N4...some cool things

I blew 1st gear coming out of the pits (slap it in gear and it will happen!)...makes the restarts rough. And while avoiding a wreck on the trioval at Daytona, I ran over some debris and blew a tire. N4 is great (on a big computer)!!! James

I just lost 3rd gear at Dover. Now that makes for a tuff restart. =================== Dwayne -------------------------------------- Saw It... Wanted It... Had A Fit... Got It! -------------------------------------- Remove nojunk to email

is this with random breakdowns on or off? CW "Dwayne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I just lost 3rd gear at Dover. Now that makes for a tuff restart. > =================== > Dwayne > -------------------------------------- > Saw It... Wanted It... Had A Fit... Got It! > -------------------------------------- > Remove nojunk to email

And do random breakdowns occur regardless of damage mode or only on realistic? -John On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:32:36 -0500, "Cowen Wilson" <[email hidden]> wrote: >is this with random breakdowns on or off? > >CW >

Blowing a gear is a result of abusing it usually through shifting, and can occur whether random damage is on or off, just like blowing an engine. Don't abuse your car folks, it can come back to haunt you :). -- Don Burnette "Cowen Wilson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > is this with random breakdowns on or off? > > CW > > "Dwayne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I just lost 3rd gear at Dover. Now that makes for a tuff restart. > > =================== > > Dwayne > > -------------------------------------- > > Saw It... Wanted It... Had A Fit... Got It! > > -------------------------------------- > > Remove nojunk to email > >

I pitted too close to the wall and they said "too close, can't change your left side tires". Also, jackman dropped the jack, the said, "uh oh, there is a problem with the jack." It cost me about 3 seconds. "James Larson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I blew 1st gear coming out of the pits (slap it in gear and it will > happen!)...makes the restarts rough. > > And while avoiding a wreck on the trioval at Daytona, I ran over somedebris > and blew a tire. > > N4 is great (on a big computer)!!! > > James

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> > Blowing a gear is a result of abusing it usually through shifting, and can > occur whether random damage is on or off, just like blowing an engine. > Don't abuse your car folks, it can come back to haunt you :). > > -- > Don Burnette > > "Cowen Wilson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > is this with random breakdowns on or off? > > > > CW > > > > "Dwayne" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I just lost 3rd gear at Dover. Now that makes for a tuff restart. > > > =================== > > > Dwayne > > > -------------------------------------- > > > Saw It... Wanted It... Had A Fit... Got It! > > > -------------------------------------- > > > Remove nojunk to email > > > >

Yep, calling it random breakdowns isn't really a good way of calling it. The breakdowns are caused by driver error/setup error. I have a hard time making a qual lap at the Glen as I have the gearing setup aggressively to get all the power out of the engine. Just sometimes I get more then power out of it but the rods themselves. :) Blowing a gear out of the box is scary if you have the sound up loud. :) you get a terrible grinding noise and the revs jump way up. Or during qualifying I may miss a shift and peg the limiter, then I'm just holding on for the rest of the lap and hoping the engine doesn't blow up. The qual engines can be real grenades but the race engines can take a little bit more abuse, but not much. -- Solo1 C-Modified (CASC-OR/BARC) http://www.barc-oc.com http://www.casc.on.ca

James Larson wrote ... > I blew 1st gear coming out of the pits (slap it in gear and it will > happen!)...makes the restarts rough. > > And while avoiding a wreck on the trioval at Daytona, I ran over somedebris > and blew a tire. After a couple cars hit the wall at Daytona, I ran through a patch of what I assume was oil laying on the track. Didn't have any effect on me because I was going straight and coasting, but I wonder what effect it will have in the corner at Rockingham ;-)