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NASCAR: Drivers2.txt Question

2 posts by 2 people · 29 May 1995 - 02 Jun 1995

I have a some questions regarding the drivers2.txt file that goes with the car sets. First, what is the significance of the two sets of numbers for each of the fields (power, traction, drag, and aggression)? Is a number randomly selected between the high and low and used for each individual race? Secondly, setting several drivers numbers significantly higher than others seems to have a greater effect during qualifing than racing. Over several races (championship season) the drivers with much higher numbers qualified consistantly at the top of the field but at the end of the race they were middle of the pack or near the back. Do the numbers in the drivers2.txt file only affect qualifing? Finally, what is the effect of the "drag" field? Any info would be appreciated! Robert Abernethy
Mike Heinl 02 Jun 1995#302020
I spoke to Papyrus about this, and the numbers do affect the drivers ,but there is a deeper file that the main characteristics come from. You can affect the quality of the drivers by changing the numbers. The higher the better, but the computer does pick the numbers randomly. Only change the drivers 2txt. I made some changes and added drivers and they work fairly well not exact. Any other questions let me know mike

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