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GPL: How to detect Shift-R usage in replays?

2 posts by 2 people · 05 Apr 2001 20:57 UTC - 08 Apr 2001 11:57 UTC

Jens M. Felderhoff 05 Apr 2001 20:57 UTC#192109
We're running a season with regulations prescribing a post-shift-r-lap pit stop with shifting to reverse, up into fifth, and off you may go again, i.e., shift-R is permitted but only with this penalty. The problem is to control the participants' rule compliance. There may be some cheaters around who do a quick shift-R after spinning beyond the curb to re-join the race without pitting afterwards. We tried the Replay Analyzer, however, it only detects shift-Rs pressed for on-track repairs after damages to the car. Any serious driver glitch corrected by shift-R that did not damage the car remains unnoticed. The only thing you can do is to have a look at suspicious lap times of the drivers and replay that lap -- a sickening task with 15 drivers! Is there any reliable detection tool available? Cheers Jens -- (Intentionally left blank.)
In article <9aimeb$keh$[email hidden]>, Jens M. Felderhoff <[email hidden]> writes:
Quoted text (7 lines)>We're running a season with regulations prescribing a post-shift-r-lap >pit stop with shifting to reverse, up into fifth, and off you may go >again, i.e., shift-R is permitted but only with this penalty. > >The problem is to control the participants' rule compliance. There may >be some cheaters around who do a quick shift-R after spinning beyond >the curb to re-join the race without pitting afterwards.
Don't allow anyone who would cheat into your league. Remember the old Fremen saying "Do not find yourself in the company of anyone with whom you would not be proud to die." The VAST majority of GPL'ers are honorable, the rare exception will become obvious after a few races. Don McCorkle

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