster than pole! I was really racing and had a fantastic groove but the other cars were also slipstreaming me...it was a tough battle and I really enjoyed it. Finished 1st! However, the next day, I tried racing again and was only lapping about 28s! The other cars were all beating me...even the Minardi cars! So I'm now about 3s a lap slower than before. What was wrong? I tried another race...same thing! I checked my controller, no problems. Re-calibrated the controller again just in case. No change. I'm still lapping in about 28s. Hmmm...so I loaded the game where I was 3rd on the grid. And guess what...I was lapping in the 25s again. Interesting. Then I loaded the game when I was in qualifying...28s was the best I could manage even though my previous times were up on the board with about 25.6s! Something strange is going on and I can't figure out what it is. I've not changed the game in anyway. It's as if I've lost top-end power as every car just beats me hands down at all parts of the circuit. I've now cheated by using the Physics Editor to give be some more horsepower but I'd rather not do this...I really do feel like a cheat doing that! Help! PS - Motegi is a great short oval! I recommend it. The Rio oval is pretty damned good too. -- Kulvinder Singh Matharu E-mail : ksmatharu # ieee . org [without the spaces and where #=@] Website: http://www.matharu.demon.co.uk/ "The Code Red hype Hall of Shame" http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/20908.html
hmmm, I was about to say calibration, but you've done that. Most likely gp3 has chosen a default setup then? It likes to change setups for no reason it seems, just to annoy and frustrate I believe :( Rafe Mc On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 11:12:27 +0100, Kulvinder Singh Matharu <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (34 lines)>There I was, qualifying at the Motegi oval and was lapping in the mid >25s. I saved the game during qualifying because you never know if you >should go out again. Ended up 3rd on the grid. Great. > >Started the race and was sitting there on the grid so I saved the >game again. The start lights went on soon enough and I was quickly in >the mid 25s again with some use of slipstreaming and getting times >faster than pole! I was really racing and had a fantastic groove but >the other cars were also slipstreaming me...it was a tough battle and >I really enjoyed it. Finished 1st! > >However, the next day, I tried racing again and was only lapping >about 28s! The other cars were all beating me...even the Minardi >cars! So I'm now about 3s a lap slower than before. What was wrong? I >tried another race...same thing! I checked my controller, no >problems. Re-calibrated the controller again just in case. No change. >I'm still lapping in about 28s. > >Hmmm...so I loaded the game where I was 3rd on the grid. And guess >what...I was lapping in the 25s again. Interesting. Then I loaded the >game when I was in qualifying...28s was the best I could manage even >though my previous times were up on the board with about 25.6s! > >Something strange is going on and I can't figure out what it is. I've >not changed the game in anyway. It's as if I've lost top-end power as >every car just beats me hands down at all parts of the circuit. I've >now cheated by using the Physics Editor to give be some more >horsepower but I'd rather not do this...I really do feel like a cheat >doing that! > >Help! > >PS - Motegi is a great short oval! I recommend it. The Rio oval is >pretty damned good too.
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 17:18:51 -0500, rrevved <[email hidden]> wrote: >On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 11:12:27 +0100, Kulvinder Singh Matharu <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> It's as if I've lost top-end power as >>every car just beats me hands down at all parts of the circuit. > >What does the tachometer show? The revs are less...I now have to change the wing angles or the gear ratios to ensure that I get max revs. Well, the wings are at the minimum level so I've had to lower the gears so that I get max revs. -- Kulvinder Singh Matharu E-mail : ksmatharu # ieee . org [without the spaces and where #=@] Website: http://www.matharu.demon.co.uk/ "The Code Red hype Hall of Shame" http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/20908.html

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