rec.autos.simulators

Your problem is in order for someone to be "using their brain", you think
it means they must be agreeing with you.  I don't race offline to practice
my skills.  I race offline to have fun against supposedly competent AI.  
The only thing that's "obvious", genius, is that we're not both looking for
the same thing out of N4, and the difference is I accept your opinion as
yours without thinking that makes you an idiot.  Maybe you only play
online.  Maybe you only play with five other cars on the track.  Maybe you
just like watching downloadable replays.  Whatever the case, if the game
has some glaring design flaws in any of your pet areas, I wouldn't blame
you for voicing your dissatisfaction with it.

I just want to run a reasonable 1/3 to 1/2 length race against the AI and
if things go horribly wrong, be it the incredibly adept AI <cough>, an
interruption in the real world, or just me screwing the poop and putting
her into the wall, to not be forced to lose the one or two hour investment
I have going in a good race.  You, the genius, are telling me, the idiot,
that I'm playing N4 "wrong"?  Hehe, that makes me giddy.  Thanks for the
tip, Einstein.

This is just flat wrong depending on the track.

You don't, maybe I do for reasons you might not possibly be able to
comprehend.  That's not stupidity, that's different preferences.  See
above.

I don't know, I have no idea what being part of the "MTV-generation" is
supposed to mean.  I'm 36 but I have seen some VH-1.  I'll even admit I
enjoy Pop-Up Videos when I happen to catch them on the way up to the
History Channel.  They usually last three to four minutes, though, not just
five seconds.

Real genuises understand that human interaction is not about "putting up
with all the idiots in the world", it's about understanding that diversity
of preference and opinion is ultimately mankind's strength and that
everyone, EVERYONE, brings something to the table.

Good luck on your trek (a long one, I suspect) through maturity.

All the best,
Rick

Of course, but it doesn't change the point.

Marc.

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No shit.  The AI will rip your fenders off at Lowe's.

-Larry

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<snip>

You snipped the portion when I answered you with the basic idea that you
should back off and let the field catch you again.  Just mentally think your
on the same lap.  Perhaps it went right over your head.  Or just press
PAUSE.

But nooooo, you had to go in a random psycho-boring-babble and
simile-flaming.  And be stupid enough to think seriously of my .sig. HA!
Nice try...

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-- People think it must be fun to be a genius, but they don't realise how
hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.

Not to defend Ymenard, this is what he responded to:

This suggests that you were only trying to practice to improve your
skills/driving.  There's nothing there that says you were simply trying to
compete against the AI.
<shrug>

Eldred
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Yes, that's much more fun than actually trying to run a race in a <gasp>
"racing sim".

Yawn.

- Rick

The thread was I didn't like the fact that you can't save a race, or even
restart one without exiting the track and reloading it.  Some smartass said
"practice more", so I said, "fair enough, problem is is that even
practicing racing in a pain in the ***with this user interface, IMHO."

- Rick

Fair enough. <g>

Eldred
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