One more thing for NASCAR II

I had a problem while racing at Atlanta last night that really annoyed me. The #1 car of Rick Mast went out of the race due to whatever. The car was parked in its pit stall for the remainder of the race. Whenever I came into the pits, in order to leave, I had to back up and go around that car costing me a couple of seconds (I like to run low wheel lock angles). I would like to see the cars that are out of the race go "behind the Wall" like in real racing instead of sitting on pit road. Patrick Murphy

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>I had a problem while racing at Atlanta last night that really annoyed >me. The #1 car of Rick Mast went out of the race due to whatever. The >car was parked in its pit stall for the remainder of the race. Whenever >I came into the pits, in order to leave, I had to back up and go around >that car costing me a couple of seconds (I like to run low wheel lock >angles). >I would like to see the cars that are out of the race go "behind the >Wall" like in real racing instead of sitting on pit road. >Patrick Murphy

Good point. I'd like to see that also. I've had cars that are listed as "OUT" on the leader board come back out onto the track during yellows.... but the only place I've seen this happen is at Bristol. Maybe if they were behind the wall, this wouldn't happen either.

: I had a problem while racing at Atlanta last night that really annoyed : me. The #1 car of Rick Mast went out of the race due to whatever. The : car was parked in its pit stall for the remainder of the race. Whenever : I came into the pits, in order to leave, I had to back up and go around : that car costing me a couple of seconds (I like to run low wheel lock : angles). : I would like to see the cars that are out of the race go "behind the : Wall" like in real racing instead of sitting on pit road. Another weird thing about cars that "go out" of the race. Some of them sit in the pits during green flag runs, but come screaming out and do a lap when the yellow comes out! Another approach to fixing this problem would help even if the car pitting in front isn't "out of the race", when in the pit lane have the program increase the wheel lock to the max. As soon as the car passes the end of the pit lane (or the assigned pit stall), the wheel lock defaults to the player's original setting. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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> >I had a problem while racing at Atlanta last night that really annoyed > >me. The #1 car of Rick Mast went out of the race due to whatever. The > >car was parked in its pit stall for the remainder of the race. Whenever > >I came into the pits, in order to leave, I had to back up and go around > >that car costing me a couple of seconds (I like to run low wheel lock > >angles). > >I would like to see the cars that are out of the race go "behind the > >Wall" like in real racing instead of sitting on pit road. > >Patrick Murphy > Good point. I'd like to see that also. I've had cars that are listed as > "OUT" on the leader board come back out onto the track during yellows.... > but the only place I've seen this happen is at Bristol. Maybe if they > were behind the wall, this wouldn't happen either.

Until Papyrus fixes it, I use this strategy: after a yellow-flag pit stop, get back in line on the track, and after you're sure everyone is out of the pits, escape and reload the game. The "dead" cars will be gone from the pits. Not a perfect solution, just a good workaround. Happy racin', LC -- #2, #41, #5, then everyone else, then #3 - that's my dream! ===================================================================== {Home Page} http://www.mainelink.net/~lcinme {NASCAR Racing Sim Page} http://www.mainelink.net/~lcinme/pnr/pnr.html

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> Until Papyrus fixes it, I use this strategy: after a yellow-flag pit stop, > get back in line on the track, and after you're sure everyone is out of the > pits, escape and reload the game. The "dead" cars will be gone from the > pits. Not a perfect solution, just a good workaround. > Happy racin', > LC > -- > #2, #41, #5, then everyone else, then #3 - that's my dream! > ===================================================================== > {Home Page} http://www.mainelink.net/~lcinme > {NASCAR Racing Sim Page} http://www.mainelink.net/~lcinme/pnr/pnr.html

Not if you are running in a series where it is not permitted to save your race in the middle. I've never noticed this problem before. I do agree that these cars should not be left on pit road if they are out of the race. David Martin IVL Series Director http://www.card.unc.edu/~ivl #26 Samuel Adams Chevy