If you click on the bottom-right corner of a program cover in the track
selection menu, it opens up! It has a track map, stats, and the fastest
lap. I just discovered that today :)
GPL's hidden race programs with track maps and records
A player discovered after 17 months that clicking the corner of a track's program cover in GPL opens a booklet with a map, statistics and lap records. Others shared custom programs for converted tracks, track-map collections, and tips on resetting records corrupted by online warping.
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Hey Rob,
If you use the converted tracks for GPL, I've made programs for most of them
with covers, track maps and new event pages. I've also included a different
drivers portrait on the inside page of each program. They can be found at:
http://www.ianparker1.clara.co.uk/clara.net/i/a/n/ianparker1/webspace/gpl/
and,
http://www2.tpg.com.au/users/brucek/hmrc/index.htm
--
don
"Getting hit by a meteorite is an accident...
everything else is driver-error."
"robswindells" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> If you click on the bottom-right corner of a program cover in the track
> selection menu, it opens up! It has a track map, stats, and the fastest
> lap. I just discovered that today :)
>
Hey Rob,
If you use the converted tracks for GPL, I've made programs for most of them
with covers, track maps and new event pages. I've also included a different
drivers portrait on the inside page of each program. They can be found at:
http://www.ianparker1.clara.co.uk/clara.net/i/a/n/ianparker1/webspace/gpl/
and,
http://www2.tpg.com.au/users/brucek/hmrc/index.htm
--
don
>>>>>>>>>>>
And they are very very kool!!
Rik Anthrax
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it's a GPL kinda day :)
GPL just keeps amazing people.
Hey, it's an excellent sim!
--DK
There's a track selection menu?!?!? ;)
S.
You always have been a bit slow understanding things, hehe :))
-- Sjon
robswindells <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> If you click on the bottom-right corner of a program cover in the track
> selection menu, it opens up! It has a track map, stats, and the fastest
> lap. I just discovered that today :)
>
Hey, it's an excellent sim!
--DK
"robswindells" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> If you click on the bottom-right corner of a program cover in the track
> selection menu, it opens up! It has a track map, stats, and the fastest
> lap. I just discovered that today :)
>
GPL just keeps amazing people.
"robswindells" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> If you click on the bottom-right corner of a program cover in the track
> selection menu, it opens up! It has a track map, stats, and the fastest
> lap. I just discovered that today :)
>
When you have one open you can just keep hitting the arrow button at
the bottom of the page and flip to each track and see the names of
all those annoying people that have taken over the track record on
your computer, with times you can only dream about. I have lost the
track record for every track on my computer except for the PantsRing,
which I do better on because it doesn't have any of those irritating
gpl requirments like turning and braking.
[email hidden] (robswindells) wrote in
<[email hidden]>:
>If you click on the bottom-right corner of a program cover in the
>track selection menu, it opens up! It has a track map, stats, and
>the fastest lap. I just discovered that today :)
>
--
Don Scurlock
Vancouver,B.C.
On Sun, 14 May 2000 15:35:43 +0100, robswindells
<[email hidden]> wrote:
>If you click on the bottom-right corner of a program cover in the track
>selection menu, it opens up! It has a track map, stats, and the fastest
>lap. I just discovered that today :)
I found that out after having it 3 months (and playing 4-5 times a
week). So don't feel bad.
In article <8F348DFFFdscurlock@news>, [email hidden] (Don Scurlock)
writes:
I only have the record on one track - Silverstone. Even on the tracks that I
*haven't* done online, the AI still is faster...
Eldred
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Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999
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Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you
with experience...
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>When you have one open you can just keep hitting the arrow button at >the bottom of the page and flip to each track and see the names of >all those annoying people that have taken over the track record on >your computer, with times you can only dream about. I have lost the >track record for every track on my computer except for the PantsRing, >which I do better on because it doesn't have any of those irritating >gpl requirments like turning and braking. > > >[email hidden] (robswindells) wrote in ><[email hidden]>: > >>If you click on the bottom-right corner of a program cover in the >>track selection menu, it opens up! It has a track map, stats, and >>the fastest lap. I just discovered that today :)Don Scurlock <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Some lucky git got a 4 second lap around monza in one of the online races.
It has wiped my best off, and I have no chance on earth of getting it back!!
Must have been due to some huge warp or bug in GPL!! No doubt to say, this
driver had pole for the race.
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> When you have one open you can just keep hitting the arrow button at > the bottom of the page and flip to each track and see the names of > all those annoying people that have taken over the track record on > your computer, with times you can only dream about. I have lost the > track record for every track on my computer except for the PantsRing, > which I do better on because it doesn't have any of those irritating > gpl requirments like turning and braking.Quoted text (12 lines)
> [email hidden] (robswindells) wrote in > <[email hidden]>: > > >If you click on the bottom-right corner of a program cover in the > >track selection menu, it opens up! It has a track map, stats, and > >the fastest lap. I just discovered that today :) > > > > > -- > Don Scurlock > Vancouver,B.C.>I guess the author of the manual is happy to read this...
>You can find this at page 26, in the Italian version at least.
You mean people actually read that part of the manual? Well, I'll be damned...
:)
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Dan Belcher
Team Racing Unlimited
http://simcrash.00game.com
On Mon 15 May 2000 01:10:34am, Scott Boham wrote:
<snip>
>Some lucky git got a 4 second lap around monza in one of the online
>races. It has wiped my best off, and I have no chance on earth of
>getting it back!!<snip>
Well, you *could* change the record.ini file, you know. BUt I don't
know how you'd stop people thinking you'd been cheating...
--
David.
"After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,
really."
(Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)
robswindells <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> If you click on the bottom-right corner of a program cover in the track
> selection menu, it opens up! It has a track map, stats, and the fastest
> lap. I just discovered that today :)
>
There's a track selection menu?!?!? ;)
S.
I guess the author of the manual is happy to read this...
You can find this at page 26, in the Italian version at least.
robswindells ha scritto:
> If you click on the bottom-right corner of a program cover in the track
> selection menu, it opens up! It has a track map, stats, and the fastest
> lap. I just discovered that today :)
If you do a screen dump from each track map (and you have a printer) you can
build a nice little booklet with all the track maps in it, like I did, which
makes learning the tracks easier. Actually i've still got all the .bmp
files in a nice little 250k zip with labels and everything attached if
anyone wants it. :)
Ok, have done.
If you keep clicking on the green square in the lower right hand corner of
the screen you eventually get to a screen where you can race a 1967 F1 car
and it's all in 3d and everything! I only just discovered this, it's really
cool... :)
I had someone do a 6.4 second lap of Monaco during an online race. Just
delete the record.ini file and a new one will be created the next time
you use the track.
[email hidden] (David Buttery) wrote in
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Don Scurlock
Vancouver,B.C.
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>On Mon 15 May 2000 01:10:34am, Scott Boham wrote: > ><snip> >>Some lucky git got a 4 second lap around monza in one of the online >>races. It has wiped my best off, and I have no chance on earth of >>getting it back!! ><snip> > >Well, you *could* change the record.ini file, you know. BUt I don't >know how you'd stop people thinking you'd been cheating... >Why don't you post it to alt.binaries.simulators.autos ? -That way everyone
can get at it.
Jan.
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Simon Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> If you do a screen dump from each track map (and you have a printer) youcan
> build a nice little booklet with all the track maps in it, like I did,which
> makes learning the tracks easier. Actually i've still got all the .bmp
> files in a nice little 250k zip with labels and everything attached if
> anyone wants it. :)
>
>
Ok, have done.
Cheers, got them!
Jan.
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I don't think the track programs are very realistic though, I mean, there
are no coffee stains, no wrinkled pages, and no torn pages. It really brings
the whole thing down
David Karr <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Hey, it's an excellent sim! > > --DK > > "robswindells" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > If you click on the bottom-right corner of a program cover in the track > > selection menu, it opens up! It has a track map, stats, and the fastest > > lap. I just discovered that today :) > > > >Cheers, got them!
Jan.
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Simon Brown <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Ok, have done.
>
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