VROC-my first experience

I tried VROC for the first time today and it was really quite good... I think I need to tweak the settings on my pc but I was getting pretty good connections. I have some questions.... When I'm in practice I see people connecting and disconnecting etc. Can you leave GPL running and go out to windows? Where do people usually chat? In the game or Yahoo or APEX or ICQ? I had a good race against R. McColl from South Africa at Zandvoort - he was in a Lotus, I was driving a Ferrari. Boy was he fast. Anyone got any tips for me? i.e. where/how to chat after a race. From SpeedFreek

Generally speaking, the connects/disconnects are people with marginal connections to the host. GPL will drop you out of an online game if the latency gets too high. GPL pretty well takes over the computer... offhand I know of no way to 'window out' (or Alt-Tab). The after-race chat is unfortunately a tad lacking in VROC, but this is the nature of the beast. Sometimes folks will hang around in the 'chat pad' after the race, but many will just bail out. Nevertheless, as time goes by and you get to know the regulars you can at least have a couple moments of post-race (and pre-race) chit chat. The Yahoo site is mostly for help and info, as is the Apex site. I haven't seen ICQ being too popular with the VROC crowd. Bottom line is we don't have a common place to hoist a cold one after the race and needle each other ;-) Yeah, a lot of those folks are fast <g>. Rgds, Mark R. ================================== On Sat, 27 Mar 1999 18:57:47 -0000, "SpeedFreek"

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>I tried VROC for the first time today and it was really quite good... I >think I need to tweak the settings on my pc but I was getting pretty good >connections. >I have some questions.... >When I'm in practice I see people connecting and disconnecting etc. Can you >leave >GPL running and go out to windows? >Where do people usually chat? In the game or Yahoo or APEX or ICQ? >I had a good race against R. McColl from South Africa at Zandvoort - he was >in a Lotus, I was driving a Ferrari. Boy was he fast. >Anyone got any tips for me? i.e. where/how to chat after a race. >From SpeedFreek

NTT is one such place. With an hour long practice session and plenty of post race chat there's more than ample opportunity for a little camaraderie! Give it a try! See the thread entitled "NTT World Championship Heads For The Beach" for all the details. Jack Rambo

>the VROC crowd. Bottom line is we don't have a common place to >hoist a cold one after the race and needle each other ;-) The irc channel #gpl on ircnet might turn into such a place if people would frequent it more. I too enjoy a bit of post race chat, but many people just leave without even so much as a word of "cheers" to the host. Cheers, Uwe

Make us drool or what?? Scott

% oooh Mammy I've just wet my pants! % Dare I ask when? Now!!!!!! -- The following is the official release announcement. 5 April 1999 GPL Spy Boy Released (v1.0.0.90) Features Include ---------------- - Native Win32 VROC Client (including hosting and joining support). - Integrated support for GPL Address Book (including editor) and GPL NetAgent like functionality. - Route inspector to check your Internet route to the host. - Use of a tiny launcher program to launch GPL, completely removing GSB from memory while GPL is running and consuming almost no CPU cycles. - Integrated IRC client to provide race chat area ... extensive customization provided to include the transferring of setups, standings, url's, server info. Ability to provide separate league chat areas. - VROC Stamp of Approval ... fully coordinated effort with the VROC staff. Check it out at: http://gpl.gamestats.com/gsb/ Spread the word, its Dyngus Day and I'm outta here to partake in the festivities! -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -- **************************** Michael E. Carver ************************* Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=<[ /./. [- < ]>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=