Re: F1 2000 Damage

In article <OSeG4.19216$[email hidden]>, "D. \"Dents\" Hopkins" <[email hidden]> says...

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> I'm really enjoying F1 2000 lately. After a recent test session at Imola, > I found myself limping a *BUSTED* up Minardi back to the pits... I had no > wings, 2 wheels were wobbling (one wheel stuck), the chasis was crumpled, > and I lost 7th gear. Bravo ISI! > > Now, here's my question: can the pit crew replace a rear wing, or fix bent > suspension? It didnt work for me. > > ...another thing: What sort of other damage is modeled in the game? I've > seen Mika with a stuck throttle once. Anyone blow a motor? I'd like to > see some smoke pouring out of the exhaust (since its so common in real F1 > lately) >

Yup, I blew a motor last night in a *practice* session, for man's sake. I wasn't even ten laps in. Granted, I was leaning on it a bit much, but it was a surprise all right! My cockpit was surrounded by smoke, the heads-up said "engine blown" or something, and *silence*. Didn't manage to catch it from any other angles, but it was pretty dramatic from where I was watching... I too have noticed that the pit crews leave something to be desired. And even with the auto-pit feature on, my car will inexplicably drive *around* my stall at the last minute, making me head back out on the track! Maybe I should run the pits manually from now on... -- s i m a g e r y @ h o t m a i l . c o m

"D. \"Dents\" Hopkins" wrote: > > Now, here's my question: can the pit crew replace a rear wing, or fix bent > suspension? It didnt work for me. I've seen some odd things happen during pit stops, like one time they wouldn't change my tires. > ...another thing: What sort of other damage is modeled in the game? I've > seen Mika with a stuck throttle once. Anyone blow a motor? I'd like to > see some smoke pouring out of the exhaust (since its so common in real F1 > lately) I had a stuck throttle once myself! It happened during a practice or qualifying session. I've also seen other cars get them once in a while. -- Pat Dotson IMPACT Motorsports http://www.impactmotorsports.com/pd.html

>I've >seen Mika with a stuck throttle once. When I was driving a test session at Hockenheim in the McLaren, I saw the little box at the top of the screen display that Fisichella had a stuck throttle. I IMMEDIATELY stopped right where I was on the track and switched to his car. He was heading down the straightaway towards the Stadium section. I laughed for probably five minutes when I saw his car slam nearly headon into the tires at 180 mph and NOT LOSE ANY WHEELS. The suspension wasn't even damaged! So, I switched back to my car, to find I was upside down, missing a rear wheel and my rear wing. An Arrows was parked next to me with a missing front end. Hmm.... big suprise there. ;) Dan Belcher Team Racing Unlimited http://simcrashes.cjb.net

I'm really enjoying F1 2000 lately. After a recent test session at Imola, I found myself limping a *BUSTED* up Minardi back to the pits... I had no wings, 2 wheels were wobbling (one wheel stuck), the chasis was crumpled, and I lost 7th gear. Bravo ISI! Now, here's my question: can the pit crew replace a rear wing, or fix bent suspension? It didnt work for me. ...another thing: What sort of other damage is modeled in the game? I've seen Mika with a stuck throttle once. Anyone blow a motor? I'd like to see some smoke pouring out of the exhaust (since its so common in real F1 lately) Dents.

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000 23:45:38 -0500, Parabolica <[email hidden]> wrote: ... >I too have noticed that the pit crews leave something to be desired. >And even with the auto-pit feature on, my car will inexplicably drive >*around* my stall at the last minute, making me head back out on the >track! Maybe I should run the pits manually from now on... Try '~' which says 'Pitstop requested'. Perhaps that's the reason why it won't go in. Ruud van Gaal MarketGraph / MachTech: http://www.marketgraph.nl Art: http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery

Not entirely damage related but I just anchored on a bit too hard and had a Minardi hit me and fly *over* my car. It's all a bit of a blur now but felt/looked way cool at the time. Hope the poor guy is ok ; ) Needless to say that when the dust settled my car was pretty much a wreck. I'm very much enjoying this sim, though starts can be very difficult - not so much through frame rate (killing the mirrors for the first lap sorts that out), but because of my inability to stay out of trouble in heavy traffic. bod

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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> On Tue, 4 Apr 2000 23:45:38 -0500, Parabolica <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > ... > >I too have noticed that the pit crews leave something to be desired. > >And even with the auto-pit feature on, my car will inexplicably drive > >*around* my stall at the last minute, making me head back out on the > >track! Maybe I should run the pits manually from now on... > > Try '~' which says 'Pitstop requested'. Perhaps that's the reason why > it won't go in. >

Well I didn't do that because in most circumstances I was *called* in. (God knows I want to stay on the track as long as possible!) But what the hay - I'll give it a go anyways. Still, seems like an extra step... -- s i m a g e r y @ h o t m a i l . c o m

A team withdrew their cars from the Brazilian GP because of rear wings falling off. AFAIK, they are integeral parts of the cars and cannot easily be fixed (safely) like the front nose/wings piece can be replaced. So never go backwards into a wall ;-) Jason. lbaum wrote:

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> [email hidden] (D. \"Dents\" Hopkins) wrote in > <OSeG4.19216$[email hidden]>: > > >I'm really enjoying F1 2000 lately. After a recent test session at > >Imola, I found myself limping a *BUSTED* up Minardi back to the pits... > > I had no wings, 2 wheels were wobbling (one wheel stuck), the chasis > >was crumpled, and I lost 7th gear. Bravo ISI! > > > >Now, here's my question: can the pit crew replace a rear wing, or fix > >bent suspension? It didnt work for me. > > > > I wonder if there isn't a bug in the game. At first, I assumed that the pit > crew wasn't fixing my rear wings because the overall damage back there was > always too great for them to be able to deal with but now I'm getting the > feeling that the pit crew simply won't ever fix the rear wing.

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[email hidden] (D. \"Dents\" Hopkins) wrote in <OSeG4.19216$[email hidden]>:

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>I'm really enjoying F1 2000 lately. After a recent test session at >Imola, I found myself limping a *BUSTED* up Minardi back to the pits... > I had no wings, 2 wheels were wobbling (one wheel stuck), the chasis >was crumpled, and I lost 7th gear. Bravo ISI! > >Now, here's my question: can the pit crew replace a rear wing, or fix >bent suspension? It didnt work for me. >

I wonder if there isn't a bug in the game. At first, I assumed that the pit crew wasn't fixing my rear wings because the overall damage back there was always too great for them to be able to deal with but now I'm getting the feeling that the pit crew simply won't ever fix the rear wing.