B Spec Race Monitor

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Does anyone know what the triangles that appear above the picturres of the cars arem, in the non-live view during B-spec?

So far I can tell that they are not nitrous, when the car is slip streaming or when you are catching the car in front.

It's been bugging me for some time now!

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gunzi
 
Now you mention it I've wondered what they mean, I thought it was slipstreaming as I've never see the front car have one displayed above it, It's bugging me now!
 
It means that the car is catching the car in-front.

Usually triggered if the difference in split is over about half a second.

C.
 
O now i know what you gusy eman.

This means a car is catching up fast to the car before him for at least 3 sectors in a row.
 
How can it mean its catchin the car in front? If you B Spec the 787B round laguna seca endurance for example, you'll always be catchin the car in front! Therefore the triangle should be displayed at all times (bar when you are lapping other drivers and are caught behind one of them) but it isn't only now and again?
 
Numpty.

The car in front of you Race position not Track position...

It would be meaningless otherwise...

Notice it's only on the Race position monitor... and that it NEVER happens when you're in first.

C.
 
gunzi
How can it mean its catchin the car in front? If you B Spec the 787B round laguna seca endurance for example, you'll always be catchin the car in front! Therefore the triangle should be displayed at all times (bar when you are lapping other drivers and are caught behind one of them) but it isn't only now and again?
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Only when ther is a sudden big rasie of catching up, and lapping isn't catching up, cause you are already before him, you are just accidently seeing him again. :)

PS: Why the hell doen't the AI nicely let me by when lapping as is required?, this way i need to leave the overtake on.(also on American racing the rules are like in GT4)
 
Gentlemen, keep it respectful in here, or I'll spend more time in here.

The correct way to question people, Jaolpy, is not the way you've done it.

AO
 
ok in the last 10 mins or so I've been watching my housemate do polyphony cup races, although I haven't been able to photo the triangle of him in 1st.
Short of watching the whole race I did get short footage that shows the B Spec man in 1st pulling away from the guy in 2nd (seen via the Feet indicator above the pictures), while the guy in 2nd has the triangle above his picture.

Therefore proving that it is not when a car is catching the car in front.

Anyone who doesn't believe this please PM me and I shall forward the footage.
 
Maybe it indicates when the AI's catch-up boost is on. :yuck: I mean really, they have slow car boost for 2 player races, do you realy think they wouldn't do it? 👎
 
gunzi
ok in the last 10 mins or so I've been watching my housemate do polyphony cup races, although I haven't been able to photo the triangle of him in 1st.
Short of watching the whole race I did get short footage that shows the B Spec man in 1st pulling away from the guy in 2nd (seen via the Feet indicator above the pictures), while the guy in 2nd has the triangle above his picture.

Therefore proving that it is not when a car is catching the car in front.

Anyone who doesn't believe this please PM me and I shall forward the footage.
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The triangle appears over a car during the section after a split in which the car was faster than the car in front of it. For example, you have Car A and Car B on a track with three splits. Car A is in front of Car B. On split 1, Car A is faster, no triangles. On split two, Car B is faster. So during the third split, the triangle appears over Car B indicating that Car B was faster than Car A on the previous split, therefore catching up.

If Car B runs out of gas or something during the third split, Car A would be running away from Car B, but car B will have the triangle until it passes the CP after the third split. I think something like this may have happened in your case.

What I want to know is, when you're viewing the race monitor and have the map turned off so that the splits are color coded for all the cars, what do the orange dots mean to the left of the car names?
 
sathington73
The triangle appears over a car during the section after a split in which the car was faster than the car in front of it. For example, you have Car A and Car B on a track with three splits. Car A is in front of Car B. On split 1, Car A is faster, no triangles. On split two, Car B is faster. So during the third split, the triangle appears over Car B indicating that Car B was faster than Car A on the previous split, therefore catching up.

If Car B runs out of gas or somthing during the third split, Car A would be running away from Car B, but car B will have the triangle until it passes the CP after the third split. I think something like this may have happened in your case.

What I want to know is, when you're viewing the race monitor and have the map turned off so that the splits are color coded for all the cars, what do the orange dots mean to the left of the car names?
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Hit it right on the nose there 👍
 
orange dots indicate that their last lap was their fastest. The time next to the orange dot will match time on the other 1/2 of the screen.

I agree with you to a point and that is the length of time the triangle appears for, sometimes very short and other times much longer, I'd have thought that if it were section orientated the triangle would appear for the entire section?
 
gunzi
I agree with you to a point and that is the length of time the triangle appears for, sometimes very short and other times much longer, I'd have thought that if it were section orientated the triangle would appear for the entire section?
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Thanks for the info on the dots. I'm at work so I can't check, but I'm pretty sure that for me, the triangles went away at the time the car crossed the checkpoint for the split that they were no longer faster than the car in front. Some tracks have longer or shorter splits, and sometimes a car will be faster for more than one split, in which case, the triangle would stay until the car stopped gaining. I'll double check this when I get home.
 

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