RASF1 race

Sunday, 8/3/03: Noon eastern Hockenheim - 40%(28 laps) - dry weather race Connect through F1rst - look for RASF1 room/server. Normal tire wear and fuel for this race. Allowable helps - stability, autoshifting, traction control, pit lane, clutch Server starts at noon - 15 minutes practice, then qual(12 laps) and race. Unfortunately, the server car will be on the grid until my first pitstop unless I can figure something out before then. What that means is that you'd better put in a qual lap or two, or you might have to dodge it at the start... Eldred -- Help find missing child: Tatianna Ashley Chillcutt from Michigan(info on my homepage) Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote in news:[email hidden]: > Sunday, 8/3/03: Noon eastern > Hockenheim - 40%(28 laps) - dry weather race > Connect through F1rst - look for RASF1 room/server. Is there going to be a password on the server or is someone in charge of keeping out the "other" people of filling in the spots before we join? -- josh.

On 01 Aug 2003 03:24:38 GMT, [email hidden] (EldredP) wrote: >Unfortunately, the server car will be on the grid until my first pitstop unless >I can figure something out before then. If you extend the amount of time before the lights go off (I believe this is in the PLR file) and don't immediately go to the grid with the car you're driving, couldn't you drive the server car off into the sand somewhere before the race starts? Jason

You're probably aware of this, but frame rate is critical for the server machine in F1C. Always run on minimum detail, low res. e.g. If the server drops to 30fps, that will add 33ms (1000ms/30) to everyone's ping. I know it's crazy but that's how the game works. If you've got a 1.5GHz+ server running at minimum detail, you'll get 100fps+ and you'll be laughing.

In article <bgd362$mn6rs$[email hidden]>, "Damien Smith" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>You're probably aware of this, but frame rate is critical for the server >machine in F1C. Always run on minimum detail, low res. > >e.g. If the server drops to 30fps, that will add 33ms (1000ms/30) to >everyone's ping. I know it's crazy but that's how the game works. If >you've got a 1.5GHz+ server running at minimum detail, you'll get 100fps+ >and you'll be laughing.

Yeah, Ped Xing suggested turning down the graphics on the server. Thanks. Eldred -- Help find missing child: Tatianna Ashley Chillcutt from Michigan(info on my homepage) Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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>On 01 Aug 2003 03:24:38 GMT, [email hidden] (EldredP) wrote: > >>Unfortunately, the server car will be on the grid until my first pitstop >unless >>I can figure something out before then. > >If you extend the amount of time before the lights go off (I believe >this is in the PLR file) and don't immediately go to the grid with the >car you're driving, couldn't you drive the server car off into the >sand somewhere before the race starts? > >Jason

Possibly, but it would be hard to drive through a remote connection. The screen doesn't update fast enough to see where I'm going. I'll test it tonight or tomorrow... Eldred -- Help find missing child: Tatianna Ashley Chillcutt from Michigan(info on my homepage) Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote in news:[email hidden]: > Possibly, but it would be hard to drive through a remote connection. > The screen doesn't update fast enough to see where I'm going. I'll > test it tonight or tomorrow... Can you press ESC to retire the server car? Does the race continue if the server car retires?

[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote in news:[email hidden]: > Connect through F1rst - look for RASF1 room/server. I would suggest we have some sort of RASF1 password, otherwise non-RASF1 folks are going to take grid slots from the regulars.

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>[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote in >news:[email hidden]: > >> Connect through F1rst - look for RASF1 room/server. > >I would suggest we have some sort of RASF1 password, otherwise non-RASF1 >folks are going to take grid slots from the regulars.

How 'bout "ras"?<g> Eldred -- Help find missing child: Tatianna Ashley Chillcutt from Michigan(info on my homepage) Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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>[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote in >news:[email hidden]: > >> Possibly, but it would be hard to drive through a remote connection. >> The screen doesn't update fast enough to see where I'm going. I'll >> test it tonight or tomorrow... > >Can you press ESC to retire the server car? Does the race continue if the >server car retires?

Yes to both questions. But, I can't hit ESC for the server car until the lights go out for the start. It won't let you do it beforehand... Eldred -- Help find missing child: Tatianna Ashley Chillcutt from Michigan(info on my homepage) Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

[email hidden] (EldredP) wrote in news:[email hidden]: >>I would suggest we have some sort of RASF1 password, otherwise non-RASF1 >>folks are going to take grid slots from the regulars. > > How 'bout "ras"?<g> Logical.. :-)

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> > Sunday, 8/3/03: Noon eastern > Hockenheim - 40%(28 laps) - dry weather race > Connect through F1rst - look for RASF1 room/server. > Normal tire wear and fuel for this race. > Allowable helps - stability, autoshifting, traction control, pit lane, clutch > Server starts at noon - 15 minutes practice, then qual(12 laps) and race. > > Unfortunately, the server car will be on the grid until my first pitstop unless > I can figure something out before then. What that means is that you'd better > put in a qual lap or two, or you might have to dodge it at the start...

Hi EldredP: I drive NFS/PU online, but I've never tried a serious sim online. I'd like to see a movie of tomorrow's race. Will these be available? Larry

> I drive NFS/PU online, but I've never tried a serious sim online. > > I'd like to see a movie of tomorrow's race. Will these be > available? > I'll save tomorow's replay and try to convert it to WMV or AVI (DivX) for you. I'll let you know when its done and i'll put it on the web somewhere. I have some equipment and software I wrote that could allow me to broadcast it live (from my car's view of course) but I think that would use up too much of my bandwidth while playing. Would be cool, wouldn't it? :) -- Josh Boudreau

"Josh Boudreau" wrote... > > <snip> > <snip> > I have some equipment and software I wrote that could allow > me to broadcast it live (from my car's view of course) but > I think that would use up too much of my bandwidth while > playing. Would be cool, wouldn't it? :) If word got back to Bernie about that, you'd be in trouble. <g> Jan. =---

In article <[email hidden]>, Larry Lindstrom <[email hidden]> writes: >Hi EldredP: > > I drive NFS/PU online, but I've never tried a serious sim online. > > I'd like to see a movie of tomorrow's race. Will these be available? If I knew how to make the server save the full replay, I would... Eldred -- Help find missing child: Tatianna Ashley Chillcutt from Michigan(info on my homepage) Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.