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GPL - which setup does it use

8 posts by 8 people · 09 May 1999 - 13 May 1999

I was racing for the Summer Cup (offline competition) this weekend and had set myself two setups which were identical except for the amount of fuel. Qualifying setup had 9 laps and the Race setup had 13 laps (for 12 lap race). I had finished qualifying, and as allowed under the rules, had started the race but retired early and saved the qualifying section to try later. I returned to the race section and started to race - but after 9 laps the car ran out of fuel. It seems to me it used the setup under qualifying rather than the race setup in these circumstances. Am I right? and is that right? Alan [link lost in import]
Ron Ayton 10 May 1999#466660
Hi Alan, i can assure you that you are not the only one who has suffered from this problem/bug.. Every time i have saved a race, GPL always selects the qual car setup for my race resumption and consequently i always run out of fuel as well. I have since given up on saving any races where i use two different setups for qualifying and racing... Hopefully Papyrus are aware of this bug and will fix it in the upcoming patch. Cheers, Ron I was racing for the Summer Cup (offline competition) this weekend and had set myself two setups which were identical except for the amount of fuel. Qualifying setup had 9 laps and the Race setup had 13 laps (for 12 lap race). I had finished qualifying, and as allowed under the rules, had started the race but retired early and saved the qualifying section to try later. I returned to the race section and started to race - but after 9 laps the car ran out of fuel. It seems to me it used the setup under qualifying rather than the race setup in these circumstances. Am I right? and is that right? Alan http://www.chandler.u-net.com ----------
> Qualifying setup had 9 laps and the Race setup had 13 laps > (for 12 lap race). ... > I returned to the race section and started to race - but after 9 laps > the car ran out of fuel. Yes, this has happens to me. In fact, I have no idea what the race setup is for, it's not mentioned in the manual, and the setting seems to have no effect, or at least not one you can depend on. I always set race and practice to the same filename, and manually adjust the fuel before the start. Does everybody else do this, or am I crazy? Anton -- Antony Bowers, Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, UK. http://www.cs.bris.ac.uk/~bowers/
Mika Takala 10 May 1999#466662
Don't worry. I do that too. It doesn't bother me really. Mika Takala ICQ 14314015
Magnus T 10 May 1999#466664
Quoted text (14 lines)>> Qualifying setup had 9 laps and the Race setup had 13 laps >> (for 12 lap race). >... >> I returned to the race section and started to race - but after 9 laps >> the car ran out of fuel. >Yes, this has happens to me. In fact, I have no idea what the race setup >is for, it's not mentioned in the manual, and the setting seems to have >no effect, or at least not one you can depend on. >I always set race and practice to the same filename, and manually adjust >the fuel before the start. >Does everybody else do this, or am I crazy?
I do the same and I am not crazy:-) /Magnus
Ian Parker 11 May 1999#466887
When restarting a saved race, you start in the race period so in the carsetup page you will need to select your race setup as the current setup too. I think it will revert back to your qualifying setup after the race. -- Ian Parker ICQ 21772592 > >> Qualifying setup had 9 laps and the Race setup had 13 laps > >> (for 12 lap race). > >... > >> I returned to the race section and started to race - but after 9 laps > >> the car ran out of fuel.
> I always set race and practice to the same filename, and manually adjust > the fuel before the start. > Does everybody else do this, or am I crazy? I always check my fuel before getting out on the grid. Don't wanna run out, and don't want any more fuel in my tank than necessary either! -- Chuck Kandler #70 K&S Racing http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/thepits/195 Unarmed and unafraid

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