NFS:PU online - modified cars?

I finally ventured into the online world of Porsche racing. The lag and warping wasn't so bad considering everyone was on opposite sides of the Atlantic, although there was one moment where 911 Turbos were teleporting all over the Monaco tunnel. What I was wondering (I know, read the manual) was if it is possible to use modified cars in online play. The first set of races I entered, I was strongly running midpack for the ten or so races with a 2000 Turbo, and the winner was always in sight. A great set of races, but the 2000 Turbo isn't my first choice from Porsche. I switched to a 356 only race, as the 356 is one of my favourites, and watched as everyone promptly ran away from me an hid. Hmmm... maybe I don't know how to drive my favourite car, I thought. I tried a set of Boxter races, and was more than a little disappointed to find myself finishing up to a minute behind in the Industrial Zone, an almost flat out track that only lasts a little over 3 minutes. I'm not all thumbs when it comes to sim racing, as I find myself within 10-15% of the top times in GPL, Viper etc. Were they running modified cars? I wasn't about to accuse anyone of hacking cars until I found out if there is a legit way to run modified cars (perhaps from your own "stable"?). The manual doesn't have much to say on this. Not much time to chat and ask questions, as everyone just jumps into the next race right away. Stephen

Thanks for the tips... I will have to look a little more closely at the car selection screen next time, as I most definitely have a very sweet, burnt-orange 356 Carrera which I have lovingly tweaked (in the car setup sense and in the "oops, hit a tree again" sense) and I want to pull that one out of my "quiver" for special races. The Atomic Pumpkin, I like to call it. And using the cheat would defeat half the reason of buying the game. Although last night I was more than a little irritated when I built up a killer 964 Turbo, only to find that the next tournament was for the 993... DOH! Read the fine print. Garage sale time for the intercooler, throttle body etc., as I never liked the 964s anyway :-) Will have to go look at the record site. Meanwhile, anyone interested in the Jimmy Dean invitational online tournament (550 Spyders only)? Is there a nicer car in NFS? I don't think so. Stephen Roger Squires <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:o4185.4441$7%[email hidden]... > Yes, as you go thru evolution you buy cars and can buy parts and then add > them to the car. The addictarts site linked on www.nfscheats.com has a > savegame for all the cars if you don't want to bother with evolution. > You'll need to change suspension settings also for best times. The world > records site http://www.xs4all.nl/~eel/nfswr/index.html > has replays you can use the replay analyzer on to see suspension settingsof

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> record runs :) > > rms > [email hidden] > > "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:39604f70$[email hidden]... > > Aha... thought that was what the asterisk was for. Now for the 60,000 > (and > > perhaps stupid) question. How do I run a modified car? Is this in the > > manual, or an online FAQ somewhere? My car selection screen seems to

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> > offer stock cars. > > > > Also, if that's the case, then I feel a lot better about my mid-pack > > performance in some races... > > > > Stephen > > > > Todd Walker <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > Almost everyone who races online runs modified cars. If you notice on > > > the screen that you see before the race, where you can chat at the > > > bottom and everyone's names and cars are on the top, if the car has an > > > asterisk beside it, that means it is modified. No asterisk is factory > > > stock. > > > > > > TW > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2 Jul 2000 22:31:02 +0200, "Stephen Ferguson" > > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > > > >I finally ventured into the online world of Porsche racing. The lag > and > > > >warping wasn't so bad considering everyone was on opposite sides of

the > > > >Atlantic, although there was one moment where 911 Turbos were > teleporting > > > >all over the Monaco tunnel. > > > > > > > >What I was wondering (I know, read the manual) was if it is possibleto > > use > > > >modified cars in online play. The first set of races I entered, Iwas > > > >strongly running midpack for the ten or so races with a 2000 Turbo,and

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> > the > > > >winner was always in sight. A great set of races, but the 2000 Turbo > > isn't > > > >my first choice from Porsche. I switched to a 356 only race, as the > 356 > > is > > > >one of my favourites, and watched as everyone promptly ran away from

me > > an > > > >hid. Hmmm... maybe I don't know how to drive my favourite car, I > > thought. > > > >I tried a set of Boxter races, and was more than a littledisappointed > to > > > >find myself finishing up to a minute behind in the Industrial Zone,an > > > >almost flat out track that only lasts a little over 3 minutes. I'mnot

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> > all > > > >thumbs when it comes to sim racing, as I find myself within 10-15% of > the > > > >top times in GPL, Viper etc. > > > > > > > >Were they running modified cars? I wasn't about to accuse anyone of > > hacking > > > >cars until I found out if there is a legit way to run modified cars > > (perhaps > > > >from your own "stable"?). The manual doesn't have much to say on

this.

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> > > > > > > >Not much time to chat and ask questions, as everyone just jumps into > the > > > >next race right away. > > > > > > > >Stephen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Todd Walker > > > twalker294 at earthlink.net > > > > > >

Aha... thought that was what the asterisk was for. Now for the 60,000 (and perhaps stupid) question. How do I run a modified car? Is this in the manual, or an online FAQ somewhere? My car selection screen seems to only offer stock cars. Also, if that's the case, then I feel a lot better about my mid-pack performance in some races... Stephen Todd Walker <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Almost everyone who races online runs modified cars. If you notice on > the screen that you see before the race, where you can chat at the > bottom and everyone's names and cars are on the top, if the car has an > asterisk beside it, that means it is modified. No asterisk is factory > stock. > > TW > > > > On Sun, 2 Jul 2000 22:31:02 +0200, "Stephen Ferguson" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >I finally ventured into the online world of Porsche racing. The lag and > >warping wasn't so bad considering everyone was on opposite sides of the > >Atlantic, although there was one moment where 911 Turbos were teleporting > >all over the Monaco tunnel. > > > >What I was wondering (I know, read the manual) was if it is possible to

use > >modified cars in online play. The first set of races I entered, I was > >strongly running midpack for the ten or so races with a 2000 Turbo, andthe > >winner was always in sight. A great set of races, but the 2000 Turboisn't > >my first choice from Porsche. I switched to a 356 only race, as the 356is > >one of my favourites, and watched as everyone promptly ran away from mean > >hid. Hmmm... maybe I don't know how to drive my favourite car, Ithought. > >I tried a set of Boxter races, and was more than a little disappointed to > >find myself finishing up to a minute behind in the Industrial Zone, an > >almost flat out track that only lasts a little over 3 minutes. I'm notall > >thumbs when it comes to sim racing, as I find myself within 10-15% of the > >top times in GPL, Viper etc. > > > >Were they running modified cars? I wasn't about to accuse anyone ofhacking > >cars until I found out if there is a legit way to run modified cars(perhaps

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> >from your own "stable"?). The manual doesn't have much to say on this. > > > >Not much time to chat and ask questions, as everyone just jumps into the > >next race right away. > > > >Stephen > > > > > > Todd Walker > twalker294 at earthlink.net

Almost everyone who races online runs modified cars. If you notice on the screen that you see before the race, where you can chat at the bottom and everyone's names and cars are on the top, if the car has an asterisk beside it, that means it is modified. No asterisk is factory stock. TW On Sun, 2 Jul 2000 22:31:02 +0200, "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>I finally ventured into the online world of Porsche racing. The lag and >warping wasn't so bad considering everyone was on opposite sides of the >Atlantic, although there was one moment where 911 Turbos were teleporting >all over the Monaco tunnel. > >What I was wondering (I know, read the manual) was if it is possible to use >modified cars in online play. The first set of races I entered, I was >strongly running midpack for the ten or so races with a 2000 Turbo, and the >winner was always in sight. A great set of races, but the 2000 Turbo isn't >my first choice from Porsche. I switched to a 356 only race, as the 356 is >one of my favourites, and watched as everyone promptly ran away from me an >hid. Hmmm... maybe I don't know how to drive my favourite car, I thought. >I tried a set of Boxter races, and was more than a little disappointed to >find myself finishing up to a minute behind in the Industrial Zone, an >almost flat out track that only lasts a little over 3 minutes. I'm not all >thumbs when it comes to sim racing, as I find myself within 10-15% of the >top times in GPL, Viper etc. > >Were they running modified cars? I wasn't about to accuse anyone of hacking >cars until I found out if there is a legit way to run modified cars (perhaps >from your own "stable"?). The manual doesn't have much to say on this. > >Not much time to chat and ask questions, as everyone just jumps into the >next race right away. > >Stephen > >

Todd Walker twalker294 at earthlink.net

Stephen Ferguson <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:39604f70$[email hidden]... > Aha... thought that was what the asterisk was for. Now for the 60,000(and > perhaps stupid) question. How do I run a modified car? Is this in the > manual, or an online FAQ somewhere? My car selection screen seems to only > offer stock cars. I believe that you have to acquire and modify the cars in evolution mode- after that it will be available for online races in your inventory of cars. Otherwise the cars you race will be stock only.

Thanks for the tips... I will have to look a little more closely at the car selection screen next time, as I most definitely have a very sweet, burnt-orange 356 Carrera which I have lovingly tweaked (in the car setup sense and in the "oops, hit a tree again" sense) and I want to pull that one out of my "quiver" for special races. The Atomic Pumpkin, I like to call it. And using the cheat would defeat half the reason of buying the game. Although last night I was more than a little irritated when I built up a killer 964 Turbo, only to find that the next tournament was for the 993... DOH! Read the fine print. Garage sale time for the intercooler, throttle body etc., as I never liked the 964s anyway :-) Will have to go look at the record site. Meanwhile, anyone interested in the Jimmy Dean invitational online tournament (550 Spyders only)? Is there a nicer car in NFS? I don't think so. Stephen > Yes, as you go thru evolution you buy cars and can buy parts and then add > them to the car. The ***arts site linked on www.nfscheats.com has a > savegame for all the cars if you don't want to bother with evolution. > You'll need to change suspension settings also for best times. The world > records site http://www.xs4all.nl/~eel/nfswr/index.html > has replays you can use the replay analyzer on to see suspension settings of

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> record runs :) > rms > > Aha... thought that was what the asterisk was for. Now for the 60,000 > (and > > perhaps stupid) question. How do I run a modified car? Is this in the > > manual, or an online FAQ somewhere? My car selection screen seems to

only

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> > offer stock cars. > > Also, if that's the case, then I feel a lot better about my mid-pack > > performance in some races... > > Stephen > > > Almost everyone who races online runs modified cars. If you notice on > > > the screen that you see before the race, where you can chat at the > > > bottom and everyone's names and cars are on the top, if the car has an > > > asterisk beside it, that means it is modified. No asterisk is factory > > > stock. > > > TW > > > On Sun, 2 Jul 2000 22:31:02 +0200, "Stephen Ferguson" > > > >I finally ventured into the online world of Porsche racing. The lag > and > > > >warping wasn't so bad considering everyone was on opposite sides of

the > > > >Atlantic, although there was one moment where 911 Turbos were > teleporting > > > >all over the Monaco tunnel. > > > >What I was wondering (I know, read the manual) was if it is possible to > > use > > > >modified cars in online play. The first set of races I entered, I was > > > >strongly running midpack for the ten or so races with a 2000 Turbo, and

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> > the > > > >winner was always in sight. A great set of races, but the 2000 Turbo > > isn't > > > >my first choice from Porsche. I switched to a 356 only race, as the > 356 > > is > > > >one of my favourites, and watched as everyone promptly ran away from

me > > an > > > >hid. Hmmm... maybe I don't know how to drive my favourite car, I > > thought. > > > >I tried a set of Boxter races, and was more than a little disappointed > to > > > >find myself finishing up to a minute behind in the Industrial Zone, an > > > >almost flat out track that only lasts a little over 3 minutes. I'm not

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> > all > > > >thumbs when it comes to sim racing, as I find myself within 10-15% of > the > > > >top times in GPL, Viper etc. > > > >Were they running modified cars? I wasn't about to accuse anyone of > > hacking > > > >cars until I found out if there is a legit way to run modified cars > > (perhaps > > > >from your own "stable"?). The manual doesn't have much to say on

this.

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> > > >Not much time to chat and ask questions, as everyone just jumps into > the > > > >next race right away. > > > >Stephen > > > Todd Walker > > > twalker294 at earthlink.net

Yes, as you go thru evolution you buy cars and can buy parts and then add them to the car. The addictarts site linked on www.nfscheats.com has a savegame for all the cars if you don't want to bother with evolution. You'll need to change suspension settings also for best times. The world records site http://www.xs4all.nl/~eel/nfswr/index.html has replays you can use the replay analyzer on to see suspension settings of record runs :) rms [email hidden] "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:39604f70$[email hidden]... > Aha... thought that was what the asterisk was for. Now for the 60,000(and

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> perhaps stupid) question. How do I run a modified car? Is this in the > manual, or an online FAQ somewhere? My car selection screen seems to only > offer stock cars. > > Also, if that's the case, then I feel a lot better about my mid-pack > performance in some races... > > Stephen > > Todd Walker <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Almost everyone who races online runs modified cars. If you notice on > > the screen that you see before the race, where you can chat at the > > bottom and everyone's names and cars are on the top, if the car has an > > asterisk beside it, that means it is modified. No asterisk is factory > > stock. > > > > TW > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2 Jul 2000 22:31:02 +0200, "Stephen Ferguson" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >I finally ventured into the online world of Porsche racing. The lag

and > > >warping wasn't so bad considering everyone was on opposite sides of the > > >Atlantic, although there was one moment where 911 Turbos wereteleporting

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> > >all over the Monaco tunnel. > > > > > >What I was wondering (I know, read the manual) was if it is possible to > use > > >modified cars in online play. The first set of races I entered, I was > > >strongly running midpack for the ten or so races with a 2000 Turbo, and > the > > >winner was always in sight. A great set of races, but the 2000 Turbo > isn't > > >my first choice from Porsche. I switched to a 356 only race, as the

356 > is > > >one of my favourites, and watched as everyone promptly ran away from me > an > > >hid. Hmmm... maybe I don't know how to drive my favourite car, I > thought. > > >I tried a set of Boxter races, and was more than a little disappointedto > > >find myself finishing up to a minute behind in the Industrial Zone, an > > >almost flat out track that only lasts a little over 3 minutes. I'm not > all > > >thumbs when it comes to sim racing, as I find myself within 10-15% ofthe

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> > >top times in GPL, Viper etc. > > > > > >Were they running modified cars? I wasn't about to accuse anyone of > hacking > > >cars until I found out if there is a legit way to run modified cars > (perhaps > > >from your own "stable"?). The manual doesn't have much to say on this. > > > > > >Not much time to chat and ask questions, as everyone just jumps into

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> > >next race right away. > > > > > >Stephen > > > > > > > > > > Todd Walker > > twalker294 at earthlink.net > >

There is a bug on-line. 1950-1953 356's have the performance of 90's turbo charged cars. EA is working on a patch...

The 3.5 NFS5 patch had many problems with car physics being swapped in online races. I believe it has been fixed as of now. I don't know of any bug specifically related to the 356 cars. rms [email hidden]

I think the * actually means the driver owns the car, but chances are he's bought the modified parts for it if he owns it. To race a modified car, just choose one you've bought during the game. However.... I also believe there are cars modified beyond what you can purchase. At least someone told me this was so. This was during a session where I was winning all the unmodified races and some modified ones, but on others while I was running a 'legally' modified car, I was still getting blown away. So, from what I've been told, there is at least one site out there that tells you how to modify the cars further than what the game intends. -- Slot Tweaks & Reviews www.slottweak.com "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:39604f70$[email hidden]... > Aha... thought that was what the asterisk was for. Now for the 60,000 (and > perhaps stupid) question. How do I run a modified car? Is this in the > manual, or an online FAQ somewhere? My car selection screen seems to only > offer stock cars. > > Also, if that's the case, then I feel a lot better about my mid-pack > performance in some races... > > Stephen > > Todd Walker <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Almost everyone who races online runs modified cars. If you notice on > > the screen that you see before the race, where you can chat at the > > bottom and everyone's names and cars are on the top, if the car has an > > asterisk beside it, that means it is modified. No asterisk is factory > > stock. > > > > TW > > > > > > > > On Sun, 2 Jul 2000 22:31:02 +0200, "Stephen Ferguson" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >I finally ventured into the online world of Porsche racing. The lag and > > >warping wasn't so bad considering everyone was on opposite sides of the > > >Atlantic, although there was one moment where 911 Turbos were teleporting > > >all over the Monaco tunnel. > > > > > >What I was wondering (I know, read the manual) was if it is possible to > use > > >modified cars in online play. The first set of races I entered, I was > > >strongly running midpack for the ten or so races with a 2000 Turbo, and > the > > >winner was always in sight. A great set of races, but the 2000 Turbo > isn't > > >my first choice from Porsche. I switched to a 356 only race, as the 356 > is > > >one of my favourites, and watched as everyone promptly ran away from me > an > > >hid. Hmmm... maybe I don't know how to drive my favourite car, I > thought. > > >I tried a set of Boxter races, and was more than a little disappointed to > > >find myself finishing up to a minute behind in the Industrial Zone, an > > >almost flat out track that only lasts a little over 3 minutes. I'm not > all > > >thumbs when it comes to sim racing, as I find myself within 10-15% of the > > >top times in GPL, Viper etc. > > > > > >Were they running modified cars? I wasn't about to accuse anyone of > hacking > > >cars until I found out if there is a legit way to run modified cars > (perhaps > > >from your own "stable"?). The manual doesn't have much to say on this. > > > > > >Not much time to chat and ask questions, as everyone just jumps into the > > >next race right away. > > > > > >Stephen > > > > > > > > > > Todd Walker > > twalker294 at earthlink.net > >