GTR... going blonde...!

Hi... Ok, am I 'going blonde' or what... I have had GTR (v-1.3) about a week now (awesome sim) and still on a learning curve. Couple of things, and probably more later... but I am confused about the following: In simulator mode while driving the Spa 'night' track, the headlamps don't seem to work! They work in 'arcade and semi pro'. From the (CD) manual it surrgests that 'H' is the key for headlamps on/off... but mine remain stubbonly 'off'! I know I can adjust the 'darkness' level in options... but I suspect that with on-line racing that this will be set by the server. Anyone got any ideas on how to get the lamps on please? Driving round Spa in near total darkness is tough! Also, while on-line... I am trying to send 'pit out' & 'pit in' messages! The multiplayer section under menu option 'chat' has a list of on-line messages that you can send. This also suggests that #1 is 'pit in' & #2 is 'pit out'... well the numeric keys under the 'F' keys only switch the mirrors on/off and the numeric keypad does not seem to action these pit in/out messages...! Ok, how 'blonde' am I... any ideas please? DaveH-UK

"DaveH-UK" wrote: > Ok, how 'blonde' am I... any ideas please? Pretty close to peroxide at a guess. Hope this helps :) Tony

Gee, thanks Tony... now I know eh! Well thats ok then! You guys have probably had the german ver. for months! Have pity on us GTR newbies... Hehe, If I 'pit out' in a GTR race with you and snag you... you will then wish you had wised me up... :) DaveH-UK Tony Rickard wrote:

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> "DaveH-UK" wrote: > > >>Ok, how 'blonde' am I... any ideas please? > > > Pretty close to peroxide at a guess. > > Hope this helps > :) > Tony > >

Ok... I have not tried it yet... but I think I found the pit in/out keystroke by reading the manual (always the last thing you do,eh!) seems you gotta press 'C' to enable 'in car chat' then I presume the 'numeric' keys will play! Just got get these headlamps working... I presume the lights do come on...? Perhaps its a handicap race... like drive with no lights in the dark <?> D'oh! Dave H-UK DaveH-UK wrote:

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> Gee, thanks Tony... now I know eh! Well thats ok then! > > You guys have probably had the german ver. for months! Have pity on us > GTR newbies... > > Hehe, If I 'pit out' in a GTR race with you and snag you... you will > then wish you had wised me up... :) > > DaveH-UK > > Tony Rickard wrote: > >> "DaveH-UK" wrote: >> >> >>> Ok, how 'blonde' am I... any ideas please? >> >> >> >> Pretty close to peroxide at a guess. >> >> Hope this helps >> :) >> Tony >> >>

Quick chat keys are CTRL and the number required. -- Andi. Remove only one zero to reply "DaveH-UK" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Gee, thanks Tony... now I know eh! Well thats ok then! > > You guys have probably had the german ver. for months! Have pity on us GTR > newbies... > > Hehe, If I 'pit out' in a GTR race with you and snag you... you will then > wish you had wised me up... :) > > DaveH-UK > > Tony Rickard wrote: > >> "DaveH-UK" wrote: >> >> >>>Ok, how 'blonde' am I... any ideas please? >> >> >> Pretty close to peroxide at a guess. >> >> Hope this helps >> :) >> Tony >>

Headlamps work fine in sim mode in the demo at Spa. Haven't tried any other mode, though, so I don't know if there is a difference. Still WAITING IMPATIENTLY for my GTR full version to arrive from UK. Marc "DaveH-UK" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Ok... I have not tried it yet... but I think I found the pit in/out > keystroke by reading the manual (always the last thing you do,eh!) seems > you gotta press 'C' to enable 'in car chat' then I presume the 'numeric' > keys will play! > > Just got get these headlamps working... I presume the lights do come > on...? Perhaps its a handicap race... like drive with no lights in the > dark <?> D'oh! > > Dave H-UK > > DaveH-UK wrote: > >> Gee, thanks Tony... now I know eh! Well thats ok then! >> >> You guys have probably had the german ver. for months! Have pity on us >> GTR newbies... >> >> Hehe, If I 'pit out' in a GTR race with you and snag you... you will then >> wish you had wised me up... :) >> >> DaveH-UK >> >> Tony Rickard wrote: >> >>> "DaveH-UK" wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Ok, how 'blonde' am I... any ideas please? >>> >>> >>> >>> Pretty close to peroxide at a guess. >>> >>> Hope this helps >>> :) >>> Tony >>> >>>

"DaveH-UK" wrote: > Hehe, If I 'pit out' in a GTR race with you and snag you... you will > then wish you had wised me up... :) Sorry Dave, but you made yourself too easy a target! I'll be the one saying "lights on, moron" Lights worked in the demo. Never got into the feel of GTR here though, so haven't got the full version. Cheers Tony

Marc Collins <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ffH%d.3920$[email hidden]... > Headlamps work fine in sim mode in the demo at Spa. Haven't tried anyother > mode, though, so I don't know if there is a difference. Still WAITING > IMPATIENTLY for my GTR full version to arrive from UK. > > Marc Hey Marc, I just ordered my copy of GTR (actually two copies) from SENDIT.COM after reading some positive comments from other reliable posters in this NG. From your email addy I see you're in Canada as well; question is, did you use SENDIT.COM or have you found another good source that delivers to Canada? I tried GOGAMER but they won't take CDN credit cards over the internet, you have to send them a money order, which blows. Regards, PJL

"Tony Rickard" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:ZkI% d.2987$[email hidden]:

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> "DaveH-UK" wrote: > >> Hehe, If I 'pit out' in a GTR race with you and snag you... you will >> then wish you had wised me up... :) > > Sorry Dave, but you made yourself too easy a target! > > I'll be the one saying "lights on, moron" > > Lights worked in the demo. Never got into the feel of GTR here though, so > haven't got the full version. > > Cheers > Tony >

I'm the REAL Dave H...and I AM Blonde...so there!!!! THe chat keys are activated, as another posted stated, by using the key combo of ctrl and the keyboard number keys..(not the keypad if I recall correctly) This is an outgrowth of a hack originally made for F1 2kx. You can edit your chat list with a text editor like notepad. If it works in GTR like it did with F1 2k2, then you will find the list in your player folder. Next the keyboard key that activates your headlights. The DEFAULT is probably H, but if you loaded a preset wheel profile, then the exact key may have been changed. Because of problems with online chatting, I always got into the habit of changing the assigned keys to non-letter keys. I don't 'think' this effects GTR anymore, but in the old F1 2kx days, If you were online in a lobby and you started typing, everytime you pressed a key that DID something, it would then spew out a half dozen of the same character, so a pre-race chat could look like this: "SSSSSo, does AAAAANyOnnnne want to raaaace at SSSPPPAA?" So I try and move as many commands as possible to the exterior of the keyboard, I use the alt keys, the ctrl keys the / and the. and , and whatever else I can move away from a letter. However, with GTR's expanded set of options, you may find you don't have enough NON-letters on your keybord to completely move every command. Now back to your question, you can look at all your key assignments in GTR's control pages and there you can double check if the Headlight key assignment has been changed. dave henrie

> "SSSSSo, does AAAAANyOnnnne want to raaaace at SSSPPPAA?" Ah, yes, I believe they fixed that in F1C and all ISI stuff since.

Sorry guys, I know this is not alt.blondes.jokes but I got this one yesterday and felt I had to share. Its driving related anyway: A blonde woman was speeding down the road in her little red sports car and was pulled over by a woman police officer who was also a blonde. The blonde cop asked to see the blonde driver's license. She dug through her purse and was getting progressively more agitated. "What does it look like?" she finally asked. The policewoman replied, "It's square and it has your picture on it." The driver finally found a square mirror in her purse, looked at it and handed it to the policewoman. "Here it is," she said. The blonde officer looked at the mirror, then handed it back saying, "Okay, you can go. I didn't realize you were a cop."

Haha... very funny Joao :) Thanks for all your help guys... I finally got all the keystrokes sorted! I should spend more time reading the frigging manual and less time driving, eh! DaveH-UK Joao Gonzalez wrote:

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> Sorry guys, I know this is not alt.blondes.jokes but I got this one > yesterday and felt I had to share. Its driving related anyway: > > A blonde woman was speeding down the road in her little red sports car > and was pulled over by a woman police officer who was also a blonde. > > The blonde cop asked to see the blonde driver's license. She dug > through her purse and was getting progressively more agitated. > > "What does it look like?" she finally asked. > > The policewoman replied, "It's square and it has your picture on it." > > The driver finally found a square mirror in her purse, looked at it > and handed it to the policewoman. > > "Here it is," she said. > > The blonde officer looked at the mirror, then handed it back saying, > > "Okay, you can go. I didn't realize you were a cop."