Michigan Lap Times

After a multi month hiatus from N2K2 I picked up a used copy of N2K3 on Amazon. After running a few practice laps I logged on to Sierra and joined a race at Michigan. A guy won pole with a time of 32xx.???? During the race, which I watched, the top guys were turning sub-34 laps. If I'm not mistaken, the Nascar record couldn't be much below 37. What gives?

[email hidden] (Peter Ford) wrote in news:[email hidden]: > After a multi month hiatus from N2K2 I picked up a used copy of N2K3 > on Amazon. After running a few practice laps I logged on to Sierra and > joined a race at Michigan. A guy won pole with a time of 32xx.???? > During the race, which I watched, the top guys were turning sub-34 > laps. If I'm not mistaken, the Nascar record couldn't be much below > 37. What gives? What was the temp set at? Alot of fellows have been setting online races to 40 degrees. I tried one or two of those online races a few years ago and decided it was not for me. Artificial speed is artificial. dave henrie

Still, with 40 degrees you cant drive a 32 sec lap, 36,0 maybe but thats it. I dunno how they do it Peter, i;m very happy with a qualli of 36 low and a racelap of 36,5. Maybe edited ini's, unrealistic setups with driving aids or all that things together. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht news:[email hidden]...

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> [email hidden] (Peter Ford) wrote in > news:[email hidden]: > > > After a multi month hiatus from N2K2 I picked up a used copy of N2K3 > > on Amazon. After running a few practice laps I logged on to Sierra and > > joined a race at Michigan. A guy won pole with a time of 32xx.???? > > During the race, which I watched, the top guys were turning sub-34 > > laps. If I'm not mistaken, the Nascar record couldn't be much below > > 37. What gives? > > What was the temp set at? Alot of fellows have been setting online > races to 40 degrees. I tried one or two of those online races a few years > ago and decided it was not for me. Artificial speed is artificial. > dave henrie

Arcade Mode ? -Larry "Guido Mielekamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:trELa.97826$Ur1.4291973@Flipper... > Still, with 40 degrees you cant drive a 32 sec lap, 36,0 maybe but thatsit. > I dunno how they do it Peter, i;m very happy with a qualli of 36 low and a > racelap of 36,5. > Maybe edited ini's, unrealistic setups with driving aids or all thatthings

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> together. > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht > news:[email hidden]... > > [email hidden] (Peter Ford) wrote in > > news:[email hidden]: > > > > > After a multi month hiatus from N2K2 I picked up a used copy of N2K3 > > > on Amazon. After running a few practice laps I logged on to Sierra and > > > joined a race at Michigan. A guy won pole with a time of 32xx.???? > > > During the race, which I watched, the top guys were turning sub-34 > > > laps. If I'm not mistaken, the Nascar record couldn't be much below > > > 37. What gives? > > > > What was the temp set at? Alot of fellows have been setting online > > races to 40 degrees. I tried one or two of those online races a few

years > > ago and decided it was not for me. Artificial speed is artificial. > > dave henrie > >

That would be my guess -- Tim White www.intracmotorsports.com "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:s7FLa.34911$[email hidden]... > Arcade Mode ? > > -Larry >

> > Arcade Mode ? > > > > -Larry No, it was simulation mode. I remember the track pretty well since it was the scene of my last online triumph last summer. I observed the lead guy, who claimed to be 62 yrs old, hitting 218 mph on the straights. I suspect it's the so-called unrealistic setup bug. If so, it's a lot worse than I realized. -Peter

Well, I was once in a fuel-stop-required race where the winner never made a stop, so there ARE ways to win other than being the best driver. -Larry "Peter Ford" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > > Arcade Mode ? > > > > > > -Larry > > No, it was simulation mode. I remember the track pretty well since it > was the scene of my last online triumph last summer. I observed the > lead guy, who claimed to be 62 yrs old, hitting 218 mph on the > straights. I suspect it's the so-called unrealistic setup bug. If so, > it's a lot worse than I realized. > -Peter

Peter Ford wrote: > After a multi month hiatus from N2K2 I picked up a used copy of N2K3 > on Amazon. After running a few practice laps I logged on to Sierra and > joined a race at Michigan. A guy won pole with a time of 32xx.???? > During the race, which I watched, the top guys were turning sub-34 > laps. If I'm not mistaken, the Nascar record couldn't be much below > 37. What gives? Doesn't NR2003 have something like 750 HP instead of what the real cars have, 700? With a good setup, and possibly exploiting some setup/game bugs (just a guess here), certainly people would be able to pull those times. -Will