N4 - Still No Accelerated Wear Option!!

WHY does Papyrus still insist on not allowing us to speed up wear and gas consumption in their NASCAR games?? NASCAR Heat has it and it is great because I can finally run a race with required pit stops without driving forever. In NASCAR Racing 1 you could actually reduce the fuel load, but not since.... -Wes

You can speed up tire wear, just slam on them brakes some :) Seriously though, I don't know if there is a reason why, yes I know Heat had it in it, I personally never used it myself, I wanted real time tire wear and fuel usuage, rather than an exagerated one. I can say I haven't seen many people ask for it in the forums. -- Don Burnette "Wes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:LLJg6.245618$[email hidden]... > WHY does Papyrus still insist on not allowing us to speed up wear and gas > consumption in their NASCAR games?? NASCAR Heat has it and it is great > because I can finally run a race with required pit stops without driving > forever. In NASCAR Racing 1 you could actually reduce the fuel load, but > not since.... > > -Wes > > >

have you examined the track.ini file ? track_tire_heat = 0.95 track_tire_wear = 1.12 ;> 1.0 means more wear, i.e. 2.0 is twice normal wear, 0.5 is half normal wear track_asphalt_grip = 0.98 ;> 1.0 means more grip. This shouldn't have to change by more than +- 0.05 track_concrete_grip = 1.00 ;> means more grip. Again, keep between about 0.9 and 1.05 track_north_angle = 280 ; angle of true north in degrees On Thu, 08 Feb 2001 23:51:56 -0600, rrevved <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 03:47:55 GMT, "Wes" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >>WHY does Papyrus still insist on not allowing us to speed up wear and gas >>consumption in their NASCAR games?? NASCAR Heat has it and it is great >>because I can finally run a race with required pit stops without driving >>forever. In NASCAR Racing 1 you could actually reduce the fuel load, but >>not since.... >> >>-Wes >> >> >If you lock up the brakes in N4, you can damage your tires >leading to a blowout. Does Heat model that? >

Yep. "rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 03:47:55 GMT, "Wes" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >WHY does Papyrus still insist on not allowing us to speed up wear and gas > >consumption in their NASCAR games?? NASCAR Heat has it and it is great > >because I can finally run a race with required pit stops without driving > >forever. In NASCAR Racing 1 you could actually reduce the fuel load, but > >not since.... > > > >-Wes > > > > > If you lock up the brakes in N4, you can damage your tires > leading to a blowout. Does Heat model that? >

"Todd Sorensen" <[email hidden]> wrote in <dmQg6.81442$[email hidden]>:

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>Yep. > >"rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 03:47:55 GMT, "Wes" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >> >WHY does Papyrus still insist on not allowing us to speed up wear and >> >gas consumption in their NASCAR games?? NASCAR Heat has it and it is >> >great because I can finally run a race with required pit stops >> >without driving forever. In NASCAR Racing 1 you could actually >> >reduce the fuel load, but not since.... >> > >> >-Wes >> > >> > >> If you lock up the brakes in N4, you can damage your tires >> leading to a blowout. Does Heat model that?

Yes ! And on of the "Beat the Heat" mission is to finish the race with very weared tire without blowing it >> > > > -- Seb Game Developer GPLRank -41.68 http://magicfr.multimania.com

>"Wes" <[email hidden]> wrote > WHY does Papyrus still insist on not allowing us to speed up wear and gas > consumption in their NASCAR games?? NASCAR Heat has it and it is great > because I can finally run a race with required pit stops without driving > forever. In NASCAR Racing 1 you could actually reduce the fuel load, but > not since.... I understand why some people would enjoy such thing, but I seriously never used those options (NH, F1 sims, etc...). If I set the race for 40%, then I'll go with realism and think my race strategy in favor of 40%, not trying to fit a 100% race tyre wear and fuel strategy into it. I mean it's not like it takes forever until you pit. 22gallons are pretty fast over when your racing seriously. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- People think it must be fun to be a genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

So if you can adjust the tracks grip level, it's gonna be a bitch keeping the hotlap competitions honest. Or am I missing something here? -- See ya in the pits, Deano I have a terrible memory. In fact my memory's so bad I can't remember how long it's been since I've forgotten anything. "Rich#8" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > have you examined the track.ini file ? > > > track_tire_heat = 0.95 > track_tire_wear = 1.12 ;> 1.0 means more > wear, i.e. 2.0 is twice normal wear, 0.5 is half normal wear > track_asphalt_grip = 0.98 ;> 1.0 means more > grip. This shouldn't have to change by more than +- 0.05 > track_concrete_grip = 1.00 ;> means more grip. > Again, keep between about 0.9 and 1.05 > track_north_angle = 280 ; angle of true north > in degrees > > > > > > > On Thu, 08 Feb 2001 23:51:56 -0600, rrevved <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 03:47:55 GMT, "Wes" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > >>WHY does Papyrus still insist on not allowing us to speed up wear and gas > >>consumption in their NASCAR games?? NASCAR Heat has it and it is great > >>because I can finally run a race with required pit stops without driving > >>forever. In NASCAR Racing 1 you could actually reduce the fuel load, but > >>not since.... > >> > >>-Wes > >> > >> > >If you lock up the brakes in N4, you can damage your tires > >leading to a blowout. Does Heat model that? > > > >

Along with what the original poster was saying, if the game supported this feature in code, then the changes would be consistent for everyone. So if a league race had settings of 25% laps, wear adjusted to 100%, you wouldn't have to worry about someone incorrectly setting values in the .ini file. Rant On Don't mind me, but I think this is a common problem in a lot of games today. Developers should realize that not everyone has hours of uninterrupted game time on a regular basis. I really enjoyed Diablo II, but realized ,that for me, it was only worth playing when I had 1-2 hours of time set aside. A quick 15-20 minute session got me nowhere. Racing is a little different, because you can always practice 10-20 laps, but it would be nice to be able to compress a race down to an hour or so, and still require fuel and tire management. Rant Off

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> have you examined the track.ini file ? >> >> >> track_tire_heat = 0.95 >> track_tire_wear = 1.12 ;> 1.0 means more >> wear, i.e. 2.0 is twice normal wear, 0.5 is half normal wear >> track_asphalt_grip = 0.98 ;> 1.0 means more >> grip. This shouldn't have to change by more than +- 0.05 >> track_concrete_grip = 1.00 ;> means more grip. >> Again, keep between about 0.9 and 1.05 >> track_north_angle = 280 ; angle of true north >> in degrees >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, 08 Feb 2001 23:51:56 -0600, rrevved <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >> >On Fri, 09 Feb 2001 03:47:55 GMT, "Wes" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> > >> >>WHY does Papyrus still insist on not allowing us to speed up wear >> >>and gas consumption in their NASCAR games?? NASCAR Heat has it and it is >> >>great because I can finally run a race with required pit stops >> >>without driving forever. In NASCAR Racing 1 you could actually >> >>reduce the fuel load,