This is a post to the VROC mailing list which I felt might be of
interest to anyone on r.a.s. who races GPL online.
Alison
Another chat item of note is that GPL 1.2 supports "whispering" to a
single other driver. This is great for private stuff like passing along
setup tips. It's also the preferred way of commenting if you and
another driver have crashed out of a race. That way you don't disturb
the other drivers who are trying to concentrate on their driving.
To whisper to another driver, you can use their car number, or a unique
substring of their name. For example:
/#16 Hey, John. What's up?
/smith What's up?
/j.smith What's up?
/jo.smi What's up?
/john.smith What's up?
Alison
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>Po means "Pit Out" is polite way to let someone who may be coming down the front straight to know that you will be entering the track. If I do a bad, I simply type "S" (sorry) from the car. This is usually followed by a "NP" (no problem) from the driver that had been done wrong.
>Chris
>-----Original Message-----
>Subject: [VROC] racing chat etiquette
>can someone bring me up to speed with that im supposed to chat during a
>race or practice?
>what does "PO" mean? do you have to type in your car number each time
>(as i see it on my chat) or is there a shortcut?
>i have experience racing real cars and will be polite about letting
>people by, driving in traffic, etc, but im new at this sim stuff so
>sorry if im getting in your way right now!
>it's nice to be able to say sorry after contact, as in real life we
>have to wait until the end to hunt down the guy... :)
>thanks!
>-james creasy
