WooHOO! 1st win against GPL ai...!

During a championship season at Monza(novice). I worked on braking early and shifting late(thanks Chuck!). Actually qualified on the pole. I had my normal bad start and dropped back to 3rd. I passed Hill on the run to Curva Grande, and caught Clark in Ascari on the second lap. Once I told myself to just drive and not worry about Clark in my mirrors, I was ok. I actually won by about 9 seconds... Ok, so the AI was 'un-hyped', but ask me if I care!<g> Unfortunately, the game had the final laugh - it didn't show the paper!!! So even though I won, I don't have the proof or satisfaction of seeing my name in 'print'...<augh!> :::walks away muttering to himself::: Eldred p.s. I lowered my PB from 1:30.61 to 1:30.50. Not much, but... -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Man, was Santa ever good to you! Congratulations! don [|]-(_)-[|] >During a championship season at Monza(novice). I worked on braking early and >shifting late(thanks Chuck!). Actually qualified on the pole. I had my normal >bad start and dropped back to 3rd. I passed Hill on the run to Curva Grande, >and caught Clark in Ascari on the second lap. Once I told myself to just drive >and not worry about Clark in my mirrors, I was ok. I actually won by about 9 >seconds... Ok, so the AI was 'un-hyped', but ask me if I care!<g> >Unfortunately, the game had the final laugh - it didn't show the paper!!! So >even though I won, I don't have the proof or satisfaction of seeing my name in

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>'print'...<augh!> >:::walks away muttering to himself::: >Eldred >p.s. I lowered my PB from 1:30.61 to 1:30.50. Not much, but... >-- >Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 >Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc

Congratulations! Believe me you don't want your name in the paper what with all the paperattzi, the speeches , the fame, the champagne , the hordes of adoring groupies, the heaps of money......... hmmh well OK maybe you do want your name in the paper :) Happy holidays David

Eldred, I've been following your attempts to get half-way decent at GPL for a long time now..I couldn't be more pleased for you that you finally managed it! You always add some much needed humour to this site with your messages (I presume you must have been driving in the same light-hearted manner!). Seasons greetings to you, my friend, and to most of you reading this. Colin

Congratulations! Looks like a merry christmas and a happy new year has happened to you. Hmmm.... Now I must practice. Jon

Way to go! Andre

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> During a championship season at Monza(novice). I worked on braking early and > shifting late(thanks Chuck!). Actually qualified on the pole. I had my normal > bad start and dropped back to 3rd. I passed Hill on the run to Curva Grande, > and caught Clark in Ascari on the second lap. Once I told myself to just drive > and not worry about Clark in my mirrors, I was ok. I actually won by about 9 > seconds... Ok, so the AI was 'un-hyped', but ask me if I care!<g> > Unfortunately, the game had the final laugh - it didn't show the paper!!! So > even though I won, I don't have the proof or satisfaction of seeing my name in > 'print'...<augh!> > :::walks away muttering to himself::: > Eldred > p.s. I lowered my PB from 1:30.61 to 1:30.50. Not much, but...

GREAT JOB, ELDRED!!! I *knew* you had it in you! You got the best Christmas present of all<g>. I see 1:29's in your near future............ -- //Chuck Kandler #70 //ChuckK or KS70 on Won.net //K&S Racing //http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/thepits/195 //The box said "Windows 0x5f or better", so I installed LINUX!

What does this mean? What do the hype and hype scale settings actually do?

Hype is reponsible for the AI (Artificial Intelligence of the computer cars) driving improvement. As you get better the AI gets better so that it is extremly difficult for us mere mortals to actually win against it. If you race online and happen to get a super fast lap (had a 0.36 at Monza once) due to connectivity troubles the AI becomes Superman. A little program called AiTweak v1.03 written by Kari Ikonen allows you to set the AI at a reasonable level and freeze it there. The computer cars are still a challenge at any level though since they exhibit a number of "interesting" driving tendencies (Surteees! Arrrgh!) David

> > > Ok, so the AI was 'un-hyped', but ask me if I care!<g> > > What does this mean? What do the hype and hype scale settings actually do? > Hype is reponsible for the AI (Artificial Intelligence of the computer cars)

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> driving improvement. As you get better the AI gets better so that it is > extremly difficult for us mere mortals to actually win against it. If you > race online and happen to get a super fast lap (had a 0.36 at Monza once) > due to connectivity troubles the AI becomes Superman. A little program > called AiTweak v1.03 written by Kari Ikonen allows you to set the AI at a > reasonable level and freeze it there. The computer cars are still a > challenge at any level though since they exhibit a number of "interesting" > driving tendencies (Surteees! Arrrgh!) > David

Oh yeah here's a place (among many) where you can get it http://gpl.gamestats.com/. The best 13 kb download ever! However make sure you also get the vbrun300.dll file that is necessary to display AiTweak.

>Congratulations! Believe me you don't want your name in the paper what with >all the paperattzi, the speeches , the fame, the champagne , the hordes of >adoring groupies, the heaps of money......... hmmh well OK maybe you do want >your name in the paper :) Yeah, EXACTLY!<g> -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

>Eldred, > I've been following your attempts to get half-way decent at GPL for a long >time now..I couldn't be more pleased for you that you finally managed it! >You always add some much needed humour to this site with your messages (I >presume you must have been driving in the same light-hearted manner!). Well, we won't mention the next championship race at Watkins....<hoo boy...> :-) I got punted so much, I felt like I had "Wilson" painted on my gearbox... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

writes: Hey Chuck, I think your crystal ball is on the fritz....1:29's?!? Yeah, RIGHT. <g> -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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>> > Ok, so the AI was 'un-hyped', but ask me if I care!<g> >> What does this mean? What do the hype and hype scale settings actually do? >Hype is reponsible for the AI (Artificial Intelligence of the computer cars) >driving improvement. As you get better the AI gets better so that it is >extremly difficult for us mere mortals to actually win against it. If you >race online and happen to get a super fast lap (had a 0.36 at Monza once) >due to connectivity troubles the AI becomes Superman. A little program >called AiTweak v1.03 written by Kari Ikonen allows you to set the AI at a >reasonable level and freeze it there. The computer cars are still a >challenge at any level though since they exhibit a number of "interesting" >driving tendencies (Surteees! Arrrgh!) >David

Actually, I didn't use AiTweak. I just made the player.sts file read-only. The AI is still original, they just won't get any FASTER... -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Well Eldred, I think it's time to say goodbye to you now! You're now in the hall of fame (leaving me behind swarving at Monza trying to find a way to get in that damn 1.30 range..). It's been nice racing at the same level with you. goodbye.......................... Jan.

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> During a championship season at Monza(novice). I worked on braking > early and > shifting late(thanks Chuck!). Actually qualified on the pole. I had > my normal > bad start and dropped back to 3rd. I passed Hill on the run to Curva > Grande, > and caught Clark in Ascari on the second lap. Once I told myself to > just drive > and not worry about Clark in my mirrors, I was ok. I actually won by > about 9 > seconds... Ok, so the AI was 'un-hyped', but ask me if I care!<g> > Unfortunately, the game had the final laugh - it didn't show the > paper!!! So > even though I won, I don't have the proof or satisfaction of seeing > my name in > 'print'...<augh!> > :::walks away muttering to himself:::

well done that man!!! 8-) *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html [address restored]

Geez, and about time too!! I was beginning to worry for your sanity.<g> I bet the old pulse started to rise a bit towards the end though. Anyway, congrats. Getting the first win is so important as it tends to include a lot of extra pressure. Now you've passed that milestone you can relax more as you have less to prove to yourself. So, with Monza 'conquered' <g>, that just leaves those other circuits to take care of. Hehe 8-) Anyway, I can feel it, I'll have to start looking for you in my mirrors soon. Seeya online. -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

>>Eldred >>p.s. I lowered my PB from 1:30.61 to 1:30.50. Not much, but... >Geez, and about time too!! I was beginning to worry for your sanity.<g> >I bet the old pulse started to rise a bit towards the end though. Thanks. Try from lap *2*. Realizing that I had passed Clark was pressure in itself. I *also* knew that we would have to go through lapped traffic before the end... :-) Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.