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Nascar and Indycar Racing

8 posts by 4 people · 06 Sep 1995 - 09 Sep 1995

I would like to make a proposal to all of the other Indycar and Nascar Racers. I think we should get together and think of all the things they could include in the newer versions of Indycar and Nascar to make it more realistic. Things sych as radomized pit stalls, seeing the other team pit crews so it would be harder to spot your pit stall just like the Nascar and Indycar guys. If you are interested please e-mail to send to Papyrus. We could also spread this into other newsgroups that relate to racing simulators and also people with websites could integregate this into thier websites. I think this would be a powerful tool in getting what we want. Because we are the consumer, and we buy the product. Robert Knauber
Quoted text (12 lines)>I would like to make a proposal to all of the other Indycar and Nascar >Racers. I think we should get together and think of all the things >they could include in the newer versions of Indycar and Nascar to make >it more realistic. Things sych as radomized pit stalls, seeing the >other team pit crews so it would be harder to spot your pit stall just >like the Nascar and Indycar guys. If you are interested please e-mail >to send to Papyrus. We could also spread this into other newsgroups >that relate to racing simulators and also people with websites could >integregate this into thier websites. I think this would be a powerful >tool in getting what we want. Because we are the consumer, and we buy >the product.
Another powerful tool is to send email to R.Genter, or leave feedback on Papyrus's Web Site. But I'm all for an organized "list" per se... Go #6 Mark Martin and #16 Ted Musgrave - Jack Roush Racing!! NASCAR Racing!! http://innet.com/~sean/nascar/nascar.html <--NASCAR Racing Sim page
RickGent 06 Sep 1995#304902
I think we should get together and think of all the things they could include in the newer versions of Indycar and Nascar to make it more realistic. Things sych as radomized pit stalls, seeing the other team pit crews so it would be harder to spot your pit stall just like the Nascar and Indycar guys. If you are interested please e-mail to send to Papyrus. <<< While I appreciate the sentiment, it is FAR TOO LATE to do this for IndyCar Racing II. We are in the middle of alpha testing and will be going to beta testing shortly. Sure, there are plenty of features I'd still like to see added, but it isn't going to happen. They won't postpone Christmas for us :-). Rick Genter Technical Lead, IndyCar Racing II/NASCAR Racing for Macintosh/Windows Papyrus Design Group, Inc.
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Quoted text (13 lines)>I think we should get together and think of all the things >they could include in the newer versions of Indycar and Nascar to make >it more realistic. Things sych as radomized pit stalls, seeing the >other team pit crews so it would be harder to spot your pit stall just >like the Nascar and Indycar guys. If you are interested please e-mail >to send to Papyrus. ><<< >While I appreciate the sentiment, it is FAR TOO LATE to do this for >IndyCar Racing II. We are in the middle of alpha testing and will be >going to beta testing shortly. Sure, there are plenty of features I'd >still like to see added, but it isn't going to happen. They won't
postpone >Christmas for us :-). >Rick Genter >Technical Lead, IndyCar Racing II/NASCAR Racing for Macintosh/Windows >Papyrus Design Group, Inc. I understand that but I mean for future versions such as 3.0 for Indycar and stuff like that I don't mean this current version. It's a thing to give to you guys as future considerations. :-) Robert Knauber
>While I appreciate the sentiment, it is FAR TOO LATE to do this for >IndyCar Racing II. We are in the middle of alpha testing and will be >going to beta testing shortly. Sure, there are plenty of features I'd >still like to see added, but it isn't going to happen. They won't postpone >Christmas for us :-). Rick, important question: What about Double-File restarts in NASCAR Racing? Also, is v1.21 only modem upgrades (versus 1.2)?? Go #6 Mark Martin and #16 Ted Musgrave - Jack Roush Racing!! NASCAR Racing!! http://innet.com/~sean/nascar/nascar.html <--NASCAR Racing Sim page
RickGent 08 Sep 1995#304969
Rick, important question: What about Double-File restarts in NASCAR Racing? <<< We've looked into this before; getting the AI right is the tricky part. We'll keep looking at it; I don't want to release it if it isn't going to work right. Rick Genter Technical Lead, IndyCar Racing II/NASCAR Racing for Macintosh/Windows Papyrus Design Group, Inc.
mdonn.. 09 Sep 1995#305020
Good question, good answer. The AI is currently heavy in the 'A' department and light in the 'I' department. Lately I've really begun to notice that in passing in the turns the AI will watch out for each other and not bump into a lower car but will try to cut off the human player as if there is nothing there. The one thing I'd like ot see in the next incarnation of NASCAR is the option to be able to not make the field in season play. This would certainly lead to a boost in intesity (as if that's really needed). Mike
>The one thing I'd like ot see in the next incarnation of NASCAR is the >option to be able to not make the field in season play. This would >certainly lead to a boost in intesity (as if that's really needed). Hmm, now that's a good idea. A good option and one that I'd like to see to. Heck, how about an option for total realism mode - When you get to the track, you have your 2 race cars in your hauler. Wreck them and you're hurting. You only have so many in your race shop, put out only so fast. So if you wreck too many, you'll be hurting. When you head out to the track, you select which 2 cars you want to bring with you - fresh ones or repaired ones... hmmm And while we are at it, how about a NO-RESTART feature? I'd also like to have a save game function that doesn't start the field back in yellow. example: I'm a consultant, it's an off-day and I'm racing. Get a call, I put it on pause (yeah, should'a let the answering machine get it, I know), and I got business to take care of. Dang. I gotta save off the game, and it's under yellow. Another option would be a results generator that you could just pop in a saved email address. You could be in Windows95, heck the new version is going to be in Windows anyway, and have your internet connection up. NASCAR Racing could send email to your series director with results. Maybe even an encryption key that the series directors could have the decoder. Cuts down on cheating :) For all I know, all these options have been thought of, but then again, maybe not. Hey Rick, thanks for the fast replies on this stuff, it's really nice knowing Papyrus supports us. Makes a BIG BIG difference to me! Professional Consultant

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