Re: Nascar Racing 3 - Long standing problems are still present :(

>I have no doubt that the same problems will exist in Nascar Legends :( > There are no pit road speed limits in NL. Racer X Veteran Sim Racer Victory Lane- http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/1423/

There are two long-standing problems that have been around forever in N1/N2/N3, and I find it troubling that these major issues have not been fixed yet: 1. The crew ignores you when you tell them to ignore damage. You are still held in the pits, hammers a whailing 2. Getting spun out into pit road still results in you getting a Black Flag for breaking the Pit Speed. I have no doubt that the same problems will exist in Nascar Legends :( I'm getting less impressed with the underpinnings of N3 as time goes on. Oh, and what is it with Talladega? Cars won't draft with you! They either pass, or if they are slower than you and you try to pass them, instead of them falling in line and drafting you, they 'slam' on the brakes to let you pass and they end up 20 car lengths back! -Larry

Larry <[email hidden]> wrote > 1. The crew ignores you when you tell them to ignore damage. You arestill > held in the pits, hammers a whailing When you say to stop the damage when your actually getting fixed, the car will not be released yet, there is a time lapse between pressing enter and getting released, to simulate that. So always give a 10second time between pressing enter and knowing your car will be released. It can be very helpfull when the pacecar is exiting T4, so you don't loose a lap :) > 2. Getting spun out into pit road still results in you getting a BlackFlag > for breaking the Pit Speed. Well, there is no real way to implement a feature against that. If not, how can the simulation determinate if you have wrecked or your going into the pits for a normal pitstop ? Ok you will say to have a timer of 15seconds started after you hit a wall or a car that eliminates the pitroad BF, but if that happened people that do normal pitstops would hit the wall without damage (inside wall) going into the pits and eliminate the speed. I've always thought about implementing the gates like in GPL but the car would need to go through the gates at a certain angle (like 90degrees from the gate +/- 10degrees), but if so cars that would spin into the pits and pass the gate in that angle would get a BF. This also goes back to the gate system in GPL. It's very good, but let's say it's applied to N4 at Watkins Glen for the chicane. If you get wrecked and spin but don't pass through the gate (it often happens), you will get a BF! Not really fair, but that's another time something complicated, much more than people think it is. I'll let the Papy guys handle this :) -- -- 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."

In NASCAR Legends there is no speed limit in the pits! buzard Larry wrote:

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> > There are two long-standing problems that have been around forever in > N1/N2/N3, and I find it troubling that these major issues have not been > fixed yet: > > 1. The crew ignores you when you tell them to ignore damage. You are still > held in the pits, hammers a whailing > > 2. Getting spun out into pit road still results in you getting a Black Flag > for breaking the Pit Speed. > > I have no doubt that the same problems will exist in Nascar Legends :( > > I'm getting less impressed with the underpinnings of N3 as time goes on. > > Oh, and what is it with Talladega? Cars won't draft with you! They either > pass, or if they are slower than you and you try to pass them, instead of > them falling in line and drafting you, they 'slam' on the brakes to let you > pass and they end up 20 car lengths back! > > -Larry

Maybe you have to earn their trust? You don't have to be artificially intelligent to know not to draft with you... :o) Larry wrote: > Oh, and what is it with Talladega? Cars won't draft with you! They either > pass, or if they are slower than you and you try to pass them, instead of > them falling in line and drafting you, they 'slam' on the brakes to let you > pass and they end up 20 car lengths back! > > -Larry -- Rob Swindells 2ND equal in Goldline Bearings FFord Championship (29 Points); ONE point behind Championship Leader (as of round 5 of 6) "If you're a great driver, you will get through. It's not harder than any time before." ~Martin Brundle "Winning, that you can't know, 'fighting' ...that I know..." ~Jacques Villeneuve pre'96