GPL Car Damage

Is there any way that the car damage can be turned off completely in GPL (for longer races in GP mode), I am getting fed up with the clutch or engine breaking. All I want to do is have a decent race to practice my driving. Whenever I work back up to the front guys in the race the car breaks. I am running with manual gear shift and I guess the gear changes are over reving the engine. I know this will probably annoy the purist out there but what the hell I want to enjoy the game. Paul

I believe you would select a lower class wothout damage and change a file to give you more laps. You should post this question at the apex. JM

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> Is there any way that the car damage can be turned off completely in GPL > (for longer races in GP mode), I am getting fed up with the clutch or engine > breaking. All I want to do is have a decent race to practice my driving. > Whenever I work back up to the front guys in the race the car breaks. > I am running with manual gear shift and I guess the gear changes are over > reving the engine. > I know this will probably annoy the purist out there but what the hell I > want to enjoy the game. > Paul

Lift off the gas when you shift. The motor will last much longer. Keep an eye on your water and oil temp. When they start to get a little on the warm side, back off and don't wait so long to shift. -- ========================================================= John Simmons - Redneck Techno-Biker (Zerex12) http://www.members.home.net/jms1/index.html John Simmons - Barbarian Diecast Collector http://members.home.net/jsimm/diecast_index.html IGPS Director http://www.paddedwall.org/igps/igps.html If you want to send me email, go to either of the URL's shown above & click "Send Me Mail" in the contents frame. =========================================================

Switch to a more reliable car. (Like Brabham, Murasama, or Coventry) If you're driving Lotus or Gurney, then expect many breakdowns in longer races. If your clutch and engine is breaking, I also suspect your driving style might be at fault. With these cars, you must LIFT off the gas when you shift, otherwise, your clutch and engine won't last 20 laps no matter what you drive.

% Is there any way that the car damage can be turned off completely in GPL % (for longer races in GP mode), I am getting fed up with the clutch or engine % breaking. All I want to do is have a decent race to practice my driving. % Whenever I work back up to the front guys in the race the car breaks. % I am running with manual gear shift and I guess the gear changes are over % reving the engine. % I know this will probably annoy the purist out there but what the hell I % want to enjoy the game. Here is a previous post answering your question: Subject: Re: GPL Track / Lap Count Date: 10 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT >Next, has anyone figured out how to change the number of laps in a given >event from what papy thinks we should have? For instance, their "long" >race at Nurburgring is 5 laps, but the GP length is 20 laps. I'd like to >increase the race lengths to my ovn values. This is quite easy and even work for online-racing. :-) Just open the "67season.ini" file in your "../gpl/seasons" folder and edit the number of laps for each track. The various realims/damage levles use different precentages of the total number of laps or the GP distance. If i remember right they are: 8% of GP distance for "novice races" 15% of GP distance for "int./pro *short*" races. 30% of GP distance for "int./pro *long*" races. Like I said these race-lengths can be used in multiplayer races aswell... and the good thing is that *ONLY* the host need a modified "67season.ini" file. In the IGPLC we've been using mod. race-lengths since November and that has worked great! Check out http://home.c2i.net/thepaddock/IGPLC if you need more examples of what i mean.. :) -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

> Switch to a more reliable car. (Like Brabham, Murasama, or Coventry) > If you're driving Lotus or Gurney, then expect many breakdowns in longer > races. > If your clutch and engine is breaking, I also suspect your driving style > might be at fault. With these cars, you must LIFT off the gas when you shift, > otherwise, your clutch and engine won't last 20 laps no matter what you drive. I've been driving a Ferrari and I've blown 2 engines in online races not lifting when up shifting. jaw101.vcf < 1K Download