rec.autos.simulators

Brett wrote

Actually... pitstops aren't modelled in the final version of GPL (who is out
in store by tomorrow). Back in the 1967 era, pitstops were quite rare, since
the cars had enough fuel to run a full GrandPrix and tires that would easily
stay for a whole weekend of racing.

Still, I didn't say pitstop were inexistant ;-)  Papyrus just didn't found
important to model them, mostly because a pitstop was at 99.9% of the time
meaning you quitted the race or you were heading for a long multiple lap
repair that took you off any chances of podium/points.

In easy modes of GPL, you can still repair damage to your car with the
Shift-R setting while racing.. but there is consequences to that (cold tires
and full fuel). As for changes to the car, GPL has an incredibly well
detailled setup menu that is pretty more complex than any other Papyrus
titles (ex: Nascar2). You can race 19 AI cars in the final version, as it
was the maximum of drivers allowed I think per race at that time.

There is tons of new additions to the final version.. they are too long to
really say all of those in 1 post ;-)  .

- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard!
- Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s.
- Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking)
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% Brett wrote
% >I am not a huge GrandPrix/Cart/IRL/F1 fan, my racing tends to
% >stick to just NASCAR and other NASCAR type racing (ARCA/Outlaw/etc) so my
% >knowledge of the sport is some what limitied (IE- what you can and can not
% do
% >durning a pit stop, or if you are even allowed to make changes to the car).
% >The question is this. Can you do more with the new version of the GPL demo?
% >IE- Can you now race other cars, pit stop, any thing?

% Actually... pitstops aren't modelled in the final version of GPL (who is out
% in store by tomorrow). Back in the 1967 era, pitstops were quite rare, since
% the cars had enough fuel to run a full GrandPrix and tires that would easily
% stay for a whole weekend of racing.

I beg to differ.  I keep hearing that pitstops were quite rare.  While
planned pitstops were rare, from all accounts I have read there were
plenty of pitstops for this and that.  Sometimes things got fixed and
they were able to re-join the race (and even win on some occasions).
Let's just be honest and say that Papyrus didn't model pitstops during
a race and leave it at that. (As you more or less say in the following:)

% Still, I didn't say pitstop were inexistant ;-)  Papyrus just didn't found
% important to model them, mostly because a pitstop was at 99.9% of the time
% meaning you quitted the race or you were heading for a long multiple lap
% repair that took you off any chances of podium/points.

% In easy modes of GPL, you can still repair damage to your car with the
% Shift-R setting while racing.. but there is consequences to that (cold tires
% and full fuel). As for changes to the car, GPL has an incredibly well
% detailled setup menu that is pretty more complex than any other Papyrus
% titles (ex: Nascar2). You can race 19 AI cars in the final version, as it
% was the maximum of drivers allowed I think per race at that time.

% There is tons of new additions to the final version.. they are too long to
% really say all of those in 1 post ;-)  .

% - Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> Good race at the Brickyard!
% - Official Mentally retarded guy of r.a.s.
% - Excuse me for my English (I'm French speaking)
% - Sponsored by http://www.awpss.com/ on the NROS
% - "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise
% how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."--

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