PBs and LAN racing.

I know that lap times are very suspect in on-line races due to lag and warps, but what about in a two computer network? My cousin and I raced a lot this weekend and I managed to best two of my previous times (Monza and Watkins). I would like to know if these times are to be trusted. If it makes any difference, it was played on a PIII733 (host), PII450 over IPX. 36 FPS on both at all times. No drafting was used. (at least for the Monza one; I am sure) MRSisson -- Did the chicken really cross the road or did the road move beneath the chicken?

In article <MPG.14b4872c3a47c422989688@news>, [email hidden] says...

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> I know that lap times are very suspect in on-line races due to lag and > warps, but what about in a two computer network? My cousin and I raced a > lot this weekend and I managed to best two of my previous times (Monza > and Watkins). I would like to know if these times are to be trusted. > > If it makes any difference, it was played on a PIII733 (host), PII450 > over IPX. 36 FPS on both at all times. > > No drafting was used. (at least for the Monza one; I am sure) > > MRSisson > >

*cough* *cough* GPL /slinks off embarrassed like MRSisson -- Did the chicken really cross the road or did the road move beneath the chicken?

The times should be most accurate under your conditions.. Jeff "Michael R Sisson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:MPG.14b487ee12952099989689@news...

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> In article <MPG.14b4872c3a47c422989688@news>, [email hidden] > says... > > I know that lap times are very suspect in on-line races due to lag and > > warps, but what about in a two computer network? My cousin and I raced a > > lot this weekend and I managed to best two of my previous times (Monza > > and Watkins). I would like to know if these times are to be trusted. > > > > If it makes any difference, it was played on a PIII733 (host), PII450 > > over IPX. 36 FPS on both at all times. > > > > No drafting was used. (at least for the Monza one; I am sure) > > > > MRSisson > > > > > > *cough* *cough* > > GPL > > /slinks off embarrassed like > > MRSisson > > -- > Did the chicken really cross the road or did the road move beneath > the chicken?

In article <MPG.14b487ee12952099989689@news>, Michael R Sisson <[email hidden]> writes:

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>In article <MPG.14b4872c3a47c422989688@news>, [email hidden] >says... >> I know that lap times are very suspect in on-line races due to lag and >> warps, but what about in a two computer network? My cousin and I raced a >> lot this weekend and I managed to best two of my previous times (Monza >> and Watkins). I would like to know if these times are to be trusted. >> >> If it makes any difference, it was played on a PIII733 (host), PII450 >> over IPX. 36 FPS on both at all times. >> >> No drafting was used. (at least for the Monza one; I am sure) >> >> MRSisson >> >> > >*cough* *cough* > >GPL > >/slinks off embarrassed like >

Think that second bit might be important, huh? :) Actually, I don't think it would matter even if your PB *was* a drafting lap. GPLRank shows which mode the different laps were done in, so you can see how many were in race or training mode. Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +28.80...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.