Re: GPL Newbie - Rankings

try http://newgplrank.schuerkamp.de/ it always works for me when the others dont cheers dan leach David Buttery <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Thu 09 Nov 2000 08:46:10a, wrote: > > >No, it is not for online racers. It is for all gpl racers. It is at > >http://gplrank.ringlord.com/ but doesnt seem to be available at the > >moment. > > There's a workaround for this, which I can't now remember - anyone? > > -- > David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) > The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,

really" - > Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

On Thu 09 Nov 2000 08:46:10a, wrote: >No, it is not for online racers. It is for all gpl racers. It is at >http://gplrank.ringlord.com/ but doesnt seem to be available at the >moment. There's a workaround for this, which I can't now remember - anyone? -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

No, it is not for online racers. It is for all gpl racers. It is at http://gplrank.ringlord.com/ but doesnt seem to be available at the moment. In article <GhrO5.108$[email hidden]>, "Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Just picked up a copy of GPL the other day and I'm really loving it!I've > seen all this stuff about rankings on this ng - what exactly does itmean? > Is it only for online players? I probably won't be able to playonline > since my internet connection is too slow/high ping/expensive. Anyhelp

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> appreciated. > > Thanks > > Damien > [email hidden] > "Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else" > >

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I'm sure you will be able to race on-line. I am in South Africa and connect with a 28.8 modem and regulary race against people in Europe and North America without too much problem. It's definitely worth a try. Chris -- Simbok Racing www.geocities.com/simbokza Damien Smith <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:GhrO5.108$[email hidden]... > Just picked up a copy of GPL the other day and I'm really loving it! I've > seen all this stuff about rankings on this ng - what exactly does it mean? > Is it only for online players? I probably won't be able to play online > since my internet connection is too slow/high ping/expensive. Any help > appreciated. > > Thanks > > Damien > [email hidden] > "Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else" > >

Just picked up a copy of GPL the other day and I'm really loving it! I've seen all this stuff about rankings on this ng - what exactly does it mean? Is it only for online players? I probably won't be able to play online since my internet connection is too slow/high ping/expensive. Any help appreciated. Thanks Damien [email hidden] "Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else"

Damien Smith <[email hidden]> wrote ...

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> Just picked up a copy of GPL the other day and I'm really loving it! I've > seen all this stuff about rankings on this ng - what exactly does it mean? > Is it only for online players? I probably won't be able to play online > since my internet connection is too slow/high ping/expensive. Any help > appreciated. > > Thanks > > Damien > [email hidden] > "Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else"

Go to http://gplrank.ringlord.com/ It's not just for on-line players - the site simply uploads your best times from your player.ini file (off-line or on-line, though there is a danger of warping creating incorrect on-line times) and your handicap/ranking is calculated for you. Health Warning - it is very easy to get obsessed and end up spending the rest of your life trying to complete a clean lap of the 'Ring... -- Tony Whitley GPLRank +12.8 (Taking it one day at a time. I haven't submitted my player.ini for a couple of weeks now. I won't say I'm cured, you're never cured, but I think I'm managing my addiction.)

"Tony Whitley" <t o n y . w h i t l e y @ nStPlAwMorld.com> writes: > (Taking it one day at a time. I haven't submitted my player.ini for a couple > of weeks now. I won't say I'm cured, you're never cured, but I think I'm > managing my addiction.) I haven't submitted in 6 weeks now, mostly because I have been on four weeks vacation and I never really bothered to get the new gplrank site to load. Still have problems :) But it was obsessive for some time, and without it I wouldn't bother to lower my rank from about 60 to 25 something :) -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

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> > On Thu 09 Nov 2000 08:46:10a, wrote: > > >No, it is not for online racers. It is for all gpl racers. It is at > >http://gplrank.ringlord.com/ but doesnt seem to be available at the > >moment. > > There's a workaround for this, which I can't now remember - anyone?

http://www.ringlord.com/dns.html Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

Mmm...my first lap at the 'ring I did a 10:28 which wasn't too bad. That was after doing an outlap - is there any way of not having to do an outlap every time - i.e. save the race midway or something.

"Chris Bloom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I'm sure you will be able to race on-line. I am in South Africa andconnect > with a 28.8 modem and regulary race against people in Europe and North > America without too much problem. It's definitely worth a try. > > Chris Hey, you wouldn't be the guy who warps into my car every now and then! LOL Alan

On Fri 10 Nov 2000 03:11:04a, Andrew Williams wrote: >Hey, thanks. Alternatively, if you don't like manual hacking, you can use a program called "RingTrainer" which allows you to choose where on the track to start. You can get it here: http://www.joachimblum.de/ringtrainer.htm It's no exaggeration to say that that program is the main reason I (just) have a negative handicap. Highly recommended! -- David. (GPLRank handicap: -5.92) The GPL Scrapyard - http://www.hillclimbfan.f2s.com "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really" - Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh.

There is. 1) Make a backup copy of the track.ini file in the nurburg directory. (Just in case). 2) Open the track.ini file in an editor, eg. notepad. 3) Change the "stall_0" line to: stall_0 = 18508.00 -1.30 4) Save. This will put your car at Schwalbenschwanz. Don't forget to use the original values for racing! Cheers, Jens Andrew Williams wrote: > Mmm...my first lap at the 'ring I did a 10:28 which wasn't too bad. That > was after doing an outlap - is there any way of not having to do an outlap > every time - i.e. save the race midway or something.

Hey, thanks.

Hi Damien, and welcome to GPL... Regarding your pings, don't let that put you off racing GPL on-line, as it's not the pings (latency) you need to worry about with GPL on-line, it is the quality of your connection that produces good, warp-free racing.. Pings in F1 up to .650 ms, , F2 up to .750 and F3 up to .800 are perfectly raceable without any warping at all, providing your quality is above .990.. Try to achieve quality ratings of .990 to 1.000 and you won't have a problem at all... I have raced GPL on-line from Australia to overseas since the day it was released, and i rarely get pings under .600 to any host at all, with .600 to .800 being the norm and the racing is close and warp free at those ping levels.. If you are using an analogue modem, don't be tempted to connect at 56k for on-line racing in GPL, slow your modem down to about 24000 to 28800 and turn error correction and data compression off and GPL will provide you with some great fun on-line.. Also download the "no-disco" patch from Papy's web site.. Cheers, Ron Ayton Australia Damien Smith <[email hidden]> wrote in article <GhrO5.108$[email hidden]>... > Just picked up a copy of GPL the other day and I'm really loving it! I've > seen all this stuff about rankings on this ng - what exactly does itmean? > Is it only for online players? I probably won't be able to playonline > since my internet connection is too slow/high ping/expensive. Anyhelp

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> appreciated. > > Thanks > > Damien > [email hidden] > "Nothing is work unless you'd rather be doing something else" > > >

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>On Thu 09 Nov 2000 08:46:10a, wrote: > >>No, it is not for online racers. It is for all gpl racers. It is at >>http://gplrank.ringlord.com/ but doesnt seem to be available at the >>moment. > >There's a workaround for this, which I can't now remember - anyone?

On 23 Sep 2000, Uwe Schuerkamp wrote:

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> > but I get a "cannot find server" error when I try: > > > > http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/ > > > > Are 'you' down, or is it a net thing? > > it's a net thing. Nameservers disagree about the correct ip > for ringlord.com. the server has been up for five days now > without so much as a hitch. I hope we'll resolve this issue > soon.

Uwe, I found a tip on your http://ringlord.com/links.html page, that mentioned a "/etc/hosts file or its windows equivalent". I tracked the the Windows equivalent down. It is a file named "hosts" (no extension name) in the \windows directory. Microsoft includes a sample file named "hosts.sam" in the \windows directory. I copied the file "hosts.sam" to one named "hosts." (that's right, "hosts.", no file extension) and then added the line: "216.200.107.162 gplrank.ringlord.com" to the bottom of "hosts", saved to disk, and get through fine now to GPLrank. All the best, Chris.