Help with Dover Setup

: Help! I've tried a ton of setups for Dover. I found good setups for : qual. and for one fast lap, but cannot get one or figure one out for a : full 50% race with opponents set at 100%. I can keep up for 50 laps or : so, then my tires are gone. Computer driven cars can go full blast for : 68 to 75 laps before needing tires. It seems (and Papyrus has confirmed) that the computer cars suffer little to no tire wear. At some of the tracks where "tar" wear is great, the computer cars can always out last you. The only solution I have is to alter the Track.TXT file and force the computer cars to a pit window that matches your actual need to come in for tires. This is the SPDWY line in the track.txt file. At Dover the computer cars will normally come in between 65 to 75 laps for tires and fuel. Change the following line in the DOVER.TXT file: SPDWY 0 65 75 to SPDWY 0 45 55 This will force the computer cars to pit sometime around when your tires start to go away. One caveat: If you race on Hawaii, make sure you use the original TRACK.TXT files. If you use altered TRACK.TXT files you will be booted off the system. -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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>Help! I've tried a ton of setups for Dover. I found good setups for >qual. and for one fast lap, but cannot get one or figure one out for a >full 50% race with opponents set at 100%. I can keep up for 50 laps or >so, then my tires are gone. Computer driven cars can go full blast for >68 to 75 laps before needing tires. >I have tried many driving styles; letting off early, high line, low >line, make sure to hit the groove. I do well at other tracks so I >really don't thinks it is my driving. Someone must have a >setup outthere. >Please don't bother telling me about web sites, I've tried those >setups.(unless you know it is a new one) >Please send me the setup writen out rather then a setup file or talk >to me if you do well at Dover.

If you think that 68 to 75 laps full blast for AI cars is crap, I think it is, then you can alter the dover.txt file and reduce the laps between pitstops for the AI cars to around 50 or so. I pretty sure it is the SPDWY line that reads 0 65 75, with 65 75 the pit window. Change this to what you want and go and have a good competitive race on your own setup. I was in the same boat as you were with tires going out too quickly. If you really want to be a cheater you could change the TIRES or TIRE2 line in the dover.txt file for longer tire life, but that is a bit much. Dave