Hi. I'm a new NASCAR Racing owner and have several
questions/observations about the game that I'm hoping more experienced
drivers can answer or comment on. Here goes:
1. When computer drivers are involved in a crash, it always seems
like the crash is an isolated spinout that involves only one car
hitting the wall. I've yet to observe a multi-car bangup when the
yellow flag comes out.
2. Computer cars recover remarkably fast after hitting the wall from
spinning out. So fast that their cars seem to magically flip
themselves back in the right direction and off they go after just a
few seconds delay.
3. Why isn't the current speed/gear of the selected driver displayed
during a replay? This info is displayed in the arcade view, so why
not here as well? Also helpful would be his current position and time
ahead/behind. For novices like me, finding out when computer drivers
shift down or how slowly they go around a corner would be of
tremendous help. Anyone else agree out there?
4. Replays often show cars physically overlapping each other. Has
anyone else observed this?
5. Computer drivers, usually on the outside lane, often lag back
during the start of the race and thereby drop back a few places in the
standings after only one lap, and that under yellow. The 2nd place
driver will likely be 5th or 6th by the time the green flag drops.
6. The manual implies that too much rear spoiler angle will cause
understeer (p.113) - how is this possible?
7. Should I adjust for more left bias adjustment on tracks like
Louden with sharp turns or are large left bias adjustments best for
tracks like Darlington with long, high-banked corners? I shift
1900lbs to the left for Louden, but shift less on Darlington - is this
appropriate?
8. What exactly is cross weight? Why would positive cross weight
alleviate oversteer? The manual suggests that cross weight adds as
much understeer as correcting for oversteer, so why would I ever have
the cross weight setting at anything other than 0%?
9. When racing at Louden, my tires usually squeal through most of
each corner. I usually round them (on a good lap) at between
100-105mph, but can't seem to eliminate the tire squeal entirely. On
tracks like Darlington, I only get tire squeal for a very short period
around each corner. Any tips to avoid tire squeal on tight-cornered
tracks?
10. The more weight on a wheel, the less grip that tire has, correct?
But then doesn't more weight increase a tire's temperature, thereby
improving the tire's grip? Hopefully someone can sort out my
confusion.
I think that just about covers all the questions and observations I
have about NASCAR Racing. I've only raced 2 tracks so far, and my
best lap times around Louden and Darlington are 126.899mph and
172.677mph respectively. Now if only I can learn how to pass cars
without knocking myself out of the race!
Thanks in advance for any help,
Bill.
> Hi. I'm a new NASCAR Racing owner and have several
> questions/observations about the game that I'm hoping more experienced
> drivers can answer or comment on. Here goes:
> 6. The manual implies that too much rear spoiler angle will cause
> understeer (p.113) - how is this possible?
Simple. While the drive tires have adaquate traction (due to the
spoiler) the front tires aren't getting the same help, ergo the front
will tend to loose traction first and push.
Nope. Max out the left side on everything except the road courses.
Cross weight is changing the weight supported by diaganolly opposing
tires. By putting more weight there their grip increases and are less
likely to break traction. Lets say your coming out of a turn at Richmond
and the car is pushing as you apply power. What is happening is the
front wheels aren't getting the traction they need, most noteably the
right front. By increasing cross weight, weight is shifted from the LF
to the RF (which needs it) and from the RR to the LR (which also removes
'excess' traction from the RR making the speed which the tires loose grip
closer to equal). The reason one wheel must loose weight for the other
is because the rules require only 1900 lbs per SIDE. So, if you increase
at diagonals, you are still in balance when comparing sides.
Go slower through the turn. This might sound strange, but sometimes
slower is faster. Why? Because the car spends more time accelerating.
So, if the speed drops low at the corner, you can pick up the accelerator
much sooner and spend even more time under acceleration.
Wrong. Just the opposite. See above.
The increased temp *does* improve grip up to a point. If the temp goes
into the yellow you're beginning to lose grip. If it goes into the red
or stays there, you are in trouble.
The easiest track to learn (and most folks go there first) is Talladega.
The bad part about 'dega is that it is 85% setup, 15% driving. But, it
is fun and easy to pass at.
Mike
As for the qurerry about the computer crashes, I was recently driving at
Michigan, and with 50 laps to go I was in first place. Well Jeff Gordan
spun on turn #3, rear-ended the wall, slid down, hit ted mugrave, who slid
into rusty wallice mean while, the entir pack slows to 20 miles an hour
within 2 inches and i rear-end michael waltrip. So no, not all computer
crashes are singular.
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