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long as webster's unabridged, but worth reading

1 post by 1 person · 01 Jul 1997 - 01 Jul 1997

SFAND 01 Jul 1997#372280
Here are some suggestions for N3 tell me wacha think. (be gentle) INSTED OF ENDING A RACE BECAUSE OF A WRECK, WHY NOT ALLOW PLAYERS TO BE TOWED INTO THE GARAGE AREA FOR A FIEW SECONDS, THEN RE-ENTER THE ONGOING RACE MANY LAPS DOWN, FROM THE GARAGE. IT WOULD BE BOTH MORE REALISTIC, AND FAIR AS REAL NWC DRIVERS RUN JUNKERS IN ORDER TO KEEP THEIR ACCUMULATED POINTS. IT WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTING IF WE COULD TOGGLE ON AND OFF MISTAKES MADE IN THE PITS. FOR EXAMPLE, A CREWMAN COULD SLIP, OR THE LUGNUTS WEREN'T TIGHTENED ALL THE WAY. (IT WOULD EVEN BE COOL IF THE CAR VIBRATED BECAUSE OF THIS) HOW ABOUT AN ENEXPLICABLE PLUMAGE OF SMOKE THAT FORCES YOU TO PIT. THE HOOD COULD GO UP,(ALOWING YOU TO SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL HOOD YOU DESIGNED) LAPS GO BY WHILE THE TEAM FIXES A BROKEN OIL LINE, THEN BACK TO RACING. IT WOULD ALSO BE COOL IF DURING PRACTICE SESSIONS, HALF OF THE DRIVERS WERE ALREADY RUNNING HOT-LAPS, INSTEAD OF ALL DOING GOD KNOWS WHAT ON PIT ROAD. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE COOL IF I COULD ACTUALY FINE TUNE MY ENGINE. RICHING THE CARB MIXTURE FOR POWER, OR LEANING IT FOR ECONOMY. AFTER ALL, DW DIDN'T GET CROWNED THE GAS MILAGE KING FOR NOTHING. AND WHAT'S UP WITH THE DRAFTING, AT TALLY OR USA, I CAN STEP OUT OF LINE FOR LAP AFTER LAP, AND NEVER GET HUNG OUT TO DRY. IF I***UP, I SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. HAS PAPYRUS EVER HEARD OF A YELLOW FLAG THROWN FOR MICROSCOPIC DEBRIS? WHY CAN'T I EVER LOOSE A CYLINDER? THE IN CAR PIT TIMER IS A MUST DRIVER SIGNALS. I HATE DRAFTING A CAR, ONLY TO HAVE THE DRIVER JAM ON THE BRAKES UNEXPECTEDLY BECAUSE HE'S GOING TO PIT ... AND I'M SURE HE HATES IT JUST AS MUCH WHEN I PUNT HIM DOWN THE TRACK A GOOD 300 YARDS. THE CAR SHOULD PERIODICLY BLINK OR SOMETHING SO THE DRAFTING DRIVER KNOWS THAT HE PLANS TO CLIMB ALL OVER THE BINDERS. THIS IS JUST A THOUGHT. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE SAME LAME WINNER CIRCLE SHOT AFTER A WIN WAS MONOTONUS. WHAT IF THEY RANDOMLY SELECTED A CAMERA ANGLE AS A SNAPSHOT FOR SOME PHONEY NEWSPAPER ARTICAL AND INCLUDED THE DRIVERS NAME IN THE HEADLINE. "MARTIN WINS FROM POLE AT BRISTOL" I'M SICK OF ALWAYS RACING FROM THE FIRST PIT STALL. AND IT WOULD BE AWSOME IF 50 CARS PRACTICED, BUT ONLY 42 QUALIFIED FOR THE RACE. IN OTHER WORDS, BACK-MARKERS LIKE COPE AND HILLIN COULD PACK IT UP AND GO ON HOME. SINCE THE DAMN YADR2 UTILITY CAN ONLY BE INSTALLED BY NASA MATHAMATICIANS, PAPYRUS OWES THE COMMON DUMMY ONE. THIS IS KINDA STUPID (KINDA ?), BUT WHAT IF THE WINDOWS GOT GRAYER AS THE LAPS TICKED AWAY. ON A PITSTOP, THE WINDOW COULD ACTUALY BE CLEANED. (KINDA FAR FETCHED, HUH?) NEVER ONCE HAVE I HEARD OF A RACE WHERE THE TRACK CONDITIONS DIDN'T CHANGE. I THOUGHT THE ANSWER TO THIS WOULD BE THE WEATHER RANDOMIZER IN THE GAME. NOT!!!!! AS THE RACE GOES ON, THE LINE SHOULD ACCUMULATE MORE *** (ACTUALY GETTING DARKER) AND BECOME MORE SLICK (IN HOT WEATHER) OR STABLE (COOL) SO I HAVE TO CHANGE MY SETUP DURING A PIT SESSION, OR CHANGE MY LINE. WHAT IF YOU PIT, THEN THE YELLOW COMES OUT? I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HIT ENTER OR ALT OR SOMETHING TO GET THE CREW TO SEND US OUT. AND AT THE RISK OF TALKING YOUR FREAKI'N EAR OFF,ONE MORE. I THINK IT SUCKS THAT I'M THE ONLY DRIVER (IN ONE PLAYER MODE) WHO CAN***THE RACE UP. IT'D BE NICE TO SEE DALE GIVE THAT 24 A LOVE TAP EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. OR EVEN TO HAVE SOMONE BUMP-DRAFT YOU BY SOME HARD TO PASS TRAFFIC. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I ACTUALY LIKE TO WIN. BUT THE MALADICTION IS OFTEN WHAT MAKES THE VICTORY SEEM SO SWEET. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SUGGEST IDEAS TO PAPYRUS, BUT IF YOU OR ANYONE ELSE DOES, I THINK THESE WOULD GIVE AN EXCITING NEW TWIST TO AN ALREADY HEART PUMPING SIM.

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