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Points system

6 posts by 5 people · 23 Oct 1999 - 28 Oct 1999

true 23 Oct 1999#498867
Just would like to point out a bug, I ran the first race of a new season, so i wen't to check the points, and noticed they were not distributed right, example . 1st place got 180 pts, 175pts for 1st, 5pts for leading a lap, he also led the most laps which would give him another 5pts, which would give him 185 total. But he only got 180pts. This goes down the list of finishing poisitions some are right some are wrong. This is a big part of the game running a season, but the points are all screwed up. Has anybody else noticed this? You would think the programmers would have aleast got the points system right. This really bugs me, a patch for this would be nice.
Who led a lap is determined at the very end of each lap. So since you won the race, you had to have led the last lap :) Wayne Hutchison
Quoted text (22 lines)> >Just would like to point out a bug, I ran the first race of a new > > season, so i wen't to check the points, and noticed they were > > not distributed right, example . > > 1st place got 180 pts, 175pts for 1st, 5pts for leading a lap, > > he also led the most laps which would give him another 5pts, > > which would give him 185 total. But he only got 180pts. > > This goes down the list of finishing poisitions some are right > > some are wrong. > > This is a big part of the game running a season, but the points are > > all screwed up. > > Has anybody else noticed this? > When I checked the points,they seemed to be right until now (but I didn't > check them often). > I made another observation: > The other day I made my way through the field, achieving the lead in the > very last turn of the race: I got 180 points, though I wouldn't leed for 1 > lap, but only from exit of turn 4 to finish line. > AFAIK that was not correct either!?!? > CU > Zolli
Zolli 24 Oct 1999#499021
When I checked the points,they seemed to be right until now (but I didn't check them often). I made another observation: The other day I made my way through the field, achieving the lead in the very last turn of the race: I got 180 points, though I wouldn't leed for 1 lap, but only from exit of turn 4 to finish line. AFAIK that was not correct either!?!? CU Zolli
Schlomo4 24 Oct 1999#499022
Thats the famous "I didnt lead many laps but i led the one that counts" move. Im famous for pulling that at Talladega. Chris
Schlomo4 24 Oct 1999#499023
Oddly enough i just finished a full distance race at Daytona (the start of my season....i won :) and it gave me and the second place car (B. Labonte) the same points...180. Now we both led laps but i led over half the race meaning i should have gotten 185. For some reason it gae him the 5 bouns pts. for most laps led even though he led less than half as many as i did. Oh well...hopefully it wont effect the final outcome of my season :) Chris
Chris wrote ... Do you ever stop your race during a yellow to save it, then restart? I've heard that the game won't remember laps led, and gives the 5 points to whoever's led the most since the game was re-started. Could this be it?

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