+therealbountybob Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 PITSTOP Please stop! Well you voted for it so you only have yourselves to blame It's not that bad really, especially the Pit-stop part! Download from Fandal Info on Atarimania Settings Who's going to suggest the format RedThunder I'm looking at you There are three skill levels Rookie/Semi-Pro/Pro 3/6/9 lap options and Single/Mini(3)/Grand(6) circuits for now let's go for: Pick one of the three options (yes you can play them all if you wish) Race 1 - Rookie 3-Laps each of the Single Circuits if there is more than one of them? Race 2 - Semi Pro 9-Laps Mini Circuit Race 3 - PRO 9-Laps Grand Circuit Round ends Sunday 5th July 10AM UK time. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikor Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) ok, let's start them... Rookie, single, Monaco Rookie, single, Le Mans Edited June 22, 2020 by Sikor More picture Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4569261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Ok, so there are six different courses: Monaco, Le-Mans, Kyalami, Albi, Jarama and St. Jovite. The Mini-Circuit consists of Le-Mans, Jarama and Kyalami. The Grand-Circuit consists of all six races. The scoring is plain: 1st place equals $50,000 2nd place equals $25,000 3rd place equals $15,000 4th place equals $10,000 For each lap completed, you get another $1000 meaning even if you don't end up among the top 4, you'll get some compensation. There is no bonus for fastest time, no bonus for least amount of tire wear etc. On Rookie, 3 laps each race takes 1,5 - 2 minutes. I believe ALL of us will be able to finish in 1st place on every course with that setting, so all will end up with $53,000 per race. Kind of pointless in the HSC. I'll assume that Semi-pro and Pro levels are harder, so perhaps one minute per lap +/- any pit stop time. The Mini-Circuit thus would be 9*3 = 27 laps ~= 30 minutes of playing. The Grand-Circuit would be 9*6 = 54 laps ~= 60 minutes in a session. These two perhaps are competitive, but one should be aware that you should set along an hour to make a score (not entirely unlike the side tournament in M.U.L.E. we held). Alternative settings for shorter sessions so you can have more attempts on improving the score: Race 2: Semi Pro 6-laps Mini-Circuit => 6*3 = 18 laps ~= 20 minutes Race 3: Pro 3-laps Grand-Circuit => 3*6 = 18 laps ~= 20 minutes 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4569287 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Pit stops take forever in this game, it's no 2019 F1 that's for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4569350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Ok, I'm going for Option #2: Semi-Pro, 9 laps, semi circuit. I'll be back with the results. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4569494 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Ok...didn't realize I needed to take a screenshot after each race. I thought it would give me a summary at the end. Ugh...I'll have to do it again...later. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4569516 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 (edited) Screenshots usually are optional in the HSC, in particular if you're playing a circuit of multiple races only the final score should matter. I thought the game displayed a summary after the circuit? Ah, yes! At the bottom half of the screen you have the circuit standings so you need to keep count that you have played all 3 or 6 races and after your last race, record your score and optionally take a screenshot. Also, I realized that in the single races we do have the final time listed so I suppose for Race 1 we could ignore Purse and strictly look at best times for each course. Only in the case of Race 2 and 3 the Purse really is relevant to me, whether we run those as games up to 60 minutes per score or a shorter variation. Edited June 23, 2020 by carlsson Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4569772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Think I may pass on this one Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4569792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+therealbountybob Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 I'm thinking the 9 lap option brings the pit stop part more into play, from memory I think you can do a 1?! or 2 stopper or 5 stops!! We should track times for the tables. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4569845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Cool. I suppose we play according to the original settings and record as much data from each race as we can, and the scoring will be determined later. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4569993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 9 hours ago, therealbountybob said: I'm thinking the 9 lap option brings the pit stop part more into play, from memory I think you can do a 1?! or 2 stopper or 5 stops!! We should track times for the tables. I figured the track times are how we're keeping score this time around. On the mini-circuit and full-circuit, I'll take screenshots of each race. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4570283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Ok, I finished a mini-circuit on Semi-Pro and I noticed that each time you play a mini-circuit, you don't play the same 3 races, so I'm thinking the best way to play this is to just pick a difficulty level, 9 laps and play all the races for the fastest time. That being said, here are my results for my mini-circuit: Jarama: 4'50" Monaco: 7'11" Albi: 4'20" 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4570392 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Rookie , single, 3 laps Monaco 2:07 Le Mans 1:33 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4570584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 8 hours ago, Deteacher said: each time you play a mini-circuit, you don't play the same 3 races Ugh! Well, perhaps we should skip the circuits and go for individual races? Race 1: Rookie, 3 laps on each of the 6 courses, best time per course Race 2: Semi-Pro, 9 laps on each of the 6 courses, best time per course Race 3A: Pro, 9 laps on each of the 6 courses, best time per course Race 3B: Pro, 9 laps on the Grand-Circuit consisting of all 6 courses, best total prize money The bonus with the revised Race 2 and 3A is that you don't have to play all courses in the same sitting. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4570600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 This is all getting very complicated! 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4570617 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) Convert round to Rally Speedway ...... Spose fastest time on each skill level, 3 laps and each circuit could work ? No more than 3 laps, the pitstops of the eponymous pitstop game is..... well a bit shite. RT Edited June 24, 2020 by RedThunder Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4570781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) So 3 LAPS, Rookie, Single Circuit Monaco 1:46 1:44 Le-Mans 1:14 Kyalami 1:18 Albi 1:09 Jarama 1:38 St.Jovite 1:21 So 3 LAPS, Semi Pro, Single Circuit Monaco 1:46 Le-Mans 1:17 Kyalami 1:20 Albi 1:13 Jarama 1:47 St.Jovite 1:25 So 3 LAPS, Pro, Single Circuit Monaco 1:34 (Dont know how I did this, I crashing to cars all the time...two red tyres on the front) Le-Mans 1:26 Kyalami 1:36 Albi 1:25 Jarama 2:02 St.Jovite 1:39 What would be cool if there was some way to disable the tyre wear on levels and only do pitstops for fuel. For the hackers out there Another option could .... how far can you get in a race before you run out of fuel or just plain blow up. 6Laps, Rookie, Monaco. 1 tank of fuel, no stops ...2:40 then blew up. Edited June 25, 2020 by RedThunder Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4570797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deteacher Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Ok, I'd like to make a suggestion for the settings. # of laps: 9 Difficulty: Semi-Pro Single Race Then we play for fastest track times. 6 separate tables...one for each track. Assign points based on fastest times. Or we can just scrap this altogether and play whatever came in 2nd in the poll. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4570798 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 (edited) I dont think I could endure 9 laps. The pitstop element is grim IMO. Possible 54 times. Could work. Sadly, Pitstop won the poll.... we must crack on with it ? Edited June 24, 2020 by RedThunder 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4570802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 This is chaotic, three days into the round and nobody knows for sure which settings we should use or how we'll score. I agree with Deteacher, that for Race 1 (Rookie, 3 laps) and Race 2 (Semi-Pro, 9 laps) we play each course individually and report the times. That makes for up to 12 different scores. Then it remains if Race 3 should be Pro, 9 laps, individual races or if we should play the Grand-Circuit and report purse $ at the end as I think it will be most competitive, least likely everybody will end up with $53,000 * 6 = $318,000. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4570889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Perhaps just give everyone full points this round for just playing. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4570997 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McKong Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Jet Set Willy would have been so much simpler! Settings = None. Scoring = No. of items collected ? 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4571547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) Rookie, 6 Laps, LeMans 3:11 Rookie, 9 Laps, LeMans 6:13 Semi Pro, 9 Laps, LeMans 4:43 Pro, 9 Laps, LeMans 5:28 Edited June 27, 2020 by RedThunder Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4571581 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsson Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 @RedThunder: Are you now playing every course at every difficulty level and every setting of number of laps, a total of 6 * 3 * 3 = 54 different scores, just in case a few will match the scores that @therealbountybob in the end recognizes? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4571688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedThunder Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 3 hours ago, carlsson said: @RedThunder: Are you now playing every course at every difficulty level and every setting of number of laps, a total of 6 * 3 * 3 = 54 different scores, just in case a few will match the scores that @therealbountybob in the end recognizes? Just playing game. Trying to bond with it somehow. Banging out 54 scores might be the only way Back to LeMans Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/308294-hsc17-round-12-pitstop/#findComment-4571816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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