N2 and Ford Taurus

Any chance that N2 will release a patch to replace the Thunderbird with the Taurus? I guess they'll have to wait for the wind tunnel testing first. Bart

> Any chance that N2 will release a patch to replace the Thunderbird with the > Taurus? I guess they'll have to wait for the wind tunnel testing first. > Bart Maybe a lot of people should go to Papyrus and ask them to produce one. The problem is that I doubt we would ever see one for Nascar 2. The problem with anyone else creating one is that I dont think anyone has enough knowledge of the how to edit the physics of the car. Jules987

i took the liberty of making a taurus template for all the car painters. it's available at my team site. i also have made the rusty wallace taurus and the mark martin taurus so far aaron guenther member of sim***world www.sim***world.simplenet.com

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> > Any chance that N2 will release a patch to replace the Thunderbird with > the > > Taurus? I guess they'll have to wait for the wind tunnel testing first. > > Bart > Maybe a lot of people should go to Papyrus and ask them to produce one. The > problem is that I doubt we would ever see one for Nascar 2. The problem > with anyone else creating one is that I dont think anyone has enough > knowledge of the how to edit the physics of the car. > Jules987

Usually Papyrus' stance on patches of this nature is that N2 is a simulation of the 1986 season and any changes to anything other than gameplay issues are up to us the consumer. Count Zero

A Taurus template for Nascar 2 is available in the N2 utilities section at Simulator ***world. It is the fine work of Aaron Guenther. http://sim***world.simplenet.com/ Chas -- Simulator ***world http://sim***world.simplenet.com/ Nascar 1 ** Nascar 2 ** Indy Car 2 ** Grand Prix 2 Member Site - The Sim Project - BB&B Track Editing SSCRA '97 OFFLINE RACING LEAGUE WINTER HEATS 1997 OFFLINE RACING LEAGUE Chas Bornemann Brandon Reed Ted D. Scurlock James Langevin Frieson NASCAR FEEL the THUNDER!!! _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ > Any chance that N2 will release a patch to replace the Thunderbird with the > Taurus? I guess they'll have to wait for the wind tunnel testing first. > Bart

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>> Any chance that N2 will release a patch to replace the Thunderbird with >the >> Taurus? I guess they'll have to wait for the wind tunnel testing first. >Maybe a lot of people should go to Papyrus and ask them to produce one. The >problem is that I doubt we would ever see one for Nascar 2. The problem >with anyone else creating one is that I dont think anyone has enough >knowledge of the how to edit the physics of the car.

Bart is probably more correct; no one has seen how the Taurus will sort itself out in race trim. (And, we haven't seen how much spoiler, fender width, etc, NASCAR will allow the Taurus to run.) Until these things are more known, it's pretty damn difficult for Papyrus (or anyone else) to tweak the physics to get it to be just about right... And I'm guessing that someone out there has figured out how to modify the physics of the car. (Given that I think that would be easier than reverse engineering the .3dos was...) ---Jim

: And I'm guessing that someone out there has figured out how to modify : the physics of the car. (Given that I think that would be easier than : reverse engineering the .3dos was...) I think that this is either a "hint" or a "challenge". . . Or both! Okay boys (and girls) let's get working! ;-) -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Have any teams (including Penske) even tested on the track yet? Last I heard they are a week or 2 away - maybe longer, I don't think Winston Cup has an off week for the next 11 or so. Probably be a long time coming for any data to model from. My opinion is that the Taurus is best left until N3, too many other wishes for upgrades/patches for N2 - including NROS. Kurt

Sorry if this is off the topic of N2 and Taurus but, I saw the Taurus racecar unveiled through Autoweek and... Despite being a loyal Ford fan, I hate to say this,... it is really ugly! I'm starting to appreciate the lines of the Monte Carlo now... the new racecar looks like a glorified dodge neon.

>Any chance that N2 will release a patch to replace the Thunderbird with the >Taurus? I guess they'll have to wait for the wind tunnel testing first. If I understand it correctly, the performance of the cars in the game is a fairly arbitrary representation of the real cars. They all have the same drag coefficient, the only difference is the aerodynamic balance. Dave Sparks IWCCCARS Project: http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars/index.html-ssi Late Night Series: http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html