Short: Internet Champ. 1996/97 specs for F1GP Author: markus.kruggel@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Markus Kruggel) Uploader: markus kruggel unidui uni-duisburg de (Markus Kruggel) Type: game/data Version: 1.0 (19-Jun-1997) Requires: game/misc/F1GP-Ed.lha Architecture: generic Please note: This is NOT the official championship datafile as it was used by the competitors. Visit http://www.nanunanu.org/~oliver/ic/ for that one. What is this? ------------- This archive consists of two F1GP-Ed datafiles that are based on the results of the 1996/97 Internet Amiga Formula One Grand Prix Championship (the 'IAF1GPC' or 'IC' for short). There is one datafile for users of the registered version of F1GP-Ed, requiring the 'less cars in race' patch to work. It reconstructs the results of the Internet Championship best, while the other datafile with 26 cars for the unregistered users of F1GP-Ed will not be as accurate. I added drivers that retired during the season and drivers from the Semi-Pro series to fill up the missing seats. Along with the two datafiles you'll find a file with the actual IC lap records (IAF1GPC_Records) as well as the base data of the calculations that were used to help compiling this datafile (IAF1GPC_9697.f1gp.events) Usage: ------ Simply load a datafile into F1GP-Ed and save it to F1GP (in memory or to the main program file). You should activate the 'Local Risk Factor Patch' and the 'Local Speed factor Patch' to get similar results to the 1996/97 IC season. If you use the unregistered version of F1GP-Ed you have to copy the respective values from their windows manually into the team window before you save to F1GP instead of using the patches. And what's this for? -------------------- I compiled this datafile to make it possible for IC competitors to practice races with computer controlled cars ('CCs') that behave similar to their human counterparts of the real season. Additionally, it could be fun for other F1GP players to compare their performance to the fastest drivers around on the Amiga. What you CAN expect: -------------------- - Race finishing times that are similar to the ones of the championship races. Most of the time you should get race times that differ by 20 seconds from the original time at the most. Of course the race can develope in many ways and if there is a mass accident with the top drivers for example, the race time will be significantly slower than the original one. What should *not* happen is that your race is *a lot* faster than the original one. If you get race finishing times that are more than 1 minute faster, please e-mail me. - Similar pole positions times. Again, it may happen that a qualifying sessions ends with a time that is 2 or 3 tenths slower than the original one but if a pole time is more than 0.5 seconds *faster* than the original, inform me of this. - an accurate reconstrucution of the teams relative strengths: you'll most probably find the champion getting pole and leading the race as it really was in the championship. If another driver wins or takes pole, it will be one of the other top drivers who really did and not one you won't expect there. Saying this, mass accidents may mess up a result completely :-) - original car, helmet and pit crew designs from most teams (Digitech, Enigma, IGC Racing, Maverick, Roadrunner, Team Ecosse, Ultratrack, Wild 13) What you CAN'T expect: ---------------------- - Qualifying sessions and races that *exactly* match the results of the championship - The changes of team formations that happened during the season; the files are based on the formations at the end of the season (i.e. the last race) - The points system of the Internet Championship in F1GP - Accurate fastest laps in the race. The times produced by this datafile are mostly slower due to the fact that the CCs pit once or even never and do their races with A and B compounds while the average human driver uses C and D compounds and achieves faster lap times (at the cost of more pit stops, of course). On the other hand, the fastest laps for the street circuits of Phoenix, Monaco and Adelaide are *faster* than the original ones. Markus Kruggel, 40217 Duesseldorf, Germany markus.kruggel@uni-duisburg.de http://online-club.de/members1/rp10930/ Administrator of the Internet Amiga F1GP Championship (IAF1GPC)