ICR2: edit Michigan track

Hello, whenever there is a yellow flag restart at Michigan in ICR2 (possibly also in other tracks) the computer cars accellerate when the pace car heads for the pits, and then brake just before the green flag is dropped. As a consequence I either hit them or fall miserably behind :) Is there a way to edit the track.txt file to avoid this problem? Did anyone already tried this and have the necessary values? Bye and thanks, Luca PS: I'd appreciate answers copied via normal email if possible

... |> whenever there is a yellow flag restart at Michigan in ICR2 (possibly also |> in other tracks) the computer cars accellerate when the pace car heads for |> the pits, and then brake just before the green flag is dropped. |> As a consequence I either hit them or fall miserably behind :) I'd like to know this too, although I've noticed it at Loudon at the start of the race, but NOT on restarts. Damned annoying, but I've gotten used to it at least. -- IBM Microelectronics ICQ UIN: 216830 Burlington, VT Phone: (802) 769-7104 (tie 446)

On Fri, 31 Jan 1997 08:33:56 +0000, Luca Varani >whenever there is a yellow flag restart at Michigan in ICR2 (possibly also >in other tracks) the computer cars accellerate when the pace car heads for >the pits, and then brake just before the green flag is dropped. >As a consequence I either hit them or fall miserably behind :) You should make sure that you have the IndyCar Racing II Patch 1.02 installed. You can find it at: http://www.theuspits.com/workshop.html I haven't raced at Michigan for a while, but as I recall it deals (somewhat) with the restart problem, along with some more serious deficiencies in the program. Be sure to read the README.TXT file that comes with the patch before posting questions regarding installation to the newsgroup. Cheers, Pooch O-iiiii-O

...the patch never fixed the AI start-problem at MIS. Best Regards, Marc Marc J. Nelson Sim Racing News - USA http://members.aol.com/simracing

> ...the patch never fixed the AI start-problem at MIS. Papyrus is notoriously bad at patching their way too buggy products. With ICR2 they released a patch eight - 8 - months after they released ICR2, and still the product had several bugs. After Elite - First Encounters, ICR2 is the buggiest release I know of. The key phrase describing ICR2 is: perforated potential. Generally Papyrus' products are evaluated by what they lack rather than what they offer. Papyrus needs to do something with that. For example, use more time and money. My policy is that I won't buy their products until they are reasonably bug free. At Papyrus' current "patch pace" I'll have to wait another six months to buy NASCAR 2. I'll hope they surprise me. Cheers! -- Terje Wold Johansen --- "I am your inferior superior" - O.W. ---

I apologize for my misrepresentation. Cheers, Pooch O-iiiii-O

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> > ...the patch never fixed the AI start-problem at MIS. > Papyrus is notoriously bad at patching their way too buggy > products. With ICR2 they released a patch eight - 8 - months > after they released ICR2, and still the product had several bugs. > After Elite - First Encounters, ICR2 is the buggiest release > I know of. The key phrase describing ICR2 is: perforated potential.

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>whenever there is a yellow flag restart at Michigan in ICR2 >(possibly also in other tracks) the computer cars accellerate >when the pace car heads for the pits, and then brake just >before the green flag is dropped. As a consequence I either >hit them or fall miserably behind :) What I do is keep my pace when the cars accelerate, then "floor it" when they brake... you might have to go way high or way low to avoid everyone, but they will stay in a relatively straight line while you blast by them... you can get a good 2 second lead by the end of the first lap.... Of course, I realize that's not really "fair", but I'm bad enough that the other cars catch up eventually and wipe out my advantage.... :-) - Mike. ================================================================ = R.I.P. Scott Brayton: February 20, 1959 - May 17, 1996 = R.I.P. Jeff Krosnoff: September 24, 1964 - July 14, 1996 = R.I.P. Jim Chapman: January 24, 1916 - October 10, 1996 ================================================================