More questions for the Daytona Patch

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> Hi all, > Thanks for the answers to the last set of questions. > I'm hoping to put up a page on The Pits, showing 'work in progress' so > you can see how things are going. The track itself is almost finsihed, > I just need to work on the AI. > Anyhow, just a few more questions for you. > 1) Backstraight. > At Daytona, what exactly is behind the outside wall where the > grandstand is at Talladega? From the photos I've got it just looks > like a bunch of trees. > Also, what is anything is there between the lake and the inside wall > on the backstraight. All I ever seem to see there is Winabagos. Should > I add them? > 2) Speeds. > At the moment, my AI cars are running at fastest 194's in practice > after about 2-3 laps? Is this too fast for people? I can get the speed > down but I'd have to reduce grip to stop human players having an easy > time racing. > Cheers > Jed > The Pits > www.ukps.com/thepits > www.fwb.gulf.net/~jkohl/thepits

Jed: 1) behind the grandstands is the Daytona International Airport. There are a few trees scattered between the grandstands. But the airport runways are right behind the grandstands. * From the inside of the track there is a manmade hill to keep the cars out of Lloyd Lake. There is also a chain link fence between the hill and and Lloyd Lake. Note there is no inside wall. * 2) I think the speeds you listed in the 194's are alright. Last year at the Pepsi 400 Earnhardt qualified at 191.339. * I would also like to personally and publicly thank you for all you've done for all of us who enjoy NASCAR RACING. You have made a great game better. Keep up the good work. Scott G

I do believe that entering turn 3, there are some grandstands on the outside of the track. I remember watching Daytona 500 one year and they were saying that the grandstands on the backstretch towards turn 3 were where some bikers hung out to watch the race or something. It was like some kind of biker get-together..Dunno if its still there or not. As for the speed of 194, that sounds about right.. -- . . | ,-.,-.,-.|-.,-..,-. | | || || || |,-||| `--'`-'' '`-|' '`-^'' `'