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Re: didn't save it!

7 posts by 5 people · 15 Mar 2000 - 16 Mar 2000

On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 17:55:42 -0500, "GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (8 lines)>I was running a few F3 laps in GPL just to test some modified Act Labs >pedals. When I was done, I noticed that a couple of the times were pretty >good, but I was sure that I had beaten it before by 2/10's of a sec. But >guess what. It was 2/10's faster than my best and I didn't save the replay!! >Stupid, stupid! Of course, it's F3 so it won't show up in the fast laps >screen because they're all taken with F1s. > >Please, tell me I'm not the only one who's ever done this.
Nope, not the only one. The thing that bugs me is when a host shuts down immediately after a race, not giving you time to save replays, lap times, etc. That is exceedingly rare, though (usually only rookie hosts). BTW, you *can* have your F3 times show up on your best time chart. If you follow Alison's advice and make a separate driver profile for F3 (and one for F2, too) and use that profile *only* when you drive F3 (or F2). That's why you see a lot of "MyNameF3" driver's names - to differentiate them from plain old "MyName" for GP. WinVROC makes it easy to select the profile before you join a race. "But in a way, fear is a big part of racing, because if there was nothing to be frightened of, and no limit, any fool could get into a motor car and racing would not exist as a sport." -- Jim Clark
GTX_SlotCar 15 Mar 2000 22:56 UTC#286974
I was running a few F3 laps in GPL just to test some modified Act Labs pedals. When I was done, I noticed that a couple of the times were pretty good, but I was sure that I had beaten it before by 2/10's of a sec. But guess what. It was 2/10's faster than my best and I didn't save the replay!! Stupid, stupid! Of course, it's F3 so it won't show up in the fast laps screen because they're all taken with F1s. Please, tell me I'm not the only one who's ever done this. Slot (not the brightest candle on the cake)
Jan Verschueren 16 Mar 2000 01:01 UTC#287008
Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. Jan. =--- GTX_SlotCar <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:IyUz4.1485$[email hidden]... > <Snip> > Please, tell me I'm not the only one who's ever done this. > > Slot (not the brightest candle on the cake) > >
Andre Warringa 16 Mar 2000 02:33 UTC#287032
Uhh... happened to me once too Slot :) But congrats with your new pb! Andre On Wed, 15 Mar 2000 17:55:42 -0500, "GTX_SlotCar" <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (11 lines)>I was running a few F3 laps in GPL just to test some modified Act Labs >pedals. When I was done, I noticed that a couple of the times were pretty >good, but I was sure that I had beaten it before by 2/10's of a sec. But >guess what. It was 2/10's faster than my best and I didn't save the replay!! >Stupid, stupid! Of course, it's F3 so it won't show up in the fast laps >screen because they're all taken with F1s. > >Please, tell me I'm not the only one who's ever done this. > >Slot (not the brightest candle on the cake) >
I seem to remember seeing a check box somewhere to automatically save the race replay. Possibly it's something only available to the host server? -- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.
GTX_SlotCar 16 Mar 2000#523113
Oh, thanks. I didn't even think about it in terms of a pb ;) I guess I should be kinda happy. I could have done a lot of things to show the lap as a record, use my other GPL alias, save the replay anyway, stuff like that. But I just wasn't in hotlap thinking mode, I was just testing a pedal mod not expecting or trying for a fast lap. Conentrating on something else. Ain't that the way it sometimes happens though. Funny, I sort of drift to the Ferrari wheel for GPL, but in reality my fastest laps in F1 and F3 are with the Force RS. For the F1, I was out with some buddies (mates) having a few pops, got home with a buzz and figured I'd run a few laps. So I grabbed the wheel I knew I couldn't break. Guess you never know when those good laps will come. Slot
Quoted text (13 lines)> Uhh... happened to me once too Slot :) > But congrats with your new pb! > Andre > >I was running a few F3 laps in GPL just to test some modified Act Labs > >pedals. When I was done, I noticed that a couple of the times were pretty > >good, but I was sure that I had beaten it before by 2/10's of a sec. But > >guess what. It was 2/10's faster than my best and I didn't save the
replay!! > >Stupid, stupid! Of course, it's F3 so it won't show up in the fast laps > >screen because they're all taken with F1s. > >Please, tell me I'm not the only one who's ever done this. > >Slot (not the brightest candle on the cake)

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