So what did you think? I had a pretty good time, but it was such a tough
track and with no practice on my side i was pointed sideways a good many
times, so i fell behind early. Was fun trying to catch whoever i could. What
did you all think of no yellows ?
"frederickson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> So what did you think? I had a pretty good time, but it was such a tough
> track and with no practice on my side i was pointed sideways a good many
> times, so i fell behind early. Was fun trying to catch whoever i could.What
> did you all think of no yellows ?
>
I did watch the rest of the race after I stuck my car hard into the wall
after only 28 laps or so :( The racing looked very good. Congrats to Mr
Huggins and the others . Everybody seemed happy after the event with the NO
YELLOWS rule..especially for Darlington. Turns 3 and 4 are a bastard !
I managed a few low 30's laps and that seemed to be the pace. But I really
need to practice some more to be able to run consistently . I also managed
to miss the start somehow which was embarrassing. I didn't realise how
quickly the race begins after the Happy Hour . I sat here thinking about
strategy and all of a sudden it was "drivers..start your engines". Oh shit !
Anyway, I enjoyed my, all to brief, race. Thanks a lot.
I think no yellows was a good idea here. Trying to pass high or let
someone by low in three and four was a near certain trip to the wall,
leaving the entrance to three as almost the only safe place to pass or let
someone by. I enjoyed myself in spite of being 8 laps down at the end.
I'm really impressed by someone going it on one pitstop! (My many pitstops
were clearly not the answer.) :)
Don D in KC
"frederickson" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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> So what did you think? I had a pretty good time, but it was such a
> tough track and with no practice on my side i was pointed sideways a
> good many times, so i fell behind early. Was fun trying to catch
> whoever i could. What did you all think of no yellows ?
>
>
Don Dodge <[email hidden]> wrote in
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OK - two
>
>I'm really impressed by someone going it on one pitstop! (My
> many pitstops were clearly not the answer.) :)
>
> Don D in KC
I would've liked to give an opinion on the race with no yellows. But I had
screen stutter problems. After finally getting into the server, and
watching my connection(56k) for a few minutes and deciding it was stable, I
hit the track. Thats when the trouble started. The screen would lock up
for a second or two. be fine for a couple of seconds, then stutter again.
The same thing happened at WG. just had to reboot and rejoin. Couldn't
rejoin the Darlington Race. Max Lat set too high for me(hint hint) I've
never had this problem online(or offline) before. It just seems so random.
I've got my puter dual booted with Win ME and XP. ME is the gaming system,
so nothing running in background. System Restore disabled completely.
Anyway I reckon I'll eventually track down the problem.
See you guys at the next race. someone remember about the Max Lat
please.:-) My pings my be a little high, but stable.
Steve
"Steve Whitty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I would've liked to give an opinion on the race with no yellows. But Ihad
> screen stutter problems. After finally getting into the server, and
> watching my connection(56k) for a few minutes and deciding it was stable,I
> hit the track. Thats when the trouble started. The screen would lock up
> for a second or two. be fine for a couple of seconds, then stutter again.
> The same thing happened at WG. just had to reboot and rejoin. Couldn't
> rejoin the Darlington Race. Max Lat set too high for me(hint hint) I've
> never had this problem online(or offline) before. It just seems sorandom.
> I've got my puter dual booted with Win ME and XP. ME is the gamingsystem,
> so nothing running in background. System Restore disabled completely.
> Anyway I reckon I'll eventually track down the problem.
> See you guys at the next race. someone remember about the Max Lat
> please.:-) My pings my be a little high, but stable.
>
> Steve
Have you tried using XP for nascar ?
"frederickson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> Have you tried using XP for nascar ?
Yeah I have. For pickup races I use xp. But as I own an aging Logitech
Wingman Fomula (black non f/f) I can't get split axis in xp. I just prefer
to be able to brake and throttle at the same time. Better control of the
car in emergency situations. And for some reason I get a better connection
with my modem(also aging) under ME. Yes, I've been through all the tweaks
and disabling services in xp. For some strange reason(mind you, we're
talking Windows here) I get random disconnects under xp.
heres my specs.
Celeron 1.1g
Sound Blaster Live Value
geforce mx 200 32 meg
256meg pc133 ram
MSI 6337LE5 Mother board
Rockwell internal pci 56k modem
Aztech UM9800 usb Modem.
directx 9.0b
I think a lot of my problems are the M/B. I never had problems with my
previous m/b. same hardware except for the processor(celeron 600). On my old
Abit m/b, the usb modem was far superior to the pci modem. With the current
m/b, the pci modem is better. Give an example. If I ping an aussie server
for N2k3, at 200 with the pci modem, the usb modem will ping 350. before,
that usb modem would ping roughly 180.
I'm not overclocking, so I know its not heat related thats causing the
screen freezes.
I'm also thinking it may be power supply. I've had this one for a few
years. Don't ask me what wattage it is. I'd have to rip the case open for
that:o) and feeling a little lazy at the moment...
Like I said, I've never had these screen freezes before. I did3 pickup
races last night, no problems. Actually quite happy with those races, got
my lpi up to 301
Hopefully within the next 6 months I'll be able to upgrade the whole puter.
It runs nascar well, but not with a lot of the eye candy.
Steve
USB Modems are not optimal for gaming, especially. They aren't a lot better
than soft-modems, and in fact I believe they actually are soft-modems, which
makes it a double-whammy.
USB is processor dependent. When running a game as system resource
intensive as NR2003, the CPU is pretty busy and the last thing it needs to
be doing is managing USB or WinModems. Or worse, both.
-Larry
"Steve Whitty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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prefer
> to be able to brake and throttle at the same time. Better control of the
> car in emergency situations. And for some reason I get a betterconnection
old
> Abit m/b, the usb modem was far superior to the pci modem. With thecurrent
> m/b, the pci modem is better. Give an example. If I ping an aussieserver
puter.
> It runs nascar well, but not with a lot of the eye candy.
>
> Steve
>
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