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Grand Prix Manager 2 - Electrical System Bug?

5 posts by 4 people · 23 Jun 1997 - 05 Jul 1997

Wez Metca 23 Jun 1997#371495
I have been playing Microprose Grand Prix Manager 2 for a while now but every time I play it eventually I get the same problem which is really starting to annoy me. The problem is that no matter what team I choose sometime in the first or second season my cars develop a problem which will not let them finish a race no matter what I do. The problem sees both cars failing to finish a race becasue of the electrical system failing anytime from the first 5 laps to the last 5 laps. The driver will send a message saying "Car is handling poorly" then a lap or so later he will be out. If I check the car telemetry when my driver sends the message the electrical system is only around 10% worn out...? I have tried everything to fix the problem from aquiring the best electrical system from other teams, increasing all my chassis internals and externals and hundreds of test laps but nothing will fix the problem. Has anyone else experienced this problem? can you fix it or is it a bug? Also is there a FAQ for this game? Cheers .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. .:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. .:::::::::::::::::::F1 World::::::::::::::::::::. .: http://www.iinet.net.au/~wezman/f1.html :. .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.
Veeery friendly hello from Russia, Wez!!! > The problem is that no matter what team I choose sometime in the first > or second season my cars develop a problem which will not let them > finish a race no matter what I do. The problem sees both cars failing > to finish a race becasue of the electrical system failing anytime from > the first 5 laps to the last 5 laps. The driver will send a message > saying "Car is handling poorly" then a lap or so later he will be out. Well, my case is absolutely same as yours, man! I play for McLaren and Wow! Please explain how can I use the telemetry? I can't understand these broken lines... ;) Oh, I'm poor Russian F1 manager. What these hundreds of test laps could do? I tried to use all the modes but I still can't find what it gives to me? Well, I'd like to get it as soon as possible, but there's no sign of this game even on Microprose server. No patches, no signs - nothin!!! I think it's very strange... Good luck, Dee N. Borokhoff
Rok And 25 Jun 1997#371735
Yup, this is a bug in the game... the problem is that you must not research very high Electronics level... if you don't research it, you'll have no problem with that. ZoneMan
Quoted text (24 lines)>I have been playing Microprose Grand Prix Manager 2 for a while now >but every time I play it eventually I get the same problem which is >really starting to annoy me. >The problem is that no matter what team I choose sometime in the first >or second season my cars develop a problem which will not let them >finish a race no matter what I do. The problem sees both cars failing >to finish a race becasue of the electrical system failing anytime from >the first 5 laps to the last 5 laps. The driver will send a message >saying "Car is handling poorly" then a lap or so later he will be out. >If I check the car telemetry when my driver sends the message the >electrical system is only around 10% worn out...? >I have tried everything to fix the problem from aquiring the best >electrical system from other teams, increasing all my chassis >internals and externals and hundreds of test laps but nothing will fix >the problem. Has anyone else experienced this problem? can you fix it >or is it a bug? >Also is there a FAQ for this game? >Cheers >.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. >.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::. >.:::::::::::::::::::F1 World::::::::::::::::::::. >.: http://www.iinet.net.au/~wezman/f1.html :. >.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.
re: what all those test laps could do, I found running test laps to be one of the most effective ways to improve your racing performance. I never ran into the electrical system problem (though I didn't get much beyond the middle of a season). One thing that I deduced was that the more commands I issued to my drivers, the more likely they were to break down one way or another. Sometimes it seemed that simply accelerating the race to completion when I was ahead was the best way to assure I could finish well ... just sitting and watching the race complete my cars seem to run into trouble. Was that just me, or is this the way it is? Chas
Quoted text (11 lines)> Veeery friendly hello from Russia, Wez!!! > > The problem is that no matter what team I choose sometime in the first > > or second season my cars develop a problem which will not let them > > finish a race no matter what I do. The problem sees both cars failing > > to finish a race becasue of the electrical system failing anytime from > > the first 5 laps to the last 5 laps. The driver will send a message > > saying "Car is handling poorly" then a lap or so later he will be out.
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Quoted text (12 lines)> re: what all those test laps could do, I found running test laps to be one > of the most effective ways to improve your racing performance. > I never ran into the electrical system problem (though I didn't get much > beyond the middle of a season). One thing that I deduced was that the more > commands I issued to my drivers, the more likely they were to break down > one way or another. Sometimes it seemed that simply accelerating the race > to completion when I was ahead was the best way to assure I could finish > well ... just sitting and watching the race complete my cars seem to run > into trouble. Was that just me, or is this the way it is? > Chas
Hey, how the test laps can improve my racing performance? And the Electrical Problem remains the same even when I installed the patch from Microprose! Best Regards, Dee N. Borokhoff

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