Challenge your self

1. Are you board with online racing because you spin on lap 2 of a 9 lap race at the Glen and know you can't make it back to the front before the end of the race? 2. Are you board of online racing because you are punted on the first lap and (see part 1)? 3. Are you board on online racing because the race is over before the tires had a chance to warm up? 4. Are you board of online racing because there's too many short races being run? 5. Are you board of online racing because you realy enjoy a battle but the battles only last two or three laps? 6. Are you board of online racing because there is no stratagy invalved? I HAVE THE SOLUTION YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR! I'll be hosting a (F3) Grand Prix length race at a different track almost every weekend. Prove that you are not a one lap wunder and join us for a full 2+ hours of racing on Game Spy Boy. Quench that thirst for true racing excitment. Build up your stratagy skills. Put your mental abilities to the altimate online racing challenge and email me at -- ========================================= Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing? ========================================= Racing online with the help of...... Race Communications Association http://members.xoom.com/RCA/toc.html Holodyne Engineering Mystic Music (have Your !!Name/Address!! placed here)

Next race is August 7th at Watkins Glen Date: 08/07/99 Track: Watkins Glen Race Laps: 108 Formula: F3 Marquee: All Pit road opens : 23:00 GMT Grid line up: 23:30 GMT Server: Drivers will be notified 2 hours before pit road opens Pass Word: Drivers will be notified 5 minutes before pit road opens Mike Barlow

I am bored with you because you write board instead of bored. K.S. Br?nnick, Norway

Give me a word to spell. Then tell me to use it in a sentence. I'll show you a perfect example of why the US school system was and is no good. But, that's politics.. You're right, I screwed up :-) Mike

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> > 1. Are you board with online racing because you spin on lap 2 of a 9 lap > > race at the Glen and know you can't make it back to the front before the > > end of the race? > I am bored with you because you write board instead of bored. > K.S. Br?nnick, Norway

Do you ever do F2 GP's Mike? I wouldn't mind giving that a go. Tim -- TIM "Calm Down" WHEATLEY. The Homemade HondaFreek! Visit the Honda Homepage ! http://underworld.fortunecity.com/arcadia/509/index.html or E-Mail the HondaFreek !

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> Next race is August 7th at Watkins Glen > Date: 08/07/99 > Track: Watkins Glen > Race Laps: 108 > Formula: F3 > Marquee: All > Pit road opens : 23:00 GMT > Grid line up: 23:30 GMT > Server: Drivers will be notified 2 hours before pit road opens > Pass Word: Drivers will be notified 5 minutes before pit road opens > Mike Barlow

Great initiative, I will join in someday, but isn't race start at 23:30 GMT a but too late, thats 01:30 central european daylight saving time. (Or GMT +2 in the summer, UK is GMT +1, and GMT +1 in the winter, UK is GMT +0). So, racing hard for two hours from 1:30 to 3:30 is maaayybbbeee pushing it a bit. Just my opinion.... -- Olav K. Malmin remove spam when replying

Micheal uses GMT to indicate UK time... midnight CET. We had to abort the testrace last Saturday once because of a wrecker and after a restart I ended up hauling my ass across the finish line at 3.25am. Which is late, very late. I'd like to see earlier starts too, but I guess it's at the hosts discretion. Jan. ------ ><snip> >Great initiative, I will join in someday, but isn't race start at 23:30 GMT a >but too late, thats 01:30 central european daylight saving time. (Or GMT +2 in >the summer, UK is GMT +1, and GMT +1 in the winter, UK is GMT +0). >So, racing hard for two hours from 1:30 to 3:30 is maaayybbbeee pushing it a

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>bit. >Just my opinion.... >-- >Olav K. Malmin >remove spam when replying

F2's are fun! However, I like the under powered cars much better. If there was a smoother power hit between the F2's and F3's, I'd do more F2 racing. As it stands now, What I don't like is... In F3, power out put is pretty much even across the RPM range from idle to max. (2000 - 6000(?)). In F2, The power out put is the same between 2000 - 6000, but the moment you hit 6001 rpm it's like a turbo charger gets kicked in till the F2 max rpm of 8000(?) rpm. then again with the F1's from 8000 - 1100. If the transaction in the power was smoother, I'd have a better time accepting it. That's why when the post was made.. "what would you change in GPL?" I answered.. "to use the full 2000 - 1100 rpm range for the lower formula cars. I'm not really in to open wheeled cars. I'd rather be racing sedans. But since GPL is the only Sim that gives me a feel for what the car is doing, I'll stick with GPL F3's. I hope that when N4 hit's the shelves, we'll be able to drive the 4 cylinder cars :) Mike

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> Do you ever do F2 GP's Mike? I wouldn't mind giving that a go. > Tim > -- > TIM "Calm Down" WHEATLEY. > The Homemade HondaFreek! > Visit the Honda Homepage ! > http://underworld.fortunecity.com/arcadia/509/index.html > or E-Mail the HondaFreek !

-- ========================================= Mike Barlow of Barlow Racing? ========================================= Racing online with the help of...... Race Communications Association http://members.xoom.com/RCA/toc.html Holodyne Engineering Mystic Music (have Your !!Name/Address!! placed here)

>So, racing hard for two hours from 1:30 to 3:30 is maaayybbbeee pushing it a >bit. I raced in the first NROS competition. The preliminary rounds weren't too bad as I could get a race that started shortly after midnight. But in the finals, the races started at either around 2:30am or 4:30am UK time. I wouldn't really recommend it ;-) Come on Mike, how about a 20:00 GMT start time, or can you only beat we Euros when we are knackered? <g> Cheers, Richard

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> Give me a word to spell. Then tell me to use it in a sentence. I'll >show you a perfect example of why the US school system was and is no >good. But, that's politics.. > You're right, I screwed up :-) >Mike

And of course, it sneaks by spell checkers... :-) __ Put your message in a modem, and throw it in the ***-sea... remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

don't kid our foregn frends, michael. :).

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> Give me a word to spell. Then tell me to use it in a sentence. I'll > show you a perfect example of why the US school system was and is no > good. But, that's politics.. > You're right, I screwed up :-) > Mike > > > 1. Are you board with online racing because you spin on lap 2 of a 9

lap > > > race at the Glen and know you can't make it back to the front before the > > > end of the race? > > I am bored with you because you write board instead of bored. > > K.S. Br?nnick, Norway

Damn this patch to hell !! Mark > Next race is August 7th at Watkins Glen

Mark! What's up? -- Mark Jeangerard www.soundchaserweb.com New Mexico USA > Damn this patch to hell !! > Mark > > Next race is August 7th at Watkins Glen

I've never been able to race online since it arrived. Black flags, no recorded times, cars warping into the ether for half a lap at a time, ...you name it, it happens and keeps me out of races. I've tried every conceivable core.ini, mtu setting, and dun tweak. Yes, I've read all the stuff on the VROC site and all the faq stuff elsewhere. on friday night, Asgeir, Jan and myself tried a troubleshooting session until the dawn chorus started singingbut to no avail . Six weeks of this and I'm resigned to racing offline for the forseeable future. Not a good posision to be in when you consider that I run a league and was hoping for a good campaign in the GMSS founders cup. Nothing seems to help. I guess that my online career is finished. Last night we did a test at Asgeir's server using 1.0 and everything was rock solid again. Go figure...we couldn't Mark

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>Mark! What's up? >-- >Mark Jeangerard >www.soundchaserweb.com >New Mexico USA >> Damn this patch to hell !! >> Mark >> > Next race is August 7th at Watkins Glen

He's badly affected by the patch (extremely warped and invisible for most of the time) and two very, very late nights of troubleshooting haven't helped shit. We were about to blame his connection when we reverted to 1.0 for a race and lo and behold: he was solid as a rock. Very frustrating indeed fro someone who loves his online racing (and has already completed and online Watkins Glen GP). Maybe he could try that DUN stuff Pickard posted. Jan. ------ >Mark! What's up? ><Snip>

Been there, done it Jan! Mark > He's badly affected by the patch (extremely warped and invisible for most of > the time) and two very, very late nights of troubleshooting haven't helped > shit. We were about to blame his connection when we reverted to 1.0 for a > race and lo and behold: he was solid as a rock. Very frustrating indeed fro

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> someone who loves his online racing (and has already completed and online > Watkins Glen GP). > Maybe he could try that DUN stuff Pickard posted. > Jan. > ------ > >Mark! What's up? > ><Snip>

Shite. Jan. ------ >Been there, done it Jan! >Mark ><snip>

>I've never been able to race online since it arrived. Black flags, no >recorded times, cars warping into the ether for half a lap at a time, ...you >name it, it happens and keeps me out of races. Mark, Have you tried using GPL Spy Boy instead of a web browser to connect to races? That helped a lot for me. Joe McGinn ========================================== Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network [link lost in import: /***.com/] ==========================================

I believe that Mark uses just GSB, but another thought.. Have you tried joining directly via IP number ?? Just clutching at straws !! -- Ian Parker UKGPL League [link lost in import] -- > >I've never been able to race online since it arrived. Black flags, no > >recorded times, cars warping into the ether for half a lap at a time, ...you > >name it, it happens and keeps me out of races. > Mark, > Have you tried using GPL Spy Boy instead of a web browser to connect > to races? That helped a lot for me. > Joe McGinn > ========================================== > Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network > [link lost in import: /***.com/] > ==========================================

Joe. I used to live at GSB. I've also tried vroc and direct ip connection, all with the same results. Mark > >I've never been able to race online since it arrived. Black flags, no > >recorded times, cars warping into the ether for half a lap at a time, ...you

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> >name it, it happens and keeps me out of races. > Mark, > Have you tried using GPL Spy Boy instead of a web browser to connect > to races? That helped a lot for me. > Joe McGinn > ========================================== > Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network > [link lost in import: /***.com/] > ==========================================

>I used to live at GSB. I've also tried vroc and direct ip connection, all >with the same results. That bites. I had the same problems with 1.1 at first, so I know how frustrating it can be. Hopefully the next patch will clear it up (I realize that doesn't help you much now). Joe McGinn ========================================== Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network [link lost in import: /***.com/] ==========================================

I know this may sound kooky, Mark, but have you tried redownloading the patch? First time out I got a bad one. I'm sure of it. I went through a bit of the same you did and when I finally reD/Led the sucker it worked. I did many reinstalls and new drivers before getting a new patch. So I'm sure. I still get the occasional no lap time or black flag but nothing discouraging. -- Mark Jeangerard www.soundchaserweb.com New Mexico USA

If there ever is one, I'm there! :-) -- Cheers! Graeme Nash http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk ICQ# 11257824