F1 2000 - Spa lap times?

I'm not 100% familiar with Spa, but I've noticed that the time I get on my "out" lap is around 3-4 seconds quicker than anything I can otherwise post, because of the location of the pits in relation to the start/finish line. Is this a quirk of the game, or does the actual track have the same characteristics? P.s.: And how the h*ll do you get through La Source?! I can't seem to modulate my brakes at a low enough speed to maintain pace through there! -- s i m a g e r y @ h o t m a i l . c o m

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> In article <[email hidden]>, BriGuy > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >I'm not 100% familiar with Spa, but I've noticed that the time I get on > >my "out" lap is around 3-4 seconds quicker than anything I can otherwise > >post, because of the location of the pits in relation to the start/finish > >line. Is this a quirk of the game, or does the actual track have the > >same characteristics? > > > >P.s.: And how the h*ll do you get through La Source?! I can't seem to > >modulate my brakes at a low enough speed to maintain pace through there! > > It actually COUNTS/TIMES the outlap? That's different. I haven't run Spa yet, > but on the tracks I *have* run, it doesn't start timing until the first flying > lap... >

Yeah, it's kinda hard to keep track of your fastest lap this way - your outlap is the fastest, and so you can't possibly reset the counter on your display. You just have to think "Well, I was plus 3.5 sec. last lap, and I'm only plus 2.1 sec now..." -- s i m a g e r y @ h o t m a i l . c o m

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>I'm not 100% familiar with Spa, but I've noticed that the time I get on >my "out" lap is around 3-4 seconds quicker than anything I can otherwise >post, because of the location of the pits in relation to the start/finish >line. Is this a quirk of the game, or does the actual track have the >same characteristics? > >P.s.: And how the h*ll do you get through La Source?! I can't seem to >modulate my brakes at a low enough speed to maintain pace through there!

It actually COUNTS/TIMES the outlap? That's different. I haven't run Spa yet, but on the tracks I *have* run, it doesn't start timing until the first flying lap... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +69.95 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

I had the same thing with Spa. It was the only track I noticed this on. I figured that if any other track would be so blatantly off it would be Indy since there's such a long road after all the garages, but nothing ever happened like that. -Pav On 26 Jul 2000, EldredP wrote:

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> In article <[email hidden]>, BriGuy > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >I'm not 100% familiar with Spa, but I've noticed that the time I get on > >my "out" lap is around 3-4 seconds quicker than anything I can otherwise > >post, because of the location of the pits in relation to the start/finish > >line. Is this a quirk of the game, or does the actual track have the > >same characteristics? > > > >P.s.: And how the h*ll do you get through La Source?! I can't seem to > >modulate my brakes at a low enough speed to maintain pace through there! > > It actually COUNTS/TIMES the outlap? That's different. I haven't run Spa yet, > but on the tracks I *have* run, it doesn't start timing until the first flying > lap... > > Eldred > -- > Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPL hcp. +69.95 > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. > >

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>> It actually COUNTS/TIMES the outlap? That's different. I haven't run Spa >yet, >> but on the tracks I *have* run, it doesn't start timing until the first >flying >> lap... >> > >Yeah, it's kinda hard to keep track of your fastest lap this way - your >outlap is the fastest, and so you can't possibly reset the counter on >your display. You just have to think "Well, I was plus 3.5 sec. last >lap, and I'm only plus 2.1 sec now..." >

So take the out EXTRA slow...<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +69.95 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.