Post by mthomson on May 2, 2016 9:04:47 GMT -5
I will keep the latest standings up to date and an overall info thread about the Season.
Keep in mind this is more of a offline career of my Driver with actual drivers/changes and actual ratings of the real world Nascar at that time.
Notable mentions: Since Dale Earnhardt perished after Daytona in 2001 I will still be keeping him throughout the season. Most likely I will retire him after 2001.
Format:
Keep in mind my reporting will be from my own perspective mostly, not in a commentator sense of all drivers. I will actually be racing in these with my Own driver.
Races:
Races will be 25% Length (I would do longer but I have work and other things to do)
Cautions: ON
Full Pace Laps
Damage: Moderate (i usually use full but just scraping the wall makes me end up with 30 second pit times and drops me from the AI)
AI Drivers Starting: Instead of having a static roster the whole season, I will be varying drivers to reflect the real races at that time. The only thing is I need room for myself and Earnhardt so drivers who finished the last 2 spots will be replaced by those 2 drivers. (I will not start this until race 16 and continuing that format for the remainder of my season(s).)
Purse and Earnings: Starting at race 13 I turned on Earnings
$5000 bonus for leading a lap
$7500 for Pole
$15000 for the winner
Set percentage races per position
Note about AI: This first season will be a good trial run of races to tweak the AI for tire wear and as their speeds fall off, some tracks they are great as is. But already seen at Atlanta their tires effect their speeds too much after a few laps making them noncompetitive.
AI % - Will vary from track to track, I usually use testing before each race.. I tweak this # to find a good sweet spot so I can stay competitive with the AI. I use Auto AI and the Season Editor. I will give them a higher boost for tracks that I am not good at.
Points - I will be recording results & standings with Score4.
Driver Ratings - Driver ratings will be updated before every race, I use Nratings and will import the previous year real results for those drivers from 2000... For Rookies like Kevin Harvick I will be using the Xfinity/Busch series and import those results.
Standings after Race 33 (Rockingham)
Click image for Full Standings
Notes:
Keep in mind this is more of a offline career of my Driver with actual drivers/changes and actual ratings of the real world Nascar at that time.
Notable mentions: Since Dale Earnhardt perished after Daytona in 2001 I will still be keeping him throughout the season. Most likely I will retire him after 2001.
Format:
Keep in mind my reporting will be from my own perspective mostly, not in a commentator sense of all drivers. I will actually be racing in these with my Own driver.
Races:
Races will be 25% Length (I would do longer but I have work and other things to do)
Cautions: ON
Full Pace Laps
Damage: Moderate (i usually use full but just scraping the wall makes me end up with 30 second pit times and drops me from the AI)
AI Drivers Starting: Instead of having a static roster the whole season, I will be varying drivers to reflect the real races at that time. The only thing is I need room for myself and Earnhardt so drivers who finished the last 2 spots will be replaced by those 2 drivers. (I will not start this until race 16 and continuing that format for the remainder of my season(s).)
Purse and Earnings: Starting at race 13 I turned on Earnings
$5000 bonus for leading a lap
$7500 for Pole
$15000 for the winner
Set percentage races per position
Note about AI: This first season will be a good trial run of races to tweak the AI for tire wear and as their speeds fall off, some tracks they are great as is. But already seen at Atlanta their tires effect their speeds too much after a few laps making them noncompetitive.
AI % - Will vary from track to track, I usually use testing before each race.. I tweak this # to find a good sweet spot so I can stay competitive with the AI. I use Auto AI and the Season Editor. I will give them a higher boost for tracks that I am not good at.
Points - I will be recording results & standings with Score4.
Driver Ratings - Driver ratings will be updated before every race, I use Nratings and will import the previous year real results for those drivers from 2000... For Rookies like Kevin Harvick I will be using the Xfinity/Busch series and import those results.
Standings after Race 33 (Rockingham)
Click image for Full Standings
Notes: