GPL: AI on Championship race

Yesterday I drove a full championship race on Monza, first time I made the finish. I got 2nd place, Clark 1st. Clark was constantly about 2 tenths of a second faster per lap than me. This didn't upset me too much, since I read lots of messages on RAS that the AI had problems passing other cars and it would be easy to catch up wit Hill and Clark at the end of the race while they're stuggling to pass the other AI cars. Well, Clark had no problems passing the other AI cars whatsoever. Sometimes it took him an extra second, but I lost some time passing other AI cars too. Clark won well deserved, and I was glad that the AI passing problems were not there. Is this because of the patch (1.2) or were those stories about AI passing problems simply not true? Andre

[email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote:

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>Yesterday I drove a full championship race on Monza, first time I made >the finish. I got 2nd place, Clark 1st. >Clark was constantly about 2 tenths of a second faster per lap than >me. This didn't upset me too much, since I read lots of messages on >RAS that the AI had problems passing other cars and it would be easy >to catch up wit Hill and Clark at the end of the race while they're >stuggling to pass the other AI cars. > >Well, Clark had no problems passing the other AI cars whatsoever. >Sometimes it took him an extra second, but I lost some time passing >other AI cars too. > >Clark won well deserved, and I was glad that the AI passing problems >were not there. >Is this because of the patch (1.2) or were those stories about AI >passing problems simply not true? > >Andre

The stories are true. Monza is simply the easiest track for the top AI to pass the slower cars. Start a GP race at say Mosport, exit and accelerate time until you see someone is about to be lapped and then watch Clark and Hill struggle. --- David Goodwin

On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, David Goodwin wrote: > the top AI to pass the slower cars. Start a GP race at say > Mosport, exit and accelerate time until you see someone is > about to be lapped and then watch Clark and Hill struggle. That's nothing. Once while viewing the AI race at Monaco Hill had a mechanical failure which had him crawling around the track for a good half of the race - with the whole field behind him. -- Toni Lassila [email hidden]

Oooppps. That's the kind of thing only phenomenal beta testing can catch. Marc.

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> > the top AI to pass the slower cars. Start a GP race at say > > Mosport, exit and accelerate time until you see someone is > > about to be lapped and then watch Clark and Hill struggle. > That's nothing. Once while viewing the AI race at Monaco Hill had a > mechanical failure which had him crawling around the track for a good half > of the race - with the whole field behind him. > -- > Toni Lassila