rec.autos.simulators

I wasn't too surprised when I spun coming out of four and to get
back to my pit I had to cross the grass for a bit, and got
a penalty (tho don't spun-out cars do that all the time in
NASCAR?).  Was still quicker than having to go all back
around with 2 flats...

But...I was VERY peeved just now when they BFed me for
(seemingly) absolutely no reason.  I entered pit road fine,
exited okay (even used the outside lane like I'm supposed
to), crossed start-finish, never went above 55, and got a "you
didn't exit pit lane safely."  WTFO?  Then I realized that I
was flooring the throttle right after the car dropped down for
the last time-perhaps my tach exceeded the tach limit? (3500)
[they don't look at your actual speed???]
For some reason there is a little lag in there after the car
drops down when you just rev in neutral, then the guy says
"gogogo!" and then the wheels start spinning.  Perhaps the
gas dude is still filling you up?  Or are they really penalizing
you for revving before the "go" signal?

Either way it really POed me off, as I was running 3rd at the
time...

And what is with that idiot with the stop sign at the end of
pit road during yellows?  I see cars exiting a*** all the time
in real life-if the official at that location actually stood where
he does in the game, he'd be roadkill (I almost hit him a
couple of times)...

    John DiFool

Uhhh, if you see a STOP sign, STOP ;)    If you see a GO sign, GO!

No, he's there in real life!

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    JD

    I wish I could challenge the official who flags me to a fight when he
gives me bogus penalities like this (or my crew chief could argue my
case...blehh).

    JD

(Don't gimme NO***in E-mail)

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Eric

    JD

You were below the yellow line, right?
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|
| > It doesn't have anything to do with the S/F line, you need to wait until
| > you've passed the blend line before you can legally merge on to the
track.
| > Listen for the spotter to give you the OK to merge, at Dega the line
just
| > before the entrance to turn one.
|
|      Again-I didn't do that-I was well below the merge line when I crossed
| start finish and got the message (besides it said something about exiting
| pit road unsafely and not merging improperly).
|
|     JD
|
|

:
: > It doesn't have anything to do with the S/F line, you need to wait until
: > you've passed the blend line before you can legally merge on to the
track.
: > Listen for the spotter to give you the OK to merge, at Dega the line
just
: > before the entrance to turn one.
:
:      Again-I didn't do that-I was well below the merge line when I crossed
: start finish and got the message (besides it said something about exiting
: pit road unsafely and not merging improperly).

Like he said, it has nothing to do with the S/F line. The merge line extends
well past the S/F line almost into turn 1.

    John DiFool

You still get BF'd (interpret as you wish) if you get spun out down into the
pits, too :(

After 4 revisions, I can't help but wonder why they haven't trapped for
that.  You wouldn't think it would be hard:

procedure IsDriverSpeeding(YesNo:Boolean);
begin
IF
CarIsExceedingPitSpeed
AND
CarIsSwappingAssEndAround OR CarHasSwappedAssEndAround
AND
DriverIsScreamingHisHeadOff
AND
DriversDrawersAreSoiled

Then
YesNo := 1

Else
YesNo := 0

End;

Please don't bother to critique my code.  I wrote my last Pascal application
in 1989, and I'm sure any compilor would have a fit with the above code :)

-Larry

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Uh, this doesn't make any sense...

When you exit the pit at Dega, the S/F line is WAY behind you.

When you leave the Pit, you HAVE to stay below the merge line well into turn
1.  Right before the Apex, your Spotter should tell you it's ok to merge
safely onto the track.

The S/F line does not come into play here one iota, and I think that's why
everyone is confused.

If you ARE somehow doing something that is bring the S/F line into this,
then I have no doubt that you SHOULD be getting a B/F :)

-Larry