GTR tress test - Monday evening 16/5/05

Eagle32 · Post by **Eagle32** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:07 pm

The only thing that ignored me was the new cars not showing up at all in practise till you went back to the pits. Was that still happening tonight or is it fixed with the new dedicated?

Sulley · Post by **Sulley** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:08 pm

Nope, Agent had to logoff at one stage due to lag or something,but no discos that I saw.

Small freezes with barcelona but magny cours seemed fine.

Ping ranged from 102 to 228, higher when passing pits and definite hit wqhen multiple cars in same frame, 9 cars is not a full test, 20+ would really tell us more i suspect.

One thing for certain, fast guys way fast and slow or fall off a lot guys will hate it with a passion, unlike nascar road courses, the sandtraps are murder, one off and your history, even with damage off.

Fun though, like more than I used to, especially when Brett shuts up.

Sulley · Post by **Sulley** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:10 pm

Eagle32 wrote:The only thing that ignored me was the new cars not showing up at all in practise till you went back to the pits. Was that still happening tonight or is it fixed with the new dedicated?

Didn't appear to be an issue, the only thing that didn't update well was the name tags, miss the F2 panel in a big way to see what's happening and your relative position, spoiled by Nascar implmentation of info I spose.

Agent X20 · Post by **Agent X20** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:20 pm

Monza wrote:For Agent's benefit:

Yeah yeah - I remembered seeing that. It was just at the end of P1 it sat there for AGES... showing "Next session Practice 2". I looked away and next thing I know I've got scant seconds before race start lol.

famin · Post by **famin** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:16 am

Sulley wrote: Fun though, like more than I used to, especially when Brett shuts up.

Im sorry Arran...

was I slightly loquacious because of this pass?....

(yes, I thought Id try a red machine!!!)

Sulley · Post by **Sulley** » Tue May 17, 2005 7:34 am

famin wrote:
Sulley wrote: Fun though, like more than I used to, especially when Brett shuts up.
Im sorry Arran... was I slightly loquacious because of this pass?....

(yes, I thought Id try a red machine!!!)

Patronising is the word your looking for, especially at the end, nought wrong with the pass, I went wide you didn't, simple as that.

Fun chasing you for awhile, just over drove it and you didn't make any mistakes to capitalise on, all was apples until the finish, a win by you pitting accompanied by your commentary is what soured the race for me.

I didn't fall off and kept you honest for a few laps so I'm overall happy.

BAZZIL · Post by **BAZZIL** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:42 am

Sulley wrote:One thing for certain, fast guys way fast and slow or fall off a lot guys will hate it with a passion, unlike nascar road courses, the sandtraps are murder, one off and your history, even with damage off.

sounds like real racing

Sulley · Post by **Sulley** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:05 am

BAZZIL wrote:
Sulley wrote:One thing for certain, fast guys way fast and slow or fall off a lot guys will hate it with a passion, unlike nascar road courses, the sandtraps are murder, one off and your history, even with damage off.
sounds like real racing

Probably right yes, however too real can also equate to no fun for all but the best drivers, so small fields will likely result after a while.

Running different classes may help, I for one would go better I suspect in an RS than a fully fledged GT car.

Fun nonetheless.

Riven · Post by **Riven** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:26 am

Eagle32 wrote:The only thing that ignored me was the new cars not showing up at all in practise till you went back to the pits. Was that still happening tonight or is it fixed with the new dedicated?

That is a GTR setting you can change. It's all to do with when you want GTR to load the cars that arive.
You can have them not load till you are in the garage = no stutter
You can have then load whenever = stutter
You can have then load when you are on track, but not on the black stuff = stutter but not at important time

Skuzzlebutt · Post by **Skuzzlebutt** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:34 am

Twas great fun, even though I ended up in the sand traps more than once. Was pleasantly surprised with my driving during a race situation...I was worried all my hotlapping would be a curse but it's been great training for driving these monsters of cars.

Monza · Post by **Monza** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:54 am

Thanks again for the server Riven, great fun and rock solid for me last night.

Keen to have another go at a stress test and try and get more people on, what night is good? Wednesday?

Re starts, should everyone just have the accelerator fully down before the AI gives back control or do we have to wait a bit then go?

Sulley · Post by **Sulley** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:02 am

Monza wrote:Thanks again for the server Riven, great fun and rock solid for me last night.

Keen to have another go at a stress test and try and get more people on, what night is good? Wednesday?

Re starts, should everyone just have the accelerator fully down before the AI gives back control or do we have to wait a bit then go?

Fullon how else you think i got the jump at the start

Agent X20 · Post by **Agent X20** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:21 am

You should also have your setups loaded before the start!!

Skuzzlebutt · Post by **Skuzzlebutt** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:27 am

Agent X20 wrote:You should also have your setups loaded before the start!!

Don't worry, I did the exact same thing in the first race, I was just lucky I use about 6-7 laps worth of fuel for my practice runs...

Post by **Inspector** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:42 am

Monza wrote:Thanks again for the server Riven, great fun and rock solid for me last night.

Keen to have another go at a stress test and try and get more people on, what night is good? Wednesday?

LOL - Wednesday has been Nascar night for about a year now.........

Monza · Post by **Monza** » Tue May 17, 2005 10:48 am

heh, wee joke that I was waiting for someone to fall for. I think Wednesday has been Nascar night for around two years now...

As I said in other thread, Tuesday looks to be a goer.

Eagle32 · Post by **Eagle32** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:30 am

Riven wrote:That is a GTR setting you can change. It's all to do with when you want GTR to load the cars that arive.
You can have them not load till you are in the garage = no stutter
You can have then load whenever = stutter
You can have then load when you are on track, but not on the black stuff = stutter but not at important time

Ah, I did not know that and I suspect several others didn't as wel. There have been many a complaint about it before when we've just been cruising around.

Sulley · Post by **Sulley** » Tue May 17, 2005 5:48 pm

Eagle32 wrote:
Riven wrote:That is a GTR setting you can change. It's all to do with when you want GTR to load the cars that arive.
You can have them not load till you are in the garage = no stutter
You can have then load whenever = stutter
You can have then load when you are on track, but not on the black stuff = stutter but not at important time
Ah, I did not know that and I suspect several others didn't as wel. There have been many a complaint about it before when we've just been cruising around.

Yes didn't know about tat

BAZZIL · Post by **BAZZIL** » Tue May 17, 2005 8:15 pm

Monza wrote:heh, wee joke that I was waiting for someone to fall for. I think Wednesday has been Nascar night for around two years now...

As I said in other thread, Tuesday looks to be a goer.

please leave the old people alone monza, it's not their fault they only have half their brain capacity left