Nascar 'poly' sign-up Thread

Spaced Cowboy · March 15, 2004, 12:22

Accepting signups for up to 9 drivers.
1. Doc
2. Rah
3. Alva
4. Frozzy
5. Skanky
6. Jamski
7.
8.
9.

Okay this one is similar to the Fomula 1 game with a few exceptions.
1. The track is round.
2. A right or left is the method for turning and you'll continue in that direction at 45 degree arcs.
3. You can turn right and left in the same turn (used to pass on the straights).
4. I'll probably let the drivers get away with some bumping, but there will be crashes in which speeds and types of crashes (behind, side, cut-off, etc.) will determine the outcome. It is possible and highly probable that a crash can put you out of the race.

Here are the rules from F1 (somewhat modified)

Rules
The game is turn-based. Each of the two drivers issues two orders for each turn. Possible orders are as follows:

1. Change speed:
a. Accelerate - add one to speed
b. Decelerate - subtract one from speed
c. Don't change speed

2. Steer:
a. Left
b. Right
c. Left-Right, Right-Left
d. Don't change direction

* Each player also has 2 wildcards per lap, which they can use to double their change in speed or double their turn rate. Multiple wildcards can be used in a single round.
* Steering can now be controlled much finer.

Turning (moving to the left or right) will always move you forward 1 square, but you can now influence when this move takes place.

A complete order may look like this: (current speed of 4)
"mmrmr"
This will move the car forward twice, diagonally right, once more diagonally right and then straight right once more, and uses up one wildcard.

Code:

..45
.3..
2...
1...
Y...

* Orders are to be PMed to me. They are not being made public this time. Its not like that helped preventing collisions last time, anyway.

There will be no hidden oil slicks.

NEW RULES

Only two wildcards for a direction or speed on any turn.
accel 2 and right 2 are allowed in the same turn, just no accel 3 or right 3.

If you go off the road. 1-2 spaces. reduced to speed 0. You will be placed back on the track where you last exited, (my judgement)

If you go off the road 3+ spaces: crash and burn, you are out-of-it.

TWO LAPS (so watch those wildcards)

Here is the track:

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Rules are still open to discussion or clarification until the start of the race.

Spaced Cowboy · March 15, 2004, 12:24

Okay, I do not have the code tag down yet. Editting.

DrSpike · March 15, 2004, 15:01

In.

rah · March 15, 2004, 15:04

I'll give it a whack.

Spaced Cowboy · March 15, 2004, 15:07

Cool, I still need to work on the track. Any pointers to using that code thing?

alva · March 15, 2004, 15:12

Hmm, sure why not, same dish different sauce

Jamski · March 15, 2004, 15:12

Line everything up using a .txt editing programm.

Notepad will do.

-Jam

rah · March 15, 2004, 15:14

Use a nonproportional font text editor like "TEXTPAD".
It takes a little screwing around with it but once you have it completed, maintenance is easy. (and you can remove the Tildes.)

Spaced Cowboy · March 15, 2004, 16:18

Quote:

Originally posted by Jamski
Line everything up using a .txt editing programm.

Notepad will do.

-Jam

No, it will not. That's what I used and it was a disaster because spaces do not take up the same amount of space as * do.

Jamski · March 15, 2004, 16:47

Sorry. On the German Windows its called "Editor" I thought that WAS Notepad... it must be called something different in English then.

Its the programme that opens for me if I r-click on the desktop and ask for "Neu Textdatei"

*shrugs*

It works for me.

-Jam

Frozzy · March 15, 2004, 23:06

In

Skanky Burns · March 15, 2004, 23:54

In.

Skanky Burns · March 15, 2004, 23:56

Any text editor with a fixed width font will do. Like notepad. Or wordpad. Or any program that has both text and the ability to choose different fonts.

Skanky Burns · March 16, 2004, 09:31

*Bump*

6 people in so-far.

rah · March 16, 2004, 09:33

Spaced, have you tried test driving the track? Can you even make those turns? I was testing an oval for my race and the turn rules weren't good enough to do it. Maybe I'm just not understanding the rules clearly enough. And I would allow more than 2 WCs a lap. The track is longer than you think.

Jamski · March 16, 2004, 09:43

I'm in BTW, as long as someone tells me what it is that a Nascar is...

-Jam

Skanky Burns · March 16, 2004, 09:51

Quote:

Left-Right, Right-Left

So this allows us to do the "old-style" turn of just moving a single square over. Do they have to be issued together or can they be spread out over your move?

Eg: mrmlm

***5*
***4*
**3**
*2***
*1***

Spaced Cowboy · March 16, 2004, 10:15

Quote:

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Any text editor with a fixed width font will do. Like notepad. Or wordpad. Or any program that has both text and the ability to choose different fonts.

How do I know which fonts are fixed width?

Jamski · March 16, 2004, 10:18

They have names like "fixedsys" or "systemwidth"

-Jam

Spaced Cowboy · March 16, 2004, 10:24

Quote:

Originally posted by rah
Spaced, have you tried test driving the track? Can you even make those turns? I was testing an oval for my race and the turn rules weren't good enough to do it. Maybe I'm just not understanding the rules clearly enough. And I would allow more than 2 WCs a lap. The track is longer than you think.

I haven't really tried driving it for real, but it is designed to be high speed, except for the corners. You will have to use 4 rights to make it through the corner to be headed down the opposite straight.

Your 2 WC comment is taken. I guess that does not leave a lot for accel and brake. I wanted to limit the amount of WC so that the racers will have to slow down for the turns, or at least time them right. I'm going to go with 4 per lap for now, and see how it goes, AKA, I might give more or less on lap 2. Also, use them or loose them, they do not carry over.

Skanky, you are correct, anywhere within your move.

alva · March 16, 2004, 10:28

Quote:

They have names like "fixedsys" or "systemwidth"

Aaah, is that what those things mean, thanks.

Spaced Cowboy · March 16, 2004, 12:13

Yea!, the track came out right. Thanks for the tip Rah.

Jamski, you really do not know what NASCAR is?

Jamski · March 16, 2004, 12:25

Rah tells me its redneck stockcar racing. I'm not quite sure if this is the same as dragster racing???

Sorry, I only know F1

-Jam

rah · March 16, 2004, 12:48

No, not the same as dragracing.
Nascar, is taking street cars (very specialized) and racing them around the track.

Jamski · March 16, 2004, 12:53

Ah, touring car championship! In that case can I drive a super Fiat Panda?

-Jam

Spaced Cowboy · March 16, 2004, 13:18

Only if UR will let you!

rah · March 16, 2004, 15:02

No for true redneck Nascar, you must drive a Ford or a Chevy.

Spaced Cowboy · March 16, 2004, 16:11

I reckon that I'll just drive my truck then, um-hum!

Q: How do you say, "I love you" in Texas?
A: "Nice A$$, now git in the pick-up."

Jamski · March 17, 2004, 04:53

But cattle wouldn't understand that.

As for a car... hmmm.... do Mercedes Benz make a pickup truck?

-Jam

Spaced Cowboy · March 17, 2004, 11:23

Actually you just have to translate it into cow speak; you should know this by your sheep experience.