icr2 - Pole postition not in charge

Howdy, I was racing at Louden, pace lap on, yellows on, I had the pole, as we came around for the start the pace car pulls off. I was going slow and about 4 cars in the outside lane come screaming past me. We got the green flag even tho I was on the pole and I was lagging way behind. The yellow should have come out to go around one more lap. Is this a bug or is it configurable? If configurable, how to change it? I am using the latest patch. Tankz. Joe Ledva

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>Howdy, >I was racing at Louden, pace lap on, yellows on, I had the pole, as we >came around for the start the pace car pulls off. I was going slow >and about 4 cars in the outside lane come screaming past me. We got the >green flag even tho I was on the pole and I was lagging way behind. >The yellow should have come out to go around one more lap. Is this a >bug or is it configurable? If configurable, how to change it? >I am using the latest patch. >Tankz. >Joe Ledva

It is not configurable, and I suspect in Papyrus' view, it's not a bug either. Yes, in most forms of racing, the pole sitter controls the field until the green flag drops. Unfortunately, in both the ICR2 and NASCAR simulations, this is not the case. I've been successful by keeping my car right in the middle of the track and forcing the outside pole sitter to stay behind me until I take off. Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

That's what I have to do as well. The only cars that you control are the ones directly behind you in your row. If you're pole sitter, then you control position 3,5,7,9 etc.. Positions 2,4,6 and so on only go the speed pos #2 is going, so if you allow the second place guy to ease by you, then you slow down, the whole row flies by you. I even go as far as to place myself directly in front of the second place guy, then you hold the "even" row, and the "odd" row stays behind you naturally. -- Craig Marcho http://members.gnn.com/cmarcho/cmarcho.htm