Engine at Talladega (NR2002)

Yesterday I had a sort of wierd occurance - during a 38 lap race at Talladega, my engine blew with like 10 to go.. I was using the default Fast setup with 1 mod, I changed the tape % from 60 to 70. When the engine went, the water temp pointer was pointing pretty much straight up.. With that info, does anyone know what would have caused this to happen? or could it have been just a freak occurance? I wish I could see if it would happen again, but i'm not that good at 'dega, and that was like the only time i've lasted that long :) Also, my car seems really slow at talladega, I have to turn the opponent strength to around 89% to be even remotely competitive.. any ideas on what I could do to get more speed? thanks alot

Did you lift when shifting? If not then you should. If you do lift then it was just a random breakdown. If you cant keep up at 100% there must be something worng with your wheel. Maybe your not getting 100% throttle. -- --------------- Steve Levett "Mike" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Yesterday I had a sort of wierd occurance - during a 38 lap race at > Talladega, my engine blew with like 10 to go.. > > I was using the default Fast setup with 1 mod, I changed the tape % from 60 > to 70. When the engine went, the water temp pointer was pointing pretty much > straight up.. With that info, does anyone know what would have caused this > to happen? or could it have been just a freak occurance? > > I wish I could see if it would happen again, but i'm not that good at 'dega, > and that was like the only time i've lasted that long :) > > Also, my car seems really slow at talladega, I have to turn the opponent > strength to around 89% to be even remotely competitive.. any ideas on what I > could do to get more speed? > > thanks alot > >

In article <[email hidden]>, "Mike" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> Yesterday I had a sort of wierd occurance - during a 38 lap race at > Talladega, my engine blew with like 10 to go.. > > I was using the default Fast setup with 1 mod, I changed the tape % from > 60 to 70. When the engine went, the water temp pointer was pointing > pretty much straight up.. With that info, does anyone know what would > have caused this to happen? or could it have been just a freak > occurance? > > I wish I could see if it would happen again, but i'm not that good at > 'dega, and that was like the only time i've lasted that long :) > > Also, my car seems really slow at talladega, I have to turn the opponent > strength to around 89% to be even remotely competitive.. any ideas on > what I could do to get more speed? > > thanks alot > >

Same thing happened to me qualifying at Daytona. Water temperature about 175, car flat out on the back straight and... silence from the engine. Thankfully I'd already pulled a fast enough lap for a front row position, but I was pretty cautious with that car in the race... The only thing I did note was that oil temperature was sky high... the gauge off the end of the dial. My guess was that it's some kind of reliability problem. Anybody else had car failures they didn't expect? Regards, Matt

In article <[email hidden]>, "Mike" <[email hidden]> writes: >Yesterday I had a sort of wierd occurance - during a 38 lap race at >Talladega, my engine blew with like 10 to go.. I had the default qual setting blow the engine on my 2nd lap. No speed-shifting(auto-gears). 70deg temp, no weird weather. This was either Tally or Daytona, don't remember. I've only run one online race there, so I don't know if it would happen all the time. Anyone else run into that? Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Okay, so the Detroit Tigers finally won a game. But is 1-11 *really* something to get excited over...? Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <[email hidden]>, "Mike"<[email hidden]>

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> writes: > > >Yesterday I had a sort of wierd occurance - during a 38 lap race at > >Talladega, my engine blew with like 10 to go.. > > I had the default qual setting blow the engine on my 2nd lap. No > speed-shifting(auto-gears). 70deg temp, no weird weather. This was

either > Tally or Daytona, don't remember. I've only run one online race there, soI

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> don't know if it would happen all the time. Anyone else run into that? > > Eldred > -- > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPLRank - under construction... > > Okay, so the Detroit Tigers finally won a game. But is 1-11 *really*

something > to get excited over...? > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply. I have been having the exact same thing happening in GPL. Using the F1 Lotus 49 car, auto shift help on, at Watkins Glen during testing the car keeps blowing up in a lap or two. I think it's because my wheel has still not been returned after warranty replacement (because of broken spring during the first two weeks of use) so I am using a Logitech wingman game pad with "tilt" steering. My steering is analog (can hold a variable turn angle) but my gas and brake are digital (either on or off). So there is no real way to lift during shifts (until I start using manual shifting. ( coming real soon now)) This didn't use to happen in NR2002 when using the same controller set up. Could race against the ai in 40 lap races and finish with no mechanical problems of any kind. . . well unless tire wear is considered mechanical. :O) elrikk

elrikk wrote: > I think it's because my wheel has still not been returned after warranty > replacement (because of broken spring during the first two weeks of use) > so I am using a Logitech wingman game pad with "tilt" steering. My steering > is analog (can hold a variable turn angle) but my gas and brake are digital > (either on or off). So there is no real way to lift during shifts (until I > start using manual shifting. ( coming real soon now)) Can't you just 'lift' your finger of the gas button? Gerry

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>Same thing happened to me qualifying at Daytona. Water temperature about >175, car flat out on the back straight and... silence from the engine. >Thankfully I'd already pulled a fast enough lap for a front row position, >but I was pretty cautious with that car in the race... > >The only thing I did note was that oil temperature was sky high... the >gauge off the end of the dial. My guess was that it's some kind of >reliability problem. Anybody else had car failures they didn't expect?

Whoops - I just mentioned that. I was so surprised I didn't notice what the gauges were. I *think* I was driving a Ford, dammit...<G> Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Okay, so the Detroit Tigers finally won a game. But is 1-11 *really* something to get excited over...? Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"Gerry Aitken" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > > elrikk wrote: > > > I think it's because my wheel has still not been returned after warranty > > replacement (because of broken spring during the first two weeks ofuse) > > so I am using a Logitech wingman game pad with "tilt" steering. Mysteering > > is analog (can hold a variable turn angle) but my gas and brake aredigital > > (either on or off). So there is no real way to lift during shifts(until I > > start using manual shifting. ( coming real soon now)) > > Can't you just 'lift' your finger of the gas button? > > Gerry I am talking about a location on the course where I can go flat out, for example one of the two long sweeping curves at Spa. For some reason if I just hold my line and keep my gas applied I don't spin out or drift to the outside but the engine will blow. I think it happens when my "auto shift" happens and a spike in rpms must occur during the shift. It is difficult to lift before an "auto shift" because one has to anticipate the shift and if one lifts before the shift then often the the shift doesn't happen because of the lowering of rpm's and one just slows down. It happens more often on downhill turns for some reason. I hear a high rev slipping (screaming ?) sound and then I see the light. Unfortunately it isn't from seeing the answer to the problem but rather the light in my mirrors coming from the engine flash. :O) I might be wrong about all of this. I am just trying to find a reasonable explanation. ( I mean a reason other then that I just don't know what I'm doing. ) :O) elrikk