Anyone else having a hard time playing N4?

I had all last night to play, and am off today and planned on some racing getting ready for NC (I was planning on following the whole season in Nascar outside of championship mode). But then and today it seems kind of 'silly'. ed

I feel the same way. I was planning on following the season the same way as you, running a few races on each week's course during the days leading up to the race, figuring that it would enhance the the race-watching experience each week (which it did during Daytona.) But I fired N4 up this morning, and it just doesn't feel 'right.' I'm sure this feeling will pass, but if it feels this way to sim-racers, I wonder how it must be for the racers in the Winston Cup to race so soon after The Intimidator's crash. Tex Ed Kloskowski <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:96rdt8$gd4$[email hidden]... > I had all last night to play, and am off today and planned on some racing > getting ready for NC (I was planning on following the whole season inNascar

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> outside of championship mode). > > But then and today it seems kind of 'silly'. > > ed > > > > >

**** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** Yes. I was just starting a Dega race when someone came in with the bad news. After the chat's of disbelief were posted, the read "xxxx Disconnected Manually" flashes flooded in. I was among them. -Larry "Ed Kloskowski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:96rdt8$gd4$[email hidden]... > I had all last night to play, and am off today and planned on some racing > getting ready for NC (I was planning on following the whole season inNascar

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> outside of championship mode). > > But then and today it seems kind of 'silly'. > > ed > > > >

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I know what you mean. I had intended to run a practice race at Daytona Sunday night on my spanking new computer, and I just couldn't get over the shock. While I was an "anybody but Earnhardt" fan, he was one I loved to root against - and the sport will be much the poorer for his loss. Chris P [email hidden]

I can't stand to play it anymore for now. I was playing constantly, mostly practicing my drafting and working on setups at Daytona. No way I can stand to look at Daytona now. I think Heat and N4 will lie dormant for a while. :( -- ------------------------------------- Morgan Vincent Wooten GPLRank: +10.02 http://home.earthlink.net/~morganv00/ ------------------------------------- "Ed Kloskowski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:96rdt8$gd4$[email hidden]... > I had all last night to play, and am off today and planned on some racing > getting ready for NC (I was planning on following the whole season in Nascar > outside of championship mode). > > But then and today it seems kind of 'silly'. > > ed > > > > >

Funny, thought it was just me. I'm going to have to remove the 3 car from the line up but I just haven't been able to bring myself to do that yet. "Ed Kloskowski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:96rdt8$gd4$[email hidden]... > I had all last night to play, and am off today and planned on some racing > getting ready for NC (I was planning on following the whole season inNascar

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> outside of championship mode). > > But then and today it seems kind of 'silly'. > > ed > > > >

I removed it, but it hurts either way. I don't want to see it out there on the track, but at the same time it leaves an awful big hole *not* having it there. -- ------------------------------------- Morgan Vincent Wooten GPLRank: +10.02 http://home.earthlink.net/~morganv00/ ------------------------------------- "jt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:pYjk6.41739$[email hidden]... > Funny, thought it was just me. I'm going to have to remove the 3 car from > the line up but I just haven't been able to bring myself to do that yet. > > "Ed Kloskowski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:96rdt8$gd4$[email hidden]... > > I had all last night to play, and am off today and planned on some racing > > getting ready for NC (I was planning on following the whole season in > Nascar > > outside of championship mode). > > > > But then and today it seems kind of 'silly'. > > > > ed > > > > > > > > > > >

i have a question and i hope i'm not out of line because that certainly isn't the intent of this suggestion. why not leave #3 in the lineup? you know, as kind of a tribute. put him back in after the respect issue has been individually dealt with. if he can't race on this earth anymore, why not let him continue on in your games? while i'm not a fan of nascar at all, i feel the pain of the fans. when derrick thomas died, i was crushed. i thought about taking him off of my roster, but i thought, "no, if he can't do what he loved on earth anymore, i'll be damned if i'm going to take away the only way he has left to play the sport he loved." and that is through my computer and memories. kind of corny, i know, but it is a different (and perhaps happier) way to look at things and let #3 continue to do what he loved. take care nascar fans. "Morgan V. Wooten" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:0Ykk6.970$[email hidden]... > I removed it, but it hurts either way. I don't want to see it out there onthe > track, but at the same time it leaves an awful big hole *not* having itthere.

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> > -- > > > ------------------------------------- > Morgan Vincent Wooten > GPLRank: +10.02 > http://home.earthlink.net/~morganv00/ > ------------------------------------- > > > "jt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:pYjk6.41739$[email hidden]... > > Funny, thought it was just me. I'm going to have to remove the 3 car

from > > the line up but I just haven't been able to bring myself to do that yet. > > > > "Ed Kloskowski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:96rdt8$gd4$[email hidden]... > > > I had all last night to play, and am off today and planned on someracing

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> > > getting ready for NC (I was planning on following the whole season in > > Nascar > > > outside of championship mode). > > > > > > But then and today it seems kind of 'silly'. > > > > > > ed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

I notice that at http://thepitwagon.hypermart.net/ they will be creating many early Earnhardt cars for N4. You may not want to run them, but I think it would be cool to have in my inventory of racecars. They have already created DE's pink K2 car. Of course, the car style cannot be exact, but the paint jobs seems quite good. NB "BAGEL" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:_amk6.1208$[email hidden]... > i have a question and i hope i'm not out of line because that certainly > isn't the intent of this suggestion. > > why not leave #3 in the lineup? you know, as kind of a tribute. put him > back in after the respect issue has been individually dealt with. if he > can't race on this earth anymore, why not let him continue on in yourgames? > while i'm not a fan of nascar at all, i feel the pain of the fans. when > derrick thomas died, i was crushed. i thought about taking him off of my > roster, but i thought, "no, if he can't do what he loved on earth anymore, > i'll be damned if i'm going to take away the only way he has left to play > the sport he loved." and that is through my computer and memories. kindof

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> corny, i know, but it is a different (and perhaps happier) way to look at > things and let #3 continue to do what he loved. > > > take care nascar fans. > > > "Morgan V. Wooten" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:0Ykk6.970$[email hidden]... > > I removed it, but it hurts either way. I don't want to see it out there

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> the > > track, but at the same time it leaves an awful big hole *not* having it > there. > > > > -- > > > > > > ------------------------------------- > > Morgan Vincent Wooten > > GPLRank: +10.02 > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morganv00/ > > ------------------------------------- > > > > > > "jt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:pYjk6.41739$[email hidden]... > > > Funny, thought it was just me. I'm going to have to remove the 3 car > from > > > the line up but I just haven't been able to bring myself to do that

yet. > > > > > > "Ed Kloskowski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:96rdt8$gd4$[email hidden]... > > > > I had all last night to play, and am off today and planned on some > racing > > > > getting ready for NC (I was planning on following the whole seasonin

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> > > Nascar > > > > outside of championship mode). > > > > > > > > But then and today it seems kind of 'silly'. > > > > > > > > ed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

I find myself trying not to bump the #3 now in N4 and NH(I used to try to run`im off the track... Ed Kloskowski <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:96rdt8$gd4$[email hidden]... > I had all last night to play, and am off today and planned on some racing > getting ready for NC (I was planning on following the whole season inNascar

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> outside of championship mode). > > But then and today it seems kind of 'silly'. > > ed > > > >

**** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** That's an interesting point... I can't help but think that Jr. will have an extra 'cushion' around him this weekend... Everyone is going to be nervous, and I do not blame them one bit. This is confusing times for all... -Larry "Nitram" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:cnIk6.5435$[email hidden]... > I find myself trying not to bump the #3 now in N4 and NH(I used to try to > run`im off the track... > Ed Kloskowski <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:96rdt8$gd4$[email hidden]... > > I had all last night to play, and am off today and planned on someracing

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> > getting ready for NC (I was planning on following the whole season in > Nascar > > outside of championship mode). > > > > But then and today it seems kind of 'silly'. > > > > ed > > > > > > > > > >

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I dunno. As a racer, you do it even when you really don't want to. I'm fairly certain that DE raced when Neil Bonnet had his crash. No doubt he didn't want to. Then again, this isn't our living. It's for recreation. So, if you don't want to race it makes sense. Me, I practiced for an hour and did lousey. But, I got out there. I'll do that again tonight. Ed Kloskowski wrote:

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> I had all last night to play, and am off today and planned on some racing > getting ready for NC (I was planning on following the whole season in Nascar > outside of championship mode). > > But then and today it seems kind of 'silly'. > > ed

**** Post for FREE via your newsreader at post.usenet.com **** I was just starting a Dega race when someone chimed in with the bad news. We all left. I then put it away, paid some bills, and kicked back for a while. I came back to it about 4 hours later, but like everyone else, I was more forcing myself to get back on the horse, and didn't really enjoy it. Time will heal this. The pain will slowly go away. Saying/thinking/realizing this can sometimes seem like the wrong thing, but that's simply the way life is. Somewhat along the same lines, I lost one of my two Golden Retreivers to Cancer in 1997 @ 10 years of age. Man, I didn't think I would ever get over it, or own another Dog. I did (though flashbacks are a bitch, if you know what I mean). In 1999, I lost his companion, another Golden Retriever, also of Cancer at age 8. At that time, she was companion to the Golden I got to fill in for the first one I lost. Again, I told myself "No More". Of course, that didn't hold either. Now, I still have two. One is 4, the other is around 2. The cycle of life continues... But, we will NEVER forget Dale or what he's done for us, the world in general and the sport.. -Larry "Mike Donnelly Jr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I dunno. As a racer, you do it even when you really don't want to. I'mfairly > certain that DE raced when Neil Bonnet had his crash. No doubt he didn'twant > to. > > Then again, this isn't our living. It's for recreation. So, if you don'twant > to race it makes sense. Me, I practiced for an hour and did lousey. But,I got > out there. I'll do that again tonight. > > > Ed Kloskowski wrote: > > > I had all last night to play, and am off today and planned on someracing > > getting ready for NC (I was planning on following the whole season inNascar > > outside of championship mode). > > > > But then and today it seems kind of 'silly'. > > > > ed > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= *** Usenet.com - The #1 Usenet Newsgroup Service on The Planet! *** http://www.usenet.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=