Well, the subject says it all. I' ve been playing ICR2 now for a couple of
weeks and I just found out that there is no warning light when over-revving.
It's not a big deal, but it would be nice if this is fixed in the first patch.
Am I the only one who noticed this, because I never read this on this
newsgroup.
Harald
: Well, the subject says it all. I' ve been playing ICR2 now for a couple of
: weeks and I just found out that there is no warning light when over-revving.
: It's not a big deal, but it would be nice if this is fixed in the first
: patch.
It's not a warning light, it's a warning sound. The sound of your motor
venting. Then the RPMs go out. All too common in ICR2.
Real racecars have rev limiters, but not in this GAME.
>Well, the subject says it all. I' ve been playing ICR2 now for a couple of
>weeks and I just found out that there is no warning light when over-revving.
>It's not a big deal, but it would be nice if this is fixed in the first patch.
>Am I the only one who noticed this, because I never read this on this
>newsgroup.
>Harald
Well, you're the first one to mention this but I noticed the same
thing. As the matter of fact, I think the lay-out of the dash in ICR
(old version) is much better than ICR 2's dash. Easier to read,
anyway.
: : Well, the subject says it all. I' ve been playing ICR2 now for a couple of
: : weeks and I just found out that there is no warning light when over-revving.
: : It's not a big deal, but it would be nice if this is fixed in the first
: : patch.
: It's not a warning light, it's a warning sound. The sound of your motor
: venting. Then the RPMs go out. All too common in ICR2.
: Real racecars have rev limiters, but not in this GAME.
What Doug Reichley was talking about was the red light on the dashboard
that's supposed to turn on to warn you when something bad is happening to
the car (ie. low on fuel, engine too hot, over reving, etc). According
to the manual one of it's functions it to go no when you are over reving
the engine. It does not. It does how ever go on when you are low on
fuel.
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JASON POTAPOFF. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
This space for rent.
Harald,
You are definitely not the first to notice it and it definitely IS a
big deal when the manual says something and the game does something
else.
Craig.
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>You are definitely not the first to notice it and it definitely IS a >big deal when the manual says something and the game does something >else. >Craig. >>Well, the subject says it all. I' ve been playing ICR2 now for a couple of >>weeks and I just found out that there is no warning light when over-revving. >>It's not a big deal, but it would be nice if this is fixed in the first patch. >>Am I the only one who noticed this, because I never read this on this >>newsgroup.Quoted text (21 lines)
>: : Well, the subject says it all. I' ve been playing ICR2 now for a couple of >: : weeks and I just found out that there is no warning light when over-revving. >: : It's not a big deal, but it would be nice if this is fixed in the first >: : patch. >: It's not a warning light, it's a warning sound. The sound of your motor >: venting. Then the RPMs go out. All too common in ICR2. >: Real racecars have rev limiters, but not in this GAME. > What Doug Reichley was talking about was the red light on the dashboard >that's supposed to turn on to warn you when something bad is happening to >the car (ie. low on fuel, engine too hot, over reving, etc). According >to the manual one of it's functions it to go no when you are over reving >the engine. It does not. It does how ever go on when you are low on >fuel. >-- >JASON POTAPOFF. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada >This space for rent.: Lets be accurate about this: My copy of the manual says:
: (page 7) "Master Warning Light - Blinking indicates high water
: temperature, low fuel or over-revving"
: (page 84) "... you'll want the engine light to just barely flicker at
: the end of the ..."
: (page 84) "If the engine warning light blinks excessively, lengthen
: the gear ratios".
: It is a bug and hopefully will be rectified in V 1.1.
Let's be realistic about it. The overrev light is only useful when in
5th or 6th gear when on OVALS ONLY. Ok, if you get technical, it might
be used on a road course, IF it has a long straight, such as Toronto.
Here's why. The revs are coming up so fast when accelerating through the
gears that by the time you even think about seeing the light, the SOUND
of your engine venting is likely to happen first. You just can NOT
overrev this game as it pops the motor quicker than Uncle Sam takes taxes
out of your check.
Let's say that the overrev light is programmed to come on at 14,300rpm.
The motor is programmed to pop at 14,800rpm. When accelerating through
the gears, this 500rpm difference is quicker to happen than the light
coming on. Therefore, if you 'see' the light, it's too late.
I'd MUCH rather see a rev LIMITER feature, possibly that could be turned
off for the poor souls that think racing motors are a dime a dozen and
like the sound of a piston blasting through a cylinder wall.
A rev limiter would be mucho realistic as EVERY Indycar has them,
including the lowest teams (that can't afford motors anyway).
FWIW, it's very frustrating to be jamming through the gears, hit the
shift button at 14,000rpm and have the program 'miss' the button or, more
likely, the joystick button malfunctions and POP there goes the motor
only 5 laps from the end of the race. A rev limiter would prevent this.
Doug,
No dispute from me concerning your logical and well presented
arguments.
My post was really aimed at Papryus for saying one thing and doing
another; despite the 16 names listed in the manual for quality
assurance!
Cheers,
Craig.
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>I disagree. Since I am new at this simulator and easily distracted
>with all the tasks required of the driver, I would like to see a
>rev-limitor option so that I could do my own shifting without fear of
>blowing the engine and having to restart over and over again.
While we're at it, how bout a PIT rev limitor so you don't get black
flaged?
Gregory Fung
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Papyrus Racing Organization 95 Champion
IICC3 Ground Effects/Rebel Alliance Lola-Ford-Firestone
Try autobraking (Alt-B to toggle on/off).
Rick Genter
Technical Lead, IndyCar Racing II
Papyrus Design Group, Inc.
>Fung) writes:
>>While we're at it, how bout a PIT rev limitor so you don't get black
>>flaged?
>Try autobraking (Alt-B to toggle on/off).
Hey? Whats this? My manual does not know about this alt-b. And neither did
it say anything about that restart race key. Are there any other undocumented
keys that we should know about? Or is it just the European manual?
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Alt-H = toggle autoshifting
Shift-R = restart race
1-9 = turn on/off/auto various graphics details
Rick Genter
Technical Lead, IndyCar Racing II
Papyrus Design Group, Inc.
