Kiss the speedometer goodbye!!

I drove NCR2 for 10-12 hours over this past weekend at nearly every track except Loudon and I never missed the speedometer once. I thought it would take alot of getting used to, I was wrong. The spotter tells you what RPM to stay under and the sim is alot easier to drive by feel. So goodbye speedo. I can't say I'll miss ya. David Martin

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>I drove NCR2 for 10-12 hours over this past weekend at nearly every >track except Loudon and I never missed the speedometer once. I thought >it would take alot of getting used to, I was wrong. The spotter tells >you what RPM to stay under and the sim is alot easier to drive by feel. >So goodbye speedo. I can't say I'll miss ya. >David Martin

But it was nice of them to include it for those who can't give it up!

>I drove NCR2 for 10-12 hours over this past weekend at nearly every >track except Loudon and I never missed the speedometer once. I thought >it would take alot of getting used to, I was wrong. The spotter tells >you what RPM to stay under and the sim is alot easier to drive by feel. >So goodbye speedo. I can't say I'll miss ya. My feeling as well, David. I stopped using it right after they gave us the spotter pit speed RPM messages in beta and I haven't looked back since. I think there's a tendency to use the speedo as crutch ("I should be doing 175 in T1") instead of driving by feel. Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

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>I drove NCR2 for 10-12 hours over this past weekend at nearly every >track except Loudon and I never missed the speedometer once. I thought >it would take alot of getting used to, I was wrong. The spotter tells >you what RPM to stay under and the sim is alot easier to drive by feel. >So goodbye speedo. I can't say I'll miss ya. >David Martin

As you can tell by me asking this question, my copy hasn't arrived yet, but if you change the gear ratio, will he change his RPM call. does it represent true mph based on RPM of the gear you're in, the gear you put in there (let's say the default setup has 10.1 and you change it to 9.6, would the RPMs change?) I think I made the question more complicated than it had to be...

To get the speedometer to work in the in car mode you have to press the "s" key .

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> >I drove NCR2 for 10-12 hours over this past weekend at nearly every > >track except Loudon and I never missed the speedometer once. I thought > >it would take alot of getting used to, I was wrong. The spotter tells > >you what RPM to stay under and the sim is alot easier to drive by feel. > >So goodbye speedo. I can't say I'll miss ya. > >David Martin > But it was nice of them to include it for those who can't give it up!

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>>I drove NCR2 for 10-12 hours over this past weekend at nearly every >>track except Loudon and I never missed the speedometer once. I thought >>it would take alot of getting used to, I was wrong. The spotter tells >>you what RPM to stay under and the sim is alot easier to drive by feel. >>So goodbye speedo. I can't say I'll miss ya. >>David Martin >As you can tell by me asking this question, my copy hasn't arrived >yet, but if you change the gear ratio, will he change his RPM call. >does it represent true mph based on RPM of the gear you're in, the >gear you put in there (let's say the default setup has 10.1 and you >change it to 9.6, would the RPMs change?) >I think I made the question more complicated than it had to be...

Yes, the spotter does adjust the RPM call to the nearest multiple of 500 that will keep you below the pit speed limit. Note that at taller gear ratios, this may leave a considerable amount of slop. Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html

>Yes, the spotter does adjust the RPM call to the nearest multiple of 500 >that will keep you below the pit speed limit. Note that at taller gear >ratios, this may leave a considerable amount of slop. thanks for the info, David. I finally got N2, and have found it very handy to have the spotter. I can now concentrate on the race! I would like to (in the future) have an option to call out race position (kinda like Alt-L) every other lap or something... nice to know when I'm racing for position (or make it a programmable key so I can whack the space bar instead of going for the 2 finger vulcan salute) btw, I love the re-works on the tracks! great job!

>thanks for the info, David. I finally got N2, and have found it very >handy to have the spotter. I can now concentrate on the race! I >would like to (in the future) have an option to call out race position >(kinda like Alt-L) every other lap or something... nice to know when >I'm racing for position (or make it a programmable key so I can whack >the space bar instead of going for the 2 finger vulcan salute) The spotter calls out to tell you whether you're racing the car in front or behind. For example, if you pass a car, and the car in front of you is on the same lap, the spotter will say, "You're racing the car in front of you". If that car passes a lapped car, the spotter will say, "The [fill in the number] car is a lap down". When you get past the lapped car, the spotter will once again tell you that you're racing for position. You can also get instant split times by selecting the F2 screen and pressing enter, just like in MULTI. Cars on the same lap are in white, cars a lap down are in green, and cars that are a lap up on you are in red. Note that in the Rendition version, you'll take a serious hit on your frame rate. I usually leave the F1 or F2 screen up and then hit the enter key periodically to get my split to the car in front and behind. The tracks do look great. The night race at C***te is particularly awesome, especially watching from some of the camera angles in the replay. Dave (davids) Sparks Late Night League http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html