N3: Screwy spalsh & go

Today, for the second time, my crew failed to just splash and go and opted to fill me up to 22 gallons which cost me the race. Fortunately, I had restarted a saved game and went on to restart from the previous save. This time when I pitted I asked for exactly how much gas I needed by using the < key to lower the amount to 5 gallons of gas. I'm a veteran to the Papyrus NASCAR sims and in N2?NR1999 the splash and go was computed without any input from the driver. What am I missing from how this was handled previously? Joe [email hidden] www.mdc.net/~mets41

mets41 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Today, for the second time, my crew failed to just splash and go and opted > to fill me up to 22 gallons which cost me the race. Fortunately, I had > restarted a saved game and went on to restart from the previous save.This > time when I pitted I asked for exactly how much gas I needed by using the< > key to lower the amount to 5 gallons of gas. I'm a veteran to the Papyrus > NASCAR sims and in N2?NR1999 the splash and go was computed without any > input from the driver. What am I missing from how this was handled > previously? > Hmm. I was wondering about that. Last night I ran a Busch race at Darlington. My last pit was with ~20 laps to go. I called in for right sides only and just figured the chief would throw in a half a tank or so. Nope. I think the tires were done before all the gas was in. Full tank. Cost me a couple of seconds, but all ended well. :)) -- Berry Kaiser [email hidden] Spammer Jammer Activated

mets41 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Today, for the second time, my crew failed to just splash and go and opted > to fill me up to 22 gallons which cost me the race. Fortunately, I had > restarted a saved game and went on to restart from the previous save.This > time when I pitted I asked for exactly how much gas I needed by using the< > key to lower the amount to 5 gallons of gas. Nascar 3, about the fuel option, is somehow a mix between N1 and N2. Back in Nascar Racing 1 you had total control of the fuel in any condition, but in N2 the crew chief had control on the fuel. Now in N3, the crew chief always puts the best number of fuel necessary to finish the race, but if you want to put less gas in it, you can now (but you can't get more fuel than how much you have in it). It's much better explained in the N3 manual, btw ;) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

That doesn't answer his post as to why it filled the tank unnecessarily. Marc. ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ToaP3.18608$[email hidden]... > mets41 <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > Today, for the second time, my crew failed to just splash and go andopted > > to fill me up to 22 gallons which cost me the race. Fortunately, I had > > restarted a saved game and went on to restart from the previous save. > This > > time when I pitted I asked for exactly how much gas I needed by usingthe

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> < > > key to lower the amount to 5 gallons of gas. > > > Nascar 3, about the fuel option, is somehow a mix between N1 and N2. Back > in Nascar Racing 1 you had total control of the fuel in any condition, but > in N2 the crew chief had control on the fuel. > > Now in N3, the crew chief always puts the best number of fuel necessary

to > finish the race, but if you want to put less gas in it, you can now (butyou

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> can't get more fuel than how much you have in it). It's much better > explained in the N3 manual, btw ;) > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > > "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world." > > > >

Same thing happens everytime with me. I wonder if it has to do with the length of race? I usually race 50%. Craig

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>Today, for the second time, my crew failed to just splash and go and opted >to fill me up to 22 gallons which cost me the race. Fortunately, I had >restarted a saved game and went on to restart from the previous save. This >time when I pitted I asked for exactly how much gas I needed by using the < >key to lower the amount to 5 gallons of gas. I'm a veteran to the Papyrus >NASCAR sims and in N2?NR1999 the splash and go was computed without any >input from the driver. What am I missing from how this was handled >previously? >Joe >www.mdc.net/~mets41

It seems that any time you hit F9, for whatever reason, you're gonna get a full tank unless after that you hit F3 and adjust the "fill to" level. I've hit F9 just to check if I've been damaged, and always hear the crew chief say "we're filling you up". Best bet is always to use the F3 key and confirm you feul level before you stop. Zog mets41 wrote:

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> Today, for the second time, my crew failed to just splash and go and opted > to fill me up to 22 gallons which cost me the race. Fortunately, I had > restarted a saved game and went on to restart from the previous save. This > time when I pitted I asked for exactly how much gas I needed by using the < > key to lower the amount to 5 gallons of gas. I'm a veteran to the Papyrus > NASCAR sims and in N2?NR1999 the splash and go was computed without any > input from the driver. What am I missing from how this was handled > previously? > > Joe > [email hidden] > www.mdc.net/~mets41

The crewchiefs are a little dumb when it comes to calculate fuel load in N2/NR99/N3. They always fill up the tank about 15-20% too much on the numbers of laps you have left in a race. That's why it's changed in N3, since customers wanted to have the control on that aspect. -- -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

You will always get a full tank unless you tell it otherwise. Tracy Dean