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Re: GP3 - Car Failures?

12 posts by 11 people · 05 Aug 2000 - 07 Aug 2000 02:31 UTC

Mattgdg 05 Aug 2000#245123
>Has anyone had something fail on the car you were driving in GP3? I had an engine problem, but it was after doing about 20 doughnuts after I took pole in Hockenheim :) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matt Gristina [email hidden] "I am tougher than a $2 steak" - Norman Smiley
I've had about 5 "transmission failures" but nothing else has gone wrong. :) Paul Klicnik wrote: > Has anyone had something fail on the car you were driving in GP3? The > Failures always happen to the other cars. Is there was way to raise of > the number of car failures?
Paul Klicnik 05 Aug 2000 18:40 UTC#245108
Has anyone had something fail on the car you were driving in GP3? The Failures always happen to the other cars. Is there was way to raise of the number of car failures?
Daniel Shirley 05 Aug 2000 20:05 UTC#245132
Hey, I was hotlapping once and had a tyre puncture. ds Paul Klicnik wrote in message <[email hidden]>... >Has anyone had something fail on the car you were driving in GP3? The >Failures always happen to the other cars. Is there was way to raise of >the number of car failures? >
Dave K 05 Aug 2000 20:49 UTC#244999
On Sat, 05 Aug 2000 18:40:09 GMT, Paul Klicnik <[email hidden]> wrote: >Has anyone had something fail on the car you were driving in GP3? The >Failures always happen to the other cars. Is there was way to raise of >the number of car failures?Make sure under Race Options/Car Realism you check your options. So far I've had a Transmission Failure,and just had a race at Hungary in the rain where mid way through I had Electrical Problems.I was driving the Jordan both times,if it matters. Dave K
Jason 05 Aug 2000 21:09 UTC#245136
I had 4 wheels fall off. Although it might had something to do with that bloody annoying tire wall driving the wrong way towards me :) Paul Klicnik <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Has anyone had something fail on the car you were driving in GP3? The > Failures always happen to the other cars. Is there was way to raise of > the number of car failures? >
GraDee 05 Aug 2000 22:24 UTC#245050
Paul Klicnik <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Has anyone had something fail on the car you were driving in GP3? The > Failures always happen to the other cars. Is there was way to raise of > the number of car failures? > I haven't really as I haven't done any races that were very long yet, i suspect you'd need a race of a 25%-50% at least to get some car failures. Be sure to switch car failures on though as they are off by default IIRC.
Snake 05 Aug 2000 23:42 UTC#245058
I am doing a championship in the Minardi, no aids and all failures selected. First race lap15 I had a water leak engine smoked and cut out shortly after. Second race lap 50 something, I had a transmission problem, lost all gears, was starting to wonder if it was a good idea to have all the failures selected, or was it cause I was driving the Minardi ?, will only find out when I do a championship in a different car I suppose. Anyway races 3 and 4 went well with no failures, thank god. Race 5 or 6 ( monte carlo anyway ) am on lap 40 something coming through the Nouvelle Chicane ( very carefully I might add ) when the back end steps out suddenly and I hit the wall but not to hard, at this point I am really confused as I am sure I didn`t make a mistake, back it up and set off in first gear and the car spins out again. Throttle problem displayed on dash, and it is stuck wide open, full revs. I manage to get to the pits but only after loosing a wheel due to the difficulty of driving the car with the throttle open. They give me a new set of boots and send me out again, throttle fixed no other problems in race, finished fourth. Championship at full race distance. Pretty cool but can really suck when your half way through a race, but I guess thats racing. Snake. Paul Klicnik wrote in message <[email hidden]>... >Has anyone had something fail on the car you were driving in GP3? The >Failures always happen to the other cars. Is there was way to raise of >the number of car failures? >
Toni Lassila 06 Aug 2000 10:54 UTC#244917
On Sat, 05 Aug 2000 22:51:02 GMT, Rod Prince <[email hidden]> wrote: >Just grabbed the newly posted performance editor, and the Minardi is 3rd >most likely to breakdown. > >Arrows on 10752 is the most likely - in comparison: Minardi on 9216 and >Ferrari the most unlikely on 3072. (out of 65536) According to the figures supplied by GP2Edit, I'd still say the cars are too reliable. They quote the following reliability figures for different breakdown numbers: 0 - 100 % 8192 - 80 % 16384 - 60 % 24576 - 40 % 32767 - 20 % Then again, if these are correct then calculating the actual reliability of each team and adjusting the numbers manually is an easy task.
Rod Prince 06 Aug 2000 13:51 UTC#245059
In article <oL0j5.7378$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > I am doing a championship in the Minardi, no aids and all failures selected. > First race lap15 I had a water leak engine smoked and cut out shortly after. > Second race lap 50 something, I had a transmission problem, lost all gears, > was starting to wonder if it was a good idea to have all the failures > selected, or was it cause I was driving the Minardi ?, Just grabbed the newly posted performance editor, and the Minardi is 3rd most likely to breakdown. Arrows on 10752 is the most likely - in comparison: Minardi on 9216 and Ferrari the most unlikely on 3072. (out of 65536) Cheers, Rod.
Snake 07 Aug 2000 01:42 UTC#244797
Nice one, thats good to know, I might get through the championship after all. Snake. Rod Prince wrote in message ... >In article <oL0j5.7378$[email hidden]>, >[email hidden] says... >> I am doing a championship in the Minardi, no aids and all failuresselected. >> First race lap15 I had a water leak engine smoked and cut out shortlyafter. >> Second race lap 50 something, I had a transmission problem, lost allgears,
Quoted text (11 lines)>> was starting to wonder if it was a good idea to have all the failures >> selected, or was it cause I was driving the Minardi ?, > >Just grabbed the newly posted performance editor, and the Minardi is 3rd >most likely to breakdown. > >Arrows on 10752 is the most likely - in comparison: Minardi on 9216 and >Ferrari the most unlikely on 3072. (out of 65536) > >Cheers, >Rod.
Jeff Male 07 Aug 2000 02:31 UTC#244922
I had a brake failure in a 3 lap quick race half way through the 2nd lap. "Paul Klicnik" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Has anyone had something fail on the car you were driving in GP3? The > Failures always happen to the other cars. Is there was way to raise of > the number of car failures? >

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