Jim Sokollof - N2 question

Jim, could you tell me about how often the human player will have a random breakdown. I've had 2 in my last 4 races in a championship season. To say the least, its not doing my chances for winning the championship any good. I still love this feature though. Thanks Cowen Wilson

On Sun, 12 Jan 1997 18:27:08 -0800, Cowen Wilson >Jim, could you tell me about how often the human player will have a >random breakdown. I've had 2 in my last 4 races in a championship >season. To say the least, its not doing my chances for winning the >championship any good. I still love this feature though. >Thanks Cowen Wilson Again, make sure you aren't over stressing your engine and having a non-random breakdown... :-) Off the top of my head, I'd estimate that a human player will have a random breakdown about 1 in 9 100% length races? ---Jim Sokoloff, Papyrus

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> On Sun, 12 Jan 1997 18:27:08 -0800, Cowen Wilson > >Jim, could you tell me about how often the human player will have a > >random breakdown. I've had 2 in my last 4 races in a championship > >season. To say the least, its not doing my chances for winning the > >championship any good. I still love this feature though. > >Thanks Cowen Wilson > Again, make sure you aren't over stressing your engine and having a > non-random breakdown... :-) > Off the top of my head, I'd estimate that a human player will have a > random breakdown about 1 in 9 100% length races? > ---Jim Sokoloff, Papyrus

Do you have to run a 100% race to experience a breakdown? I've run 8 races of the championship so far with a length of 33% and haven't experienced a single breakdown yet. Hopefully my team resigns me for next season.

> Do you have to run a 100% race to experience a breakdown? I've run 8 >races of the championship so far with a length of 33% and haven't >experienced a single breakdown yet. Hopefully my team resigns me for >next season. I would assume that running 33% races, your chance of a random breakdown would be 1 in 27 races. Dave Sparks IWCCCARS Project: http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars/index.html Late Night League: http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html Hawaii Handle: davids

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> > Do you have to run a 100% race to experience a breakdown? I've run 8 > >races of the championship so far with a length of 33% and haven't > >experienced a single breakdown yet. Hopefully my team resigns me for > >next season. > I would assume that running 33% races, your chance of a random breakdown > would be 1 in 27 races. > Dave Sparks > IWCCCARS Project: http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars/index.html > Late Night League: http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html > Hawaii Handle: davids

Thanks. And by the way, that's re-signs me, not resigns me.

Eric.... I have my Season set at 30% race-lengths and have experienced two breakdowns to date (about half-way through). BruceK