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4 posts by 4 people · 16 Sep 1994 (approx.) - 19 Sep 1994 (approx.)

KOLEGA Tom 16 Sep 1994 (approx.)#297611
I have started a full season of 100% race....in IndyCar, and have noticed something very alarming, on most of the circuits, the drivers come back to you, even with the driver setting on 105% they still do. If you play your cards right, get ahead of the first placed person, then do about 5 laps full on to get a big lead, then turn down turbo, and you still manage to pull away at about 0.5 - 1 sec a lap!!! That way you get better mileage and when you do pull in the pits usually you can do it without being overtaken!!! So on tracks like Cleveland where i can't even get in the top 10 I just bide my time and slowly pass car by car, then take the lead and go for it.... Does anybody else notice this!!! Cheers Tommy
Michael Corrig 16 Sep 1994 (approx.)#297616
|> |> |> I have started a full season of 100% race....in IndyCar, and have noticed |> something very alarming, on most of the circuits, the drivers come back |> to you, even with the driver setting on 105% they still do. Why don't you try 110% then? The point of the opponent percentage is to allow you to adjust the game to your liking and driving ability. I guarantee that if you set the opponent percentage high enough you won't pass any other drivers. <<<snip>>> |> So on tracks like Cleveland where i can't even get in the top 10 I |> just bide my time and slowly pass car by car, then take the lead and go |> for it.... You can adjust the BLAP value in the track.txt file to adjust the qualifying times in relation to the race speeds. It takes a lot of experimenting to get good BLAP values to match up qualifying and racing. -- Mike Corrigan
Stewart Rowa 16 Sep 1994 (approx.)#297618
: I have started a full season of 100% race....in IndyCar, and have noticed : something very alarming, on most of the circuits, the drivers come back : to you, even with the driver setting on 105% they still do. I'm sorry, but I can't understand what you mean by 'come back to you'. Can you repost the point with different phrasing please. thanks, Stewart.
Steve Smith 19 Sep 1994 (approx.)#297639
>: I have started a full season of 100% race....in IndyCar, and have noticed >: something very alarming, on most of the circuits, the drivers come back >: to you, even with the driver setting on 105% they still do. >I'm sorry, but I can't understand what you mean by 'come back to you'. >Can you repost the point with different phrasing please. Perhaps he refers to the fact that opponent cars 'stall' on the apex of corners at Cleveland, so that if one follows behind them one smacks into their butts. Is it just my computer or has anyone else noticed this? I was able to move from last position (13th of 13 cars) into 1st in a 25% length race by simply steering wide on corners and gliding past other cars which seem to suddenly slow dramatically (impossibly) right at the apex, after which they slingshot forward with impossible acceleration for a short distance. This is very amusing to watch in playback from the blimp camera. The normal motion of the human car highlights the bizarre behaviour of the AI cars. Also at this track I saw background portions of track being displayed over top of my car during vcr playback on camera TV1. Something is very wrong with this track. I'm afraid that an earlier writer's contention that the 7-Track Pack was not tested before release must be said to be true, on the evidence. (The green flag for start of Detroit race comes on the far side of the track, long before the start/finish straight). Papyrus should really get cracking and give us a patch for these track problems!!! Especially since the add-on packs cost nearly as much as the original game!! Steve Smith

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