Nascar 4 rev limiter

Is there a way to turn off the rev limiter in Nascar 4? Last night I was playing online with a fixed setup at Daytona and I was into the limiter on the back stretch several times. I don't know if the setup was purposely like this to keep cars that have fallen back in the rear and to make it hard to catch up or what. Thanks in advance.

Not that I know of. You might want to make 4th gear a little longer. If you get in a draft you'll be at a huge advantage if the guy you are drafting behind suddenly hits his rev limiter, if you don't ram him. On the long drafting tracks like Talladega you can get left behind if your top gear is setup for drafting and you are lapping alone. It's a tough call just experiment a bit. "Bill Anderson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bL2_6.9928$[email hidden]... > Is there a way to turn off the rev limiter in Nascar 4? > > Last night I was playing online with a fixed setup at Daytona and I wasinto > the limiter on the back stretch several times. I don't know if the setupwas > purposely like this to keep cars that have fallen back in the rear and to > make it hard to catch up or what. > > Thanks in advance. > >

"Kirk House" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3b38d2cb$0$769$[email hidden]... > Not that I know of. You might want to make 4th gear a little longer. If > you get in a draft you'll be at a huge advantage if the guy you aredrafting > behind suddenly hits his rev limiter, if you don't ram him. On the long > drafting tracks like Talladega you can get left behind if your top gear is > setup for drafting and you are lapping alone. It's a tough call just > experiment a bit. > He said he was racing in a fixed setup. If I recall, that means you can't fiddle with gear ratios. If the fixed setup are derived from the papy defaults then that explains it- they're deliberately less than perfect so the players who know setups can dial in their advantage. cheers John

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> Is there a way to turn off the rev limiter in Nascar 4? > > Last night I was playing online with a fixed setup at Daytona and I was into > the limiter on the back stretch several times. I don't know if the setup was > purposely like this to keep cars that have fallen back in the rear and to > make it hard to catch up or what. > > Thanks in advance. > > >

Yes, but if you do, you won't be able to join online races because the server machine will detect that your track.ini file is modified. -- ========================================================= 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 (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. =========================================================

Bill thankyou for opening up my FAVORITE can of worms. If you are in a fixed setup race, then everybody has the same limitation. The only way you can catch someone is to draft. If you have fallen out of the draft of the lead group, you won't be able to catch them without a drafting partner. You will however have lots of time to practice your lines. Practice Practice Pratice....this will reap far more rewards than editing the rev limiter file. Of course if you insist on the edit path..don't forget to add some grip to the tires, and reduce the rolling resistance, and add a hundred extra horsepower, and of course remember to tweek the pitcrew settings so you can exit the pits with 4 fresh tires and 2 cans of gas in only 8 seconds. dave henrie "Bill Anderson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bL2_6.9928$[email hidden]... > Is there a way to turn off the rev limiter in Nascar 4? > > Last night I was playing online with a fixed setup at Daytona and I wasinto > the limiter on the back stretch several times. I don't know if the setupwas > purposely like this to keep cars that have fallen back in the rear and to > make it hard to catch up or what. > > Thanks in advance. > >

Hahaha Ur too much Dave! Just tell him to "hack" the entire damm game, why don ya?..lol Again my man DH comes thru with a bit of comic relief! Thanx Dave!! :-) "Dave Henrie" wrote: | Of course if you insist on the edit path..don't forget to add some | grip to the tires, and reduce the rolling resistance, and add a hundred | extra horsepower, and of course remember to tweek the pitcrew settings so | you can exit the pits with 4 fresh tires and 2 cans of gas in only 8 | seconds. | dave henrie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.262 / Virus Database: 132 - Release Date: 6/12/2001

"Thom j." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:OSi_6.874$[email hidden]... > Hahaha Ur too much Dave! Just tell him to "hack" the entire damm game, > why don ya?..lol Again my man DH comes thru with a bit of comic relief! > Thanx Dave!! :-) > the only thing he forgot was a util to put a honda grand prix engine in the cars. cheers John

There ya go!! By the time u'all are done we'll have N5.. :-) "JM" wrote: | the only thing he forgot was a util to put a honda grand prix engine inthe

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| cars. | cheers | John | "Thom j." wrote: | > Hahaha Ur too much Dave! Just tell him to "hack" the entire damm game, | > why don ya?..lol Again my man DH comes thru with a bit of comic relief! | > Thanx Dave!! :-)

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I have been experimenting with using 3rd gear to drive out of the draft, and 4th as a sort of "overdrive" for when I am drafting. As a starting point, I changed 3rd gear to a slightly higher gear ratio than 4th. Then I moved 2nd to what 3rd used to be and then 1st to what 2nd used to be. Using third gear like this translates into you being able to turn more RPMs than you would when you are in 4th, but I am not really sure there is much speed advantage. Actual lap-time improvements seem negligible (but then, I am not the most consistent fellow out there). The nice thing though, is that you can run a even lower gear ratio in 4th, which, will conserve fuel, and also give you much better closing speed when you are drafting up on another car. Then, out of the draft, you can downshift to 3rd and maintain your speed a little better than you otherwise would be able. Just dont screw up and downshift to 2nd when you think you are in 4th but are really in 3rd... Any observations? The only time I can see that you would really pay a penalty for doing this is leaving the pits on a green-flag stop, when every split-second counts for gobs of track position... Gerald Moore "Kirk House" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<3b38d2cb$0$769$[email hidden]>... > ...................... You might want to make 4th gear a little longer. If > you get in a draft you'll be at a huge advantage if the guy you are drafting > behind suddenly hits his rev limiter, if you don't ram him. On the long > drafting tracks like Talladega you can get left behind if your top gear is > setup for drafting and you are lapping alone. It's a tough call just > experiment a bit.