I was practicing at vegas (on my own server) last night, and I
experienced something all the RASCAR guys should be aware of.
I was practicing pitstops, and during one of them, I overshot my
pitstall and backed up to fix the problem. I guess I had gone too
far past it for my pitcrew to take my renewed attempt seriously and
wouldn't come over the wall.
So, I backed up a pit stall or two and before I could put the car
into a forward gear, the spotter told me I was DQ'd for reckless
driving and it booted me out of the practice session. I quit the
race after that, so I don't know if I would have been allowed to
qualify (but I doubt it since I was DQ'd). However, it would have
let me start the race (at the back of the grid).
I'm telling you this now so that we don't hear any whining or
bitching about it during the races.
John Simmons
> I was practicing pitstops, and during one of them, I overshot my
> pitstall and backed up to fix the problem. I guess I had gone too
> far past it for my pitcrew to take my renewed attempt seriously and
> wouldn't come over the wall.
I still say they should have a multiplayer FPS based pit crew sim.
Where you don't worry about drivng, but how quickly you can jump over the
wall and hit the 5 lugnuts with your airgun, or how quickly you can drop
the jack and run over to the other side. You could have pit crews from all
over the country teaming up, perhaps even adding some live feed from real
races so that when the real car dove into the pits, your crew had to
respond. Can you beat the real team? Of course due to licensing
restrictions, any F1 multiplayer pitcrew would be limited to one person.
dave henrie
If you overshoot just a bit, it will let you back-up. If you back through
someone else's pit or back down pit road, you are DQ'd. Been that way since
N3 I believe.
Marc
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> I was practicing at vegas (on my own server) last night, and I > experienced something all the RASCAR guys should be aware of. > > I was practicing pitstops, and during one of them, I overshot my > pitstall and backed up to fix the problem. I guess I had gone too > far past it for my pitcrew to take my renewed attempt seriously and > wouldn't come over the wall. > > So, I backed up a pit stall or two and before I could put the car > into a forward gear, the spotter told me I was DQ'd for reckless > driving and it booted me out of the practice session. I quit the > race after that, so I don't know if I would have been allowed to > qualify (but I doubt it since I was DQ'd). However, it would have > let me start the race (at the back of the grid). > > I'm telling you this now so that we don't hear any whining or > bitching about it during the races. > > >I hadn't seen that behavior before.
In article <tP38a.8970$[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...
> If you overshoot just a bit, it will let you back-up. If you back through
> someone else's pit or back down pit road, you are DQ'd. Been that way since
> N3 I believe.
>
It's not like you get DQ'd for doing something you're supposed to do!!
Marc
"John Simmons" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I hadn't seen that behavior before.
>
> In article <tP38a.8970$[email hidden]>,
> [email hidden] says...
> > If you overshoot just a bit, it will let you back-up. If you backthrough
> > someone else's pit or back down pit road, you are DQ'd. Been that waysince
> > N3 I believe.
> >
