Some more thoughts on VROC-Racing....[Version1.3]

Hi all! I intend to post this in irregular intervals, adding new thoughts now and then, so those of you who are new to GPL and VROC get the idea of how to improve these events for the benefit of all others and for yourself. If this gets annoying to you guys and gals, give me a note, if you find this helpful, apply it.....I don't wanna look like a wise-crack, all I want is to have fun playing GPL-Online:).......and plz excuse my rusty english, it's been over 20 years that I've been in the states...... [NEW] Topic Comment-Clumn: To keep hooligans out of your race (as host), there is a possibility to at least minimize their occurance: Host a passworded race and post the password in the Comment-Column of GPL-Spy-Boy, e.g. state "Password is: F3 Cars Only". This way ppl joining are *forced* to read the comment and again *forced* to type the password and therefore *should* apply to the host's rules! [NEW] Topic warping: To find out if you are a distraction to others, meaning you are warping all over the place, making it hard for ppl behind you to keep their concentration, just hop into the host's car during the qualifying session (cockpit-view): If you receive a smooth picture, you're ok and someone else is causing the trouble; if the picture is choppy, please disconnect, the others will be thankful! (Thanx Ron, nice hint!) Also a good indication of a bad connection on your side is a short flicker of the screen followed by a reset of the red tach (?) of the rev-meter (?); at that moment, you have most probably just warped, please disconnect in that case also. [OLD] (with an assumed permission of requote by Michael Barlow) Topic Start line accidents: I've been paying attention to the start line accidents. More specifically, what causes these crashes.. what I have found is that some drivers sincerely believe that they have to get up to speed as quickly as possible. Even if it means running over the car directly in front of them. I've started races where the driver in front of me doesn't push the gas peddle when the green flag drops. making me sit there and wait for what seems like an eternity as all the other drivers whizz by. I'll slap the gas and throw the car into first gear only to have to slam on the breaks because of this. If I didn't slam that brake peddle I would have ended up like the guy just in front of him spinning and spinning from hitting the guy in front of him. what usually happens next is the guy in front of me will then start off and wind his way through the crashed drivers with me following. we both end up making it through the carnage without a scratch. Think of the start as a fast moving pace lap, don't pass anyone till the field has a chance to get sorted out. Even if that means waiting till lap 10 of an 11 lap race. So, Rule of thumb: don't slap the gas down till the guy in front of you has done so. And be ready to use the brakes. Topic Turn one accidents: I've been involved in many accidents in the first turn on the first lap. The ones that I've been involved in were from drivers watching everything else but what's coming up. Coming up to turn one, I've made it through with a guy in front of me, a guy beside me and a guy on my tail. Because we ALL knew the turn was coming up, We each started to brake early. Each driver broke(?) earlier then the one in front. By doing this we all were able to keep that same distance between us and make it through the turn quickly and evenly. (in fact, this happened through the entire lap) So, Rule of thumb: Get on the brakes sooner then normal while following someone into a corner. Slow down to a point where you think you're slow enough, then slow down a bit more. [OLD] 18 Steps to get a *clean* Windows for playing GPL online via VROC/SpyBoy 1:) Get your Win95/Win98-CD and copy the folder "eru" (to be found under E:\other\misc\eru) onto your hard-drive. Read the "eru.txt" for instructions on how to use it (very easy!). 2.) Use erd.exe to backup your current system-config, selecting *all* of the proposed system-files. 3.) Start regedit.exe (to be found in C:\win95). 4.) Goto "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion" and check the entries "Run", "RunOnce", "RunServices" and "RunServicesOnce": there should be *no* entries in the right window, if there are, remove them all! Don't be afraid, you backed up everything before (you did, didn't ya?!), thus you can do no harm. 5.) Repeat step 4 in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion". 6.) Repeat step 4 in "HKEY_USERS\Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion". 7.) Start sysedit.exe (to be found in C:\win95\system) 8.) Check "win.ini" for entries under "Run" and "Load" and remove them all! 9.) Open explorer.exe (to be found in C:\win95) 10.) Goto c:\win95\startmenu\programs\autostart 11.) Copy all files there to a new backup folder (for example "autostart reserve") and delete the files in "Autostart". 12.) Remove all crap that makes your Desktop nicer (Backgrounds, sounds, icons, screensavers, smooth-scrolling and so on), no1 needs this stuff. 13.) Use erd.exe again to make a backup of your new config (name it like c:\erd\gplconfg.......8 letters max!) 14.) Turn off your computer. 15.) Turn it on again (no ctrl+alt+del !!) 16.) Windows should now be running in a clean environment, *don't* start any other programs as they flood your PC's memory again, just start your Internet-Connection, start SpyBoy and......enjoy! 17.) To get back to your original-config, cold-boot again, when you see the boot sequence, press Shift+F5 to get a DOS-Prompt. 18.) Goto the folder you saved the original-config to (C:\erd\original), type "erd", select "restore all".....that's it.......and vice-versa if you want to switch to your GPL-Config. Troubleshooting: It could be that you have deleted items in Registry, Autostart or Win.ini that are essential for either your modem, your sound-card or your graphics -card (*very* unlikely though) and you will get problems starting Windows or your Internet-Connection. If so, no problem, restore your original config, do steps 3 to 13 again, this time looking a bit closer at the stuff you are removing, maybe leaving the one or the other entry where it is and try again, narrowing on the crucial entry like that. [OLD] Topic Start of Races: When on very crowded grids, I switch view using F10 until I've passed the first one or two corners, then I switch back to normal cockpit-view. This gives a better overview of what's going on around you, there are no mirrors, though, but if you are able to start in a straight line, this is less a disadvantage, than F10 is of advantage (any1 understood this sentence?). [OLD] Topic Manuals: I know it's boring and you want to get to the real stuff as fast as possible, but a lot of problems would not occur if ppl would read the instructions (RTFM) of each new program they use. For VROC it's essential to setup your Dial-Up-Network correctly, look at the frame-rates you're receiving under heavy traffic, install VROC-Software, Spy-Boy-Software, core.ini's etc etc; all this has to be read about in the corresponding places, so take an hour and get informed, it's not *that* hard! [OLD] Topic Qualification for a Race: Often I would like to slap ppl with a large trout (whatever that means..) when I'm on a flying lap and they're pitting out right in front of me.......lap is ruined even without a crash. Guys, we have the possibility to use the "live"-button in GPL, where you can see who's about to cross start/finish, so press it and pit-out right behind the flyer and don't race him! When on your warm-up-lap, don't go creeping around at 20mph, run at 90% of your normal racing speed because 1. When a flyer runs up to a creeper, mostly the flying lap is ruined and 2. You can build up the rythm (rhythm?) for your own flying lap better this way........ [OLD] Topic Chatting in GPL: Many drivers find it disturbing when those who crashed out or just quit a race keep filling the chat with useless stuff. On the one hand, it's up to them to turn the chat off, on the other hand you would like to stay informed about the ongoing race......difficult to find a satisfying solution here, maybe we all should cut down a little to the real important stuff, moreso as we now have this great toy called Spy-Boy. [OLD] My 2-year old daughter now uses the toilet instead of her pants! This had to be said :-)) [OLD] Topic Discipline: Some time ago I joined a GP-Race in Spa hosted by Rick Sweeney and there were NO incidents on the start with 20 drivers.....incredible......why can't people discipline themselves and try to equalize this "world-record"? Instead, mostly ppl try to get from last to first in half a lap .....complete nonsense, just causes pileups and frustration ;-((. To cool ppl down, I myself only host *Pro*-Races so if you hit something,.....bye....there should be a lot more of that...... [OLD] Topic competition: Next thing is we wanna have fun while racing, right? My driving-policy is, when in the lead and see no1 behind me, I wait (drive slowly in *safe* places, don't stop, you get kicked if idle too long) for others to catch up and race them again....who cares if I win a race (except championship-races of course).....Same applies, if you're in 6th, guy behind you spins and recovers, why not wait for him?.....I want competition, if I wanna hotlap I can do that alone offline...... [OLD] Topic Chat-Keys: Regarding last thought, maybe we all could agree on some fixed short-message-keys for the in-car-chat (I for myself can't type and drive at the same time, I know there are some of you out there who can *fallingonmykneesandworship*), for example "W"= I am waiting, "?"=How many drivers left in the race, "G"=gaps between drivers, "!"= watch out, I'm spinning and so on.....Answers should be given by ppl watching the race.....These keys then should be posted where everyone can see them while in VROC-Netscape as well as in Spy-Boy. ... read more »

Excellent, as a newbie Ive caused some irritations on different circuits as well as been completely astound of peoples starting behaviors and passing methods. The brakes can be used. Per Markus Stiepel skrev i meddelandet <_tK_2.1136$[email hidden]>... >Hi all! >I intend to post this in irregular intervals, adding new thoughts now and >then, so those of you who are new to GPL and VROC get the idea of how to >improve these events for the benefit of all others and for yourself. If this >gets annoying to you guys and gals, give me a note, if you find this >helpful, apply it.....I don't wanna look like a wise-crack, all I want is to

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>have fun playing GPL-Online:).......and plz excuse my rusty english, it's >been over 20 years that I've been in the states...... >[NEW] >Topic Comment-Clumn: To keep hooligans out of your race (as host), there is >a possibility to at least minimize their occurance: Host a passworded race >and post the password in the Comment-Column of GPL-Spy-Boy, e.g. state >"Password is: F3 Cars Only". This way ppl joining are *forced* to read the >comment and again *forced* to type the password and therefore *should*

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>to the host's rules! >[NEW] >Topic warping: To find out if you are a distraction to others, meaning you >are warping all over the place, making it hard for ppl behind you to keep >their concentration, just hop into the host's car during the qualifying >session (cockpit-view): If you receive a smooth picture, you're ok and >someone else is causing the trouble; if the picture is choppy, please >disconnect, the others will be thankful! (Thanx Ron, nice hint!) Also a >good indication of a bad connection on your side is a short flicker of the >screen followed by a reset of the red tach (?) of the rev-meter (?); at

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>moment, you have most probably just warped, please disconnect in that case >also. >[OLD] >(with an assumed permission of requote by Michael Barlow) >Topic Start line accidents: I've been paying attention to the start line >accidents. More specifically, what causes these crashes.. what I have

found >is that some drivers sincerely believe that they have to get up to speed as >quickly as possible. Even if it means running over the car directly in front >of them. I've started races where the driver in front of me doesn't push >the gas peddle when the green flag drops. making me sit there and wait for >what seems like an eternity as all the other drivers whizz by. I'll slap >the gas and throw the car into first gear only to have to slam on the breaks >because of this. If I didn't slam that brake peddle I would have ended up >like the guy just in front of him spinning and spinning from hitting the guy >in front of him. what usually happens next is the guy in front of me will >then start off and wind his way through the crashed drivers with me >following. we both end up making it through the carnage without a scratch. >Think of the start as a fast moving pace lap, don't pass anyone till the >field has a chance to get sorted out. Even if that means waiting till lap 10 >of an 11 lap race. So, Rule of thumb: don't slap the gas down till the guy >in front of you has done so. And be ready to use the brakes. >Topic Turn one accidents: I've been involved in many accidents in the first >turn on the first lap. The ones that I've been involved in were from drivers

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>watching everything else but what's coming up. Coming up to turn one, I've >made it through with a guy in front of me, a guy beside me and a guy on my >tail. Because we ALL knew the turn was coming up, We each started to brake >early. Each driver broke(?) earlier then the one in front. By doing this we >all were able to keep that same distance between us and make it through the >turn quickly and evenly. (in fact, this happened through the entire lap) >So, Rule of thumb: Get on the brakes sooner then normal while following >someone into a corner. Slow down to a point where you think you're slow >enough, then slow down a bit more. >[OLD] >18 Steps to get a *clean* Windows for playing GPL online via VROC/SpyBoy >1:) Get your Win95/Win98-CD and copy the folder "eru" (to be found under >E:\other\misc\eru) onto your hard-drive. Read the "eru.txt" for

instructions >on how to use it (very easy!). >2.) Use erd.exe to backup your current system-config, selecting *all* of the

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>proposed system-files. >3.) Start regedit.exe (to be found in C:\win95). >4.) Goto "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion" and >check the entries "Run", "RunOnce", "RunServices" and "RunServicesOnce": >there should be *no* entries in the right window, if there are, remove them >all! Don't be afraid, you backed up everything before (you did, didn't >ya?!), thus you can do no harm. >5.) Repeat step 4 in >"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion". >6.) Repeat step 4 in >"HKEY_USERS\Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion". >7.) Start sysedit.exe (to be found in C:\win95\system) >8.) Check "win.ini" for entries under "Run" and "Load" and remove them all! >9.) Open explorer.exe (to be found in C:\win95) >10.) Goto c:\win95\startmenu\programs\autostart >11.) Copy all files there to a new backup folder (for example "autostart >reserve") and delete the files in "Autostart". >12.) Remove all crap that makes your Desktop nicer (Backgrounds, sounds, >icons, screensavers, smooth-scrolling and so on), no1 needs this stuff. >13.) Use erd.exe again to make a backup of your new config (name it like >c:\erd\gplconfg.......8 letters max!) >14.) Turn off your computer. >15.) Turn it on again (no ctrl+alt+del !!) >16.) Windows should now be running in a clean environment, *don't* start

any

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>other programs as they flood your PC's memory again, just start your >Internet-Connection, start SpyBoy and......enjoy! >17.) To get back to your original-config, cold-boot again, when you see the >boot sequence, press Shift+F5 to get a DOS-Prompt. >18.) Goto the folder you saved the original-config to (C:\erd\original), >type "erd", select "restore all".....that's it.......and vice-versa if you >want to switch to your GPL-Config. >Troubleshooting: >It could be that you have deleted items in Registry, Autostart or Win.ini >that are essential for either your modem, your sound-card or your >graphics -card (*very* unlikely though) and you will get problems starting >Windows or your Internet-Connection. If so, no problem, restore your >original config, do steps 3 to 13 again, this time looking a bit closer at >the stuff you are removing, maybe leaving the one or the other entry where >it is and try again, narrowing on the crucial entry like that. >[OLD] >Topic Start of Races: When on very crowded grids, I switch view using F10 >until I've passed the first one or two corners, then I switch back to

normal >cockpit-view. This gives a better overview of what's going on around you, >there are no mirrors, though, but if you are able to start in a straight >line, this is less a disadvantage, than F10 is of advantage (any1 understood

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>this sentence?). >[OLD] >Topic Manuals: I know it's boring and you want to get to the real stuff as >fast as possible, but a lot of problems would not occur if ppl would read >the instructions (RTFM) of each new program they use. For VROC it's >essential to setup your Dial-Up-Network correctly, look at the frame-rates >you're receiving under heavy traffic, install VROC-Software, >Spy-Boy-Software, core.ini's etc etc; all this has to be read about in the >corresponding places, so take an hour and get informed, it's not *that* >hard! >[OLD] >Topic Qualification for a Race: Often I would like to slap ppl with a large >trout (whatever that means..) when I'm on a flying lap and they're pitting >out right in front of me.......lap is ruined even without a crash. Guys, we >have the possibility to use the "live"-button in GPL, where you can see >who's about to cross start/finish, so press it and pit-out right behind the >flyer and don't race him! When on your warm-up-lap, don't go creeping

around

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>at 20mph, run at 90% of your normal racing speed because 1. When a flyer >runs up to a creeper, mostly the flying lap is ruined and 2. You can build >up the rythm (rhythm?) for your own flying lap better this way........ >[OLD] >Topic Chatting in GPL: Many drivers find it disturbing when those who >crashed out or just quit a race keep filling the chat with useless stuff.

On

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>the one hand, it's up to them to turn the chat off, on the other hand you >would like to stay informed about the ongoing race......difficult to find a >satisfying solution here, maybe we all should cut down a little to the real >important stuff, moreso as we now have this great toy called Spy-Boy. >[OLD] >My 2-year old daughter now uses the toilet instead of her pants! This had

to

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>be said :-)) >[OLD] >Topic Discipline: Some time ago I joined a GP-Race in Spa hosted by Rick >Sweeney and there were NO incidents on the start with 20 >drivers.....incredible......why can't people discipline themselves and try >to equalize this "world-record"? Instead, mostly ppl try to get from last

to >first in half a lap .....complete nonsense, just causes pileups and >frustration ;-((. To cool ppl down, I myself only host *Pro*-Races so if you

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>hit something,.....bye....there should be a lot more of that...... >[OLD] >Topic competition: Next thing is we wanna have fun while racing, right? My >driving-policy is, when in the lead and see no1 behind me, I wait (drive >slowly in *safe* places, don't stop, you get kicked if idle too long) for >others to catch up and race them again....who cares if I win a race (except >championship-races of course).....Same applies, if you're in 6th, guy

behind >you spins and recovers, why not wait for him?.....I want competition, if I >wanna hotlap I can do that alone offline...... >[OLD] >Topic Chat-Keys: Regarding last thought, maybe we all could agree on some >fixed short-message-keys for the ... read more »

Good stuff Markus, Thanks Rick Sweeney Markus Stiepel wrote:

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> Hi all! > I intend to post this in irregular intervals, adding new thoughts now and > then, so those of you who are new to GPL and VROC get the idea of how to > improve these events for the benefit of all others and for yourself. If this > gets annoying to you guys and gals, give me a note, if you find this > helpful, apply it.....I don't wanna look like a wise-crack, all I want is to > have fun playing GPL-Online:).......and plz excuse my rusty english, it's > been over 20 years that I've been in the states...... > [NEW] > Topic Comment-Clumn: To keep hooligans out of your race (as host), there is > a possibility to at least minimize their occurance: Host a passworded race > and post the password in the Comment-Column of GPL-Spy-Boy, e.g. state > "Password is: F3 Cars Only". This way ppl joining are *forced* to read the > comment and again *forced* to type the password and therefore *should* apply > to the host's rules! > [NEW] > Topic warping: To find out if you are a distraction to others, meaning you > are warping all over the place, making it hard for ppl behind you to keep > their concentration, just hop into the host's car during the qualifying > session (cockpit-view): If you receive a smooth picture, you're ok and > someone else is causing the trouble; if the picture is choppy, please > disconnect, the others will be thankful! (Thanx Ron, nice hint!) Also a > good indication of a bad connection on your side is a short flicker of the > screen followed by a reset of the red tach (?) of the rev-meter (?); at that > moment, you have most probably just warped, please disconnect in that case > also. > [OLD] > (with an assumed permission of requote by Michael Barlow) > Topic Start line accidents: I've been paying attention to the start line > accidents. More specifically, what causes these crashes.. what I have found > is that some drivers sincerely believe that they have to get up to speed as > quickly as possible. Even if it means running over the car directly in front > of them. I've started races where the driver in front of me doesn't push > the gas peddle when the green flag drops. making me sit there and wait for > what seems like an eternity as all the other drivers whizz by. I'll slap > the gas and throw the car into first gear only to have to slam on the breaks > because of this. If I didn't slam that brake peddle I would have ended up > like the guy just in front of him spinning and spinning from hitting the guy > in front of him. what usually happens next is the guy in front of me will > then start off and wind his way through the crashed drivers with me > following. we both end up making it through the carnage without a scratch. > Think of the start as a fast moving pace lap, don't pass anyone till the > field has a chance to get sorted out. Even if that means waiting till lap 10 > of an 11 lap race. So, Rule of thumb: don't slap the gas down till the guy > in front of you has done so. And be ready to use the brakes. > Topic Turn one accidents: I've been involved in many accidents in the first > turn on the first lap. The ones that I've been involved in were from drivers > watching everything else but what's coming up. Coming up to turn one, I've > made it through with a guy in front of me, a guy beside me and a guy on my > tail. Because we ALL knew the turn was coming up, We each started to brake > early. Each driver broke(?) earlier then the one in front. By doing this we > all were able to keep that same distance between us and make it through the > turn quickly and evenly. (in fact, this happened through the entire lap) > So, Rule of thumb: Get on the brakes sooner then normal while following > someone into a corner. Slow down to a point where you think you're slow > enough, then slow down a bit more. > [OLD] > 18 Steps to get a *clean* Windows for playing GPL online via VROC/SpyBoy > 1:) Get your Win95/Win98-CD and copy the folder "eru" (to be found under > E:\other\misc\eru) onto your hard-drive. Read the "eru.txt" for instructions > on how to use it (very easy!). > 2.) Use erd.exe to backup your current system-config, selecting *all* of the > proposed system-files. > 3.) Start regedit.exe (to be found in C:\win95). > 4.) Goto "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion" and > check the entries "Run", "RunOnce", "RunServices" and "RunServicesOnce": > there should be *no* entries in the right window, if there are, remove them > all! Don't be afraid, you backed up everything before (you did, didn't > ya?!), thus you can do no harm. > 5.) Repeat step 4 in > "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion". > 6.) Repeat step 4 in > "HKEY_USERS\Default\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion". > 7.) Start sysedit.exe (to be found in C:\win95\system) > 8.) Check "win.ini" for entries under "Run" and "Load" and remove them all! > 9.) Open explorer.exe (to be found in C:\win95) > 10.) Goto c:\win95\startmenu\programs\autostart > 11.) Copy all files there to a new backup folder (for example "autostart > reserve") and delete the files in "Autostart". > 12.) Remove all crap that makes your Desktop nicer (Backgrounds, sounds, > icons, screensavers, smooth-scrolling and so on), no1 needs this stuff. > 13.) Use erd.exe again to make a backup of your new config (name it like > c:\erd\gplconfg.......8 letters max!) > 14.) Turn off your computer. > 15.) Turn it on again (no ctrl+alt+del !!) > 16.) Windows should now be running in a clean environment, *don't* start any > other programs as they flood your PC's memory again, just start your > Internet-Connection, start SpyBoy and......enjoy! > 17.) To get back to your original-config, cold-boot again, when you see the > boot sequence, press Shift+F5 to get a DOS-Prompt. > 18.) Goto the folder you saved the original-config to (C:\erd\original), > type "erd", select "restore all".....that's it.......and vice-versa if you > want to switch to your GPL-Config. > Troubleshooting: > It could be that you have deleted items in Registry, Autostart or Win.ini > that are essential for either your modem, your sound-card or your > graphics -card (*very* unlikely though) and you will get problems starting > Windows or your Internet-Connection. If so, no problem, restore your > original config, do steps 3 to 13 again, this time looking a bit closer at > the stuff you are removing, maybe leaving the one or the other entry where > it is and try again, narrowing on the crucial entry like that. > [OLD] > Topic Start of Races: When on very crowded grids, I switch view using F10 > until I've passed the first one or two corners, then I switch back to normal > cockpit-view. This gives a better overview of what's going on around you, > there are no mirrors, though, but if you are able to start in a straight > line, this is less a disadvantage, than F10 is of advantage (any1 understood > this sentence?). > [OLD] > Topic Manuals: I know it's boring and you want to get to the real stuff as > fast as possible, but a lot of problems would not occur if ppl would read > the instructions (RTFM) of each new program they use. For VROC it's > essential to setup your Dial-Up-Network correctly, look at the frame-rates > you're receiving under heavy traffic, install VROC-Software, > Spy-Boy-Software, core.ini's etc etc; all this has to be read about in the > corresponding places, so take an hour and get informed, it's not *that* > hard! > [OLD] > Topic Qualification for a Race: Often I would like to slap ppl with a large > trout (whatever that means..) when I'm on a flying lap and they're pitting > out right in front of me.......lap is ruined even without a crash. Guys, we > have the possibility to use the "live"-button in GPL, where you can see > who's about to cross start/finish, so press it and pit-out right behind the > flyer and don't race him! When on your warm-up-lap, don't go creeping around > at 20mph, run at 90% of your normal racing speed because 1. When a flyer > runs up to a creeper, mostly the flying lap is ruined and 2. You can build > up the rythm (rhythm?) for your own flying lap better this way........ > [OLD] > Topic Chatting in GPL: Many drivers find it disturbing when those who > crashed out or just quit a race keep filling the chat with useless stuff. On > the one hand, it's up to them to turn the chat off, on the other hand you > would like to stay informed about the ongoing race......difficult to find a > satisfying solution here, maybe we all should cut down a little to the real > important stuff, moreso as we now have this great toy called Spy-Boy. > [OLD] > My 2-year old daughter now uses the toilet instead of her pants! This had to > be said :-)) > [OLD] > Topic Discipline: Some time ago I joined a GP-Race in Spa hosted by Rick > Sweeney and there were NO incidents on the start with 20 > drivers.....incredible......why can't people discipline themselves and try > to equalize this "world-record"? Instead, mostly ppl try to get from last to > first in half a lap .....complete nonsense, just causes pileups and > frustration ;-((. To cool ppl down, I myself only host *Pro*-Races so if you > hit something,.....bye....there should be a lot more of that...... > [OLD] > Topic competition: Next thing is we wanna have fun while racing, right? My > driving-policy is, when in the lead and see no1 behind me, I wait (drive > slowly in *safe* places, don't stop, you get kicked if idle too long) for > others to catch up and race them again....who cares if I win a race (except > championship-races of course).....Same applies, if you're in 6th, guy behind > you spins and recovers, why not wait for him?.....I want competition, if I > wanna hotlap I can do that alone offline...... > [OLD] > Topic Chat-Keys: Regarding last thought, maybe we all could agree on some > fixed short-message-keys for the in-car-chat (I for myself can't type and > drive at

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hi ..Markus..I've snipped the rest..this is the bit I want to ask about...I'm worried that this seems a lot to do....I just turn all except explorer and systray off......then start up spyboy, thinking that that will have cleaned things out...I can see the benefits of having two dun's setup for normal and gpl access....but having two whole profiles..will it really be better? sorry to be a bit of a dunce....jv

Hi John! What you're doing is a step in the right direction, if every1 acted like that, we would have a lot less hassle in Online-races. What I described is a consequential extention (wow) as by this Windows doesn't load any ***in the first place, while closing down your proggies mostly leaves some data in your PC's memory......You should get aquainted with ERU anyhow as it is also useful to test new hardware-drivers or software (shareware, etc), and if you want to restlessly delete a program or a driver, ERU is the best way to do it as most Uninstallers are unable to delete *everything* and your registry becomes fatter and fatter, even Microsoft's Install-Shield has its problems completely removing software. It's only half an hour's work to follow the 18 steps and I think this time is worth it...........BTW........I also close Systray and had no negative effects doing that.......any1 have different opinion to that? cya on track Markus

Hi John! What you're doing is a step in the right direction, if every1 acted like that, we would have a lot less hassle in Online-races. What I described is a consequential extention (wow) as by this Windows doesn't load any ***in the first place, while closing down your proggies mostly leaves some data in your PC's memory......You should get aquainted with ERU anyhow as it is also useful to test new hardware-drivers or software (shareware, etc), and if you want to restlessly delete a program or a driver, ERU is the best way to do it as most Uninstallers are unable to delete *everything* and your registry becomes fatter and fatter, even Microsoft's Install-Shield has its problems completely removing software. It's only half an hour's work to follow the 18 steps and I think this time is worth it...........BTW........I also close Systray and had no negative effects doing that.......any1 have different opinion to that? cya on track Markus