What's new with DTM?

Hi Dave, and any other DTM racers: My friends and I have been running NFS/PU online regularly, and last year I learned about DTM. I got NASCAR Heat and the carset, and enjoyed some off-line racing. I couldn't make the 8:00 PM Friday, U.S. West coast, time for the races. My problem is that Friday night, U.S. West coast, has become a traditional time for my non-computer owning friends to come over and take turns with NFS/PU online. I'm not sure they are going to find watching me, driving DTM for an hour, very entertaining. Almost a year has passed, I saw a DTM race on SpeedVision this week, and remember how much fun the sim was. I went back to the TPTCC site. The schedule shows the last race happened late this spring, the chatroom seems to be protected from the user name and password that once worked, so, here are a couple of questions. I don't see any schedule for races after late this spring. Are there other races? Can anybody host a DTM race? What bandwidth and compute hardware/software are required? I have a cable modem, with limited upload, 256K I think, what capabilities. Is the host just a Windows PC running the sim? Or is there server software? I've done some Unix Network stuff, as a programmer, so I have an idea of the concepts, but I've never tried to host a race through my firewall. I believe it can be done. Anyway, I'm not eager to host, I just want to do some online racing. Thanks Larry

Larry, the TPTCC is in a new season, sign up to the mailing list if you are interested in joining up! We'll be glad to have you... Cheers! �� Jan Kohl �� ::: computer security consultant ::: the pits - http://www.theuspits.com castle graphics - http://www.castlegraphics.com "Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi Dave, and any other DTM racers: > > My friends and I have been running NFS/PU online regularly, > and last year I learned about DTM. I got NASCAR Heat and the > carset, and enjoyed some off-line racing. I couldn't make the > 8:00 PM Friday, U.S. West coast, time for the races. > > My problem is that Friday night, U.S. West coast, has become > a traditional time for my non-computer owning friends to come > over and take turns with NFS/PU online. I'm not sure they are > going to find watching me, driving DTM for an hour, very > entertaining. > > Almost a year has passed, I saw a DTM race on SpeedVision > this week, and remember how much fun the sim was. I went back > to the TPTCC site. The schedule shows the last race happened > late this spring, the chatroom seems to be protected from the > user name and password that once worked, so, here are a couple > of questions. > > I don't see any schedule for races after late this spring. > Are there other races? > > Can anybody host a DTM race? What bandwidth and compute > hardware/software are required? I have a cable modem, with > limited upload, 256K I think, what capabilities. Is the host > just a Windows PC running the sim? Or is there server software? > > I've done some Unix Network stuff, as a programmer, so I have > an idea of the concepts, but I've never tried to host a race > through my firewall. I believe it can be done. > > Anyway, I'm not eager to host, I just want to do some online > racing. > > Thanks > Larry

"Jan Kohl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:mQjy9.48072$[email hidden]... > Larry, the TPTCC is in a new season, sign up to the mailing list if youare interested in joining up! We'll be glad to have > you... > > Cheers! > > �� Jan Kohl �� You might have mentioned the totally different website!! DTM with v2.3 of the dtm heat mod is at:: http://tptcc.com/ dh

Dave Henrie wrote:

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> > "Jan Kohl" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:mQjy9.48072$[email hidden]... > > Larry, the TPTCC is in a new season, sign up to the mailing list if you > are interested in joining up! We'll be glad to have > > you... > > > > Cheers! > > > > �� Jan Kohl �� > > You might have mentioned the totally different website!! > DTM with v2.3 of the dtm heat mod is at:: > http://tptcc.com/

Thanks Jan and Dave: I'll get the new files. Do I remove NASCAR Heat and do a new install? I have nothing, not even a paint job, that I want to keep. The schedule shows Friday races. What time are they? Because if the races are between 7:30 PM and into the wee hours, U.S. West coast time, I'm in exactly the same situation I was in a year ago. I'm not trying to be a pain in the ass, I just want to race. These hours on Friday and Saturday don't work for me. Which gets me back to the questions in my original post, about hosting a DTM race. Thanks Larry

Hello Larry, It looks like you have the same problem as last year - the current TPTCC race day race program has 2 groups of competitors running two events each - a shorter 7-10 lap sprint race, and then a longer 12-20 lap event with a mandatory pit stop. The first race group logs on to the server at 7 PM PST and the second race group logs on at 7 PM PST or when the first race group finishes their second race, whichever comes first. I guess I'd have to tell my "non-computer owning friends" to get their own 'puters, get the software loaded, get online and start trading paint with you online, be it NFS or DTM/TPTCC, or another sim of choice... :-) Anyone can host a DTM modded NHeat race online with the correct software installed. It's just like hosting a regular NHeat race, its just that you are hosting with your DTM version of NHeat. With your cable modem, your biggest limitation is going to be your upload speed, which limits how fast your machine can "talk" to those logged into your hosted race. You also have to move your computer from behind your firewall to host a race - I run my machine behind a router and firewall software and have to put my machine in the DMZ to be able to host a race. I also have a cable modem and if I can host a race cleanly with 6 cars in it, you are doing really good. Hope this helps! KWS

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> > Thanks Jan and Dave: > > I'll get the new files. Do I remove NASCAR Heat and do > a new install? I have nothing, not even a paint job, that > I want to keep. > > The schedule shows Friday races. What time are they? > > Because if the races are between 7:30 PM and into the wee > hours, U.S. West coast time, I'm in exactly the same situation > I was in a year ago. I'm not trying to be a pain in the ass, > I just want to race. These hours on Friday and Saturday don't > work for me. > > Which gets me back to the questions in my original post, > about hosting a DTM race. > > Thanks > Larry

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> > Hello Larry, > > It looks like you have the same problem as last year - the current TPTCC > race day race program has 2 groups of competitors running two events each - > a shorter 7-10 lap sprint race, and then a longer 12-20 lap event with a > mandatory pit stop. The first race group logs on to the server at 7 PM PST > and the second race group logs on at 7 PM PST or when the first race group > finishes their second race, whichever comes first.

Thanks KWS: Sounds great. I wanna play. So everyone does 2 races? 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM might work. I thought the races started at 11:00 EST. Do you mean 7:00 and 8:00 starting times? If not I don't understand. > I guess I'd have to tell my "non-computer owning friends" to get their own > 'puters, get the software loaded, get online and start trading paint with > you online, be it NFS or DTM/TPTCC, or another sim of choice... :-) Haha. One of my friends, when he buys a product, expects it to work as advertised. Hahaha. He's seen me battle enough problems to know he shouldn't own a computer.

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> Anyone can host a DTM modded NHeat race online with the correct software > installed. It's just like hosting a regular NHeat race, its just that you > are hosting with your DTM version of NHeat. With your cable modem, your > biggest limitation is going to be your upload speed, which limits how fast > your machine can "talk" to those logged into your hosted race. You also > have to move your computer from behind your firewall to host a race - I run > my machine behind a router and firewall software and have to put my machine > in the DMZ to be able to host a race. I also have a cable modem and if I > can host a race cleanly with 6 cars in it, you are doing really good.

Yikes! Uh, I work on that PC. Usually on the Solaris partition, but currently on a WIN 2K partition with my source code on my WIN98 partition. I run WIN98 for entertainment. I'm really not comfortable dangling my source out in the breeze like that. Poking a hole for a particular port in my SMC Barricade firewall isn't going to cut it? Like I said, I'm not that hot to host, I just want to race. Thanks Larry

"Larry Lindstrom" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > KWS wrote: > > > > Hello Larry, > > > > It looks like you have the same problem as last year - the current TPTCC > > race day race program has 2 groups of competitors running two eventseach - > > a shorter 7-10 lap sprint race, and then a longer 12-20 lap event with a > > mandatory pit stop. The first race group logs on to the server at 7 PMPST > > and the second race group logs on at 7 PM PST or when the first racegroup > > finishes their second race, whichever comes first. > > Thanks KWS: > > Sounds great. I wanna play. So everyone does 2 races? Yes there are two groups...each group runs a short race, then a slightly longer race with a mandatory pitstop. The groups rotate drivers so that everyone gets to eventtually compete against the whole league. Last I heard they had maxed out the driver list due to the server limitations. But you might make it as an alternate if one of the regulars doesn't show up. dave henrie