Winning a race and other assorted GPL ramblings... (longish)

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>Well, last night I finally did it. I won a novice race at >Zandvoort. What a rush! It really is quite satisfying to >hold it together for a whole race, even if the race is only >nine laps long. Beat Denny Hulme to the line by four seconds. >and turned the fastest lap at 1:28.78. We won't talk about >the fact that I had to restart the race almost 15 times to >make it past the first lap. ;-) I *REALLY* can't drive on >cold tires.

That's something I've been wondering about - are tire temps simulated for AI/computer drivers? They seem to go awful fast right off the bat. Joe

Does warming up tire process during qualifying hold for race ?

> That's something I've been wondering about - are tire temps simulated > for AI/computer drivers? They seem to go awful fast right off the bat. as far as i can tell, i can drive faster than teh AI cars at teh start of a race. funny thing is, i can almost can't feel if the tyres are cold... i just drive by feel. but since i go faster than the AI at the start of a Monza race (maybe just because they're novice level) i figure they have the same cold tyres as me.