GP2: Ignoring INDESTRUCTABILITY option

I came across a bizarre glitch yesterday that I would to NEVER see again... I was playing a two-player race at Spain, in Championship mode, with all car failures turned off and indestructability enabled. During qualifying, I had a throttle failure and then during the race my opponent had a suspension failure. We re-loaded the race and checked the settings several times, but he still had a suspension failure in *exactly* the same place! Anybody seen this before, or more to the point, how can I make sure it doesn't happen again???? (It has only happened at this track, SPAIN).

Look in Drive Options / Car Realism. The settings here are independent of F4 which only affects damage caused during crashes. Richard

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> I came across a bizarre glitch yesterday that I would to NEVER see again... > I was playing a two-player race at Spain, in Championship mode, with all > car failures turned off and indestructability enabled. During qualifying, > I had a throttle failure and then during the race my opponent had a > suspension failure. We re-loaded the race and checked the settings several > times, but he still had a suspension failure in *exactly* the same place! > Anybody seen this before, or more to the point, how can I make sure it > doesn't happen again???? (It has only happened at this track, SPAIN).

I read somewhere that all the car failures are decided when you go to the circuit or possibly when you start a Championship season. Can anyone else enlighten us further? Lyndon J. Allen

On Mon, 2 Dec 1996 12:31:33 GMT, "Lyndon J. Allen" >I read somewhere that all the car failures are decided when you go to >the circuit or possibly when you start a Championship season. >Can anyone else enlighten us further? As far as I can tell, failures (for both the player and the CCs) and the CCs pit strategy are set when you exit the previous session. So if you finish qualifying, save the game, start the race & have your engine blow on the 2nd lap & then load the saved game & restart the race - your engine will still go on the 2nd lap. However, if you load the saved game, go into the pre-race practice session, exit it & then start the race your engine won't blow on the 2nd lap - but you may find that you have a puncture on the third.... ;-) This seems to be the case with non-championship races. Things might be different in a championship season. Cheers, Richard

It is a strange thing I vagualy remember that happening to me a while back. I was in a good race when the "Flat Tire" thing came up on my screen. Since then I usually race with indistruct' off but the weird thing is I hav'nt had many filures at all since about 1 1/2 months ago, and I play gp2 everyday! ------------------------------------------------ "hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha" ------------------------------------------------

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> >I came across a bizarre glitch yesterday that I would to NEVER see again... > >I was playing a two-player race at Spain, in Championship mode, with all > >car failures turned off and indestructability enabled. During qualifying, > >I had a throttle failure and then during the race my opponent had a > >suspension failure. We re-loaded the race and checked the settings several > >times, but he still had a suspension failure in *exactly* the same place! > >Anybody seen this before, or more to the point, how can I make sure it > >doesn't happen again???? (It has only happened at this track, SPAIN). > It is a strange thing > I vagualy remember that happening to me a while back. I was in a good > race when the "Flat Tire" thing came up on my screen. Since then I > usually race with indistruct' off but the weird thing is I hav'nt had > many filures at all since about 1 1/2 months ago, and I play gp2 > everyday! > ------------------------------------------------ > "hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahaha" > ------------------------------------------------

Hello all: As far as my own experience when you start a race if something will fail always will fail in the same place when you reload the game from a saved position in any circuit. Juan Carlos Llovera

I concur with Juan. In addition, it's important to realize that Indestructability and Mechanical Failures are different. If you turn on indestructability, it simply means that you won't take damage if you hit something on the track. Mech Failures is enabled in a separate menu, and simulates random breakdowns. To turn it off, I think you go to Drive Options off of the Drive Menu, then pick the corresponding button (forget what it's called, you'll find it). Anyway, happy racing! Colin Taber

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> > >I came across a bizarre glitch yesterday that I would to NEVER see again... > > >I was playing a two-player race at Spain, in Championship mode, with all > > >car failures turned off and indestructability enabled. During qualifying, > > >I had a throttle failure and then during the race my opponent had a > > >suspension failure. We re-loaded the race and checked the settings several > > >times, but he still had a suspension failure in *exactly* the same place! > As far as my own experience when you start a race if something will fail > always will fail in the same place when you reload the game from a saved > position in any circuit. > Juan Carlos Llovera