Waving hand of the driver ahead

Has anyone suggested that when a driver hits the brakes harder than usual, the car behind them should see a waving hand come up from inside the car. Sort of how they do in rear life. In addition to the waving hand under hard breaking, one should be able to assign the last remaining push-button on the T2 as a waving button. If you see trouble ahead of you or you are pitting, you push the button. The driver behind you will see you waving from inside the car and will know to be extra careful. This of course is an alternative to the Ctrl-Fx keystrokes. I don't have 3 hands. :-) David Martin

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> Has anyone suggested that when a driver hits the brakes harder than > usual, the car behind them should see a waving hand come up from inside > the car. Sort of how they do in rear life. In addition to the waving > hand under hard breaking, one should be able to assign the last > remaining push-button on the T2 as a waving button. If you see trouble > ahead of you or you are pitting, you push the button. The driver behind > you will see you waving from inside the car and will know to be extra > careful. > This of course is an alternative to the Ctrl-Fx keystrokes. I don't > have 3 hands. :-) > David Martin

Hi Dave, First let me say thanks for the MP analysis page. I use it for reference on qualifying setups and sometime just to see who's who out there. The waving hand is a novel idea. Of course there's always the drivers who'll be crying wolf and waving all day! Most times I'd just like to be able to wave the middle digit instead of the whole hand!<g> Terry

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>Has anyone suggested that when a driver hits the brakes harder than >usual, the car behind them should see a waving hand come up from inside >the car. Sort of how they do in rear life. In addition to the waving >hand under hard breaking, one should be able to assign the last >remaining push-button on the T2 as a waving button. If you see trouble >ahead of you or you are pitting, you push the button. The driver behind >you will see you waving from inside the car and will know to be extra >careful. >This of course is an alternative to the Ctrl-Fx keystrokes. I don't >have 3 hands. :-)

Someone once suggested adding brake lights to the cars. I think I find the waving hand a little more palatable. I would definitely like to see the AI cars give some sort of signal that they are pitting. Too many times I've been taken out by an AI car suddenly crossing the track in that weird move they do, or checking up hard in front of me. Dave Sparks IWCCCARS Project: http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars Late Night League: http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html Hawaii Handle: davids

David, You're a prime candidate for a Verbal Commander! (I'm just a customer too.) Its a headset/microphone that you can program up to 20 Verbal commands to emulate keystrokes with. When I say "Slow Down!", the auto-chat message that appears on screen is "W_Cheeta Waving Hand-SLOW DOWN!" It's not quite as visible as Your excellent (and VERY realistic suggestion), but it's close, at least in a league race, where people know whos in other cars. Check it out at www.k2i.com . Happy Lappin' Wade Tschida W_Cheeta

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> > Has anyone suggested that when a driver hits the brakes harder than > > usual, the car behind them should see a waving hand come up from inside > > the car. Sort of how they do in rear life. In addition to the waving > > hand under hard breaking, one should be able to assign the last > > remaining push-button on the T2 as a waving button. If you see trouble > > ahead of you or you are pitting, you push the button. The driver behind > > you will see you waving from inside the car and will know to be extra > > careful. > > This of course is an alternative to the Ctrl-Fx keystrokes. I don't > > have 3 hands. :-) > > David Martin > David, > You're a prime candidate for a Verbal Commander! (I'm just a customer too.) Its > a headset/microphone that you can program up to 20 Verbal commands to emulate > keystrokes with. When I say "Slow Down!", the auto-chat message that appears on > screen is "W_Cheeta Waving Hand-SLOW DOWN!" It's not quite as visible as Your > excellent (and VERY realistic suggestion), but it's close, at least in a league > race, where people know whos in other cars. Check it out at www.k2i.com . > Happy Lappin' > Wade Tschida > W_Cheeta

Wade: Have you seen the section that Dave Thayer wrote on the VERBAL COMMANDER as part of the UNOFFICIAL NASCAR 2 MANUAL. Look at the VERBAL COMMANDER FOR PIT COMMUNICATIONS and ADVANCED VERBAL COMMANDER.. Don Wilshe, IVGA http://www.ivga.com Its in the Nascar 2 Publications section