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Well --- the new patch has been here a few days and it is wonderful isn't it? MAJOR WARPING CLOCK SMASHES ----- SLO MO SCREEN --------- Which is going to bring me to my point. IF I remember correctly the MAJOR BRAINS at PAPY decided to NOT include an adjustable AI in GPL because they "thought it went against" the intent of the sim ----- which was to give the most realistic experience known ------- TO MANKIND!!!!!!!!!! NOW ------ we all know that was the simple phrase of BULL***- worthy of a used car salesman ------ because this is nothing like real life ----- and the sim NEVER has been. NOW with the problems that have cropped up AFTER the "NEW AND IMPROVED" ------------- "PATCH". What has happened now is that everyone has to make a choice of putting up with this worthless garbage of a PATCH or revert to version 1.0 (which I have done-- by the way) -------- and it effectively takes me off the network of racing in SPYBOY. This would be a nice time to have an adjustable AI SLIDER BAR (DO YOU HEAR ME ??????????????????) for the AI so I don't have to worry about falling victim to the ---------- PATCH grimlins again ----- I merely decide to race the computer and have fun. BUT NOW -------------- I get to watch the AI zoom around the track faster than four seconds quicker than THEY ACTUALLY QUALIFIED in 1967 ----------- HOW's THAT FOR REALISM????? WE HAVE BEEN HAD ------------- CORPORATE POLITICS ----------------- HA!!!!!!! DOUG

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 17:16:33 GMT,

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------------------- *p---l----o----n----k* ------------- -- * rrevved at mindspring dot com * unit.26 - s.p.u.t.u.m. * http://www.cabal.net * http://www.sputum.com

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Francois... Never realized one should feel shame for plugging GPaL! LOL! Tick, tick, tick! :) Jack Rambo www.RaceLive.com/GPaL

Thank God there are only a very few people here on RAS posting in this manner.... after reading this useless message, I've got this little beep in my ears from all that shouting.... Andre

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> Well --- the new patch has been here a few days and it is >wonderful isn't it? > MAJOR WARPING CLOCK SMASHES ----- SLO MO SCREEN --------- > Which is going to bring me to my point. > IF I remember correctly the MAJOR BRAINS at PAPY decided to NOT >include an adjustable AI in GPL because they "thought it went against" >the intent of the sim ----- which was to give the most realistic >experience known ------- TO MANKIND!!!!!!!!!! > NOW ------ we all know that was the simple phrase of BULL***- >worthy of a used car salesman ------ because this is nothing like >real life ----- and the sim NEVER has been. NOW with the problems >that have cropped up AFTER the "NEW AND IMPROVED" ------------- >"PATCH". > What has happened now is that everyone has to make a choice of >putting up with this worthless garbage of a PATCH or revert to version >1.0 (which I have done-- by the way) -------- and it effectively takes >me off the network of racing in SPYBOY. > This would be a nice time to have an adjustable AI SLIDER BAR (DO >YOU HEAR ME ??????????????????) for the AI so I don't have to worry >about falling victim to the ---------- PATCH grimlins again ----- I >merely decide to race the computer and have fun. > BUT NOW -------------- I get to watch the AI zoom around the track >faster than four seconds quicker than THEY ACTUALLY QUALIFIED in 1967 >----------- HOW's THAT FOR REALISM????? > WE HAVE BEEN HAD ------------- > CORPORATE POLITICS ----------------- HA!!!!!!! > DOUG

------------ --- ----- --- ------ --- -------- - ------ ---- -- So there! Translation .... quit posting in morse code please, (I'm convinced theres some secret message encoded in the dashes of your message) Seeyas on the track. --John (Joao) Silva

I'd rather he kept his distinctive "style" (read: affliction). That way I can recognise his posts straight away and, er... take appropriate action. <whistles innocently>. Andrew McP... who prefers his meals to have at least *some* nutritional content

I'd rather he kept his distinctive "style". That way I can recognise his posts straight away and, er... take appropriate action. <whistles innocently>. Andrew McP... who prefers his meals to have at least *some* nutritional content

A potentially stoned Douglas Haithcock babbled : You're not still talking about Kyalami are you? If I remember correctly this was explained to you MANY times. The reason the cars run faster there in GPL is that GPL models the 1967 cars. In reality, the teams used their 1966 cars at Kyalami for the 1967 race as it took place in early January and the new models weren't ready at the time. When the 1967 cars ran at Kyalami early in 1968 they ran laptimes comparable to those simulated in GPL. Oh, and BTW: Your post sucked. Think. Then learn to write properly. Then post. -- Cheers! Graeme Nash http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk ICQ# 11257824

On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:08:53 GMT, hehe... not to mention the annoying buzz [ ------------ ]. >> MAJOR WARPING CLOCK SMASHES ----- SLO MO SCREEN --------- [Buzzing and shouting snipped.] -- * rrevved at mindspring dot com * unit.26 - s.p.u.t.u.m. * http://www.cabal.net * http://www.sputum.com

Hehe, even if he wasn't using those dashes to send coded messages to the UNABOMBER who reads this from jail, you would still be able to "recognise" his posts by looking for posts that have over 80% of the content letters capitalized :-) Seeyas on the track. --John (Joao) Silva

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>> quit posting in morse code please, >I'd rather he kept his distinctive "style" (read: affliction). That way I >can recognise his posts straight away and, er... take appropriate action. ><whistles innocently>. >Andrew McP... who prefers his meals to have at least *some* nutritional >content

>I'd rather he kept his distinctive "style". That way I can recognise his >posts straight away and, er... take appropriate action. Heh, like adding a kill filter for any subject header that contains more than, say, 50 hyphens? :) No offense to Douglas, but man--just the sight of that header made me chuckle out loud. "Hello, tech center? What should I do about this gum that got stuck under my hyphen key? It was fine at first, but then it got all soft and mushy... Now I have to pull on the key to get it to come up, and it's making it tough to write usenet posts..." or Tonight on 20/20: Keyboard Narcolepsy, the Hidden Usenet Menace! Everyone have a great day! Brett

Erm, methinks you may have had a little too much caffeine? Take a happy pill ( - you know, the one the men in white coats give you when they unlock your door - ) and r-e-l-a-x...... Yes, the patch has a problem or two. No, it didn't show up in beta testing (Randy Cassidy confirmed that), and yes, I think Papy will endeavor to fix it. GPL is one of the few sims around where you CAN change the AI skill AT ALL, no matter how fiddly it is. GPAL will make it easier. Now, for ****'s sake, give Papy a chance to do something about it. Accusing them of bull*** really isn't going to motivate them much is it? I'm sick and tired of people going so WAY over the top, over the only REAL problem GPL has got, which was created by a FREE enhancement patch, which Papy haven't had a chance to bugfix yet. Jeez! Mike West

Still, at least the contents of the post were a polite, well-reasoned argument, that echoes a sentiment with which we all agree......... ;^P Mike West 3DNow! UK: www.3dnow.freeserve.co.uk

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> Hehe, even if he wasn't using those dashes to send coded messages to > the UNABOMBER who reads this from jail, you would still be able to > "recognise" his posts by looking for posts that have over 80% of the > content letters capitalized :-) > Seeyas on the track. > --John (Joao) Silva > >> quit posting in morse code please, > >I'd rather he kept his distinctive "style" (read: affliction). That way I > >can recognise his posts straight away and, er... take appropriate action. > ><whistles innocently>. > >Andrew McP... who prefers his meals to have at least *some* nutritional > >content

How did you change your opinion so dramatically from your post of 7:20 p.m.??? Marc.

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> Still, at least the contents of the post were a polite, well-reasoned > argument, that echoes a sentiment with which we all agree......... ;^P > Mike West > 3DNow! UK: www.3dnow.freeserve.co.uk > > Hehe, even if he wasn't using those dashes to send coded messages to > > the UNABOMBER who reads this from jail, you would still be able to > > "recognise" his posts by looking for posts that have over 80% of the > > content letters capitalized :-) > > Seeyas on the track. > > --John (Joao) Silva > > >> quit posting in morse code please, > > >I'd rather he kept his distinctive "style" (read: affliction). That way

I > > >can recognise his posts straight away and, er... take appropriate action. > > ><whistles innocently>. > > >Andrew McP... who prefers his meals to have at least *some* nutritional > > >content

Many of us have explained this politely and in detail to him several times....I would just forget about it at this point. Marc.

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> A potentially stoned Douglas Haithcock babbled : > > BUT NOW -------------- I get to watch the AI zoom around the track > >faster than four seconds quicker than THEY ACTUALLY QUALIFIED in 1967 > >----------- HOW's THAT FOR REALISM????? > You're not still talking about Kyalami are you? If I remember correctly > this was explained to you MANY times. > The reason the cars run faster there in GPL is that GPL models the 1967 > cars. In reality, the teams used their 1966 cars at Kyalami for the 1967 > race as it took place in early January and the new models weren't ready > at the time. > When the 1967 cars ran at Kyalami early in 1968 they ran laptimes > comparable to those simulated in GPL. > Oh, and BTW: Your post sucked. Think. Then learn to write properly. Then > post. > -- > Cheers! > Graeme Nash > [link lost in import] > ICQ# 11257824

> Translation .... quit posting in morse code please, (I'm convinced theres > some secret message encoded in the dashes of your message) Hee hee hee - good one. Cheers, Paul

Erm, perhaps you didn't notice the slight tinge of sarcasm in this post?! Mike

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> How did you change your opinion so dramatically from your post of 7:20 > p.m.??? > Marc. > > Still, at least the contents of the post were a polite, well-reasoned > > argument, that echoes a sentiment with which we all agree......... ;^P > > Mike West > > 3DNow! UK: www.3dnow.freeserve.co.uk > > > Hehe, even if he wasn't using those dashes to send coded messages to > > > the UNABOMBER who reads this from jail, you would still be able to > > > "recognise" his posts by looking for posts that have over 80% of the > > > content letters capitalized :-) > > > Seeyas on the track. > > > --John (Joao) Silva > > > >> quit posting in morse code please, > > > >I'd rather he kept his distinctive "style" (read: affliction). That

way > I > > > >can recognise his posts straight away and, er... take appropriate > action. > > > ><whistles innocently>. > > > >Andrew McP... who prefers his meals to have at least *some* nutritional > > > >content

After playing around with the core.ini file,I no longer have any slow motion screens with stable frame rates. Major warping and clock smashes are fewer then before. Only lap times are longer for what feels like a faster lap. If you don't like the patch,then stay with ver 1.0 as you have done. Don't really think you're ever going to get a slider bar for the AIs. I've been able to keep up with the AIs just fine. They actually seem slower to me than they did in ver 1.0 Joel Willstein