AI Driver Personalities

I think it was Phil Lee was claiming Surtees was his nemesis. Do the different drivers have different styles - you bet! Clark keeps out of trouble , Brabham is a nutbox. McLaren is my own personal hate. That man is more interested in beating me than winning a race I swear. Bog.

On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 20:50:52 -0000, "wheetos" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I think it was Phil Lee was claiming Surtees was his nemesis. Do the >different drivers have different styles - you bet! Clark keeps out of >trouble , Brabham is a nutbox. McLaren is my own personal hate. That man is >more interested in beating me than winning a race I swear. Bog. I always find that Chris Irwin is an absolute pig to lap. Does this bloke know what a blue flag is? -- David. "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh)

I'm sure it's nothing personal on either of our parts, but it seems every time I have a mishap, Bonner is somewhere close by.... On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 20:50:52 -0000, "wheetos" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I think it was Phil Lee was claiming Surtees was his nemesis. Do the >different drivers have different styles - you bet! Clark keeps out of >trouble , Brabham is a nutbox. McLaren is my own personal hate. That man is >more interested in beating me than winning a race I swear. Bog. > >

Now, now,now, young David! Whoa there!! :-) Blue flags back in the 1960's did NOT mean that it was required to move over and let a fast car pass. They were simply advisory and were used to let the foremost car know that another vehicle was closing rapidly or was immediately behind. There was no requirement for the driver to cede to what may have been a faster-lapping competitor. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- David B <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 20:50:52 -0000, "wheetos" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >I think it was Phil Lee was claiming Surtees was his nemesis. Do the > >different drivers have different styles - you bet! Clark keeps out of > >trouble , Brabham is a nutbox. McLaren is my own personal hate. That man is > >more interested in beating me than winning a race I swear. Bog. > > I always find that Chris Irwin is an absolute pig to lap. Does this > bloke know what a blue flag is? > -- > David. > "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll, really." > (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh) -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

That's MISTER Bonnier to you, thanks very much. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Benjamin <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I'm sure it's nothing personal on either of our parts, but it seems > every time I have a mishap, Bonner is somewhere close by.... > > > On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 20:50:52 -0000, "wheetos" <[email hidden]> > wrote: > > >I think it was Phil Lee was claiming Surtees was his nemesis. Do the > >different drivers have different styles - you bet! Clark keeps out of > >trouble , Brabham is a nutbox. McLaren is my own personal hate. That man is > >more interested in beating me than winning a race I swear. Bog. > > > > > -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

When racing the cooper I had personal problems with Rodriquez. Now since I race eagle/lotus I frequently find McLaren in my boot. :-( Jens On Sun, 20 Feb 2000 20:50:52 -0000, "wheetos" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I think it was Phil Lee was claiming Surtees was his nemesis. Do the >different drivers have different styles - you bet! Clark keeps out of >trouble , Brabham is a nutbox. McLaren is my own personal hate. That man is >more interested in beating me than winning a race I swear. Bog. > --------------------------------------------- [email hidden] Remove "NOSPAM" before using my email-address Visit my webpage at http://members.xoom.com/JensSchu/ for some serious stuff concerning: Radio controlled airplanes Racing simulation, esp. GPL Classic cars, esp. Morris Minor

Is like driving on the fastlane in America, you can flash your highbeam run your bumper up their ass. THey still won't move for you >Now, now,now, young David! Whoa there!! :-) >Blue flags back in the 1960's did NOT mean that it was required to move over >and let a fast car pass. They were simply advisory and were used to let the

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>foremost car know that another vehicle was closing rapidly or was >immediately behind. >There was no requirement for the driver to cede to what may have been a >faster-lapping competitor. >-- >Regards, >Bruce Kennewell, >Canberra, Australia. >--------------------------- >> >I think it was Phil Lee was claiming Surtees was his nemesis. Do the >> >different drivers have different styles - you bet! Clark keeps out of >> >trouble , Brabham is a nutbox. McLaren is my own personal hate. That man >is >> >more interested in beating me than winning a race I swear. Bog. >> I always find that Chris Irwin is an absolute pig to lap. Does this >> bloke know what a blue flag is? >> -- >> David. >> "After all, a mere thousand yards - such a harmless little knoll,

really." >> (Raymond Mays on Shelsley Walsh) > -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==------- -- > http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! >------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

I personally find all the BRMs hard to lap. Especially when they're running in a pack with the Cooper's at Zandvoort. Just this morning, I had to run into the grass on the inside out of the last turn to avoid a slow-moving Cooper. Then, I ended up getting trapped behind Chris Irwin's BRM. I finally ended up banging wheels with him, which resulted in my Lotus sliding down the front straightaway upside down. Also, John Surtees is of course the dumbest AI car I've ever seen. But the hardest car I've ever seen to lap is probably Chris Amon's car during Practice. He always seems to coast along at 20 mph right at the apex of a turn while you're running in a pack of cars... I banged wheels with him in the last turn of Kyalami during Practice once, jumped over the grass, and still had my hot lap of the day up until then. :) Dan Belcher Team Racing Unlimited http://simcrashes.cjb.net

wheetos wrote: > I think it was Phil Lee was claiming Surtees was his nemesis. Do the > different drivers have different styles - you bet! Clark keeps out of > trouble , Brabham is a nutbox. McLaren is my own personal hate. Thatman is > more interested in beating me than winning a race I swear. Bog. I am new at GPL (I found it the other day at a used book store for $20 US) and one of the first things I found interesting was the way the different AI drivers drove a track. I love the driving style of Clark, it is so smooth and almost noiseless, while Brabham seems to want to break his car. How was the AI for each driver arrived at by the programmers ? ~mb Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

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> Unfortunately I'm currently going through a very careful reinstall of > windows at the mo, due to system failure, and haven't got round to > putting GPL back on my system so I can't point directly to the > offending > line. Hopefully, if anyone is interested, then someone else will be > able to post the definitive answer. If no-one else posts an answer, > then I'll probably do so in a couple of days.

Go to your GPL directory and find the Driver.ini file. Backup this file first!. Change the "global_hype_scaling" value to 1.20 (This equates to the AI drivers at roughly 80% potential) or whatever value you feel happy with? A higher value than 1.00 slows down the AI, a lower Value than 1.00 speeds them up. 8-) *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html

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>I personally find all the BRMs hard to lap. Especially when they're running in >a pack with the Cooper's at Zandvoort. Just this morning, I had to run into >the grass on the inside out of the last turn to avoid a slow-moving Cooper. >Then, I ended up getting trapped behind Chris Irwin's BRM. I finally ended up >banging wheels with him, which resulted in my Lotus sliding down the front >straightaway upside down. Also, John Surtees is of course the dumbest AI car >I've ever seen. But the hardest car I've ever seen to lap is probably Chris >Amon's car during Practice. He always seems to coast along at 20 mph right at >the apex of a turn while you're running in a pack of cars... I banged wheels >with him in the last turn of Kyalami during Practice once, jumped over the >grass, and still had my hot lap of the day up until then. :) > >

I used to find qualifying a real pain in the ass, due to the fact that I would be halfway round a good lap only to see a speck in the distance and knowing full well that this was one of the computer AI doing his sunday driving style in or out lap, and also knowing full well that I was going to catch him before my good lap was over. And also knowing full well that he was going to be at his slowest through the next bend losing me at least a half to 1 second off my time. :( However, I found the setting in the gpl_ai.ini (I think it's called that) that allowed me to up their speeds during these 2 laps. Since that time I've had no probs with the AI during qualifying/practice. Unfortunately I'm currently going through a very careful reinstall of windows at the mo, due to system failure, and haven't got round to putting GPL back on my system so I can't point directly to the offending line. Hopefully, if anyone is interested, then someone else will be able to post the definitive answer. If no-one else posts an answer, then I'll probably do so in a couple of days. -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

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>> Unfortunately I'm currently going through a very careful reinstall of >> windows at the mo, due to system failure, and haven't got round to >> putting GPL back on my system so I can't point directly to the >> offending >> line. Hopefully, if anyone is interested, then someone else will be >> able to post the definitive answer. If no-one else posts an answer, >> then I'll probably do so in a couple of days. > >Go to your GPL directory and find the Driver.ini file. Backup this file >first!. Change the "global_hype_scaling" value to 1.20 (This equates to >the AI drivers at roughly 80% potential) or whatever value you feel >happy with? A higher value than 1.00 slows down the AI, a lower Value >than 1.00 speeds them up. >

I'm not sure if this is what I was referring to. The line I changed specifically only affected the AI drivers in and out lap speeds and nothing else. I think your change affects everything. -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

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>In article <[email hidden]>, Dan Belcher ><[email hidden]> writes >>I personally find all the BRMs hard to lap. Especially when they're running in >>a pack with the Cooper's at Zandvoort. Just this morning, I had to run into >>the grass on the inside out of the last turn to avoid a slow-moving Cooper. >>Then, I ended up getting trapped behind Chris Irwin's BRM. I finally ended up >>banging wheels with him, which resulted in my Lotus sliding down the front >>straightaway upside down. Also, John Surtees is of course the dumbest AI car >>I've ever seen. But the hardest car I've ever seen to lap is probably Chris >>Amon's car during Practice. He always seems to coast along at 20 mph right at >>the apex of a turn while you're running in a pack of cars... I banged wheels >>with him in the last turn of Kyalami during Practice once, jumped over the >>grass, and still had my hot lap of the day up until then. :) >> >> > >I used to find qualifying a real pain in the ass, due to the fact that I >would be halfway round a good lap only to see a speck in the distance >and knowing full well that this was one of the computer AI doing his >sunday driving style in or out lap, and also knowing full well that I >was going to catch him before my good lap was over. And also knowing >full well that he was going to be at his slowest through the next bend >losing me at least a half to 1 second off my time. :( > >However, I found the setting in the gpl_ai.ini (I think it's called >that) that allowed me to up their speeds during these 2 laps. Since >that time I've had no probs with the AI during qualifying/practice. > >Unfortunately I'm currently going through a very careful reinstall of >windows at the mo, due to system failure, and haven't got round to >putting GPL back on my system so I can't point directly to the offending >line. Hopefully, if anyone is interested, then someone else will be >able to post the definitive answer. If no-one else posts an answer, >then I'll probably do so in a couple of days.

Aah, found it! If you're having probs with slow AI in and out laps then change this line in you gpl_ai.ini file: slow_lap_speed_adj_coeff = 0.900000 0.9000 means that their speeds are 90% of their normal racing speed. What that equates to is something like a normal 1:40 lap taking over 1:50 - over 10 seconds slower per lap and they won't move over when you catch 'em. I've bumped mine up to 0.980000 which keeps them well out of the way. :) -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.