Nascar modem racing

I have an interesting problem when a buddy and I try to race over our modems. We can connect just fine but when we go to any track to practice; 1) he will be in my car, and I will be in his car, and 2) I can drive around the track with no problem but my buddy's car will not turn right, it just runs down the pits and wrecks all the computer cars. We have tried stripping down the modem strings so that there is no error correction, compression or other stuff, and we are both running the same version of Nascar (1.2). I am using a T1 and he's using a T2 but I doubt that the wheels are causing the problem. I am able to run on Hawaii with no problem at all. I know it is probably a simple solution but I have tried everything I can think of with no results. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks, Ken

I can answer question number one. When you're both driving by yourselves (running some AI race or practicing) you are the first driver behind the pace car in the car set AND the drivers2.txt file. When modem racing, the 'answering' player's car should be first in the car set behind the pace car, and the 'calling' players' car should be the second one behind the pace car. You should both communicate beforehand as to who is calling and who is receiving to make sure you both have your cars in the right order. SLOT CALLING PLAYER CARSET ANSWERING PLAYER CARSET _________________________________________________________________ 1 PACE CAR PACE CAR 2 ANSWERING PLAYER'S CAR ANSWERING PLAYER'S CAR 3 CALLING PLAYER'S CAR CALLING PLAYER'S CAR Strangely enough, the DRIVERS2.TXT file can be left as is (with both of you number one behind the pace car in your respective TXT files). About number two, while modem racing I've noticed several instances where my opponent's car seems to be going all over the track, and sometimes I've entered the track after visiting the garage and my car has been totalled, apparently by the other guy's car (I think this is intentional, however :) ) Just let me clarify that this isn't official information, but an observation from data I collected while modem racing.

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>I have an interesting problem when a buddy and I try to race over our >modems. >We can connect just fine but when we go to any track to practice; 1) he >will be in my car, and I will be in his car, and 2) I can drive around the >track with no problem but my buddy's car will not turn right, it just runs >down the pits and wrecks all the computer cars. >We have tried stripping down the modem strings so that there is no error >correction, compression or other stuff, and we are both running the same >version of Nascar (1.2). >I am using a T1 and he's using a T2 but I doubt that the wheels are causing >the problem. I am able to run on Hawaii with no problem at all. >I know it is probably a simple solution but I have tried everything I can >think of with no results. >Any help would be greatly appreciated, >Thanks, >Ken

------------------ Kyle Langston ------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.traction.git.net/nrcentral/ - NASCAR Racing Central -------------------------------------------------------------------

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>I have an interesting problem when a buddy and I try to race over our >modems. >We can connect just fine but when we go to any track to practice; 1) he >will be in my car, and I will be in his car, and 2) I can drive around the >track with no problem but my buddy's car will not turn right, it just runs >down the pits and wrecks all the computer cars. >We have tried stripping down the modem strings so that there is no error >correction, compression or other stuff, and we are both running the same >version of Nascar (1.2).

Ken - with NASCAR 1.2, the answerer will be in the "94" car, while the dialer will be in the "50" car ... so you're seeing expected behavior, though we'd like to do better. As for the problem with your friend not having control over the car, it sounds like a joystick calibration problem ... perchance is your friend running from a Windows DOS box, rather than DOS-exclusive ? Charlie Heath Papyrus Design Group