Re: Has anybody won the GPL World Championship?

In article <8cvc73$366$[email hidden]>, Richard G Clegg <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Harjan Brand <[email hidden]> wrote: >: I've done it once and am doing my 2nd full season right now. It's great to >: drive those long races, I would love to have a online championship like >: that. > > For the real biggie - has anyone done a full world championship >without the "oh dear, crashed on lap 5 - I'll redo from saved game." > > I.e. all races and qualifying as they happen without restarting a race >from a save game due to problems.

Yes. I only got points at one or two tracks, but I've done it... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <cxCI4.1112$[email hidden]>, "Harjan Brand" <[email hidden]> writes: >I've done it once and am doing my 2nd full season right now. It's great to >drive those long races, I would love to have a online championship like >that. > I've setup GP length races on my server, and no one joins. I can't imagine trying to get people thru a full length SEASON...<g> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

> I've done it once and am doing my 2nd full season right now. It's great to > drive those long races, I would love to have a online championship like > that. Harjan, have a look at http://www.snafu.de/~xoph cheers, Alex

Just wondering if anybody has done a full championship on GPL and won? We often here people celebrating their first win or sub 1:30 Monza lap but I have never heard of anyone winning a championship. Chris * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

I've done it once and am doing my 2nd full season right now. It's great to drive those long races, I would love to have a online championship like that. "Chris Bloom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Just wondering if anybody has done a full championship on GPL > and won? > > We often here people celebrating their first win or sub 1:30 > Monza lap but I have never heard of anyone winning a > championship. > > Chris > > > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network

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Harjan Brand <[email hidden]> wrote: : I've done it once and am doing my 2nd full season right now. It's great to : drive those long races, I would love to have a online championship like : that. For the real biggie - has anyone done a full world championship without the "oh dear, crashed on lap 5 - I'll redo from saved game." I.e. all races and qualifying as they happen without restarting a race from a save game due to problems. : "Chris Bloom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message : news:[email hidden]... :> Just wondering if anybody has done a full championship on GPL :> and won? :> :> We often here people celebrating their first win or sub 1:30 :> Monza lap but I have never heard of anyone winning a :> championship. :> :> Chris :> :> :> * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network : * :> The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free! :> -- Richard G. Clegg Only the mind is waving Networks and Non-Linear Dynamics Group Dept. of Mathematics, Uni. of York UPDATED WWW: http://manor.york.ac.uk/

Bruce Kennewell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:38f4ea8c$[email hidden]... > Pops, old mate......this still doesn't allow a World Championship mode tobe > run for F2-level cars, I'm sorry to say. > Yep, yep, yep. You guys are right. Thanks for the clarification. Jim "Pops" Tester

>Yes, but only at F2 level and with just Brands Hatch as the one extra track. Does this mean the problem of competing in championships in the F2 and F3 classes has been solved? If so, how? :-) -- Cheers! Graeme Nash

Bruce Kennewell wrote: > Yes, but only at F2 level and with just Brands Hatch as the one extra track. I thought you couldn't run F2 or F3 in championship mode. Or did you just simulate it by keeping track of the results outside of the game? Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

David Ewing wrote > > I thought you couldn't run F2 or F3 in championship mode. Or did you just > simulate it by keeping track of the results outside of the game? > > Dave Ewing > Dave... You can find out all about how to do that at Allison Hine's great GPL site at http://simracing.com/alison/gpl/ . Then go to the FAQ's. It tells how to do it. Hang on...here is a copy/paste of her instructions. ============= 5.3 Why can't I race against the AI while driving a Trainer? Actually, you can. You have to change one small item in your player.ini file. I recommend you create a new player just for racing in each of the Trainers. For example, I have three drivers: Alison Hine (for the GP car), Ali-F2 Hine (for the Advanced Trainer), and Ali-F3 (for the Basic Trainer). Once you've created the extra player or two, open the GPL players folder (by default, C:\SIERRA\gpl\players) and then open the folder for one of the training players. For example, I would open C:\SIERRA\gpl\players\Hine__Ali-F2. Now, using a text editor, edit the file called player.ini. Look for a parameter called driverRating. It's in the [ Personal Information ] stanza. Change the value of driverRating to 2 for the Advanced Trainer, or 1 for the Basic Trainer. Now, when you race as one of these new drivers, the AI will go slower. ============= Hope this helped. It made GPL a lot more fun for me after I did that. All of my races are now in F2 mode. I'll keep using that until I feel that I can move up to F1. But it's gonna be while. Jim Tester

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>Just wondering if anybody has done a full championship on GPL >and won? > >We often here people celebrating their first win or sub 1:30 >Monza lap but I have never heard of anyone winning a >championship. > >Chris > > >* Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * >The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free! > >

Never Actully tried a championship. But desperate to do so. Been Practicing the tracks (spent way too much time at monza). So now im like 2 months away from learning all the tracks. lol

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>In article <8cvc73$366$[email hidden]>, Richard G Clegg <[email hidden]> >writes: > >>Harjan Brand <[email hidden]> wrote: >>: I've done it once and am doing my 2nd full season right now. It's great to >>: drive those long races, I would love to have a online championship like >>: that. >> >> For the real biggie - has anyone done a full world championship >>without the "oh dear, crashed on lap 5 - I'll redo from saved game." >> >> I.e. all races and qualifying as they happen without restarting a race >>from a save game due to problems. > >Yes. I only got points at one or two tracks, but I've done it... >

Sorry, I misread the question. No, I haven't WON a full season. Yes, I've *finished* one... I gotta stop reading the group so late at night...<blush> Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

That does work but you have no choice but to run the F1 in the championship mode. You can run individual races with no problem but not the championship. Unless someone has found out other wise. > >David Ewing wrote > >> >> I thought you couldn't run F2 or F3 in championship mode. Or did youjust

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>> simulate it by keeping track of the results outside of the game? >> >> Dave Ewing >> > >Dave... > >You can find out all about how to do that at Allison Hine's great GPL site >at http://simracing.com/alison/gpl/ . Then go to the FAQ's. It tells how >to do it. > >Hang on...here is a copy/paste of her instructions. >============= >5.3 Why can't I race against the AI while driving a Trainer? >Actually, you can. You have to change one small item in your player.ini >file. I recommend you create a new player just for racing in each of the >Trainers. For example, I have three drivers: Alison Hine (for the GP car), >Ali-F2 Hine (for the Advanced Trainer), and Ali-F3 (for the Basic Trainer). > >Once you've created the extra player or two, open the GPL players folder

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>default, C:\SIERRA\gpl\players) and then open the folder for one of the >training players. For example, I would open >C:\SIERRA\gpl\players\Hine__Ali-F2. Now, using a text editor, edit the file >called player.ini. > >Look for a parameter called driverRating. It's in the [ Personal >Information ] stanza. Change the value of driverRating to 2 for the

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>Trainer, or 1 for the Basic Trainer. > >Now, when you race as one of these new drivers, the AI will go slower. >============= > >Hope this helped. It made GPL a lot more fun for me after I did that. All >of my races are now in F2 mode. I'll keep using that until I feel that I >can move up to F1. But it's gonna be while. > >Jim Tester >

Pops. You can't ! Sure you can race the ai in single races but in championship mode, the cars default to F1. Some of us have been hoping for a hack for a long time now. MS "Pops" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > David Ewing wrote > > > > > I thought you couldn't run F2 or F3 in championship mode. Or did youjust

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> > simulate it by keeping track of the results outside of the game? > > > > Dave Ewing > > > > Dave... > > You can find out all about how to do that at Allison Hine's great GPL site > at http://simracing.com/alison/gpl/ . Then go to the FAQ's. It tells how > to do it. > > Hang on...here is a copy/paste of her instructions. > ============= > 5.3 Why can't I race against the AI while driving a Trainer? > Actually, you can. You have to change one small item in your player.ini > file. I recommend you create a new player just for racing in each of the > Trainers. For example, I have three drivers: Alison Hine (for the GP car), > Ali-F2 Hine (for the Advanced Trainer), and Ali-F3 (for the Basic

Trainer). > > Once you've created the extra player or two, open the GPL players folder(by > default, C:\SIERRA\gpl\players) and then open the folder for one of the > training players. For example, I would open > C:\SIERRA\gpl\players\Hine__Ali-F2. Now, using a text editor, edit thefile > called player.ini. > > Look for a parameter called driverRating. It's in the [ Personal > Information ] stanza. Change the value of driverRating to 2 for theAdvanced > Trainer, or 1 for the Basic Trainer. > > Now, when you race as one of these new drivers, the AI will go slower. > ============= > > Hope this helped. It made GPL a lot more fun for me after I did that.All > of my races are now in F2 mode. I'll keep using that until I feel that I > can move up to F1. But it's gonna be while. > > Jim Tester >

there is an online league running full length races: GPL REAR MC, i don't remember the url "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <cxCI4.1112$[email hidden]>, "Harjan Brand" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >I've done it once and am doing my 2nd full season right now. It's greatto > >drive those long races, I would love to have a online championship like > >that. > > > > I've setup GP length races on my server, and no one joins. I can'timagine

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> trying to get people thru a full length SEASON...<g> > > Eldred > -- > Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 > Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

> Sorry, I misread the question. No, I haven't WON a full season. Yes,I've > *finished* one... > I gotta stop reading the group so late at night...<blush> It's easier to finish a season than a race. (it takes a little more time and it's less rewarding dough)

Yes, but only at F2 level and with just Brands Hatch as the one extra track. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Chris Bloom <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Just wondering if anybody has done a full championship on GPL > and won? > > We often here people celebrating their first win or sub 1:30 > Monza lap but I have never heard of anyone winning a > championship. > > Chris > > > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * > The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free! >

The latter of the two, Dave. I just ran each race as a separate event and tallied up the scores......like we did in 1999 for the HMRC events. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- David Ewing <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > > Yes, but only at F2 level and with just Brands Hatch as the one extra track. > > I thought you couldn't run F2 or F3 in championship mode. Or did you just > simulate it by keeping track of the results outside of the game? > > Dave Ewing > > > -- > ***************************************************** > David A. Ewing > Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] > ***************************************************** > > >

Pops, old mate......this still doesn't allow a World Championship mode to be run for F2-level cars, I'm sorry to say. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Pops <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > David Ewing wrote > > > > > I thought you couldn't run F2 or F3 in championship mode. Or did you just > > simulate it by keeping track of the results outside of the game? > > > > Dave Ewing > > > > Dave... > > You can find out all about how to do that at Allison Hine's great GPL site > at http://simracing.com/alison/gpl/ . Then go to the FAQ's. It tells how > to do it. > > Hang on...here is a copy/paste of her instructions. > ============= > 5.3 Why can't I race against the AI while driving a Trainer? > Actually, you can. You have to change one small item in your player.ini > file. I recommend you create a new player just for racing in each of the > Trainers. For example, I have three drivers: Alison Hine (for the GP car), > Ali-F2 Hine (for the Advanced Trainer), and Ali-F3 (for the Basic Trainer). > > Once you've created the extra player or two, open the GPL players folder (by > default, C:\SIERRA\gpl\players) and then open the folder for one of the > training players. For example, I would open > C:\SIERRA\gpl\players\Hine__Ali-F2. Now, using a text editor, edit the file > called player.ini. > > Look for a parameter called driverRating. It's in the [ Personal > Information ] stanza. Change the value of driverRating to 2 for the Advanced > Trainer, or 1 for the Basic Trainer. > > Now, when you race as one of these new drivers, the AI will go slower. > ============= > > Hope this helped. It made GPL a lot more fun for me after I did that. All > of my races are now in F2 mode. I'll keep using that until I feel that I > can move up to F1. But it's gonna be while. > > Jim Tester >